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9 May 2024
- 15:3215:32, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 In the reservoir of water first created by the perspiration of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the Lord lies on the Sesa plenary expansion of Visnu, who is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and in the four Vedas No edit summary current
- 15:3015:30, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 In the spiritual sky the representations of Narayana are described as follows: Govinda (disc, mace, flower and conch), Visnu-murti (mace, flower, conch and disc), Madhusudana (disc, conch, flower and mace), Trivikrama - flower, mace, disc and shell No edit summary current
- 15:2915:29, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 In the tenth and eleventh verses Krsnadasa Kaviraja describes Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu, successive plenary expansions of Maha-Visnu. Brahma appears upon a lotus growing from the navel of Garbhodakasayi Visnu - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 15:2715:27, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 In the Vedic literature, we find the creation described in relationship to Maha-Visnu. As stated in the Brahma-samhita - BS 5.38 No edit summary current
- 15:1315:13, 9 May 2024 diff hist +63 In the Visnu Purana also, the internal potency of Visnu is described as para sakti. The Lord is never detached from the association of para sakti. This para sakti and her manifestations are described in the Brahma-samhita - BS 5.38 No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 9 May 2024 diff hist +86 It has been described in many places before this that the Lord assumed a gigantic body, like that of Karanodakasayi Visnu, from whose hair pores innumerable universes have generated No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 Krsna, Visnu, is the actual origin of everything. As stated in the Vedas, yasya bhasa sarvam idam vibhati. The Absolute Truth is described later in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.28.15) as satyam jnanam anantam yad brahma-jyotih sanatanam No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 9 May 2024 diff hist +44 Lord Siva says that spirit and matter are not creations of various philosophers, but are manifested by Lord Visnu, as described in this verse (SB 4.24.63): tvam eka adyah purusah No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 Lord Visnu's four hands hold four kinds of weapons, and the extra four hands hold an arrow, bow, trident and snake. Sri Viraraghava Acarya describes the eight weapons as sankha, cakra, gada, padma, sarnga, sara, etc No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is clearly described in this passage (SB 3.29.38). He is the supreme enjoyer, and all others are working as His servants No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 9 May 2024 diff hist +30 Lord Visnu is here (in SB 4.19.3) described as harir isvarah. The Lord is so kind that He takes all miserable conditions away from His devotees. Consequently He is called Hari No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 9 May 2024 diff hist +56 My dear King, the body of the sisumara, as thus described, should be considered the external form of Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
6 May 2024
- 16:5316:53, 6 May 2024 diff hist +11 Who can describe completely the prowess of Visnu? Even the scientist, who might have counted the particles of the atoms of the universe, cannot do so No edit summary current
- 16:5216:52, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 Whatever a philosopher may describe is ultimately Krsna, or Lord Visnu (sarvam khalv idam brahma, param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan) - BG 10.12 No edit summary current
- 16:5116:51, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 The real tattva, Absolute Truth, is Bhagavan, but due to incomplete realization of the Absolute Truth, people sometimes describe the same Visnu as impersonal Brahman or localized Paramatma No edit summary current
- 16:4816:48, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 The master of the universe is the Garbhodakasayi Visnu, who is worshiped as the Hiranyagarbha Supersoul. The Vedic hymns describe Him as having thousands of heads. Although He is within the material nature, He is not touched by it No edit summary current
- 16:4316:43, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 The master of the universe, however, is Garbhodakasayi Visnu, who is worshiped as the Hiranyagarbha Supersoul. The Vedic hymns describe Him as having thousands of heads No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 6 May 2024 diff hist +57 Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 yojanas (10,400,000 miles) above the planets of the seven sages is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:3816:38, 6 May 2024 diff hist +45 Sravanam kirtanam visnoh (SB 7.5.23). One must simply hear about and describe Lord Visnu and His various incarnations. This narration concerning Prahlada Maharaja and Lord Nrsimhadeva, therefore, has properly described spiritual, transcendental subjects No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 6 May 2024 diff hist +64 Please also describe the incarnations of the material modes of nature - Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara - and please describe the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His magnanimous activities No edit summary current
- 16:3316:33, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 O rsis, who are as powerfully pure as the sun, I (Suta Gosvami) shall try to describe to you the transcendental pastimes of Visnu as far as my knowledge is concerned No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 6 May 2024 diff hist +30 Now, if you (Sukadeva Gosvami) will, kindly describe the wonderful, glorious activities of Lord Visnu, or Krsna, who appeared in that Yadu dynasty with Baladeva, His plenary expansion - SB 10.1.2 No edit summary current
