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24 October 2023
- 10:2710:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 With great affection and respect, that Kurma brahmana made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu eat all kinds of food. After that, the remnants were shared by all the members of the family No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 When they received the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prasadam through Govinda, they respected it, and then they both began to dance in ecstasy No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 When Lord Krsna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika, who had a younger sister named Kilimbika. During the time of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation, the same Kilimbika used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were taken by the whole family of Tapana Misra. When news spread that the Lord had come, Candrasekhara came to see Him No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were later distributed among devotees who begged for them, and finally Govinda personally took the last remnants No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Tapana Misra did not offer Sanatana food immediately, however, but after the Lord (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) finished His eating there were some remnants of His foodstuff, and that was offered to Sanatana while the Lord took His rest No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would accept with great satisfaction all the food he prepared. After the Lord was satisfied, Raghunatha Bhatta would eat His remnants No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, "Chant the holy names Rama, Krsna and Hari" No edit summary current
- 09:5909:59, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he cooked, and Raghunatha Bhatta used to take the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "I will not be able to eat so much food, and it is not the duty of a sannyasi to leave remnants" No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta will contain nothing newly manufactured by our tiny brains, but only remnants of food originally eaten by the Lord Himself No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Raghunatha dasa stayed under the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, and Govinda supplied him remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s food for five days No edit summary
- 09:4209:42, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Narayani eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Kalidasa was standing outside the door, expecting the remnants of food from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Knowing this, Mahaprabhu gave an indication to Govinda No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 It was a steady, long-standing rule that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would lie down to rest after lunch and Govinda would come to massage His legs. Then Govinda would honor the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 In this connection (Narayani became the mother of Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura) the sahajiyas cite a malicious story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s food Narayani became pregnant and gave birth to Vrndavana dasa Thakura No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 He said, "Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has eaten this food. If you take His remnants, you will be released from the bondage of your family" No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 He also personally ate the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then the Lord again sent Govinda No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Govinda understood all the indications of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore he immediately delivered the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's food to Kalidasa No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridasa Thakura No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Raghunatha dasa accepted the prasadam with great happiness No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Govinda gave Sanatana Gosvami the plate with the remnants of Lord Caitanya's food. After taking the prasadam, Sanatana Gosvami approached Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 During the misunderstanding with Sivananda’s family, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered His personal attendant, Govinda, to give them all the remnants of His food. This is described in (Caitanya-caritamrta) Antya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verse 53 No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Balabhadra Bhattacarya invited the two brothers to take lunch also. The remnants of food from the plate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were offered to them No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 After saying this, the Lord ate the rice mixed with yogurt and offered Caitanya dasa the remnants of His food No edit summary current
- 09:2209:22, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 After eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took rest for a while. Tapana Misra then gave Sanatana Gosvami the remnants of food left by Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Actually the authorized compiler of the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Srila Vrndavana dasa, the incarnation of Vyasadeva. Only upon his orders am I trying to chew the remnants of food that he has left No edit summary current
- 09:1109:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist −17 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced, He forgot Himself and was simply absorbed in ecstatic bliss. But His internal potency arranged everything perfectly. This is the difference between the internal and external potency No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita No edit summary
- 09:0409:04, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG No edit summary
- 09:0209:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency No edit summary
- 09:0009:00, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41 As His (Caitanya's) associate Nityananda, He is the first expansion of God; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhara, He is the internal potency; and as Srivasa, He is the marginal living entity in the role of a devotee - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 08:4608:46, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41 Although the King had been refused an interview, he was indirectly bestowed causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 08:4008:40, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Thinking Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadananda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Nevertheless, for the deliverance of all the fallen souls of the world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa and left home when He was only twenty-four years old. He lived a very strict life as a sannyasi, refusing all bodily comforts No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Jagadananda Pandita (as an incarnation of Satyabhama) always wanted to see to the comfort of Lord Caitanya, but since the Lord was a sannyasi He did not accept the luxuries that Jagadananda Pandita offered No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) was in renounced order of life; He gave up His family, beautiful wife, very affectionate mother, very comfortable home, very prestige, too much prestige of His personality in the society. He gave up everything No edit summary current
