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Sri Sri Upadeśāmrta by Śrīla Rūpa Goswāmī – Verse 2

Hari Khatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

Topics:
– holy words of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupāda from Patravoli and Upākhyāne upadeśa;
– story about Indra in a pig (hog) body.
– Commentaries of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj;

20-12-2025

India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.

English / Russian

Verse 2

अत्याहारः प्रयासश्च प्रजल्पो नियमाग्रहः ।
जनसङ्गश्च लौल्यं च षड्भिर्भक्तिर्विनश्यति ॥ २ ॥

atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca
prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ
jana-saṅgas ca laulyaṁ ca
ṣaḍbhir bhaktir vinaśyati

Word by Word
atyāhāraḥ – eating too much or collecting more than necessary; prayāsaḥ – extraneous endeavours; ca – and; prajalpaḥ – speaking about mundane subject matters; niyamāgrahaḥ – neglecting the injunctions of the scriptures or blindly following scriptural injunctions; jana-saṅgaḥ – associating with mundane people; ca – and; laulyam – mental restlessness; ca – and; ṣaḍbhiḥ – these six; bhaktiḥ – devotional service; vinaśyati – destroy.

Translation
Eating too much or collecting more than necessary, performing extraneous endeavours that are against devotional service, speaking about mundane subject matters, neglecting the injunctions of the scriptures or blindly following scriptural injunctions, associating with mundane people and mental restlessness – these six things destroy devotional service.