User contributions for Alankrutha
17 December 2020
- 18:0818:08, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,274 N The demigods, afflicted on one side by the fighting demons and on the other by the curse of Durvasa Muni, lost all the material opulences in the three worlds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus the demigods, afflicted on one side by the fighting demons and on the other by the curse of Durvāsā Muni, lost all the..."
- 17:5317:53, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,271 Indra, being too puffed up, took the garland, and without respect for Durvasa Muni, he placed it on the trunk of his carrier elephant No edit summary current
- 17:4817:48, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,404 N Seeing this insulting behavior (of Indra), Durvasa Muni immediately cursed Indra to be poverty-stricken, bereft of all material opulence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Seeing this insulting behavior, Durvāsā Muni immediately cursed Indra to be poverty-stricken, bereft of all material opulenc..."
- 17:4117:41, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,415 N The elephant (Indra's carrier), being an animal, could not understand the value of the garland, and thus the elephant threw the garland between its legs and smashed it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The elephant, being an animal, could not understand the value of the garland, and thus the elephant threw the garland between..."
- 17:3117:31, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,246 N Indra, being too puffed up, took the garland, and without respect for Durvasa Muni, he placed it on the trunk of his carrier elephant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indra, however, being too puffed up, took the garland, and without respect for Durvāsā Muni, he placed it on the trunk of hi..."
- 17:1817:18, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,241 N It is described that while Durvasa Muni was passing on the road, he saw Indra on the back of his elephant and was pleased to offer Indra a garland from his own neck Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is described that while Durvāsā Muni was passing on the road, he saw Indra on the back of his elephant and was pleased to..."
- 16:4316:43, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,318 N If one could count the atoms within the universe, one could count the qualities of Lord Visnu. But the atoms of the universe are impossible for anyone to count, and similarly no one can count the transcendental qualities of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one could count the atoms within the universe, one could count the qualities of Lord Viṣṇu. But the atoms of the univer..."
- 16:2616:26, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,347 N According to some authorities there are two Varahas. According to others, Varaha appeared during the regime of Svayambhuva & stayed in the water until that of Raivata. Some doubt that this could be possible, but the answer is that everything is possible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore according to some authorities there are two Varāhas. According to others, however, Varāha appeared during the regi..."
- 16:0816:08, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,291 N Jaya, as Hiranyaksa, had to fight with Varahadeva, and that same Varahadeva is mentioned in regard to the Raivata millennium. The fighting, however, took place during the reign of the first Manu, Svayambhuva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jaya, as Hiraṇyākṣa, had to fight with Varāhadeva, and that same Varāhadeva is mentioned in regard to the Raivata mille..."
- 15:5315:53, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,161 N The Lord's glorious activities referred to in this connection took place after His personal bodyguards Jaya and Vijaya became Daityas, having been cursed by the great sages Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanat-kumara and Sanandana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord's glorious activities referred to in this connection took place after His personal bodyguards Jaya and Vijaya became..."
- 15:4015:40, 17 December 2020 diff hist +2,980 N Described in Second Canto (of SB) Lord Brahma saw Vaikuntha before the creation of universe. Viraraghava Acarya mentions that this Vaikuntha is within the universe. It is situated above the mountain known as Lokaloka. This planet is worshiped by everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As described in the Second Canto, Lord Brahmā saw Vaikuṇṭha before the creation of the universe. Vīrarāghava Ācārya m..."
- 14:0714:07, 17 December 2020 diff hist +2,618 N Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks here that this Vaikuntha planet, like Srimad-Bhagavatam, appears & is said to be born or created, but both SB & Vaikuntha eternally exist beyond the material universes, which are enveloped by eight kinds of coverings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks here that this Vaikuṇṭha planet, like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, appears an..."
15 December 2020
- 18:4518:45, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,876 N The spiritual master is so kind that in spite of having bad dreams due to the sinful disciple, he accepts this troublesome business for the deliverance of the victims of Kali-yuga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nonetheless, the spiritual master is so kind that in spite of having bad dreams due to the sinful disciple, he accepts this tr..."
- 18:1618:16, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,663 Because of sinful activities, at night we have bad dreams, which are very troublesome No edit summary current
- 18:0618:06, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,765 N Sukadeva Gosvami especially recommends that those who are brahmanas (sucayah) recite all these mantras (verses in the Vedic literature) after rising from bed in the morning Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī especially recommends that those who are brāhmaṇas"|"sucayah"|"recite all these mantras after rising fr..."
- 17:2117:21, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,746 N Unscrupulous persons, however, deviate from the actual narration and interpret the text in their own way with grammatical jugglery. Such deviations are to be avoided Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unscrupulous persons, however, deviate from the actual narration and interpret the text in their own way with grammatical jugg..."