- 08:3208:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Everyone wants money, everyone wants good wife, good family, good comfortable life. Caitanya Mahaprabhu denies, that "I don't want all these things." No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 When it was time for the Lord to go to bed, Svarupa Damodara stayed nearby, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the quilt and pillow, He was immediately very angry No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Jagadananda said to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, "Today please personally persuade Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to lie down on the bed" No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed half the night experiencing varieties of emotions. Finally, after making the Lord lie down on His bed, Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya returned to their homes No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 In His (Lord Caitanya's) childhood pastimes the Lord tried to catch the wall and stand up, but as an ordinary child falls down, so the Lord also fell down and again took to lying on His bed No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 24 October 2023 diff hist +28 Early the following morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see Lord Jagannatha in the temple, and He saw the Lord rise from His bed No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After rising from bed the next morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the local temple, where there was a deity of Hanuman. After offering him obeisances, the Lord departed for South India No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After half the night had passed in this way, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lie down on His bed in the inner room No edit summary current
- 07:5007:50, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After Gopinatha Acarya finished talking, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and, calling for Advaita Acarya, made Him act like the Sesa Naga bed No edit summary current
20 October 2023
- 15:0115:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 You are very sincere boy trying your best to serve Krishna and by His Grace you are quite fit for this business, and considering all these points, I have entrusted Back To Godhead in your hand. Because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 20 October 2023 diff hist +4 You are a sincere student from the very beginning of your spiritual life and I wish that you may advance more and more No edit summary current
- 14:5914:59, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Without this (qualification) one is unfit for service. But in devotional service the only qualification required is surrender. Surrendering oneself is in one's own hand. If one likes, surrender immediately, without delay, that begins his spiritual life No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18 With the tongue begins spiritual life. If we restrict our tongue not to talk uselessly, simply talk of Krsna or chant Hare Krsna, read Krsna books, and when you are hungry, take krsna-prasadam, then it will be possible, you can control the tongue No edit summary current
- 14:5714:57, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Why are we receiving different bodies? Because we have different tendencies for sense gratification. We actually have to come to detest sense gratification before our spiritual life begins. This is made possible through bhakti No edit summary current
- 14:5614:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41 When we are actually free from material affinities, then your real spiritual life begins. Athasakti. You become attached No edit summary current
- 14:5314:53, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41 When mercy from Krsna comes, your blazing fire of material existence will be extinguished. Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha . . . (CC Antya 20.12). Then real spiritual life begins No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18 What I am? Why I have come here? Why I am put into so many miserable condition of life? Is there any remedy? - these questions, when arises, then, practically, his spiritual life begins No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21 We have to be detestful from this sense gratification. Then our spiritual life will begin. That is possible by bhakti No edit summary current
- 14:4714:47, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21 We have to begin a professional spiritual life No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Those who sincerely begin spiritual life are guaranteed human birth in the next life - not only human birth, but birth into either a very pious or a very wealthy family No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 This Thakurbari, Radha-Govindaji, is my life. That is the beginning of my this spiritual life. And after so many years, still Radha-Govindaji has dragged me. So it is His kindness No edit summary current
- 14:2814:28, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21 This is called dvija, or the second birth. When you catch hold of a bona fide spiritual master just to guide you to act on the spiritual platform, then your second life begins. It is called dvija. So this life is so important that one must begin it No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18 The spiritual life begins from the association of sadhu, or devotee. You cannot progress a pinch only without the mercy of sadhu No edit summary current
- 14:2114:21, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 The four sages were impersonalists in the beginning of their spiritual life, but afterwards, by the grace of their father and spiritual master, Brahma, they understood the eternal, spiritual form of the Lord and felt completely satisfied No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 The first and foremost point is that one should accept a bona fide spiritual master. That is the beginning of spiritual life No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21 There is the spiritual spark who is the proprietor of the body. This is the beginning of spiritual education. What is, the scientists cannot imagine, or they have no idea, from there we begin our education in spiritual life, beyond their jurisdiction No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Sukadeva Gosvami has used the word sraddhanvita for one who is trained in spiritual life. Sraddha, or faith, is the beginning No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Truth. This is corroborated in all authentic scriptures. Our spiritual life begins to develop as soon as our relationship with Sri Krsna is reawakened No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Spiritual life begins with the association of a devotee, a sadhu. One cannot progress an inch without the mercy of a sadhu No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Spiritual life begins when a person understands that he is not the body. In the material world, all our connections - whether social or political or in the field of eating, sleeping, defending, and mating - are due only to the material body No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Spiritual life begins, first of all, sraddha, some faith. Just like you are coming here, kindly, to hear me. You have got little faith. This is the beginning. Without faith, you could not spare your time here, because here there is no cinema playing No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41 So if you engage your tongue for vibrating this transcendental