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      14:33  Being so favored by the Lord, Brahma's schemes and plans are all infallible. If sometimes Brahma is seen to be bewildered, he is bewildered by seeing the action of the internal potency, that is also for his further advancement in transcendental service‎‎ 4 changes history −8‎ [Deepali‎ (4×)]
     
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     14:30  After seeing that all the trees on the surface of the earth were being turned to ashes, Lord Brahma immediately came to the sons of King Barhisman and pacified them with words of logic‎ diffhist −8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:27  During one day of Brahma there are fourteen Manus, and at the end of each Manu there is devastation up to the earthly planets, and the vast water is fearful even to Brahma‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:26  Because almost all of these twenty-five lila-avataras appear in one day of Brahma, which is called a kalpa, they are sometimes called kalpa-avataras‎ diffhist +3‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:25  As we get information from the most authentic book of knowledge, the Bhagavad-gita (BG 8.17), Brahmaji's one day and night is calculated to be some hundreds of thousands of years on our planet‎ diffhist −14‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:25  Although Lord Brahma has a long life-span (4,320,000,000 years constitute twelve hours in a day of Brahma), Brahma is afraid of death and consequently engages in the devotional service of the Lord‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:24  After describing the Lila and guna-avataras, Caitanya explains the manvantara-avataras to Sanatana Gosvami. He first states that there is no possibility of counting the manvantara-avataras. In one kalpa, or one day of Brahma, fourteen Manus are manifest‎ diffhist −14‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:22  Lord Brahma then brought Tara to a secluded place, and after pacifying her he asked to whom the child actually belonged. She replied very slowly, "This is the son of Soma, the moon-god." Then the moon-god immediately took charge of the child‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:21  In the beginning Brahma begot so many sons, and each of them were asked to increase the population. Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana, they were also requested by their father to increase population, but they refused‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:19  Your Lordship, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You who are indefatigable time and the enjoyer of all sacrifices. Although I am situated in an abode which will continue to exist for a time duration of two parardhas‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:19  This supremely powerful Lord Brahma, accompanied by his associates and the personified Vedas, left his own abode in the highest planetary system and descended to the place of Prince Priyavrata's meditation‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:18  Then from within the pillar came a fearful sound, which appeared to crack the covering of the universe. O my dear Yudhisthira, this sound reached even the abodes of the demigods like Lord Brahma‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:17  Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and the other demigods returned to their respective abodes, but Indra did not, for he was disturbed at having killed Vrtrasura, who was actually a brahmana‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:17  Lord Brahma then returned to his celestial abode, known as Satyaloka, which is described here as being impeccable and being unapproachable by words‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:17  Although Brahma was already entangled in bewilderment, he wanted to show his power to the cowherd boys; but after he took away the boys and their calves and returned to his abode, Krsna created further astonishment for Brahma‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:16  After instructing and pacifying all the demigods, as well as Bhumi, with sweet words, Lord Brahma, the father of all Prajapatis, or progenitors of the universal population, departed for his own abode, the highest material planet, called Brahmaloka‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:16  A significant word in this verse (SB 5.1.7) is sva-bhavanat, indicating that Lord Brahma descended from his own abode. Every demigod has his own abode‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:12  The higher planetary systems, beginning with Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka, are not inundated at the time of this devastation (the partial devastation of the lower planets within the universe when Lord Brahma goes to sleep)‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:11  I offer my respectful obeisances unto the SPG, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the Vedic literature to Brahma when Brahma awakened from sleep, & who explained the essence of Vedic literature to Satyavrata & the great saintly persons‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:11  At the end of the last inundation (during the period of Svayambhuva Manu) the Supreme Personality of Godhead killed the demon named Hayagriva and delivered all the Vedic literatures to Lord Brahma when Lord Brahma awakened from sleeping‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:10  At the end of Brahma's day, when Brahma felt sleepy and desired to lie down, the Vedas were emanating from his mouth, and the great demon named Hayagriva stole the Vedic knowledge‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:09  In his sleeping condition, Brahma dreams about the Garbhodakasayi Visnu and takes instruction from the Lord for the rehabilitation of the devastated area of space‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:09  At the end of every 4,320,000,000 solar years, when Brahma, the lord of one particular universe, goes to sleep, there is one annihilation. And at the end of Lord Brahma's life, which takes place at the end of Brahma's one hundred years of age‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:09  After the sleeping period of