- 17:1117:11, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,687 N Every verse in the Vedic literature, especially in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, is a Vedic mantra. Here the words yathanukirtayanti are used to recommend that this literature be presented as it is Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every verse in the Vedic literature, especially in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā, is a Vedic mantra. Here the w..."
- 16:4816:48, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,622 N They (the impersonalists) say brahma satyam jagan mithya - "Brahman is real, & the material world is false" - they are nonetheless very eager to serve the false material world and neglect the service of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they say brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā"|"Brahman is real, and the material world is false"|"they are nonetheless very..."
- 16:3716:37, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,666 N Anadrta-yusmad-anghrayah. The impersonalists do not think that the service of the Lord is more valuable than serving the poor man or starting a school or hospital Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ. The impersonalists do not think that the service of the Lord is more valuable than serving..."
- 16:2116:21, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,716 N He (the impersonalist) comes down to open hospitals and educational institutions, feed poor men and perform similar materialistic activities, which the impersonalist thinks are more precious than serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus he comes down to open hospitals and educational institutions, feed poor men and perform similar materialistic activities,..."
- 15:5515:55, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,868 N The impersonalist, although merging in the effulgence of the brahmajyoti, is still insecure and therefore generally falls again to this material world. Aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty adho 'nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah (SB 10.2.32) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"whereas the impersonalist, although merging in the effulgence of the brahmajyoti, is still insecure and therefore generally fa..."
- 15:4515:45, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,447 N The difference between the mukti of the impersonalist and that of the devotee is that the devotee is immediately appointed an eternal servant of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The difference between the mukti of the impersonalist and that of the devotee is that the devotee is immediately appointed an..." current
- 15:2515:25, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,826 N The word svarupa refers to sarupya-mukti - going back home, back to Godhead, and remaining the Lord's eternal associate, having regained a spiritual body exactly resembling that of the Lord, with four hands, holding the sankha, cakra, gada and padma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word svarūpa refers to sārūpya-mukti—going back home, back to Godhead, and remaining the Lord's eternal associate, ha..."
- 15:1015:10, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,374 N When a devotee gets liberation, he becomes free from material contamination and engages as a servant of the Lord. This is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.10.6): muktir hitvanyatha rupam svarupena vyavasthitih Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a devotee gets liberation, he becomes free from material contamination and engages as a servant of the Lord. This is expl..."
- 15:0115:01, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,746 N The devotee who renders unalloyed service to the Lord gets the right to be promoted to Vaikunthaloka, just as a son inherits the property of his father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee who renders unalloyed service to the Lord gets the right to be promoted to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, just as a son inheri..."
- 14:0914:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,709 N One who engages always in Your (God's) devotional service with his mind, words and body, and who always offers obeisances unto You, is certainly a bona fide candidate for liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"who engages always in Your devotional service with his mind, words and body, and who always offers obeisances unto You, is cer..." current
- 13:5913:59, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,723 N One who seeks Your (God's) compassion and thus tolerates all kinds of adverse conditions due to the karma of his past deeds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who seeks Your compassion and thus tolerates all kinds of adverse conditions due to the karma of his past deeds"}} {{notes..." current
14 December 2020
- 18:4218:42, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,803 N For a devotee, mukti (liberation) means not to merge in the effulgence of the Lord, but to be directly promoted to the Vaikuntha planets and to become an associate of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for a devotee, mukti (liberation) means not to merge in the effulgence of the Lord, but to be directly promoted to the Vaiku..."
- 18:3118:31, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,110 N The impersonalists are satisfied to get the liberation of merging in the Brahman effulgence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalists are satisfied to get the liberation of merging in the Brahman effulgence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankruth..."
- 17:5817:58, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,196 N In this verse (of SB 8.4.13) the word vimoksya is significant. For a devotee, moksa or mukti - salvation - means getting the position of the Lord's associate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word vimokṣya is significant. For a devotee, mokṣa or mukti"|"salvation"|"means getting the position of..."
- 17:4017:40, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,616 N The word upadharayan, "considering," is very significant in this verse (of SB 8.4.11-12). This word indicates that a devotee knows what is what; he understands what is happening in material, conditional life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word upadhārayan"|"considering"|"is very significant in this verse. This word indicates that a devotee knows what is what..."
- 17:0517:05, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,600 N One should therefore adhere to devotional service, and the Lord Himself will very soon see to one's promotion to the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore adhere to devotional service, and the Lord Himself will very soon see to one's promotion to the spiritual..."