sound, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare - Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and do not take anything except prasadam of Krsna, then your spiritual life immediately begins No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Sannyasa means that finishing all material desires. The sannyasa means, real sannyasa, means no more material desires. It is the beginning of spiritual life No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Ramananda cited from SB: My dear Lord, one should give up monistic speculation & the cultivation of knowledge altogether. He should begin his spiritual life in devotional service by receiving information of the Lord's activities from a realized devotee No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 Our movement is that beginning of spiritual life is to surrender. If there is no surrendering, then it is no advance. If that thing is lacking, there is no beginning even, what to speak of advancement No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 One must be very eager to hear, for spiritual life begins with hearing. - CC Madhya 17.136 No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 Nivrtti-marga means stop material way of life; begin spiritual way of life and come to Godhead, Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 Maya has given this vehicle, anywhere wandering, up and down, sometimes demigod, sometimes dog. This is going on. And in this wandering process, if he gets in touch with a devotee, then his real spiritual life begins No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Love of God involves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee, and the process of devotional service. Self-realization, the brahma-bhuta stage, is the beginning of spiritual life; it is not the perfectional stage No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Lord Krsna wants everyone to surrender unto Him, and this surrendering process begins when one touches the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master. By sincerely rendering service to a bona fide spiritual master, one begins his spiritual life in KC No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Like a chaste woman has got good reputation, similarly, a chaste tongue . . . chaste tongue means . . . chaste tongue and ear. Jihvadau. Our spiritual life begins from tongue No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Just try to get out of these material clutches and begin your spiritual life. That will make you happy. That is the only source of happiness. Otherwise it is not No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Just like a chaste woman has got good reputation, similarly, a chaste tongue... Chaste tongue means... Chaste tongue and ear. Jihvadau. Our spiritual life begins from tongue No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Just as life in this material world has its beginning in material sound, similarly a spiritual life has its beginning in this spiritual sound vibration No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 In the human life, if we prepare ourselves by beginning the activity of our spiritual life, we return to our real life and attain perfection. Otherwise, according to karma, svabhava, prakrti and so on, our varieties of life and activity continue No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 20 October 2023 diff hist +11 In the beginning of our spiritual life we must worship Madana-mohana so that He may attract us and nullify our attachment for material sense gratification. This relationship with Madana-mohana is necessary for neophyte devotees No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 If you adopt spiritual life, then your material miseries will be gradually decreased, and practically it will be nil. And when we are actually free from material affinity, then your real spiritual life begins. Athasakti No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 If we approach that sound (the spiritual sound), then our spiritual life begins, and the other requirements for spiritual advancement can be supplied No edit summary current
- 13:4513:45, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 For less intelligent men, beginning of spiritual life is essential, and only foolish men decry the establishment of such places of worship, which are required to raise the standard of spiritual attributes for the mass of people No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Everything here in the material world is spiritual reflection covered by the material elements. So when this sound is purified or you catch up the spiritual sound, then your spiritual life begins No edit summary current
- 13:4313:43, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Don't try to elevate yourself materially. That will not make you happy. Just try to get out of these material clutches and begin your spiritual life. That will make you happy No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 By simply surrendering unto Krsna, our spiritual life begins No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Brahmacarya is very, very essential. And that is, when one becomes detestful to sex life, that is the beginning of spiritual life No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41 Brahmacarya is student life, the beginning of life in the spiritual orders, and the principle of brahmacarya is celibacy. Only a householder can indulge in sense gratification or sex life, not a brahmacari No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Bhakti formula, anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11): "You have to make your heart cleansed of all material desire." Then spiritual life will begin No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 A person who begins a spiritual life in Krsna consciousness, his asset will go with him. Never mind, in this body we may be little uncomfortable. A spiritually advanced man, or a person in Krsna consciousness, is never in discomfort No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10 Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.4.15). Spiritual life begins, first of all, sraddha, some faith. Just like you are coming here, kindly, to hear me. You have got little faith. This is the beginning No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13 Acaryopasanam. In the Bhagavad-gita: "One should worship acarya." This is the beginning of spiritual life No edit summary current
13 October 2023
- 14:0514:05, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 We are generally illusioned. We are claiming ownership of the land. But before my birth the land was here, and after my death it will still be here No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 The purificatory activities begin even before the birth of a child, and the seed-giving reformatory process is called Garbhadhana-samskara No edit summary current
- 13:5113:51, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 The Lord (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) entered the bodies of His parents thirteen full months before His birth No edit summary current
- 13:5113:51, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 The land was there before our birth, before we came to the land. How did it become our property? Such deliberation will help us understand that there is a supreme proprietor of everything - the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 Srimati Radharani continued, "Before that birth as a ksatriya, He (Krsna) took His birth as a brahmana boy known as Vamanadeva and asked charity from Bali Maharaja. Bali Maharaja was so magnanimous that he gave Him whatever he had" No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 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 current