- 16:1016:10, 6 May 2024 diff hist +66 I have briefly explained to you the position of the seven Manus. Now I shall describe the future Manus, along with the incarnations of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:0816:08, 6 May 2024 diff hist +29 In his description of Krsna's beauty, Lord Siva uses the words carvayata-catur-bahu sujata-rucirananam, indicating the beautiful four-armed form of Narayana, or Visnu. Those who worship Lord Krsna describe Him as sujata-rucirananam No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 6 May 2024 diff hist +1 In his description of Krsna's beauty, Lord Siva uses the words carvayata-catur-bahu sujata-rucirananam, indicating the beautiful four-armed form of Narayana, or Visnu. Those who worship Lord Krsna describe Him as sujata-rucirananam No edit summary
4 May 2024
- 16:2716:27, 4 May 2024 diff hist +38 Devaki said, “My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like Narayana, Lord Rama, Hayasirsa, Varaha, Nrsimha, Vamana, Baladeva and millions of similar incarnations emanating from Visnu, are described in the Vedic literature as original" No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 4 May 2024 diff hist +56 Devaki said, “My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like Narayana, Lord Rama, Hayasirsa, Varaha, Nrsimha, Vamana, Baladeva and millions of similar incarnations emanating from Visnu, are described in the Vedic literature as original" No edit summary
- 16:2316:23, 4 May 2024 diff hist +31 Brahma said, "As it is described in Brahma-samhita, the brahmajyoti is nothing but Your personal bodily effulgence. There are many Visnu incarnations & incarnations of Your different qualities, but all those incarnations are not on the same level" No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 4 May 2024 diff hist +35 Brahma said, "As it is described in Brahma-samhita, the brahmajyoti is nothing but Your personal bodily effulgence. There are many Visnu incarnations & incarnations of Your different qualities, but all those incarnations are not on the same level" No edit summary
- 16:2016:20, 4 May 2024 diff hist +30 Bali Maharaja and the history of his dealings with Visnu Vamanadeva are described in the Eighth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam (Chapter 10-23) No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 4 May 2024 diff hist +44 As described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, there are many manifestations of Visnu and many manifestations of living entities. Visnu manifestations are called svamsa, partial manifestations, and the living entities are called vibhinnamsa No edit summary current
- 16:1616:16, 4 May 2024 diff hist +30 As described by Bali Maharaja, Lord Visnu was actually not the enemy of the family but the best friend of the family. The principle of this friendship has already been stated. Yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad-dhanam sanaih: SB 10.88.8 No edit summary current
- 16:1316:13, 4 May 2024 diff hist +30 Aradhananam sarvesam visnor aradhanam param. This is a statement made by Lord Siva to Parvati. Worshiping Lord Visnu is the supreme process of worship. & how Lord Visnu is worshiped in this payo-vrata ceremony has now been fully described - in SB 8.16.60 No edit summary current
- 16:1116:11, 4 May 2024 diff hist +97 Although the great activities and transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's various incarnations are wonderfully described, sometimes we are unable to understand them. Yet everything is possible for Lord Visnu No edit summary current
3 May 2024
- 08:0808:08, 3 May 2024 diff hist +8 He (the lotus-eyed Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead) resembled a bluish rain cloud with flashing lightning, and in two of His four hands He held a conchshell and disc No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 3 May 2024 diff hist −11 From the Sixth Canto we have already learned that when the Visnudutas came from Vaikuntha to deliver Ajamila, they looked exactly like Visnu, with four hands and the same features as Visnu No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 3 May 2024 diff hist −11 From Lord Brahma down to the ant, all living entities are jivas, whereas the Lord is the supreme four-handed Visnu, or Janardana No edit summary current
- 08:0108:01, 3 May 2024 diff hist +58 Even the most identical four-handed form of Krsna (which is known as Maha-Visnu, who is lying on the cosmic ocean & from whose breathing so many innumerable universes are passing out & entering) is also an expansion of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 3 May 2024 diff hist +32 Brahma said, "First of all I saw You alone; thereafter You (Krsna) expanded Yourself as Your cowherd boyfriends, the calves and all the existence of Vrndavana; then I saw You and all the boys and calves as four-handed Visnus" No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 3 May 2024 diff hist +8 All the Visnu forms were of bluish color and dressed in yellow garments; all of Them had four hands decorated with club, disc, lotus flower and conchshell. On Their heads were glittering golden helmets inlaid with jewels No edit summary current
- 07:5007:50, 3 May 2024 diff hist +58 Krsna has actually shown His universal form and His fourhanded Visnu form. So how can He be an ordinary human being? BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:4707:47, 3 May 2024 diff hist +42 Lord Visnu's four hands hold four kinds of weapons, and the extra four hands hold an arrow, bow, trident and snake. Sri Viraraghava Acarya describes the eight weapons as sankha, cakra, gada, padma, sarnga, sara, etc No edit summary
2 May 2024
- 08:2108:21, 2 May 2024 diff hist +58 Regarding your other question, Krishna in His four-handed Visnu Form is within our hearts, but He is not different from two-handed Krishna No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 2 May 2024 diff hist +32 Sometimes he (the yogi who thinks of the four-handed Visnu) cries, and sometimes he feels separation. In this way he merges in transcendental bliss. The result of all this is that he becomes entrapped like a fish No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 2 May 2024 diff hist +58 Their (the followers of the Patanjali yoga system) position is even more abominable than that of those who want to merge into the Lord’s effulgence. These yogis meditate on the four-handed Visnu form of the Lord in order to merge into His body No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 2 May 2024 diff hist +58 The goal of life is to know Krsna, who is situated within the heart of every living being as Paramatma, the four-handed Visnu form. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 2 May 2024 diff hist +69 The Laghu-bhagavatamrta says that Garbhodakasayi Visnu has a four-handed form, and when He Himself enters the hollow of the universe and lies down in the ocean of milk He is known as Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who is the Supersoul of all living entities No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 2 May 2024 diff hist +37 The real meditation is dhyayato visnu, the Visnu form, four-handed Visnu form, and always try to see Him. That is wanted No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 2 May 2024 diff hist +58 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (8) sagarbha-yogaruruksu, a yogi meditating upon the four-handed Visnu form and desiring yogic perfection No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 2 May 2024 diff hist −1 The universal form of Krsna, which is a temporary manifestation, and the form of time which devours everything, and even the form of Visnu, four-handed, have all been exhibited by Krsna. Krsna is the origin of all these manifestations. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:0108:01, 2 May 2024 diff hist +59 The universal form of Krsna, which is a temporary manifestation, and the form of time which devours everything, and even the form of Visnu, four-handed, have all been exhibited by Krsna. Krsna is the origin of all these manifestations. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 07:5907:59, 2 May 2024 diff hist +8 The young brahmana replied, "My dear sir, even if You appear there as a four-handed Visnu Deity, still, none of those people will believe in Your words" No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 2 May 2024 diff hist +32 We may doubt whether Lord Ramacandra could be in the same category (of visnu-tattva), since He was carried by Hanuman, not by Garuda, and had neither four hands nor the sankha, cakra, gada and padma No edit summary current
30 April 2024
- 16:1716:17, 30 April 2024 diff hist +62 When Lord Krsna took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-handed Visnu. Then Devaki and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked Him to assume His two-handed form No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 30 April 2024 diff hist +95 When the great devotee Dhruva Maharaja was engaged in meditation on the four-handed form of Visnu, all of a sudden his meditation broke, and he immediately saw before him the same form upon which he had been meditating No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 30 April 2024 diff hist +58 Whether one concentrates his mind on the four-handed form of Visnu or on the form of two-handed Krsna, it is the same No edit summary current
- 16:1116:11, 30 April 2024 diff hist +32 Within the prison of His maternal uncle Kamsa, where His father and mother were confined, Krsna appeared outside His mother's body as the four-handed Visnu-Narayana No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 30 April 2024 diff hist +6 Lord Krsna, being the original Visnu form, has only one emblem, namely the wheel, and therefore He is sometimes called the Cakri. The Lord's cakra is the symbol of the power by which the Lord controls the whole manifestation No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 30 April 2024 diff hist −13 It is situated as the objective manifestation of the Lord under the influence of the same material energy of Visnu No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 30 April 2024 diff hist +6 Garbhodakasayi Visnu reclines in the midst of the watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe, Brahma. The imaginary universal form is a partial manifestation of Garbhodakasayi Visnu No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 30 April 2024 diff hist +6 Since everything in the cosmic creation is dependent on the asraya-tattva - the creative manifestation or Visnu manifestation - the various demigods and manifestations of energy, the living entities and all material elements are dependent on Krsna No edit summary current
29 April 2024
- 15:2515:25, 29 April 2024 diff hist +32 The manifestation of the Visnu forms of the boys, cows and calves was not like the heat, but rather like the fire - they were all actually Visnu. Factually, the qualification of Visnu is full truth, full knowledge & full bliss No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 29 April 2024 diff hist −13 The manifestations of Visnu and those of the ordinary living entities are certainly all parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, and no one is equal to Him, but among the parts and parcels there are different categories No edit summary current
- 15:2115:21, 29 April 2024 diff hist +6 The Paramatma manifestation is also a temporary all-pervasive aspect of the Ksirodakasayi Visnu. The Paramatma manifestation is not eternal in the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:1615:16, 29 April 2024 diff hist +33 The spiritual abode of Visnu is eternal without a doubt, and it is also the abode of Maha-Visnu, the origin of all manifestations. People are more interested in politics and economic developments, instead of trying to understand the spiritual abode No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 29 April 2024 diff hist +6 There are diverse manifestations, but, at the same time, they are one in Visnu. Everything is an expansion of Visnu's energy No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 29 April 2024 diff hist +40 These twenty-four forms - the four original Visnu forms, the twelve Vaikuntha forms, and the eight vilasa-murtis mentioned above - are known as vilasa manifestations of the prabhava (four-handed) form No edit summary current
27 April 2024
- 17:4117:41, 27 April 2024 diff hist +6 As confirmed in the Visnu Purana, whatever manifestations we experience are nothing but various energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These energies cannot create anything independently No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 27 April 2024 diff hist +11 By His personal expansion, He is manifested in various forms like Lord Rama, Nrsimhadeva, Visnumurti and all the predominating Deities in the Vaikuntha planets. The separated expansions, the living entities, are eternally servitors. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:3617:36, 27 April 2024 diff hist +11 Because all the universes are produced simultaneously by the exhalation of the Maha-Visnu, no one can begin to calculate how many Manus are manifest at one time No edit summary current
