User contributions for ManiGopal
18 February 2022
- 12:1512:15, 18 February 2022 diff hist +8,505 Everywhere, you take politically or socially or spiritually, for human beings, if you want to make your life successful, then you must keep the tradition of brahmana-vaisnava. So our, we are Vaisnava. Our only tradition is how to satisfy Visnu No edit summary current
- 11:5811:58, 18 February 2022 diff hist +7,177 Duryodhana was intelligent enough to satisfy the brahmana (Durvasa Muni) by all means, and the great rsi wanted to give some benediction to Duryodhana No edit summary current
- 11:5211:52, 18 February 2022 diff hist +7,570 Duryodhana knew his (Durvasa Muni's) mystic powers, and he knew also that the mystic brahmana, if dissatisfied, could cause some havoc, and thus he designed to engage the brahmana to show his wrath upon his enemy cousins, the Pandavas No edit summary current
- 11:3111:31, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,800 By your vaisya-vrtti, krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam, you can satisfy Krsna. By your brahmana-vrtti you can satisfy Krsna. Even by your sudra-vrtti you can satisfy Krsna. That possibility is here, that Krsna says sva-karmana tam abhyarcya No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 18 February 2022 diff hist +4,846 By regular service to the brahmanas and Vaisnavas, one can clear the dirt from his heart and thus enjoy supreme peace and liberation from material attachment and be satisfied No edit summary current
- 08:3308:33, 18 February 2022 diff hist +7,301 Brahmanas or ksatriya, you can do your duty, but there should be a test whether you have become successful in discharging your duty. That test is hari-tosanam, whether you have satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 18 February 2022 diff hist +6,819 Being very much satisfied by these transcendental pastimes with the Lord, the brahmana narrated the whole story of his mission in coming to see Krsna. He got out the letter Rukmini had written to Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:2808:28, 18 February 2022 diff hist +2,131 A brahmana who is satisfied with whatever is providentially obtained is increasingly enlightened with spiritual power, but the spiritual potency of a dissatisfied brahmana decreases, as fire diminishes in potency when water is sprinkled upon it No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 18 February 2022 diff hist +3,363 A brahmana is strictly prohibited from becoming a servant of anyone else, for that is the business of dogs and sudras. A dog must satisfy his master, but a brahmana does not have to satisfy anyone; he is simply meant to satisfy Krsna No edit summary
- 07:1007:10, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,167 A brahmana is not supposed to improve his economic condition. He's not interested. He's simply satisfied: "By the grace of God, whatever I have got, that is sufficient." God is supplying everyone, even birds and beasts and cats and dogs No edit summary current
- 07:0107:01, 18 February 2022 diff hist +3,404 An actual brahmana is very much satisfied to see anyone, not to speak of his disciple, become a devotee of Lord Krsna. Such brahmanas are meant to satisfy the supreme master No edit summary current
17 February 2022
- 16:3016:30, 17 February 2022 diff hist +9,779 Although the brahmana friend of Lord Krsna was a householder, he was not busy accumulating wealth for very comfortable living; he was satisfied by the income which came according to his destiny. This is the sign of perfect knowledge No edit summary current
- 11:2911:29, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,532 Visnu lives wherever there are religious principles, traditional culture, the Vedas, cows, brahmanas, austerities, and sacrifices with proper remuneration No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,032 Whatever a brahmana speaks cannot be changed. It must act. The learned sages who were priests at Maharaja Nabhi's sacrifice were not only brahmanas but were so qualified that they were like devas, demigods, or God Himself No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 17 February 2022 diff hist +7,593 When the brahmanas' wives returned, the sacrifice was duly and nicely executed. One of the brahmanas' wives, however, who had been forcibly checked from going to see Krsna, began to remember Him as she heard of His bodily features No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,781 When the Lord heard that Bali Maharaja was performing asvamedha sacrifices under the patronage of brahmanas belonging to the Bhrgu dynasty, the Supreme Lord, who is full in every respect, proceeded there to show His mercy to Bali Maharaja No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 17 February 2022 diff hist +7,137 When the Vedic followers, the brahmanas, inspire rich men like kings and members of the wealthy mercantile community to give charity in the performance of great sacrifices, the distribution of such wealth is also nectarean No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,824 Whether or not the brahmanas were uttering the Vedic hymns correctly was tested by sacrifice in the arena. On the whole, the animals thus sacrificed were not at all the losers No edit summary current