- 13:4513:45, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 Lord Krsna said, "If someone becomes a pure Vaisnava, or devotee of the Lord, ten generations of his family before his birth and ten generations after will be liberated" No edit summary current
- 13:4013:40, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 Just as a person born in a particular family cannot understand the position of his great-grandfather, who lived before the birth of the recent generation, we are unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, or Krsna No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 It is beyond my experience, because father existed before my birth. So beyond my experience. So I am finding out who is my father, and so many people are coming, "I am your father." No No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 In Vedic society, even before the child is born, when the mother is pregnant, many recommended ritualistic ceremonies are performed. before the birth of the child there is the garbhadhana ceremony No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 In this regard, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura desires to prove with evidence from many sastras that Krsna actually took birth as the son of Yasoda before the birth of Yogamaya, who is therefore described as the Lord's younger sister No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 Before the birth takes place, or before father and mother unite, there is a ceremony called garbhadhana-samskara, which must be adopted. This garbhadhana-samskara is especially recommended for higher castes, especially the brahmana caste No edit summary
- 13:1213:12, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13 Before the birth of Manu, the Gita was spoken by the Lord to His disciple, the sun-god Vivasvan, a rough estimate is that the Gita was spoken at least 120,400,000 years ago; and in human society it has been extant for two million years. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 13 October 2023 diff hist +26 Before the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, eight daughters took birth one after another from the womb of Sacimata, the wife of Jagannatha Misra. But just after their birth, they all died No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 Before taking birth, he (conditioned life person) undergoes the miseries of living in the womb of his mother, and when he comes out he lives for a certain period and then again has to die and enter a mother's womb No edit summary
- 12:5812:58, 13 October 2023 diff hist −55 Before my birth, the land was there. And after my death, the land will be there. If you trace out history, go on tracing, when the land was not there, you'll never find. Therefore the land is God's. The earth belongs to God. Everything belongs to God No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 13 October 2023 diff hist +26 Before my birth, the land was there. And after my death, the land will be there. If you trace out history, go on tracing, when the land was not there, you'll never find. Therefore the land is God's. The earth belongs to God. Everything belongs to God No edit summary
- 12:4812:48, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6 According to varnasrama-dharma, that not only by birth - before birth, when the father and mother is going to be combined to beget a child, there are cultural samskara, or reformatory measures No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me (Arjuna), more difficult than controlling the wind No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind No edit summary current
- 12:3612:36, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 The mind is cancala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at all possible; this would be as difficult as controlling the wind No edit summary current
- 12:3512:35, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 Pandu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kunti, by Dharmaraja, by the demigod controlling the wind No edit summary current
- 12:3312:33, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 On the western side (of Sumeru Mountain) is the planet known as Nimlocani, the residence of Vayu, the demigod who controls the wind. And on the northern side of the mountain is the moon, which is also known as Vibhavari No edit summary
- 12:3312:33, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind. BG 6.34 - 1972 No edit summary
- 12:3212:32, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 For that sacrifice, the various demigods who control the winds offered foodstuffs, and the Visvedevas were members of the assembly No edit summary
- 12:3012:30, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says: "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind." - Bg. 6.34 No edit summary current
- 12:2912:29, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12 BG 6.34: "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, it seems to me, is more difficult than controlling the wind." The only bona fide process for controlling the mind is to fix the mind by service to Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 13 October 2023 diff hist +13 Artificially, one may establish a mental equilibrium toward both friend and enemy, but ultimately no worldly man can do so, for this is more difficult than controlling the raging wind. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11 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 current
- 08:0408:04, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11 The king was in the forest, engaged in hunting, and when he became tired he went to the cottage of a sage and asked him for water. But the sage was absorbed in meditation, could not hear him. So Pariksit Maharaja, being thirsty, became angry No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11 Maharaja Pariksit became angry and envious at the sage due to his thirst and hunger, by the will of the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:0108:01, 13 October 2023 diff hist +30 For a king like Maharaja Pariksit to become angry and envious, especially at a sage and brahmana, was undoubtedly unprecedented. The King knew well that brahmanas, sages, children, women and old men are always beyond the jurisdiction of punishment No edit summary
- 07:5907:59, 13 October 2023 diff hist −11 For a king like Maharaja Pariksit to become angry and envious, especially at a sage and brahmana, was undoubtedly unprecedented No edit summary current
13 September 2023
- 13:0513:05, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14 Sukadeva Gosvami knew that Maharaja Pariksit asked the question not for his own understanding but as a warning to the future innocent people who might think others to be equal to Krsna No edit summary
- 13:0413:04, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9 Pariksit Maharaja asked Sukadeva Gosvami why Krsna was so beloved by the residents of Vrndavana, who loved Him even more than their own offspring or life itself No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14 Pariksit Maharaja, apprehending the future dangerous condition of blind followers of demoniac imitators, therefore asked this question No edit summary
