User contributions for Iswaraj
14 March 2017
- 15:5715:57, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,484 N Visnu said: With a steady mind and controlled sex drive, you worshiped Me, desiring some wonderful benediction from Me. Both of you (Prsni and Sutapa) practiced severe austerities for twelve thousand years by the calculation of the demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"with a steady mind and controlled sex drive, you worshiped Me, desiring some wonderful benediction from Me. Both of you practi..."
- 15:5215:52, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,450 N Visnu said: You also executed all religious principles. In this way you were able to cleanse your heart and control the influences of the material laws. In executing your austerity, you used to eat only the leaves of the trees which fell to the ground Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You also executed all religious principles. In this way you were able to cleanse your heart and control the influences of the..."
- 15:4315:43, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,552 N Visnu said: By practicing the breathing exercises of the yoga system, both you (Prsni) and your husband (Sutapa) could tolerate all the influences of the material laws: the rainy season, the onslaught of the wind, and the scorching heat of the sunshine Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By practicing the breathing exercises of the yoga system, both you and your husband could tolerate all the influences of the m..."
- 15:4015:40, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,411 N At that time, when Lord Brahma was desiring to increase the population, he requested you (Sutapa and Prsni) to generate offspring. You controlled your senses and performed severe austerities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time, when Lord Brahmā was desiring to increase the population, he requested you to generate offspring. You controlle..."
- 15:3115:31, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,525 N On hearing the prayers of Devaki, the Lord replied, “My dear mother, in the millennium of Svayambhuva Manu, My father Vasudeva was living as one of the Prajapatis. His name at that time was Sutapa, and you were his wife named Prsni" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On hearing the prayers of Devakī, the Lord replied, “My dear mother, in the millennium of Svāyambhuva Manu, My father Vasu..."
- 15:2615:26, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,286 N I (Devaki) am still afraid because as soon as Kamsa understands that You (Krsna) have appeared, he might harm You. So I request that for the time being You become invisible to our material eyes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am still afraid because as soon as Kaṁsa understands that You have appeared, he might harm You. So I request that for the..."
- 15:1615:16, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,222 N While thus praying to the Lord for rescue, mother Devaki nonetheless expressed her motherly affection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While thus praying to the Lord for rescue, mother Devakī nonetheless expressed her motherly affection"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
- 15:1215:12, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,656 N Devaki said, "My Lord, I request You to save me from the cruel hands of Kamsa, the son of Ugrasena. I am praying to Your Lordship to please rescue me from this fearful condition because You are always ready to give protection to Your servitors" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"my Lord, I request You to save me from the cruel hands of Kaṁsa, the son of Ugrasena. I am praying to Your Lordship to pleas..."
- 14:5814:58, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,577 N Even after traveling all over the universe, from Brahmaloka to Patalaloka, one cannot escape the attack of birth, death, disease and old age. But one who enters the kingdom of God, the Lord says, is never again obliged to come to the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even after traveling all over the universe, from Brahmaloka to Pātālaloka, one cannot escape the attack of birth, death, dis..."
- 14:5414:54, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,370 N Devaki said, "All the conditioned souls are continually fleeing from one body to another and one planet to another, yet they do not get free from the onslaught of birth and death" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the conditioned souls are continually fleeing from one body to another and one planet to another, yet they do not get free..."
- 14:4914:49, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,609 N My Lord, the whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, beginning from the moment up to the duration of the year. All act under Your direction. You (Krsna) are the original director of everything and the reservoir of all potent energies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, the whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, beginning from the moment up to the duration of the ye..."
- 14:4414:44, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,315 N Devaki said, "My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy and the ultimate reservoir of the material nature" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy and the ultim..."
- 10:2710:27, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,007 N Devaki said, "You (Krsna) are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental, eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Visnu" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental, eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand th..."
- 10:2410:24, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,015 N Devaki said, "Such eternal forms (of Krsna's) are evercognizant and full of bliss; they are situated in transcendental goodness and are always engaged in different pastimes" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such eternal forms are evercognizant and full of bliss; they are situated in transcendental goodness and are always engaged in..."
- 10:2010:20, 14 March 2017 diff hist +4,863 N Devaki said, "Your forms (Krsna) are eternal and all-pervading. They are self-effulgent, changeless and uncontaminated by the material qualities" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Your forms are eternal and all-pervading. They are self-effulgent, changeless and uncontaminated by the material qualities"}}..."
- 10:1710:17, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,154 N Devaki said, "You are original because all Your forms as incarnations are outside of this material creation. Your form was existing before this cosmic manifestation was created" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You are original because all Your forms as incarnations are outside of this material creation. Your form was existing before t..."
- 10:0810:08, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,323 N Devaki said, “My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like Narayana, Lord Rama, Hayasirsa, Varaha, Nrsimha, Vamana, Baladeva and millions of similar incarnations emanating from Visnu, are described in the Vedic literature as original" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devakī said"|"My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like Nārāyaṇa, Lord Rāma, Hayaśīrṣa, Varāha, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana,..."
