User contributions for Madana Mohana
17 August 2023
- 13:3313:33, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,484 To become angry in such a grave situation was not unnatural for the King (Maharaja Pariksit), but because the King himself was not less than a great saint, his becoming angry and taking action were astonishing No edit summary
- 13:3213:32, 17 August 2023 diff hist +2,951 Sukadeva Gosvami said: O Maharaja Pariksit, descendant of Maharaja Bharata, I shall now describe the dynasty of Puru, in which you were born, in which many saintly kings appeared, and from which many dynasties of brahmanas began No edit summary
- 13:3013:30, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,159 Such was the case with other rajarsis (saintly kings), like Maharaja Yudhisthira and Maharaja Pariksit. They were all exemplary personalities on account of their being alert in discharging their prime duty No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,535 O Your Majesty, best of all saintly kings, because you (King Pariksit) are greatly attracted to topics of Vasudeva, it is certain that your intelligence is firmly fixed in spiritual understanding, which is the only true goal for humanity - SB 10.1.15 No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,135 O saintly King (Pariksit), I (Sukadeva Gosvami) was certainly situated perfectly in transcendence, yet I was still attracted by the delineation of the pastimes of the Lord, who is described by enlightened verses No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,411 Maharaja Pariksit was rajarsi-sattama, the best of all saintly kings, and Sukadeva Gosvami was muni-sattama, the best of munis. Both of them were elevated because of their common interest in krsna-katha No edit summary
- 13:2113:21, 17 August 2023 diff hist +21,971 Formerly the kings (rajas) were great saintly persons. They were not ordinary people engaged in drinking and dancing. They were all rsis (sages), up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,096 Although they were in royal order, they were very saintly persons. There are many examples, just like Maharaja Yudhisthira, Maharaja Pariksit. They were emperor of the world, but still, so pious, so religious, and so advanced in transcendent knowledge No edit summary
16 August 2023
- 14:5614:56, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,231 The little brahmana wanted to show his prowess in destruction, and he had the audacity to punish such a great king as Maharaja Pariksit. He wanted to take the place of Lord Krsna after His departure No edit summary current
- 14:5514:55, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,373 The great yogi Durvasa, under the influence of this Rudra principle (the Rudra principle of anger and passion), picked a quarrel with Maharaja Ambarisa, and a brahmana boy exhibited the Rudra principle by cursing the great King Pariksit No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,176 The great yogi Durvasa, under the influence of this Rudra (anger) principle, picked a quarrel with Maharaja Ambarisa, and a brahmana boy exhibited the Rudra principle by cursing the great King Pariksit No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,870 Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasadeva, in his turn delivered the Bhagavatam to the great Emperor Pariksit, who sat surrounded by sages on the bank of the Ganges, awaiting death without taking food or drink No edit summary
- 14:4714:47, 16 August 2023 diff hist +9,494 Pariksit Maharaja was a great king, emperor of the world, very pious devotee, all qualified. So sometimes he went to the forest for hunting. The hunting is allowed to the Ksatriyas, kings, royals No edit summary
- 14:4514:45, 16 August 2023 diff hist +7,258 One must follow in the footsteps of great kings like Maharaja Ambarisa or Maharaja Pariksit and hear it (Srimad-Bhagavatam) from a bona fide representative of Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 14:4014:40, 16 August 2023 diff hist +6,422 It is the duty of a transcendentalist to help persons who desire real salvation and to support the cause of salvation. One might note that Sukadeva Gosvami never met Maharaja Pariksit while he was ruling as a great king No edit summary
- 14:2814:28, 16 August 2023 diff hist +13,247 First he (Sukadeva Gosvami) explained it before Maharaja Pariksit, the great king. A short history of Maharaja Pariksit is that he was a very pious king, but unfortunately by some of his acts he was cursed by a brahmana boy to die within seven days No edit summary
- 14:2714:27, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,680 Both of them were on the same level, although it appeared that Maharaja Pariksit was a great king accustomed to royal facilities whereas Sukadeva Gosvami was a typical renouncer of the world, so much so that he did not even put a cloth on his body No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 16 August 2023 diff hist +6,176 A child of a Brahmin, a son of a Brahmin, was so powerful that he could curse a great king like Maharaja Pariksit that "You have insulted my father. So that snake will bite you within seven days, and you will die." This was the version No edit summary
- 14:1714:17, 16 August 2023 diff hist +2,557 Maharaja Pariksit, although born in a family of great devotees, the Pandavas, and although securely trained in transcendental attachment for the association of the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,675 How was the great emperor Pariksit, who was a highly intelligent and great devotee, born in that womb? How did his death take place, and what did he achieve after his death? No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,637 He (Yudhisthira) was happy to learn from the learned brahmanas that by astrological calculations the child (Pariksit) would be born a first-grade devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,641 He (Maharaja Pariksit) was born in a family of such devotees as the Pandavas, and just to continue the dynasty and show them special favor, the Lord specifically saved Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,995 From Abhimanyu, Maharaja Pariksit was born, and Maharaja Pariksit had four sons - Janamejaya, Srutasena, Bhimasena and Ugrasena No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,339 By way of being born in a family of devotees, he (Maharaja Pariksit) automatically came in touch with Krsna, and after being so contacted he constantly remembered Him No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 16 August 2023 diff hist +6,996 While Sukadeva Gosvami was narrating the history of Vrkasura, he addressed Maharaja Pariksit as Bharata, referring to King Pariksit’s birth in a family of devotees No edit summary