- 16:5616:56, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,716 N If a devotee has to suffer the reactions of his past misdeeds, the Supreme Lord arranges for him to be given only a token of these reactions, and very soon he is freed from all the reactions of material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a devotee has to suffer the reactions of his past misdeeds, the Supreme Lord arranges for him to be given only a token of t..."
- 16:4016:40, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,874 N Instead of being agitated by such reverses, he (a devotee of God) continues his activities of devotional service, and Krsna takes care of him and enables him to be promoted to the spiritual world, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore, instead of being agitated by such reverses, he continues his activities of devotional service, and Kṛṣṇa take..."
- 15:3115:31, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,318 N He (a devotee of God) regards any reverses in life as blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He regards any reverses in life as blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{com..."
- 15:0715:07, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,873 N Although the King (Indradyumna) was not at fault, Agastya Muni cursed him, and when this happened the King considered it to be due to his past misdeeds. Tat te 'nukampam susamiksamanah (SB 10.14.8). This is a practical example of how a devotee thinks Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the King was not at fault, Agastya Muni cursed him, and when this happened the King considered it to be due to his pa..."
- 14:3714:37, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3,678 N This is the unique position of a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although the King (Indradyumna) was cursed, he welcomed the curse because a devotee is always aware that nothing can happen without the desire of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the unique position of a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although the King was cursed, he welcomed the..."
13 December 2020
- 16:0216:02, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,520 N One who is a pure devotee (anyabhilasita-sunyam - Brs 1.1.11), who acts according to the sastra and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, certainly becomes purified. Like Gajendra, he assumes a spiritual body and returns home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is a pure devotee"|"anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam"|"Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11"|"who acts according to the śāstr..."
- 12:3412:34, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,802 N One is purified of material contamination. This is the result of touching the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one is purified of material contamination. This is the result of touching the Supreme Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha..." current
- 12:2012:20, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,382 N Not only by touching the body of the Supreme Lord, but simply by hearing about His pastimes, chanting His glories, touching His feet and offering worship - in other words, by serving the Lord somehow or other - one is purified of material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only by touching the body of the Supreme Lord, but simply by hearing about His pastimes, chanting His glories, touching Hi..."
- 11:5911:59, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,180 N Arcana-paddhati, daily worship of the Deity, provides an opportunity to touch the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus it enables one to be fortunate enough to get a spiritual body and go back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arcanā-paddhati, daily worship of the Deity, provides an opportunity to touch the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,..."
- 11:4311:43, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,930 N Gajendra assumed a spiritual body when his body was touched by the Lord. Similarly, Dhruva Maharaja assumed his spiritual body in this way Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gajendra assumed a spiritual body when his body was touched by the Lord. Similarly, Dhruva Mahārāja assumed his spiritual bo..."
- 11:3211:32, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,892 N If one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead by having his gross body touched by the Lord, his body turns into a spiritual body, and he can go back home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead by having his gross body touched by the Lord, his body turns into a sp..."
12 December 2020
- 19:0819:08, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,993 N Gajendra was also delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he was freed from the curse of Agastya Muni Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, Gajendra was also delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he was freed from the curse of Agastya Muni"..."
- 18:3318:33, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,811 N The story of how the Gandharva had become a crocodile will be described later. The curse by which the Gandharva took this position was actually a blessing, not a curse Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The story of how the Gandharva had become a crocodile will be described later. The curse by which the Gandharva took this posi..."
- 18:0218:02, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,510 Indradyumna, in his birth as an elephant (Gajendra), attained salvation and became a personal associate of the Lord in Vaikuntha, and the crocodile regained his status as a Gandharva No edit summary current
- 17:5317:53, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,582 N We find evidence in many places that the curse of a great saint or devotee is not a curse but a benediction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We find evidence in many places that the curse of a great saint or devotee is not a curse but a benediction"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."
- 17:3817:38, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,470 N Indradyumna, in his birth as an elephant (Gajendra), attained salvation and became a personal associate of the Lord in Vaikuntha, and the crocodile regained his status as a Gandharva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indradyumna, in his birth as an elephant, attained salvation and became a personal associate of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha, and..."
- 17:2217:22, 12 December 2020 diff hist +2,416 N It is evident from this chapter (SB 8.4.1) that great sages like Devala Rsi, Narada Muni and Agastya Muni will sometimes curse someone. The curse of such a personality, however, is in fact a benediction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is evident from this chapter that great sages like Devala Ṛṣi, Nārada Muni and Agastya Muni will sometimes curse someo..."
- 16:3516:35, 12 December 2020 diff hist +5,969 N The best course is to seek shelter of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and be saved from the struggle for existence in this material world, in which one repeatedly takes birth and dies. To reach this understanding is the ultimate goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best course, therefore, is to seek shelter of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and be saved from the strug..."