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14 October 2020

• 16:5916:59, 14 October 2020 diff hist +4,465‎ N One who offers the results of his activities to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually a sannyasi and yogi. Cheating sannyasis and yogis have existed since the time of Prthu Maharaja's sacrifice ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who offers the results of his activities to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually a sannyāsī and yogī. Cheatin..."

5 October 2020

• 16:1616:16, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,263‎ N In Bhagavad-gita (6.1) it is said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā"|"it is said"|"One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the r..."
• 16:1216:12, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,398‎ N The saffron dress worn by a sannyasi announces to the world that he has renounced all worldly affairs and is simply engaged in the service of the Lord. Such a devotee is actually a sannyasi, or liberated person ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The saffron dress worn by a sannyāsī announces to the world that he has renounced all worldly affairs and is simply engaged..."
• 16:0716:07, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,529‎ N Indra took up the saffron-colored dress as a way of cheating others. This saffron dress has been misused by many imposters who present themselves as liberated persons or incarnations of God. In this way people are cheated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|". Indra took up the saffron-colored dress as a way of cheating others. This saffron dress has been misused by many imposters w..."
• 16:0516:05, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,333‎ N The word pakhanda used in this verse (SB 4.19.11) is sometimes pronounced pasanda. Both of these words indicate an imposter who presents himself as a very religious person but in actuality is sinful ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word pākhaṇḍa used in this verse is sometimes pronounced pāṣaṇḍa. Both of these words indicate an imposter who..."
• 16:0016:00, 5 October 2020 diff hist +2,417‎ N Being an ordinary living entity, he (Indra) became envious of King Prthu, and, making himself invisible, he stole the horse and thus impeded the yajna performance ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being an ordinary living entity, he became envious of King Pṛthu, and, making himself invisible, he stole the horse and thus..."
• 15:5815:58, 5 October 2020 diff hist +2,325‎ N When King Prthu was performing one hundred yajnas, Indra became very envious because he did not want anyone to excel him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When King Pṛthu was performing one hundred yajñas, Indra became very envious because he did not want anyone to excel him"}}..."
• 15:5515:55, 5 October 2020 diff hist +2,476‎ N If the Vedic mantras were properly pronounced during the sacrifice, the animal sacrificed would come out again with a new life. That is the test for a successful yajna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the Vedic mantras were properly pronounced during the sacrifice, the animal sacrificed would come out again with a new life..."
• 15:5315:53, 5 October 2020 diff hist +2,560‎ N King Indra is known as sata-kratu, which indicates that he has performed one hundred horse sacrifices (asvamedha-yajna). We should know, however, that the animals sacrificed in the yajna were not killed ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"King Indra is known as śata-kratu, which indicates that he has performed one hundred horse sacrifices (aśvamedha-yajña). We..."
• 15:4915:49, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,015‎ The devotee is allowed to see the Supreme Lord face to face, although the Lord is beyond the expression of our senses and beyond our direct perception ‎No edit summary current
• 15:4815:48, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,101‎ N The word adhoksaja indicates the Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the expression of mind and words. However, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears before the devotee in His original form of eternal bliss and knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word adhokṣaja indicates the Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the expression of mind and words. However, the Suprem..."
• 15:4515:45, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,986‎ N We should try to understand, therefore, how a conditioned soul becomes fallen. The opulence of King Prthu was not dependent on material conditions. As described in this verse (SB 4.19.10) he was a great devotee of Adhoksaja ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should try to understand, therefore, how a conditioned soul becomes fallen. The opulence of King Pṛthu was not dependent..."
• 14:4114:41, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,008‎ N Despite his becoming bhagavan, he is envious of the incarnation of God, Prthu Maharaja. The defects of material life are so strong that due to contamination King Indra becomes envious of an incarnation of God ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Despite his becoming bhagavān, he is envious of the incarnation of God, Pṛthu Mahārāja. The defects of material life are..."
• 14:3814:38, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,124‎ N King Indra is described here (in SB 4.19.10) as bhagavan, which is generally used in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this case, however, King Indra is addressed as bhagavan because he has so much power in his hands ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"King Indra is described herein as bhagavān, which is generally used in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In th..."