- 13:0113:01, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9 One should know from the expert spiritual master, the advantages and disadvantages of discharging devotional service, just as Maharaja Pariksit asked his spiritual master, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 12:5212:52, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 Of course, these were not ordinary sages sitting with Him, and the great sage Narada also appeared there. After offering his respects to Narayana Rsi, Narada asked Him exactly the same question King Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 12:5112:51, 13 September 2023 diff hist +31 Maharaj Pariksit asks: "How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influence of the illusory energy and is the controller of the same, lie in everyone's heart" No edit summary current
- 12:4912:49, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9 Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami how many years Lord Krsna remained in human society, how many years He reigned over the kingdom of Dvaraka, and how many wives He accepted there No edit summary current
- 12:4812:48, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 Maharaja Pariksit asked many questions, some of them very curiously, to know things as they are, but it is not necessary for the master to answer them in the order of the disciple's inquiries, one after the other No edit summary
- 10:2110:21, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 Maharaja Pariksit asked about Lord Ananta, and upon hearing this question, Sukadeva Gosvami began to show symptoms of collapsing. Yet he checked himself and answered King Pariksit's question in a mild voice No edit summary
- 09:5309:53, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14 Maharaja Pariksit asked, "So how was it possible for them to get freed from the material condition just by thinking of a paramour?" One should consider here that Krsna and ordinary living beings are qualitatively one No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9 Maharaja Pariksit also asked Sukadeva Gosvami why Sri Krsna, just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, was immediately carried to the house of Nanda Maharaja in Vrndavana, Gokula No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14 Maharaja Pariksit's statement regarding the workings of the creative energy of the Lord discloses that he knew everything of the process of creation. Why then did he ask Sukadeva Gosvami for such information? No edit summary
- 09:3809:38, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 Lord Rsabhadeva refused to manifest mystic yogic perfections, and Maharaja Pariksit asked why He did not accept them, since, for a devotee, they are not at all disturbing No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 In the Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, 41st verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Maharaj Pariksit asked about Lord Ananta, and upon hearing this question, Sukadeva Gosvami began to show symptoms of collapsing No edit summary
- 09:3609:36, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 In the first verse (of the Second Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam), Sukadeva Gosvami replies to the questions of Maharaja Pariksit, who asked him about one's duties at the point of death No edit summary
- 09:2609:26, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8 How can they (the grhavratas) possibly become perfect in Krsna consciousness? Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami to resolve this great doubt No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 13 September 2023 diff hist +31 He (Sukadeva Gosvami) also prepared himself to reply to all that King Pariksit had inquired from him. Maharaja Pariksit was the best in the dynasty of the Pandus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person No edit summary
5 September 2023
- 15:5615:56, 5 September 2023 diff hist +31 He (the son of the brahmana) compared the King (Maharaja Pariksit) to a watchdog, and so it was wrong for the King to enter the home of a brahmana and ask for water from the same pot No edit summary
- 15:5015:50, 5 September 2023 diff hist +14 Generally, the followers of Ramanujacarya come out victorious in such meetings. So Pariksit Maharaja wanted to clarify the situation by asking this question of Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 15:3915:39, 5 September 2023 diff hist +31 Fortunately (the question asked by Pariksit Maharaja) is recorded in Srimad-Bhagavatam to warn innocent people that thinking of an ordinary man and thinking of Krsna are not the same No edit summary
- 15:3715:37, 5 September 2023 diff hist −8 Even the very question (asked by Maharaja Pariksit to Sukadeva Gosvami) is so nice that it is the best subject matter for hearing. Simply by such questioning and hearing, one can achieve the highest perfectional stage of life No edit summary
- 15:3515:35, 5 September 2023 diff hist +14 As a great devotee of Krsna, King Pariksit was already liberated, but for clarification he was asking various questions of Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 15:2815:28, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11 The King's (Pariksit's) anger and envy, directed toward the brahmana sage (Srngi's father), were unprecedented, being that circumstances had made him hungry and thirsty No edit summary
- 15:2515:25, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11 It must be accepted that it was so (Maharaja Pariksit anger towards Samika Rsi) ordained by the supreme will of the Lord. The King was a great devotee of the Lord, and the saint was also as good as the King No edit summary current
- 15:1715:17, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30 To produce a new species of humanity at the present moment on the basis of God consciousness and perfection of human life, the ideology of godly communism, the world has to again follow in the footsteps of kings like Maharaja Yudhisthira or Pariksit No edit summary current
- 15:1515:15, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10 To learn this science one should take shelter of the representative of Sri Sukadeva and follow in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a great offense at the feet of the Lord No edit summary
- 15:1115:11, 5 September 2023 diff hist +52 This child (Pariksit) will be almost as good as Lord Sri Krsna by following in His footsteps. In magnanimity he will become as great as King Rantideva. And in religion he will be like Maharaja Yayati No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10 The human society should recognize the importance of the cow and the bull and thus give all protection to these important animals, following in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary
- 15:0415:04, 5 September 2023 diff hist +52 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
- 15:0315:03, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30 One has to follow in the footsteps of great sages and devotees like Maitreya & Vidura, Pariksit & Sukadeva Gosvami, and engage in the transcendental devotional service of God if one would know His ultimate feature, which is above Brahman and Paramatma No edit summary
- 14:5514:55, 5 September 2023 diff hist −12 Footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10 Following in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit, it is the duty of all executive heads of states to see that the principles of religion, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness, are established in the state No edit summary current
- 14:4614:46, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30 Anyone who follows in the footsteps of either the ideal reciter or the ideal hearer, Sukadeva Gosvami and Maharaja Pariksit respectively, will undoubtedly attain salvation like them No edit summary