- 17:3417:34, 27 April 2024 diff hist +45 Although Sri Advaita Prabhu is an incarnation of Visnu, for the welfare of the conditioned souls He manifested Himself as a servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:3017:30, 27 April 2024 diff hist +67 After the incarnation of the first purusa (Karanarnavasayi Visnu), the mahat-tattva, or the principles of material creation, take place, and then time is manifested, and in course of time the three qualities appear No edit summary current
- 17:2817:28, 27 April 2024 diff hist −11 After this manifestation of Lord Visnu, Brahma saw that many other Brahmas and Sivas and demigods and even insignificant living entities down to the ants and very small straws - movable & immovable living entities - were dancing, surrounding Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:2617:26, 27 April 2024 diff hist +11 From the sky situated within the transcendental body of the manifesting Maha-visnu, sense energy, mental force and bodily strength are all generated, as well as the sum total of the fountainhead of the total living force No edit summary current
- 17:2317:23, 27 April 2024 diff hist +65 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is known as Triyuga, which means that He is manifest in three yugas. However, this means that in the Age of Kali the Lord appears not directly but in disguise No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 27 April 2024 diff hist +33 The conclusion is that the purusa-avatara is manifested in three features - third the Ksirodakasayi Visnu who is the Paramatma of every material object, organic or inorganic No edit summary current
26 April 2024
- 17:2817:28, 26 April 2024 diff hist −26 The city of Barhismati, rich in all kinds of wealth, was so called because Lord Visnu's hair dropped there from His body when He manifested Himself as Lord Boar (Varahadeva) No edit summary current
- 17:2717:27, 26 April 2024 diff hist +59 The city of Barhismati, rich in all kinds of wealth, was so called because Lord Visnu's hair dropped there from His body when He manifested Himself as Lord Boar (Varahadeva) No edit summary
- 17:2517:25, 26 April 2024 diff hist +33 One who is foolish about the transcendental science of the Lord will find it difficult to understand how Lord Visnu can equally manifest Himself in every society of living entities No edit summary current
- 17:2217:22, 26 April 2024 diff hist +59 It is in the form of Maha-Visnu that the Lord manifests the material universes. Just as a husband and wife combine to beget offspring, Maha-Visnu combines with His wife maya, or material nature No edit summary current
- 17:1517:15, 26 April 2024 diff hist +80 Although Brahma reaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the first purusa incarnation, Maha-Visnu, who is full with transcendental qualities, he cannot stay in the spiritual world No edit summary current
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- 17:0717:07, 26 April 2024 diff hist +45 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, is beyond the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance. No material qualities exist in Him. May that original person, Narayana, who is situated in a completely transcendental position, be pleased with us No edit summary current
- 17:0317:03, 26 April 2024 diff hist +45 The Brahma-samhita also explains the demigod Ganesa, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the origin of the Gayatri mantra, the form of Govinda and His transcendental position and abode, the living entities, the highest goal, the goddess Durga, the meaning of austerity No edit summary current
25 April 2024
- 18:1918:19, 25 April 2024 diff hist −37 Srila Rupa Gosvami, commenting upon the Lord’s transcendental position beyond the material qualities, says that Visnu, as the controller and superintendent of material nature, has a connection with the material qualities. That connection is called yoga No edit summary current
- 18:1818:18, 25 April 2024 diff hist +68 Srila Rupa Gosvami, commenting upon the Lord’s transcendental position beyond the material qualities, says that Visnu, as the controller and superintendent of material nature, has a connection with the material qualities. That connection is called yoga No edit summary
- 18:1618:16, 25 April 2024 diff hist +41 Srila Rupa Gosvami, commenting upon the Lord’s transcendental position beyond the material qualities, says that Visnu, as the controller and superintendent of material nature, has a connection with the material qualities. That connection is called yoga No edit summary
- 18:1418:14, 25 April 2024 diff hist +45 Only Narayana, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, or Krsna, is always in the transcendental position, beyond the influence of material creation No edit summary current
- 18:1018:10, 25 April 2024 diff hist +45 Lord Siva is not an ordinary living being. He is the plenary portion of the Lord, but because Lord Siva is in direct touch with material nature, he is not exactly in the same transcendental position as Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 25 April 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Siva is in charge of the material quality of ignorance, and to keep himself in a transcendental position he always meditates on Lord Visnu, or Krsna, and always tries to purify himself with the water of the Ganges No edit summary current
- 18:0618:06, 25 April 2024 diff hist +47 For those great sages situated in the position of transcendental neutrality, the beginning should be to take shelter of Lord Visnu, the four-handed eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
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- 17:4917:49, 25 April 2024 diff hist +139 In this material world, the holy name of Visnu is all-auspicious. Visnu’s name, form, qualities and pastimes are all transcendental, absolute knowledge No edit summary current
- 17:4817:48, 25 April 2024 diff hist +56 In this material world, the holy name of Visnu is all-auspicious. Visnu’s name, form, qualities and pastimes are all transcendental, absolute knowledge No edit summary
- 17:4217:42, 25 April 2024 diff hist +10 In this material world, the holy name of Visnu is all-auspicious. Visnu's name, form, qualities and pastimes are all transcendental, absolute knowledge No edit summary current
- 17:4117:41, 25 April 2024 diff hist +67 In Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that yajna should be performed for Lord Visnu. Lord Visnu has one thousand popular, transcendental names, out of which one name is Yajna No edit summary current