- 10:0310:03, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,202 N I understand that You (Krsna) have appeared in order to kill the uncivilized Kamsa and his followers. But knowing that You were to appear in order to kill him and his followers, he has already killed so many of Your predecessors, Your elder brothers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I understand that You have appeared in order to kill the uncivilized Kaṁsa and his followers. But knowing that You were to a..."
- 09:5709:57, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,905 N The purpose of Your appearance is to kill the followers of the demoniac rulers of the world, who are in the dress of royal princes but are actually demons. I (Vasudeva) am sure that You (Krsna) will kill all of them and their followers and soldiers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The purpose of Your appearance is to kill the followers of the demoniac rulers of the world, who are in the dress of royal pri..."
- 09:5409:54, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,923 N My Lord, You are the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, the supreme great, maintaining the order of this cosmic manifestation. Yet in spite of Your being the supreme controller, You (Krsna) have so kindly appeared in my home Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, You are the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, the supreme great, maintaining the order of this cosmic m..."
- 09:4309:43, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,039 N As confirmed in the Vedas, harir hi nirgunah saksat: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always free from all material qualities." It is also said that the qualities of passion and ignorance are nonexistent in the person of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed in the Vedas, harir hi nirguṇaḥ sākṣāt"|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always free from all mater..."
- 09:3109:31, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,979 N Darkness is entrusted to Lord Siva because he annihilates the cosmos. The creation, annihilation and maintenance of this cosmic manifestation are conducted by Your potencies, yet You are always unaffected by those qualities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Darkness is entrusted to Lord Śiva because he annihilates the cosmos. The creation, annihilation and maintenance of this cosm..."
- 09:2109:21, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,802 N Suklam, or "whiteness," is the symbolic representation of the Absolute Truth because it is unaffected by the material qualities. Lord Brahma is called rakta, or red, because Brahma represents the quality of passion for creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śuklam, or"|"whiteness"|"is the symbolic representation of the Absolute Truth because it is unaffected by the material qualit..."
- 09:1309:13, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,643 N Since You (Krsna) are the Supreme Brahman, everything is existing within You, and since all the activities of material nature are controlled by Your Lordship, none of these activities affect You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since You are the Supreme Brahman, everything is existing within You, and since all the activities of material nature are cont..."
- 09:0209:02, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,869 N As You (Krsna) have said, material nature works under Your superintendence, just like a government officer working under the orders of the chief executive. The influence of subordinate activities cannot affect You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As You have said, material nature works under Your superintendence, just like a government officer working under the orders of..."
- 08:5708:57, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,941 N My Lord (Krsna), Your appearance, existence and disappearance are beyond the influence of the material qualities. Because Your Lordship is the Supreme Brahman and the controller of everything, there is nothing inconceivable or contradictory in You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, Your appearance, existence and disappearance are beyond the influence of the material qualities. Because Your Lordshi..."
- 08:4808:48, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,134 N Even if He appears to have accepted a material body, He is still not subjected to any material condition. Krsna has therefore appeared and defeated all imperfect conclusions about the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if He appears to have accepted a material body, He is still not subjected to any material condition. Kṛṣṇa has ther..."
- 08:4408:44, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,097 N Both inert matter and the living force - the soul - are emanations from Him. Only the foolish conclude that when the Supreme Lord appears He accepts the conditions of matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both inert matter and the living force—the soul—are emanations from Him. Only the foolish conclude that when the Supreme L..."
- 08:3608:36, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,131 N In the Vedic injunctions we find that the Supreme Soul, or the root cause of everything, has to be searched out because nothing exists independently of the Supreme Soul. Therefore the material manifestation is also a transformation of His potency Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedic injunctions we find that the Supreme Soul, or the root cause of everything, has to be searched out because nothin..."
- 08:2908:29, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,079 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is directly and indirectly existing everywhere; He is outside this material creation, and He is also within it. He is within this material creation not only as Garbhodakasayi Visnu; He is also within the atom Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is directly and indirectly existing everywhere; He is outside this material creation, and H..."
- 08:2308:23, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,162 N Persons who are less intelligent think that when the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes within this material world He accepts the material qualities. Such conclusions are not very mature but are made by the less intelligent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"persons who are less intelligent think that when the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes within this material world He accept..."
- 08:1608:16, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,924 N You appear to be in the three modes of material energy, but actually the three modes of material energy cannot cover You. This is understood by the highly intellectual philosophers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You appear to be in the three modes of material energy, but actually the three modes of material energy cannot cover You. This..."
- 08:1308:13, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,056 N One has to understand Your appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You (Krsna). You are the original source of the material energy, just as the sun is the source of the sunshine Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to understand Your appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You. You are..."