- 14:4014:40, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11 We should take example, or instruction, from the behavior of Pariksit Maharaja that everyone is on the threshold of death, but the foolish person, they do not know. Foolish person thinks that, "I shall live forever." That is foolishness No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11 This example of Maharaja Pariksit's behavior, his remaining patient even at the last point of his life, his undisturbed condition of mind, is an example of reservation No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11 The common man may be able to attain to such a plane (of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord in Vrndavana, or even at Dvaraka) by the gradual process of service and inquiries, as we shall see in the behavior of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11 Maharaja Pariksit's behavior, his remaining patient even at the last point of his life, his undisturbed condition of mind, is an example of reservation. This is one of the characteristics of a devotee who has developed ecstatic love for Krsna No edit summary
- 14:3014:30, 5 September 2023 diff hist +33 As the Lord is never envious of anyone, so also the Lord's devotee is never envious of anyone. The only justification for Maharaja Pariksit's behavior is that it was ordained by the Lord No edit summary current
19 August 2023
- 10:5210:52, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,169 When he (Pariksit) was assured of his death on a fixed date, he became more determined in the transcendental loving service of Lord Krsna by complete fasting on the bank of the transcendental River Yamuna, which flows down by the capital of Hastinapura No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,211 Thus the King, Maharaja Pariksit, sat to fast until death. All the demigods of the higher planets praised the King's actions and in pleasure continually scattered flowers over the earth and beat celestial drums No edit summary current
- 10:4910:49, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,704 This narration was presented by Sukadeva Gosvami when Maharaja Pariksit was prepared to give up his body, fasting on the bank of the Ganges No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,134 The river (Ganges, by which the King (Pariksit) sat to fast) carries the most auspicious water, which is mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord and tulasi leaves No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,942 The hunger and thirst from my fast do not disturb me, he (Maharaja Pariksit) said No edit summary
- 10:4510:45, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,978 Pariksit was a great emperor & possessed all the opulences of his acquired kingdom. He was so exalted that he was increasing the prestige of the Pandu dynasty. Why did he give up everything to sit down on the bank of the Ganges and fast until death? No edit summary
- 10:4410:44, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,916 Other transcendentalists, the great sages and mystics who assembled together because of Maharaja Pariksit's fasting unto death, were quite anxious to see him, for he was going back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,008 Maharaja Pariksit was interested in the topics of the Lord because factually he felt that by hearing such a nectarean message from the mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami he was not feeling any exhaustion, even though he was fasting because of his imminent death No edit summary
- 10:4010:40, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,492 From Mahabharata, Sabha-parva (4.11) it is understood that he was also present in the royal assembly of Maharaja Yudhisthira and at the fasting of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,176 Even up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit there were interplanetary communications, and the news of Maharaja Pariksit's fasting unto death to attain salvation reached the higher planets in the sky where the intelligent demigods live No edit summary
- 10:3510:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,613 Emperor Pariksit received the information of his death in time, and he at once left his kingdom and family and sat down on the bank of the Ganges to fast till death No edit summary
- 10:3310:33, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,566 Consequently there was nothing undesirable in his (Pariksit Maharaja's) opulence and administration. Then why should he give up all these favorable circumstances and sit down on the bank of the Ganges, fasting till death? This is astonishing No edit summary current
- 10:3110:31, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,987 Because of my drinking the nectar of the message of the infallible Personality of Godhead, which is flowing down from the ocean of your (Sukadeva Gosvami's) speeches, I (Maharaja Pariksit) do not feel any sort of exhaustion due to my fasting No edit summary
- 10:3010:30, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,354 As a human being, he (Maharaja Pariksit) was certainly both hungry and thirsty, and therefore Sukadeva Gosvami might have wanted to stop narrating the transcendental topics of Krsna; but despite his fast, Maharaja Pariksit was not at all fatigued No edit summary current
- 10:2710:27, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,873 Although there were many others who assembled at the place where Pariksit was fasting, the natural conclusion is that there was no topic other than the glorification of Krsna, because the principal speaker was Sukadeva and the chief audience was Pariksit No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,533 Pariksit was destined to give up his body at the end of seven days, and thus he decided to continue remembering the Lord by His association with the topics of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and thus to quit his body in full consciousness of the presence of the Lord No edit summary
- 10:2110:21, 19 August 2023 diff hist +34 Pariksit Maharaja because of his many obligations to Krsna, intelligently decided to think of Krsna constantly during the last days of his life No edit summary
- 10:1910:19, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,221 Maharaja Pariksit decided to meditate upon the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, who is Mukunda, or the giver of liberations of all description No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,210 It was decided that "You (Pariksit) hear Srimad-Bhagavatam the seven days." The Sukadeva Gosvami spoke, & he, listened from Sukadeva, and he became perfect within seven days. Therefore in India they observe this Bhagavat-saptaha. That is simply official No edit summary
- 10:1610:16, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,029 He (Maharaja Pariksit) decided to prepare himself for his imminent death and find out the way to go back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,201 All the sages who were assembled there also praised the decision of Maharaja Pariksit and they expressed their approval by saying, "Very good." Naturally the sages are inclined to do good to common men, for they have all the qualitative powers of the Lord No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 19 August 2023 diff hist +18,257 When that weapon was unleashed, Pariksit Maharaja's mother, Uttara, felt that she was going to have a miscarriage, and therefore she approached Krsna, saying, - Please save me No edit summary
- 10:0510:05, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,200 When Pariksit Maharaja's mother, Uttara, approached Krsna, Krsna, seeing the danger of abortion, entered her womb as the Supersoul and saved Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary
- 10:0410:04, 19 August 2023 diff hist +34,607 When Maharaja Pariksit was in the womb of his mother, Uttara, Krsna saved him from the attack of the brahmastra atomic weapon of Asvatthama No edit summary