- 08:1308:13, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,735 Ksatriyas killed in the battlefield attain the heavenly planets as do the brahmanas who attain them by offering sacrifice. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,229 Lord Krsna, the enjoyer of all sacrifices and penances, is very fond of a brahmana like Sudama Vipra, and we have seen by the actual behavior of Lord Krsna how much He adores such a brahmana No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,955 Lord Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, being invited to the sacrifices by Maharaja Yudhisthira, saw to it that they were performed by qualified (twice-born) brahmanas. After that, for the pleasure of the relatives, the Lord remained a few months No edit summary
- 07:4607:46, 17 February 2022 diff hist +3,145 My dear lord, by your form as the Vedas personified and through knowledge relating to the activities of all the yajnic brahmanas, you spread the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies of the seven kinds of sacrifices, headed by agnistoma No edit summary current
- 07:4407:44, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,525 Neither belonged to the brahmana community. Therefore, Krsna considered that the brahmanas engaged in performing sacrifices might not be induced to give charity to a ksatriya and vaisya No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,064 Our lord, Bali Maharaja, is always fixed in truthfulness, and this is especially so at present, since he has been initiated into performing a sacrifice. He is always kind and merciful toward the brahmanas, and he cannot at any time speak lies No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,607 Once some of the gopis went to the place where the brahmanas were performing sacrifices and said, "My dear wives of the brahmanas, you must know that not even a slight smell of distress can touch Krsna" No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 17 February 2022 diff hist +3,239 Once the great King Anga arranged to perform the great sacrifice known as asvamedha. All the expert brahmanas present knew how to invite the demigods, but in spite of their efforts, no demigods participated or appeared in that sacrifice No edit summary current
- 07:3507:35, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,417 Once upon a time King Prthu initiated the performance of a very great sacrifice in which great saintly sages, brahmanas, demigods from higher planetary systems and great saintly kings known as rajarsis all assembled together No edit summary
- 07:3407:34, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,830 Only sacrifice recommended in this age is the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra because in this age it is not possible to accumulate the needed funds for performing sacrifices, not to speak of finding expert brahmanas who can chant the mantras perfectly No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 17 February 2022 diff hist +3,358 O best of the brahmanas, Sukracarya, please describe the fault or discrepancy in your disciple Bali Maharaja, who engaged in performing sacrifices. This fault will be nullified when judged in the presence of qualified brahmanas No edit summary
- 07:2507:25, 17 February 2022 diff hist +1,991 O Kamsa, we (the ministers), who are your adherents in all respects, shall therefore kill the brahmanas (because Visnu lives wherever there are religious principles & sacrifices), the persons engaged in offering sacrifices and austerities - SB 10.4.40 No edit summary current
16 February 2022
- 15:4715:47, 16 February 2022 diff hist +9,730 Professor Apte, in his dictionary, describes the Brahmana portion of the Vedas as that portion which states the rules for employment of hymns at various sacrifices and gives detailed explanations of their origin, sometimes with lengthy illustrations No edit summary current
- 15:4415:44, 16 February 2022 diff hist +5,444 Pure consciousness can be revived by the process of sacrifice, charity, pious activities, etc., but when one pollutes his Krsna consciousness by offending a brahmana or a Vaisnava, it is very difficult to revive No edit summary current
- 15:2715:27, 16 February 2022 diff hist +8,566 Since it is described in the previous verse (SB 4.21.41) that feeding a living brahmana is more effective than offering oblations in a fire sacrifice, in this verse it is now clearly described what brahmanism is and who a brahmana is No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 16 February 2022 diff hist +1,997 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing this, the great sages replied to King Indra, "O King of heaven, all good fortune unto you. Do not fear. We shall perform an asvamedha sacrifice to release you from any sin you may accrue by killing the brahmana" No edit summary