Brahma, when there is again creation by the will of the Lord through the agency of Brahma, all the great rsis again appear from different parts of the transcendental body, and Narada also appears‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:07  When Brahma goes to sleep in his nighttimeAt the end of the life of each Manu there are shorter dissolutions also‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:06  There are two kinds of dissolutions. One kind of dissolution takes place when Brahma goes to sleep during his night, and the final dissolution takes place when Brahma dies‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:06  The time calculation on these (higher) planets is indicated by Sri Krsna: "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahma's one day. And such also is the duration of his night." - BG 8.17‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:05  Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura points out that according to the Bhagavad-gita, Brahma's day and Brahma's night are periods of solar years expanding to 4,300,000 multiplied by 1,000‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:05  One day of Brahma consists of the four yugas multiplied a thousand times - or, according to solar calculations, 4,320,000,000 years - and such also is the duration of his night‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:03  In the Bhagavad-gita (8.17-18) it is stated that according to human calculations one day of Brahma is equal to one thousand ages of four millenniums (4,300,000 years) each, and the same period is calculated to be his night also‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:02  In Bhagavad-gita it is said that when the daytime of Brahma is over, the manifested creations of the universe all vanish, and after the end of Brahma's night the creation is manifested again‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     14:01  During (the night of Brahma) this time no living beings or species remain manifest, although spiritually they continue to exist. This unmanifested stage is called avyakta‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:57  When Brahma, the chief person within the universe, tried to bewilder Krsna, he himself was bewildered and astonished. This is the position of the conditioned soul. Brahma wanted to mystify Krsna, but he himself was mystified‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:57  Lord Brahma chastised the demigods for not properly respecting this brahmana (Brhaspati), who was their guru. Lord Brahma wanted to impress upon the demigods that one's guru should not be disrespected under any circumstances‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:54  Lord Brahma is considered the father of the demigods, but Krsna, or Lord Visnu, is the father of Brahma because Brahma took birth from the lotus flower growing from the Lord's abdomen‎ diffhist −44‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:53  I took birth from the lotus that grew from Your navel. Thus You are both my father and my mother, and I am Your son‎ diffhist +17‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:52  Following the order of Lord Brahma, all the Pracetas accepted the girl as their wife. From the womb of this girl, the son of Lord Brahma named Daksa took birth. Daksa had to take birth from the womb of Marisa due to his disobeying and disrespecting Siva‎ diffhist −15‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:51  Brahma takes his birth from the abdomen of the Lord Himself. A lotus flower grows from the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and Brahma is born there‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:50  Brahma is called here (in SB 3.32.12-15) adyah sthira-caranam. He is the original, first-created living entity, and after his own birth he creates the entire cosmic manifestation. He was fully instructed in the matter of creation by the Supreme Lord‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:49  Because we have no experience with spiritual energy, we think that Brahma’s birth from the navel of Visnu is simply a fictional story‎ diffhist −11‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:48  As it is said in the Bhagavad-gita, the birth and activities of the Lord are all transcendental. Therefore, according to authorized opinion, the birth of Narada as the son of Brahma is also a transcendental pastime‎ diffhist −15‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:47  Although I took birth as a sudra from the womb of a maidservant, I engaged in the service of Vaisnavas who were well-versed in Vedic knowledge. Consequently, in this life I got the opportunity to take birth as the son of Lord Brahma‎ diffhist −15‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:46  Alas, Lord Brahma, who has taken his birth from the lotus flower, does not know the principles of religion, nor do the great saints like Bhrgu and Narada, nor the four Kumaras, headed by Sanat-kumara‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:45  When the four previous sons of Brahma, the sages Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumara, refused to obey their father, Brahma was mortified, and his anger was manifested in the shape of Rudra‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:45  The King bathed in the water of the Yamuna, and according to prescribed duties, he offered oblations of water to the forefathers and demigods. Very gravely controlling his senses and mind, he then offered his respects and obeisances to the sons of Brahma‎ diffhist −15‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:44  The great sage Maitreya said: The four great Kumara sages headed by Sanaka, as well as Narada, Rbhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati, all sons of Brahma, did not live at home, but became urdhva-reta, or naisthika-brahmacaris, unadulterated celibates‎ diffhist −15‎ Deepali talk contribs
     13:44  The four Kumaras were the first-born sons of Brahma; therefore they are known as purva-jata. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita that the parampara system, or the disciplic succession, begins with Krsna Himself‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
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