- 10:0210:02, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,311 When he (Maharaja Pariksit) was in the womb of his mother, a brahmastra weapon was released by Asvatthama to kill the child No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,153 This (Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother) was caused by Drauni (Asvatthama), Acarya Drona's son, who killed the five sons of Draupadi while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,913 The sage Saunaka said: The womb of Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmastra weapon released by Asvatthama. But Maharaja Pariksit was saved by the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,356 The Lord was always with him (Maharaj Pariksit), even from the time when he was helplessly lying in the womb of his mother and was attacked by the blazing brahmastra weapon of Asvatthama No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,744 The Lord is present for the devotee by His acts and glories, and therefore Maharaja Pariksit felt the presence of the Lord when He was glorified by His acts, especially when he was saved by the Lord in the womb of his mother No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11 The first reason (Visnu saved Pariksit) is that the child in the womb of his mother was spotless due to his being a pure devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 19 August 2023 diff hist +9 The boy (Abhimanyu) left his wife, Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit. The Lord is always pleased to satisfy His devotees in any capacity. Only His devotees can play the parts of His relatives. The Lord is absolute No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,269 The birth of Maharaja Pariksit is wonderful because in the womb of his mother he was protected by the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 19 August 2023 diff hist +1,731 Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King Pariksit, you were burned by the brahmastra of Asvatthama, but when Lord Krsna entered the womb of your mother, you were saved No edit summary
- 09:0509:05, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,418 Sri Suta Gosvami said: Due to the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who acts wonderfully, Maharaja Pariksit, though struck by the weapon of the son of Drona in his mother's womb, could not be burned No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,957 O son of Bhrgu (Saunaka) when the child Pariksit, the great fighter, was in the womb of his mother, Uttara, and was suffering from the burning heat of the brahmastra (thrown by Asvatthama), he could observe the Supreme Lord coming to him No edit summary
- 09:0209:02, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,386 One may not be as fortunate as Maharaja Pariksit to have the opportunity to see the Lord in the womb of his mother, but even if he is not so fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desire him to be so No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,366 Maharaja Pariksit was saved by the Lord in the womb of his mother, so he could certainly be saved from an untimely death due to the ill will of the son of a brahmana No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,718 Maharaja Pariksit was saved by Lord Krsna while in his mother’s womb No edit summary
- 08:4908:49, 19 August 2023 diff hist +7,565 Maharaja Pariksit was at that time within the womb of his mother. His father, Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna, also died on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and so Maharaja Pariksit was a posthumous child No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11 Maharaja Pariksit is protected from the very beginning of his appearance in the womb of his mother No edit summary current
- 08:4708:47, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,885 Maharaja Pariksit associated with the Lord even from the womb of his mother up to the last day of his valuable life, and thus he acquired all the essential good qualities of the Lord in all perfection No edit summary current
- 08:4608:46, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,034 Maharaja Pariksit, who was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna (who saved the life of Maharaja Pariksit while he was in the womb of his mother), became more and more interested to hear about Him No edit summary
- 08:4508:45, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11 Maharaja Pariksit, while in the womb of his mother, was struck by the brahmastra released by Asvatthama, and he was feeling the burning heat No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,181 Maharaja Pariksit, fortunate as he was, got the impression of the Lord even in the womb of his mother, and thus his contemplation on the Lord was constantly with him No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11 Maharaja Pariksit, being especially attached to the Lord from the beginning of his body in the womb of his mother, was continuously under the shelter of the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:4108:41, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,259 Maharaja Pariksit, after hearing about those (childhood) pastimes of Krsna, who had saved him in the womb of his mother, became steady in his mind and again inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami to hear about those pious activities - SB 10.12.40 No edit summary
- 08:3808:38, 19 August 2023 diff hist +1,918 In this chapter the clue for describing Srimad-Bhagavatam is picked up as Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,254 He can assume so small body. Just like Pariksit Maharaja, when he was within the womb of his mother, attacked by the atomic energy, so Krsna entered the womb of his mother and saved him. Just imagine how small He became No edit summary
- 08:3508:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,190 He (Maharaja Pariksit) knew that Narayana (Lord Krsna) had saved him when he was burned in the womb of his mother, and if he were to be killed by a snake bite, it would also take place by the will of the Lord No edit summary
- 08:3408:34, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,875 He (Krsna) can appear even within the womb of the mother of child Pariksit because He is all-pervasive, unlimited by time and space No edit summary current
- 08:3208:32, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,834 He (Krsna) became visible to His devotee Maharaja Pariksit even in that awkward position (in the womb of his mother) in a shape just suitable for his vision No edit summary current
- 08:3108:31, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,720 Fortunately Maharaja Pariksit had already been attracted to the Lord from the very beginning of his body, in the womb of his mother. In the womb of his mother he was struck by the brahmastra atomic bomb released by Asvatthama No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,954 By placing King Pariksit in an awkward position, the incarnation of Srimad-Bhagavatam was created by the will of the Lord. Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King endured much, even in the womb of his mother No edit summary
17 August 2023
- 14:5814:58, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,830 Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King (Pariksit) endured much, even in the womb of his mother. He was never disturbed by the glaring heat of the brahmastra released by Asvatthama No edit summary