- 16:4816:48, 25 April 2024 diff hist +1 When one remembers Lord Visnu, he becomes free from material enjoyment. Thus he gradually comes forward toward the transcendental service of the Lord and becomes eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord in the transcendental position No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 25 April 2024 diff hist +87 Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu and remembering them, these processes are accepted as pure devotional service - SB 7.5.23 No edit summary current
- 16:4216:42, 25 April 2024 diff hist +46 Pariksit said, "I only request that at the last moment of my life all of you will kindly chant the holy name of Visnu, so that I may realize His transcendental qualities" No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 25 April 2024 diff hist +56 When one remembers Lord Visnu, he becomes free from material enjoyment. Thus he gradually comes forward toward the transcendental service of the Lord and becomes eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord in the transcendental position No edit summary
- 16:1116:11, 25 April 2024 diff hist +41 My dear Uddhava, you may know that My transcendental form of Visnu in Svetadvipa is identical with Me in divinity No edit summary current
24 April 2024
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- 19:1519:15, 24 April 2024 diff hist +15 Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia & pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord - these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service No edit summary current
- 19:1419:14, 24 April 2024 diff hist +54 Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia & pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord - these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service No edit summary
- 19:1119:11, 24 April 2024 diff hist +41 There is no question of meditating on something void or impersonal. One can meditate on the transcendental form of Lord Visnu even without practicing involved sitting postures. Such meditation is called perfect samadhi No edit summary current
- 19:0919:09, 24 April 2024 diff hist +41 There is no question of meditating on something void or impersonal. When one can meditate on the transcendental form of Lord Visnu even without practicing involved sitting postures, such meditation is called perfect samadhi - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 19:0819:08, 24 April 2024 diff hist −14 They (the Visnu forms of worship) are different spiritual centers of meditation on the transcendental limbs of the body of Visnu. The worshipable Deity in the temple of Visnu is identical with Lord Visnu by the inconceivable potency of the Lord No edit summary current
- 19:0319:03, 24 April 2024 diff hist +120 The Lord can assume any form He likes, and in all circumstances He is the cause of all causes. Since His form is transcendental, He is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He is in the Causal Ocean in the form of Maha-visnu No edit summary current
- 19:0019:00, 24 April 2024 diff hist +26 The materialists and the foolish human beings worship Brahma and Siva respectively. But the pure transcendentalists worship the form of goodness, Visnu, in His various forms No edit summary current
- 18:5718:57, 24 April 2024 diff hist +48 Thinking of Visnu or meditating upon the transcendental form of Visnu, specifically upon Lord Krsna, is the last word on the subject of meditation. This meditation may be begun from the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:5418:54, 24 April 2024 diff hist +30 This ninefold process (sravanam, kirtanam, etc.) is described in this verse (SB 4.21.34) as visuddha-vijnana-ghanah, or satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly by transcendental knowledge concentrated on the form of the Supreme Lord, Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:5418:54, 24 April 2024 diff hist +7 This ninefold process (sravanam, kirtanam, etc.) is described in this verse (SB 4.21.34) as visuddha-vijnana-ghanah, or satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly by transcendental knowledge concentrated on the form of the Supreme Lord, Visnu No edit summary
- 18:5018:50, 24 April 2024 diff hist +74 This perfect samadhi (meditation on the transcendental form of Lord Visnu) is verified at the end of the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 18:4118:41, 24 April 2024 diff hist +41 Those who are too engrossed in sense gratification cannot be allowed to participate in arcana or to touch the transcendental form of the Radha-Krsna or Visnu Deities. For them it is better to meditate upon the gigantic virat-rupa of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:3818:38, 24 April 2024 diff hist +41 Visnu-tattva is an unlimited expansion of different transcendental forms of the Personality of Godhead, and the supreme or original form of visnu-tattva is Govinda, or Lord Krsna, the supreme cause of all causes No edit summary current
- 18:3418:34, 24 April 2024 diff hist −3 When some great saintly persons who had undergone penances and austerities saw the four-handed transcendental form of Visnu, they began to remark as follows No edit summary current
- 18:3118:31, 24 April 2024 diff hist +45 Your (Visnu's) name, form and qualities are all transcendental and beyond the conception of experimental knowledge. Indeed, who can conceive of You? In the material world we can perceive only material names and qualities No edit summary current
23 April 2024
- 18:5018:50, 23 April 2024 diff hist +41 Yogis generally meditate upon the transcendental form of Visnu, but devotees not only meditate upon Him but actually engage in the direct service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:4918:49, 23 April 2024 diff hist +41 Our present senses are all made of material elements, and therefore they are imperfect in realizing the transcendental form of Lord Visnu. He is therefore worshiped by sound representation via the transcendental method of chanting No edit summary current