- 14:4314:43, 16 February 2022 diff hist +3,933 Sri Krsna had ordered His friend Sudama to go to a brahmana's house and ask for some food. The brahmanas were performing a great sacrifice, and Sri Krsna told Sudama to plead with them that He and Balarama were feeling hungry and needed some food No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 16 February 2022 diff hist +4,983 Sometimes envious people ask how Europeans and Americans in this Krsna consciousness movement can become brahmanas and perform sacrifices. They do not know that the Europeans and Americans have already been purified by chanting the holy name of the Lord No edit summary
- 07:2207:22, 16 February 2022 diff hist +4,597 Such sacrifices were performed with great opulence and suitable paraphernalia and with contributions of daksina to the brahmanas, who were supervised by great personalities like Vasistha, Asita and Gautama, representing the king No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 16 February 2022 diff hist +4,646 The brahmanas' statement is that Lord Visnu is everything - the fire, the offering, the clarified butter, the utensils, the place of sacrifice and the kusa No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 16 February 2022 diff hist +7,263 They (the brahmanas) began to talk among themselves: "To hell with our being born brahmanas! To hell with our learning all the Vedic literatures! To hell with our performing great sacrifices and observing all the rules and regulations" No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 16 February 2022 diff hist +3,590 The brahmanas are meant to administer some fruitive sacrifices mentioned in the Vedas, but the parivrajakacaryas, or learned preachers, are meant to disseminate transcendental knowledge to one and all No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 16 February 2022 diff hist +4,547 The brahmanas said: Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified. You are the offering of clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the chanting of Vedic hymns by which the sacrifice is conducted, You are the fuel, You are the flame, You are the kusa grass No edit summary current
- 04:5804:58, 16 February 2022 diff hist +2,394 The brahmana descendants of Bhrgu, being very pleased with their disciple, who had conquered the entire universe, now engaged him in performing one hundred asvamedha sacrifices No edit summary current
15 February 2022
- 14:3014:30, 15 February 2022 diff hist +14 The brahmana descendants of Bhrgu decided that although Bali was situated on the throne of Indra, he would not be able to stay there unless he performed such sacrifices. Therefore they advised Bali to perform at least as many asvamedha-yajnas as Indra No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 15 February 2022 diff hist +5,431 Jarasandha never refused charity to any brahmana, and he performed many sacrifices also, yet he was not on a par with devotional service No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 15 February 2022 diff hist +9,123 It is said that out of thousands of brahmanas, one is qualified to perform sacrifices, and out of many thousands of such qualified brahmanas expert in sacrificial offerings, one learned brahmana may have passed beyond all Vedic knowledge - Garuda Purana No edit summary current
- 05:5505:55, 15 February 2022 diff hist −29 In this age it is very difficult to find qualified brahmanas who can perform sacrifices as prescribed in the Vedas No edit summary current
14 February 2022
- 16:1816:18, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,163 In due course a qualified brahmana becomes uninterested in materialistic activities and sacrifices, but he offers the sensual sacrifices, in full knowledge, into the working senses, which are illuminated by the fire of knowledge No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 14 February 2022 diff hist +3,916 In conditioned life, all work is contaminated by the material modes of nature. Even if one is a brahmana, he has to perform sacrifices in which animal killing is necessary. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,447 Instead of offering fire sacrifices, one should offer foodstuffs to brahmanas and Vaisnavas, for that process is more effective than fire yajna No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 14 February 2022 diff hist +11,450 If even a person born in a family of dog-eaters hears & repeats the chanting of Your glories (God's), he is immediately greater than a brahmana & is therefore eligible to perform sacrifices. Therefore, what is to be said of one who has seen You directly No edit summary current