- 14:5614:56, 17 August 2023 diff hist −11 Because my (King Pariksit's) mother surrendered unto Lord Krsna's lotus feet, the Lord, Sudarsana-cakra in hand, entered her womb and saved my body, which was almost destroyed by the fiery weapon of Asvatthama - SB 10.1.5-7 No edit summary
- 14:5514:55, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,647 All such acts of the Lord were mentioned (like when Pariksit was saved in the womb of his mother and the Pandavas had to fight in Kuruksetra) in the addresses of welcome, and Maharaja Pariksit, satisfied, rewarded those who presented such addresses No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,738 Akrura was present also when Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra, was married with Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 17 August 2023 diff hist +6,285 This child (Pariksit) will be like his grandfather Yudhisthira or Brahma in equanimity of mind. He will be munificent like the lord of the Kailasa Hill, Siva No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,886 Taking the boat of Krsna's lotus feet, my (Pariksit's) grandfather Arjuna and others crossed the ocean of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, in which such commanders as Bhismadeva resembled great fish that could very easily have swallowed them - SB 10.1.5-7 No edit summary current
- 14:4714:47, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,413 Sukadeva Gosvami specifically referred to Yudhisthira as 'your grandfather' so that Maharaja Pariksit would be encouraged to think that he was related to Krsna and that his grandfathers were intimately connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 14:4614:46, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,281 Sukadeva Gosvami said, "My dear King Pariksit, your grandfather King Yudhisthira was a great soul. His congenial disposition attracted everyone to be his friend, and therefore he was known as ajata-satru, one who never created an enemy" No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,856 Sukadeva Gosvami, in answering Pariksit Maharaja’s question, went on to cite a historical instance regarding Pariksit Maharaja’s grandfather, King Yudhisthira No edit summary
- 14:3714:37, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,169 Personally, he (Maharaja Pariksit) was very humble and meek, but he expressed his gladness that Lord Krsna was very kind to his grandfathers, the sons of Pandu, especially his own grandfather, Arjuna No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,476 Once upon a time, King Pariksit’s grandfather Arjuna, the great hero, was visiting several holy places of pilgrimage, and while thus traveling all over he happened to come to Prabhasa-ksetra No edit summary
- 14:3414:34, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,310 Maharaja Pariksit was to become the medium for the revelation of Srimad-Bhagavatam by Lord Sri Krsna, as his grandfather Arjuna was the medium for the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 17 August 2023 diff hist +2,412 Maharaja Pariksit was the Emperor of the world and all the seas and oceans, and he did not have to take the trouble to acquire such a kingdom by his own effort. He inherited it from his grandfathers Maharaja Yudhisthira and brothers No edit summary
- 14:3214:32, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,293 Maharaja Pariksit was formerly declared to be the emperor of all lands ruled by his grandfather, but still he had to establish his supremacy while he was out of his capital to exact tribute from such states No edit summary
- 14:3014:30, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,614 Maharaja Pariksit very much appreciated Krsna's activities for many other reasons. Not only was his grandfather saved by Krsna, but he himself also was saved by Krsna No edit summary
- 14:2914:29, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,115 Maharaja Pariksit like his grandfather Arjuna, collected all illicit gold kept for the propensities of Kali and employed it in the sankirtana-yajna, as per instruction of the Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 17 August 2023 diff hist +2,559 Maharaja Pariksit is distinguished from his grandfather Arjuna, for black horses pulled his chariot instead of white horses. He marked his flag with the mark of a lion, and his grandfather marked his with the mark of Hanumanji No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,289 Maharaja Pariksit, grandson of Arjuna, the celebrated friendly servitor of the Lord, was a pure devotee of the Lord like his grandfather No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 17 August 2023 diff hist −11 Krsna had saved the Pandavas, Maharaja Pariksit's grandfathers, on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and Krsna had saved Maharaja Pariksit himself when he was attacked by the brahmastra of Asvatthama No edit summary
- 14:1614:16, 17 August 2023 diff hist +36 Krsna also happens to be grandfather of Maharaja Pariksit, and Maharaja Yudhisthira also happens to be grandfather, being the eldest brother of his grandfather. So Krsna is the authority No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 17 August 2023 diff hist +6,973 King Pariksit was very eager to learn how his grandfather kidnapped and married his grandmother No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,327 King Pariksit was especially interested in hearing krsna-katha because he knew that his forefathers, particularly his grandfather, Arjuna, were victorious in the great Battle of Kuruksetra only because of Krsna No edit summary
- 14:1114:11, 17 August 2023 diff hist +11,850 In history there are two Arjunas. One is Karttavirya Arjuna, the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child (Pariksit) No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,235 He (Maharaja Pariksit) felt grateful to the sages for being present there at the last stage of his life, and he felt that it was all due to the greatness of his late forefathers or grandfathers No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,851 Expert jataka-vipras were present during the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, and his grandfather, Maharaja Yudhisthira, awarded the vipras sufficiently with gold, land, villages, grains and other valuable necessaries of life, which also include cows No edit summary current
- 13:5413:54, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,557 By the mercy of Lord Krsna, my (King Pariksit's) grandfathers crossed this ocean (of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra), which was very difficult to cross, as easily as one steps over the hoofprint of a calf - SB 10.1.5-7 No edit summary current
- 13:5313:53, 17 August 2023 diff hist +12,054 Both the Arjunas (the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child) are famous for their bowmanship, and the child Pariksit is foretold to be equal to both of them, particularly in fighting No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 17 August 2023 diff hist +1,980 As the moon, in its waxing fortnight, develops day after day, so the royal prince (Pariksit) very soon developed luxuriantly under the care and full facilities of his guardian grandfathers No edit summary
- 13:4213:42, 17 August 2023 diff hist +11,988 Amongst great bowmen, this child (Pariksit) will be as good as the Arjunas (Kartavirya Arjuna, the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child). He will be as irresistible as fire and as unsurpassable as the ocean No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 17 August 2023 diff hist +1,698 While the earth and the personality of religion were thus engaged in conversation, the saintly King Pariksit reached the shore of the Sarasvati River, which flowed towards the east No edit summary current