- 18:4818:48, 23 April 2024 diff hist +82 O Lord (Visnu), Your transcendental name and form are not ascertained by those who merely speculate on the path of imagination. Your name, form and attributes can be ascertained only through devotional service - SB 10.2.36 No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 23 April 2024 diff hist +22 It is desired most earnestly that the proprietors and managers of big mills, factories, hospitals, universities, hotels, and various other institutions install a temple for worshiping any of these transcendental forms of Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:4518:45, 23 April 2024 diff hist +41 In various institutions install a temple for worshiping any of transcendental forms of Visnu. This will transform all the workers in these institutions into karma-yogis No edit summary current
- 18:4418:44, 23 April 2024 diff hist +41 In the sixth vilasa (of Hari-bhakti-vilasa), the required practices for inviting the transcendental form of the Lord and bathing Him are given. In the seventh vilasa, one is instructed on how to collect flowers used for the worship of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 23 April 2024 diff hist +73 I understand that this transcendental form is generally perceived in meditation by the great sages, but I am still afraid because as soon as Kamsa understands that You (Visnu) have appeared, he might harm You - Devaki expressed her motherly affection No edit summary current
- 18:4018:40, 23 April 2024 diff hist +53 Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu and remembering them, these processes are accepted as pure devotional service - SB 7.5.23 No edit summary
21 April 2024
- 18:0318:03, 21 April 2024 diff hist +13 O Lord (Visnu), we (the demigods) are fortunate because the heavy burden of the demons upon this earth is immediately removed by Your appearance - SB 10.2.38 No edit summary current
- 18:0118:01, 21 April 2024 diff hist +13 She (Mother Saci) directly had as her child Lord Visnu, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and she served Him from the day of His appearance. This is the position of nitya-siddha associates No edit summary current
- 18:0018:00, 21 April 2024 diff hist +72 Since Brahma is the supermost person in the universe and he had never before experienced such a form, he could guess that the wonderful appearance of the boar was an incarnation of Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:5917:59, 21 April 2024 diff hist +32 The appearance of Lord Visnu at that time could be compared to the rising of the full moon over the eastern horizon. The objection may be raised that since Krsna appeared on the eighth day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon No edit summary current
- 17:5817:58, 21 April 2024 diff hist +32 The appearance of Lord Visnu at that time could be compared to the rising of the full moon over the eastern horizon. The objection may be raised that since Lord Krsna appeared on the 8th day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon No edit summary current
- 17:5717:57, 21 April 2024 diff hist +82 The appearance of the wonderful and gigantic incarnation of Visnu as the mountainlike boar did not fill them (Brahma and the other enlightened brahmanas) with any kind of fear No edit summary current
- 17:5517:55, 21 April 2024 diff hist −2 The deity presiding over the hands is Indra, and the presiding deity of movement is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Visnu appeared on the appearance of the legs of the virat-purusa No edit summary current
- 17:5317:53, 21 April 2024 diff hist +32 The Nagapatnis said, "Although You have expanded into the three principal deities of this universe - namely Brahma, Visnu and Siva - for creation, maintenance and destruction, Your appearance as Visnu is actually for the benediction of living creatures" No edit summary current
- 17:5217:52, 21 April 2024 diff hist +32 The Nagapatnis said, "For those who are actually peaceful and who are aspiring after the supreme peace, worship of Your (Krsna's) peaceful appearance as Lord Visnu is recommended" No edit summary current
- 17:4917:49, 21 April 2024 diff hist +66 When Visnu in His incarnation appears before us, He seems to be like one of the conditioned souls, materially encaged, just to bewilder the asuras, or the nonbelievers, who are always alert to kill the Lord, even from the very beginning of His appearance No edit summary current
20 April 2024
- 18:2718:27, 20 April 2024 diff hist +50 Lord Sri Krsna was not that type of incarnation. He was actually the Personality of Godhead from the very beginning of His appearance. He appeared before His so-called mother as four-armed Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 20 April 2024 diff hist +32 King Indra said, "Even though we are accustomed to see Your four-handed Visnu form, this appearance with eight hands is as real as the four-handed form No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 20 April 2024 diff hist +32 In other Dvapara-yugas, previous to Lord Krsna’s appearance, the Supreme Lord appeared in a greenish body by His own personal expansion. This is mentioned in the Visnu Purana, Hari-vamsa and Mahabharata No edit summary current
- 18:1718:17, 20 April 2024 diff hist +66 He (Lord Maha-Visnu) is a plenary portion of Lord Sri Krsna, and thus although He is nondifferent from Lord Krsna, His formal appearance in the material world as an incarnation is temporary No edit summary current
- 18:1118:11, 20 April 2024 diff hist +13 Ananta caturdasi-vrata. As there is Nrsimha caturdasi. . . A Vaisnava, they have got different functions of appearance and disappearance days of Vaisnava and Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 20 April 2024 diff hist −10 After separating the different universes, the gigantic universal form of the Lord (Maha-visnu), which came out of the causal ocean, the place of appearance for the first purusa-avatara, entered into each of the separate universes No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 20 April 2024 diff hist +68 After separating the different universes, the gigantic universal form of the Lord (Maha-visnu), which came out of the causal ocean, the place of appearance for the first purusa-avatara, entered into each of the separate universes No edit summary
19 April 2024
- 21:0821:08, 19 April 2024 diff hist +32 When His incarnation is present on this planet or in this universe, the Lord kills the demons & protects His devotees simultaneously. Sometimes Visnu appears in His person as Lord Krsna or Lord Rama. All of these appearances are mentioned in the sastras No edit summary current