- 14:0314:03, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,240 The sages assembled in the forest of Naimisaranya inquired from Suta Gosvami about the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, but in the course of the narration other topics like the release of the brahmastra by the son of Drona were narrated No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,288 The sages assembled in the forest of Naimisaranya inquired from Suta Gosvami about the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, but in the course of the narration other topics like the Pandavas' visit to the place where Bhismadeva was lying were narrated No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,278 The sages assembled in the forest of Naimisaranya inquired from Suta Gosvami about the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, but in the course of the narration other topics like his (Drona's) punishment by Arjuna and Queen Kuntidevi's prayers were narrated No edit summary current
- 13:5413:54, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,343 The sages assembled in the forest of Naimisaranya inquired from Suta Gosvami about the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, but in the course of the narration other topics like Bhismadeva's prayers and thereafter the Lord's departure for Dvaraka were discussed No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,010 Thereupon, when all the good signs of the zodiac gradually evolved, the heir apparent of Pandu (Pariksit), who would be exactly like him in prowess, took birth No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 16 August 2023 diff hist +2,549 Suta Gosvami was equally anxious to describe Maharaja Pariksit's wonderful birth and death, and this verse is stated by Suta Gosvami to increase the interest of the sages of Naimisaranya No edit summary current
- 13:4613:46, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,178 Suta Gosvami said: Now I shall begin the transcendental narration of the Lord Krsna & topics of the birth, activities & deliverance of King Pariksit, the sage amongst kings, as well as topics of the renunciation of the worldly order by the sons of Pandu No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 16 August 2023 diff hist +12,998 Subhadra was duly married with Arjuna, and Abhimanyu was born of Subhadra. At the premature death of Abhimanyu, Subhadra was very mortified, but on the birth of Pariksit she was happy and solaced No edit summary current
- 13:3213:32, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,560 So his son would become famous in the world as Pariksit (examiner) because he would come to examine all human beings in his search after that personality whom he saw before his birth. Thus he would come to constantly contemplate Him No edit summary
- 13:2913:29, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,224 Maharaja Pariksit was not only a great ksatriya emperor, but also a great devotee of the Lord. Thus he cannot take his birth at any inauspicious moment No edit summary
- 13:2713:27, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,265 Maharaja Pariksit was more than that because he had been a great devotee of the Lord since his previous birth, and as such he took his birth in an imperial family of the Kurus, and especially that of the Pandavas No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 16 August 2023 diff hist +3,989 Maharaja Pariksit was a great devotee of the Lord from his very birth, and so was Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 13:2513:25, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,019 Maharaja Pariksit was already aware of all this information due to his accumulated piety and birth in a high family of devotees, Vaisnavas, and thus he was not at all interested in the material planets No edit summary
- 13:2413:24, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,922 Maharaja Pariksit then began to rule over the world as a great devotee of the Lord under the instructions of the best of the twice-born brahmanas. He ruled by those great qualities which were foretold by expert astrologers at the time of his birth No edit summary
- 13:2213:22, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,729 King Yudhisthira, who was very satisfied with the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, had the purificatory process of birth performed. Learned brahmanas, headed by Dhaumya and Krpa, recited auspicious hymns No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 16 August 2023 diff hist +2,511 It is said that Maharaja Pariksit is a great first-class devotee of the Lord and that his birth and activities are all wonderful. Please tell us about him No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 16 August 2023 diff hist +30 He (Pariksit) is addressed herein as the maha-bhagavata, or the greatest of the fortunates because he took his birth in the family of Maharaja Yudhisthira No edit summary
- 13:1913:19, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,952 He (Maharaja Pariksit) took his birth just to be known as the great hero of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 16 August 2023 diff hist +5,092 Expert jataka-vipras (good astrologers who could tell all the future history of a born child simply by the astral calculations of the time) were present during the birth of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 16 August 2023 diff hist +4,639 At the time of Maharaja Pariksit's birth, the expert astrologer-brahmanas foretold some of his qualities. Maharaja Pariksit developed all those qualities, being a great devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 16 August 2023 diff hist +6,086 At the last stage of his life he (Pariksit) was cursed by a brahmana boy to die within seven days. So within seven days he had to prepare himself for the next birth. So he was little perplexed No edit summary
12 August 2023
- 14:3314:33, 12 August 2023 diff hist +4,082 Your plan for bringing Lord Jagannatha to Atlanta is also approved by me, provided there are sufficient Brahmans and other suitable arrangements No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 12 August 2023 diff hist +2,790 You may get yourself married, provided that you can meet the responsibility of grhastha life. If you marry you will have to work to provide for your wife and family and try to spend at least 50% for Krishna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 12 August 2023 diff hist +4,316 You have written to say that a devotee can do anything for Lord Krishna; this is right provided such action is sanctioned directly by Krishna or his Bona fide representative No edit summary current
- 14:2814:28, 12 August 2023 diff hist +4,706 You can turn this material world into Vrndavana provided you agree to fulfill the desires of Krsna. That is Vrndavana. And if you want to fulfill your own desires, that is material. This is the difference between material and spiritual No edit summary current