- 07:3407:34, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,370 N The devotees of Vrndavana are also spontaneous lovers. They are not required to strictly follow regulative principles because they are already naturally developed in transcendental love for Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees of Vṛndāvana are also spontaneous lovers. They are not required to strictly follow regulative principles becau..."
- 07:2807:28, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,257 N Krsna, being very kind to His devotees, fulfills their desire; because they always want Krsna's association, the Lord is always prepared to give it to them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa, being very kind to His devotees, fulfills their desire; because they always want Kṛṣṇa’s association, the..."
- 07:2207:22, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,279 N Muk means liberation. Lord Krsna can give liberation and therefore transcendental bliss. The word also refers to His smiling face, which is just like the kunda flower. Mukha means face. The kunda flower is very beautiful, and it appears to be smiling Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Muk means liberation. Lord Kṛṣṇa can give liberation and therefore transcendental bliss. The word also refers to His smi..."
- 07:1107:11, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,065 N The pure devotees of Vrndavana are fortunate because they can see Mukunda (Lord Krsna) all the time. This word mukunda can be understood in two ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotees of Vṛndāvana are fortunate because they can see Mukunda (Lord Kṛṣṇa) all the time. This word mukund..."
- 07:0707:07, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,585 N BG confirms the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find Krsna. Brahma-samhita says it is very difficult to find Krsna, the S.P. of Godhead, by systematic reading of the Vedic literature. But He is very easily available through the mercy of a pure devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find Kṛṣṇa. And it is said in the Brahma-saṁhitā that it is..."
- 06:5706:57, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,173 N Brahma said, "No one here (in Vrndavana) knows anything but the lotus feet of Krsna, or Mukunda, for which the Vedas themselves are searching" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one here knows anything but the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, or Mukunda, for which the Vedas themselves are searching"}} {{no..."
- 06:5406:54, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,280 N Brahma said, "I am just aspiring for a birth in which I will be smeared by the dust of the devotees' feet, because I can see that everyone here (in Vrndavana) is simply full of Krsna consciousness" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am just aspiring for a birth in which I will be smeared by the dust of the devotees’ feet, because I can see that everyone..."
- 06:5006:50, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,619 N Brahma said, "If I am not so fortunate to take birth within the forest of Vrndavana, I beg to be allowed to take birth outside the immediate area of Vrndavana so that when the devotees go out they will walk over me. That would be a great fortune for me" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if I am not so fortunate to take birth within the forest of Vṛndāvana, I beg to be allowed to take birth outside the immedi..."
- 06:4006:40, 14 March 2017 diff hist +6,046 N Brahma said, "If I am given the chance to grow as a humble blade of grass in this land (of Vrndavana), that would be a glorious birth for me" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If I am given the chance to grow as a humble blade of grass in this land, that would be a glorious birth for me"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 06:3606:36, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,638 N Brahma said, "I am most humbly praying at Your lotus feet for You to please give me any sort of birth within this Vrndavana forest so that I may be able to be favored by the dust of the feet of some of the devotees of Vrndavana" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am most humbly praying at Your lotus feet for You to please give me any sort of birth within this Vṛndāvana forest so tha..."
- 06:3006:30, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,302 N Brahma said, "I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of Vrndavana in any of my future lives. My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of Vṛndāvana in any of my futur..."
- 06:2606:26, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,499 N Brahma said, "We may be proud of being controllers of the senses, but here the residents of Vrndavana are so transcendental that they are not under our control. Actually they are enjoying their senses through service to You" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may be proud of being controllers of the senses, but here the residents of Vṛndāvana are so transcendental that they are..."
- 06:1806:18, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,238 N Brahma said, "They (residents of Vrndavana) are actually relishing Your presence and enjoying Your association by dint of their sensory activities" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they are actually relishing Your presence and enjoying Your association by dint of their sensory activities"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."
- 06:1006:10, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,651 N Brahma said, "We are all demigods, controlling deities of the various senses of the living entities, and we are proud of enjoying such privileges, but actually there is no comparison between our position and of these fortunate residents of Vrndavana" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are all demigods, controlling deities of the various senses of the living entities, and we are proud of enjoying such privi..."
- 05:5905:59, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,307 N Brahma said, "My dear Lord, no one can actually appreciate the good fortune of these residents of Vrndavana" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, no one can actually appreciate the good fortune of these residents of Vṛndāvana"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswa..."
- 05:5405:54, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,642 N Brahma said, "I am simply surprised with the fortunate position of Maharaja Nanda, mother Yasoda and the cowherd men & gopis, because You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, are existing here as their most intimate lovable object" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am simply surprised, therefore, with the fortunate position of Mahārāja Nanda, mother Yaśodā and the cowherd men and gop..."
- 05:5105:51, 14 March 2017 diff hist +5,391 N Brahma said, "You have drunk their (the innocent village women and cows) milk to satisfaction, yet You are never satisfied as much by those engaged in performing sacrifices" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You have drunk their milk to satisfaction, yet You are never satisfied as much by those engaged in performing sacrifices"}} {{..."