- 21:0621:06, 19 April 2024 diff hist +30 This universe is existing due to the Garbhodakasayi Visnu. There is not only one universe, but there are many millions, and they are all working very nicely because the Garbhodakasayi Visnu is present No edit summary current
- 21:0421:04, 19 April 2024 diff hist +30 There is a Vaikunthaloka covered with water in this material world, and on that planet is a place called Vedavati, where Vasudeva is located. Another planet known as Visnuloka is situated above Satyaloka, and there Sankarsana is present No edit summary current
- 21:0321:03, 19 April 2024 diff hist +30 The third, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramatma. He is present even within the atoms No edit summary current
18 April 2024
- 18:0618:06, 18 April 2024 diff hist +30 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is present in everyone's heart as the Supersoul, and He is the proprietor of all planets and the enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices. He was personally present at the sacrifices made by King Prthu No edit summary current
- 18:0418:04, 18 April 2024 diff hist +41 The Lord is present in three features - as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Because He is present everywhere, He is described as sarvam khalv idam brahma. Visnu exists beyond Brahman No edit summary current
- 18:0218:02, 18 April 2024 diff hist +56 The form of Garbhodakasayi Visnu is called Narayana because He rests Himself on that water. In addition, He is the resting place of all living creatures. Besides that, Narayana is also present in everyone's heart, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 18:0018:00, 18 April 2024 diff hist +11 The demon cannot stand the presence of Visnu, the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:5917:59, 18 April 2024 diff hist +56 Seeing the Lord (Visnu) present before them, King Nabhi and his priests and associates felt just like poor people who have suddenly attained great riches. They received the Lord and respectfully bent their heads and offered Him things in worship No edit summary current
- 17:5717:57, 18 April 2024 diff hist +107 Only by Your (Lord Visnu's) presence can one understand the transcendental nature of Your Lordship, who are the controller of material nature - SB 10.2.35 No edit summary current
- 17:5217:52, 18 April 2024 diff hist +30 The brahmana priests were very hopeful that their sacrifice (the sacrifice performed by Daksa) would be carried out without obstacles now that Lord Visnu was present No edit summary current
17 April 2024
- 05:2705:27, 17 April 2024 diff hist +13 Category:Visnu's Appearance No edit summary current
- 05:2505:25, 17 April 2024 diff hist +139 N Category:Visnu's Appearance Created page with "Category:Visnu Category:Appearance Category:God's Appearance Category:Visnu's Umbrella Category Category:All Categories"
- 05:1705:17, 17 April 2024 diff hist +43 Lord Visnu's appearance at the sacrificial arena of Maharaja Nabhi was just to please the King and his assistants. Otherwise there was no reason for His being present there No edit summary current
- 05:1505:15, 17 April 2024 diff hist +30 Lord Visnu was personally present at the sacrificial arena, but this does not mean that He had any interest in His own personal benefit. Similarly, the arca-vigraha, the Deity in the temple, is present for the same purpose No edit summary current
- 05:1305:13, 17 April 2024 diff hist +11 Lord Siva accepts maya, but in the presence of Lord Visnu, maya does not exist. Consequently Lord Siva has to be considered a product of maya No edit summary current
- 05:1105:11, 17 April 2024 diff hist +56 Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu was present before Dhruva Maharaja, who could also understand the Lord's two other forms, namely Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Karanodakasayi (Maha) Visnu No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 17 April 2024 diff hist +30 Just as our spirit is present within the body, the Lord is present within the universe as Paramatma. Due to the presence of Ksirodakasayi Visnu, the material creation exists, just as due to our presence our bodies are existing No edit summary current
- 04:4904:49, 17 April 2024 diff hist +37 Visnu is one, and yet He is certainly all-pervading. By His inconceivable potency, in spite of His one form, He is present everywhere. As the sun, He appears in many places at once. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:4104:41, 17 April 2024 diff hist +93 When His incarnation is present on this planet or in this universe, the Lord kills the demons & protects His devotees simultaneously. Sometimes Visnu appears in His person as Lord Krsna or Lord Rama. All of these appearances are mentioned in the sastras No edit summary
- 04:3904:39, 17 April 2024 diff hist −19 Your (Lord Visnu's) transcendental nature is very difficult to understand unless one is influenced by the presence of Your transcendental form - SB 10.2.35 No edit summary current
- 04:3704:37, 17 April 2024 diff hist +11 It is recommended that a particular demigod be worshiped for a particular purpose, but still the presence of Visnu is compulsory in order to make the function proper No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 17 April 2024 diff hist +30 He (Garbhodakasayi Visnu) is present not only within the universe but within the bodies of all living creatures, as well as within the atom No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 17 April 2024 diff hist +30 Everything in existence works in proper order because of Lord Visnu. Andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham. Even paramanu, the small atoms, work because of Lord Visnu's presence within them No edit summary current
- 04:3104:31, 17 April 2024 diff hist +59 Even without taking the shape of an animal, Visnu could kill him by hurling His Sudarsana cakra, which can go anywhere without the Lord's physical presence. Therefore Hiranyakasipu was careful to guard against all kinds of weapons No edit summary current
- 04:2904:29, 17 April 2024 diff hist +38 By His (Visnu's) all-pervading features He is everywhere present as the Supreme Truth, and in His personal feature He is always present in His transcendental abode of Goloka Vrndavana, where He displays His transcendental pastimes in all variegatedness No edit summary current
- 04:2604:26, 17 April 2024 diff hist +30 Due to His presence (Lord Visnu), everything is working, and there are actions and reactions No edit summary current
14 April 2024