• 14:3114:31, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,315‎ Maharaja Prthu is an incarnation of Visnu, yet he is a great devotee of Lord Visnu. Although an empowered incarnation of Lord Visnu, he is nonetheless a living entity. As such, he must be a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary
• 14:3014:30, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,798‎ N In this verse (SB 4.19.10) there are three significant purposes expressed in the words adhoksaja, bhagavan indrah and prthoh ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse there are three significant purposes expressed in the words adhokṣaja, bhagavān indraḥ and pṛthoḥ"}} {{..."
• 14:2714:27, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,353‎ N Everything is dependent on the people's acceptance of the Vedic principles of sacrifice ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is dependent on the people's acceptance of the Vedic principles of sacrifice"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandri..." current
• 14:2414:24, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,545‎ N Although poor men would catch tons of fish, they would not be equal in value to one piece of coral or pearl ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although poor men would catch tons of fish, they would not be equal in value to one piece of coral or pearl"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."
• 14:2014:20, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,620‎ N They (residents of other planets) presented various gifts to the King (Prthu) and acknowledged him as the proper type of king by whose planning and activities everyone throughout the universe could be happy and prosperous ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They presented various gifts to the King and acknowledged him as the proper type of king by whose planning and activities ever..."
• 13:4013:40, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,545‎ N The four kinds of foodstuffs are technically known as carvya (those edibles which are chewed), lehya (those which are licked up), cusya (those which are sucked) and peya - those which are drunk ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the four kinds of foodstuffs. These are technically known as carvya"|"those edibles which are chewed"|"lehya"|"those which are..." current
• 13:3113:31, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,796‎ N The best way to perform yajna in this age is to spread the sankirtana movement all over the world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best way to perform yajña in this age is to spread the saṅkīrtana movement all over the world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..." current
• 13:2913:29, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,181‎ N Unfortunately in Kali-yuga, due to an absence of yajna, there are many big trees in the forests, but they do not supply sufficient fruits and honey. Thus everything is dependent on the performance of yajna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately in Kali-yuga, due to an absence of yajña, there are many big trees in the forests, but they do not supply suffi..."
• 13:2513:25, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,247‎ N The words taravo bhuri-varsmanah indicate very luxuriantly grown, big-bodied trees. The purpose of these trees was to produce honey and varieties of fruit. In other words, the forest also has its purpose in supplying honey, fruits and flowers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words taravo bhūri-varṣmāṇaḥ indicate very luxuriantly grown, big-bodied trees. The purpose of these trees was to..." current
• 13:2213:22, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,075‎ N The whole system is so arranged that the living entity must do his duty as he is constitutionally made. Without doing so, all living entities must suffer. That is the law of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the whole system is so arranged that the living entity must do his duty as he is constitutionally made. Without doing so, all..."
• 13:1913:19, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,883‎ N The living entity's prime business is to satisfy the Lord because the living entity is part and parcel of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the living entity's prime business is to satisfy the Lord because the living entity is part and parcel of the Lord"}} {{notes|..." current
• 13:1713:17, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,117‎ N Complete arrangements for the production of all the necessities of life are made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. People should therefore learn how to satisfy the yajna-purusa, Lord Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Complete arrangements for the production of all the necessities of life are made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. People..."
• 13:1313:13, 5 October 2020 diff hist +3,972‎ N As Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.10), bijam mam sarva-bhutanam: "I am the original seed of all existences." Therefore all arrangements are there ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā"|"bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānām: "I am the original seed of all existences." Theref..."
• 13:1013:10, 5 October 2020 diff hist +4,072‎ N At the same time, there are chilies to satisfy our taste for pungency. Although the earth's ground is the same, different tastes arise due to different kinds of seeds ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the same time, there are chilies to satisfy our taste for pungency. Although the earth's ground is the same, different tast..." current

