Guest guest Posted August 13, 1999 Report Share Posted August 13, 1999 > > Does anybody know when exactly is the 'bhagavatam day'? > > In 1997 it was on 18th of September if I remember properly. > > Here is a nice sloka that I recently came across: > > SB. 12.13.13: > > prausthapadyam paurnamasyam > hema-simha-samanvitam > dadati yo bhagavatam > sa yati paramam gatim > > Translation: > > If on the full moon day of the month of Bhadra one places > Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift, he > will attain the supreme transcendental destination. > > Purport: > > One should place Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne because it is the > king of all literature. On the full-moon day of the month of Bhadra, the > sun, which is compared to this king of literatures, is present in the > constellation Leo and looks as if raised up on a royal throne. (According > to astrology, the sun is said to be exalted in the sign of Leo.) Thus one > may unreservedly worship Srimad-Bhagavatam, the supreme divine scripture. > _________________________ > As far as I can see by looking in our Vaisnava-calendar, then this > supremely auspicious date for distributing the Srimad-Bhagavatam is > corrosponding with the full moon day of the Sridhara month. (That's the > purnima when the sun is in Leo). > > And that is also - Lord Balarama's appearance day - Gauranga!! > This year it falls on the 26th of August, > -so I thought a lot of devotees would like to take advantage of the > opportunity. There is a lot of mercy from Lord Baladeva. > (I also remember Srila Rohini Suta Prabhu for always mentioning this piece > of information, and now I actually came across a sastric reference). > Maybe someone else have other informations of such dates? > > YS. Gaura-bhavana das Bhadra Purnima as mentioned in the above Bhagavatam verse occurs not on August 26, but one month later on September 25. It corresponds to the Purnima in the Gaudiya-Vaisnava month of Hrsikesa. It's a festive day too - Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava. To inspire Bhagavatam distributors - it's also the day that Srila Prabhupada took sannyasa! There is a little problem though with the particular SB purport quoted above. Firstly, the Sun's exaltation is in the sign of Aries, not Leo (which he rules). Secondly, the Sun will not necessarily be in Leo during Bhadra Purnima. Over the last four years, only once (1997) the Sun was present in Leo on Bhadra Purnima. This year the Sun will again be in Virgo on Bhadra Purnima, having left his sign of Leo one week earlier. Lastly, the past reference given - 18SEP97 - also corresponds to Bhadra masa. But not Purnima tithi. For most places, Purnima would have been on 16SEP97 and the next day our Gaudiya-Vaisnava masa of Hrsikesa changes to Padmanabha masa Krsna paksa (still part of Bhadra masa). Your servant, Goloka Candra dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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