User contributions for Madana Mohana

26 October 2023

• 15:4615:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ If Krsna cannot comprehend the limit of His own attraction and bliss, it is certainly not possible for us with our limited knowledge ‎No edit summary current
• 15:4515:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ He (Krsna) pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world-so how can we comprehend what is beyond? BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
• 15:4415:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Krsna has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God ‎No edit summary current
• 15:3815:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ The wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body ‎No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The idea of giving even one's wife to the service of the public is that one's intimate relationship with his wife by which one thinks his wife to be his better half or to be identical with himself, must gradually be given up ‎No edit summary current
• 15:2615:26, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ A wife is so helpful that she is called the better half of a man's body because of her sharing in all auspicious activities. A man can move without anxiety entrusting all responsibilities to his wife ‎No edit summary current
• 15:2415:24, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ When the Gayatri mantra is offered men, they are offered also sacred thread, and girls, they are not offered sacred thread. If their husband is a brahmana, she automatically becomes brahmana because wife is considered to be the half, better half ‎No edit summary current
• 15:2215:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist +24‎ By the Vedic injunction, the wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body because she is supposed to be responsible for discharging half of the duties of the husband ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ When he (Arjuna) went out to bring all other kings of the world under the subjection of the Pandavas, as was usual after the coronation of every emperor, he conquered the country named Kelinda and brought in subjugation King Bhagdutt ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ The Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), "O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me." ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate - BG 7.27 ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0315:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. This is an explanation of how the living entity falls down into this material world ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0215:02, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate ‎No edit summary current
• 15:0015:00, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. BG 7.27 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5914:59, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O conqueror of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled? BG 18.72 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread. BG 7.7 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Krsna), as pearls on a thread - 7.6-7 ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5614:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8‎ Kimpurusa-varsa is situated north of the great Himalaya Mountain, which is eighty thousand miles in length and height and which covers sixteen thousand miles in width. These parts of the world were also conquered by Arjuna ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5514:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8‎ Ketumala was conquered by Arjuna. A description of this part of the world is available in the Mahabharata. It is said that it is situated on the western side of the Meru Parvata, and inhabitants of this province used to live up to ten thousand years ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In this verse (of BG 10.20) Arjuna is addressed as Gudakesa, which means one who has conquered the darkness of sleep. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 14:5014:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), the Lord says, O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me ‎No edit summary current
• 14:4914:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In the Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Lord Krsna says to Arjuna, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me - Thus it is here confirmed that there is no truth higher than Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya ‎No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to conquer all relativities through tolerance. Lord Krsna points out that it is the relativities like winter and summer that give us trouble in the material world ‎No edit summary
• 14:4514:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Krsna asserts His superiority Himself in this way: O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread ‎No edit summary current
• 14:4414:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ If he (Arjuna) should conquer his enemies, he would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be elevated to the heavenly planets whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting would be for his benefit in either case. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ He (Yudhisthira) sent Arjuna, accompanied by the soldiers of Kekayadesa, to conquer the kings of the northern side, and he ordered Bhimasena, accompanied by the soldiers of Madradesa (Madras), to conquer the kings on the eastern side ‎No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Bhagavad-gita (7.27): "O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate." This condition of life is called avidya. Opposed to this avidya is real knowledge ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ Because He (Krsna) was near me (Arjuna), it was possible for me to conquer with great dexterity the powerful King of heaven, Indradeva, along with his demigod associates and thus enable the fire-god to devastate the Khandava Forest ‎No edit summary
• 14:3714:37, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ At that time Arjuna, the great warrior and conqueror of sleep, who is the intimate friend of the most beloved Supreme Lord (Krsna), took up an umbrella which had a handle of jewels and was embroidered with lace and pearls ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ Arjuna was always a conqueror because the Lord (Krsna) was his friend ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Arjuna is described here as the conqueror, and Krsna is described as his intimate friend. Bhismadeva, on his bed of arrows after the Battle of Kuruksetra, is remembering the particular dress of Lord Krsna which He put on as the driver of Arjuna's chariot ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Arjuna's another name is Dhananjaya. Dhananjaya means "one who can conquer over riches." His brother was in need of money, and he brought money. Therefore, from that day, his name was Dhananjaya, "one can conquer over riches" ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2314:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter Sri Krsna says - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ The devotee is not interested in liberation, but in serving; as such, the devotee is already liberated. So liberation is not very important business--it doesn't matter if he is liberated or non-liberated ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20‎ Such devotees are not interested even in so-called liberation, and they certainly have no interest in material activities for elevation to the heavenly planets for sense gratification ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20‎ So in this way Kali-yuga is polluted. Everything is contaminated, polluted. So it is called the ocean of faults. Because the life is meant for liberation. If one is not interested in liberation, simply for sense gratification, that is conditional life ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14‎ Since those who engage in such activities (religiosity, economic development and sense gratification) are not interested in liberation, Narada did not inquire from the King about this ‎No edit summary
• 13:5613:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ People are not interested for liberation. They want to become religious for material benefit. But that is not the real purpose of life ‎No edit summary
• 13:5413:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14‎ Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in moksa, liberation. There are four principles - dharma (religion), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa - liberation ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5213:52, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ My (God's) devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti), although these are automatically achieved by their service ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ In his prayer to the Lord, Prahlada Maharaja said that he was not personally interested in liberation from this material world; rather, he did not wish to be liberated from this material condition until all fallen souls were delivered ‎No edit summary
• 13:4813:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ 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" ‎No edit summary
• 13:4213:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ When the Lord mentioned the birth of Prsnigarbha, He did not say tenaiva vapusa, but He assured Devaki that in the third birth the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna had appeared, not His partial expansion ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4113:41, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The next birth takes place when one is initiated by the spiritual master, and this birth is called savitra. The third birth, called yajnika, takes place when one is given the opportunity to worship Lord Visnu ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ Prsnigarbha and Vamana were partial expansions of Krsna, but in this third birth Krsna Himself appeared. This is the explanation given in Sri Krsna-sandarbha by Srila Jiva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 13:3913:39, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ King Bharata, who took his third birth in the family of a good brahmana, is an example of good birth for the revival of previous transcendental consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ In their third birth the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of ksatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Krsna has struck them with His disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse ‎No edit summary
• 13:2313:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The world is mad after such temporary benefit and partial service and it is our duty to change the face altogether by an authorized spiritual movement ‎No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The success obtained by such methods (of demigod worship) is certainly transient, and it is suitable only for a less intelligent person. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gita. No sane man should be satisfied by such temporary benefits ‎No edit summary current