4 October 2020

• 10:4810:48, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,153‎ N Sugarcane provides its juices to satisfy our taste for sweetness, and oranges provide their juices to satisfy our taste for a mixture of the sour and the sweet. Similarly, there are pineapples and other fruits ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sugarcane provides its juices to satisfy our taste for sweetness, and oranges provide their juices to satisfy our taste for a..."
• 10:4510:45, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,160‎ N The word rasa means "taste." Actually all rasas are tastes within the earth, and as soon as seeds are sown in the ground, various trees sprout up to satisfy our different tastes ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word rasa means "taste." Actually all rasas are tastes within the earth, and as soon as seeds are sown in the ground, vari..."
• 10:4210:42, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,189‎ N If rivers are not polluted and are allowed to flow in their own way, or sometimes allowed to flood the land, the land will become very fertile and able to produce all kinds of vegetables, trees and plants ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If rivers are not polluted and are allowed to flow in their own way, or sometimes allowed to flood the land, the land will bec..."
• 10:3810:38, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,175‎ N If sankirtana-yajna is performed, there will be no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. This system should be introduced in all spheres of life - social, political, industrial, commercial, etc. Then everything will run peacefully and smoothly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If saṅkīrtana-yajña is performed, there will be no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. Therefore this system s..."
• 10:3410:34, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,074‎ N Now this sankirtana movement has already been started by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. people should take advantage of this great sacrifice and join in the Society's activities; then there will be no scarcity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now this saṅkīrtana movement has already been started by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. people should..."
• 10:3010:30, 4 October 2020 diff hist +3,970‎ N It is recommended in Srimad-Bhagavatam (yajnaih sankirtana-prayaih) that by performing sankirtana-yajna and by satisfying the yajna-purusa, Lord Caitanya, one can derive all the results derived by great sacrifices in the past ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is recommended in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyaiḥ"|"that by performing saṅkīrtana-yajña and..."
• 10:2610:26, 4 October 2020 diff hist +3,704‎ N In this age it is very difficult to find qualified brahmanas who can perform sacrifices as prescribed in the Vedas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age, however, it is very difficult to find qualified brāhmaṇas who can perform sacrifices as prescribed in the Veda..."
• 10:2210:22, 4 October 2020 diff hist +3,839‎ N Yajna means Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and sacrifice means working for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yajña means Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and sacrifice means working for the satisfaction of the Supre..."
• 10:2010:20, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,028‎ N Unless we are prepared to perform the prescribed sacrifices, our supply of the necessities of life will be checked. Bhagavad-gita confirms that Lord Brahma created human society along with yajna, the performance of sacrifice ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless we are prepared to perform the prescribed sacrifices, our supply of the necessities of life will be checked. Bhagavad-g..."
• 10:1710:17, 4 October 2020 diff hist +4,010‎ N One can milk a surabhi cow as often as one likes, and the cow will deliver as much milk as one requires. Milk is necessary for the production of so many milk products, especially clarified butter, which is required for performance of great sacrifices ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can milk a surabhi cow as often as one likes, and the cow will deliver as much milk as one requires. Milk, of course, is n..." current
• 10:1010:10, 4 October 2020 diff hist +3,705‎ N Surabhi cows inhabit the spiritual world, and, as stated in Brahma-samhita, Lord Krsna is engaged in tending these cows: surabhir abhipalayantam - BS 5.29 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Surabhi cows inhabit the spiritual world, and, as stated in Brahma-saṁhitā, Lord Kṛṣṇa is engaged in tending these co..." current
• 10:0610:06, 4 October 2020 diff hist +3,702‎ N In this verse (in SB 4.19.7) the word dharma-dugha is significant, for it indicates kama-dhenu. Kama-dhenu is also known as surabhi ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word dharma-dughā is significant, for it indicates kāma-dhenu. Kāma-dhenu is also known as surabhi"}} {{n..."

25 September 2020

• 12:5412:54, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,676‎ N If we are fortunate enough to take the lessons given by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita, our lives immediately become successful. No one can give better instructions to human society than Lord Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we are fortunate enough to take the lessons given by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā, our lives immediately become succ..."
• 12:5012:50, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,545‎ N Krsna is described here (in SB 4.19.3) as sarvatma, meaning that He is present in everyone's heart as the Supersoul, and as such He is the supreme teacher of everyone ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna is described herein as sarvatma, meaning that He is present in everyone's heart as the Supersoul, and as such He is the..."
• 12:4712:47, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,610‎ N Krsna can immediately make His devotee immune from all the reactions caused by sinful life if the devotee simply surrenders unto Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He can immediately make His devotee immune from all the reactions caused by sinful life if the devotee simply surrenders unto..." current
• 12:4412:44, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,734‎ N Krsna exhibits His powers as isvara, or the supreme controller, when He assures His devotee in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.66): "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He exhibits His powers as īśvara, or the supreme controller, when He assures His devotee in Bhagavad-gītā"|"Abandon all va..." current
• 12:4012:40, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,399‎ N He is described as isvara because He can do whatever He likes. He is the supreme controller. The supreme isvara purusottama is Lord Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is described as īśvara because He can do whatever He likes. He is the supreme controller. The supreme īśvara puruṣott..." current
• 12:3412:34, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,592‎ N Lord Visnu is here (in SB 4.19.3) described as harir isvarah. The Lord is so kind that He takes all miserable conditions away from His devotees. Consequently He is called Hari ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu is herein described as harir īśvaraḥ. The Lord is so kind that He takes all miserable conditions away from..."
• 12:3012:30, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,339‎ N When God's part and parcel is especially empowered, he is called saktyavesa-avatara ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When God's part and parcel is especially empowered, he is called saktyavesa-avatara"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandrika}}..." current
• 12:2712:27, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,809‎ N Lord Visnu is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus belongs to the category of visnu-tattva. Maharaja Prthu belonged to the jiva-tattva. The visnu-tattva indicates God, whereas the jiva-tattva indicates the part and parcel of God ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu, however, is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus belongs to the category of viṣṇu-tattva...."
• 12:2412:24, 25 September 2020 diff hist +3,718‎ N In this verse (in SB 4.19.3) the word saksat is significant. Prthu Maharaja was a saktyavesa-avatara incarnation of Lord Visnu. Actually Prthu Maharaja was a living entity, but he acquired specific powers from Lord Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word sākṣāt is significant. Pṛthu Mahārāja was a śaktyāveśa-avatāra incarnation of Lord Viṣṇ..."
• 12:2012:20, 25 September 2020 diff hist +2,877‎ N The demigods posted in the material world are not exempt from envy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demigods posted in the material world are not exempt from envy"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandrika}} {{complete|ALL}}..." current