- 17:3917:39, 14 April 2024 diff hist +8 When I was born from the abdominal lotus flower of the Lord (Maha-Visnu), the great person, I had no ingredients for sacrificial performances except the bodily limbs of the great Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 14 April 2024 diff hist +34 When Aghasura was killed & the demigods were looking on the incident with great surprise, Brahma, who was born of the lotus flower growing out of the navel of Visnu, also came to see. He was surprised how a little boy like Krsna could act so wonderfully No edit summary current
- 17:3617:36, 14 April 2024 diff hist +34 We can understand from the Vedic literature that this universe is half filled with water, on which Garbhodakasayi Visnu is lying. From His abdomen a lotus flower has grown, and within the stem of that lotus flower all the different planets exist No edit summary current
- 17:3517:35, 14 April 2024 diff hist +8 Visnu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Laksmi in order to give birth to Brahma, for he is born from a lotus flower which grows from the navel of Visnu. The goddess Laksmi sits at the feet of Visnu & serves Him No edit summary current
- 16:3316:33, 14 April 2024 diff hist −19 Visnu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Laksmi in order to give birth to Brahma, for he is born from a lotus flower that grows from the navel of Visnu - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 16:3316:33, 14 April 2024 diff hist +8 Visnu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Laksmi in order to give birth to Brahma, for he is born from a lotus flower that grows from the navel of Visnu - CC Intro No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 14 April 2024 diff hist +8 This verse (SB 4.7.21) nicely describes how the sun, moon, eight-petalled lotus flower and humming black bees were represented by the fans of hair, the overhead canopy, the moving earrings on both sides of His (Lord Visnu) face, and His blackish hair No edit summary current
- 16:2616:26, 14 April 2024 diff hist +60 The Yamadutas saw that their (the Visnudutas) eyes were just like petals of the lotus flower, so beautiful. Sarve padma-palasaksah. And all dressed in saffron cloth, yellow. Kiritinah, with helmet; kundalino, earrings. Kiritinah and with flower garlands No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 14 April 2024 diff hist +32 The system of yoga entails controlling the mind, and the Lord of the mind is Aniruddha. It is stated that Aniruddha is four-handed, with Sudarsana cakra, conchshell, club and lotus flower. There are twenty-four forms of Visnu, each differently named No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 14 April 2024 diff hist +8 The Supreme Spirit entered the universe, and the first living being, Brahma, was born on a lotus flower grown out of the transcendental abdomen of Visnu. Visnu is therefore known as Padmanabha No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 14 April 2024 diff hist +34 The Lord as Garbhodakasayi Visnu lies in the ocean of Garbha within this universe, and from His navel the lotus flower sprouts. Lord Brahma is generated from that lotus flower, and from Lord Brahma the creation of this material world begins No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 14 April 2024 diff hist +43 The inhabitants of Visnuloka are of the same bodily feature as Lord Visnu, and they also hold club, conchshell, lotus flower and disc No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 14 April 2024 diff hist −11 The face of Lord Visnu as described in this verse (SB 4.7.20) appears like a lotus flower with bees humming over it No edit summary current
12 April 2024
- 17:2017:20, 12 April 2024 diff hist +34 The immediate expansion of Lord Krsna is Baladeva, and Brahma, born from the lotus flower from Garbhodakasayi Visnu, is an expansion of Baladeva No edit summary current
- 17:1917:19, 12 April 2024 diff hist +34 The existence of mother Ganges begins from the lotus feet of the Lord. Although this statement that water comes from a lotus flower is a contradiction, in connection with Lord Visnu it is a great wonder No edit summary current
- 17:1717:17, 12 April 2024 diff hist −11 The creation, first Maha-Visnu; then from Maha-Visnu there is Garbhodakasayi Visnu. From Garbhodakasayi Visnu there is Ksirodakasayi Visnu, expansion of Visnu, and from Him, Brahma comes. Brahma is born out of Garbhodakasayi Visnu on the lotus flower No edit summary current
- 17:1617:16, 12 April 2024 diff hist +8 The body of Garbhodakasayi Visnu is described as sprouting the lotus stem within which all the planets of the universe remain, and at the top of the stem is the lotus flower on which Lord Brahma is born No edit summary current
- 17:1417:14, 12 April 2024 diff hist −11 Seeing the lines of Lord Visnu's palm on King Prthu's right hand and impressions of lotus flowers on the soles of his feet, Lord Brahma could understand that King Prthu was a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:1317:13, 12 April 2024 diff hist +8 Rudra is stated to be the son of Brahma. So Brahma is the son, or born out of the lotus flower from the abdomen of Visnu. Visnu is expansion of Krsna. In this way Krsna is the origin of everything. That is a fact No edit summary current
- 17:1117:11, 12 April 2024 diff hist −11 Rudra, Lord Siva, is actually born from between the eyes of Brahma, who is called Svayambhu because he is not born of any human being or material creature but is born directly from the lotus flower which grows from the abdomen of Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:1017:10, 12 April 2024 diff hist +8 Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from Visnu & by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun & dried up the vast waters of devastation No edit summary current
- 17:0817:08, 12 April 2024 diff hist +34 Our history begins from the beginning of the creation because the creation takes place with the birth of Brahma from the abdomen lotus flower of Lord Visnu. Then Brahma gradually creates No edit summary current
- 17:0717:07, 12 April 2024 diff hist +66 On the coiled lap of Sesa Naga, Krsna was sitting very soberly, with four hands. His eyes were like the reddish petals of the lotus flower. After returning to the Yamuna, Akrura saw Balarama turned into Sesa Naga and Krsna turned into Maha-Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:0517:05, 12 April 2024 diff hist +48 Maha-visnu is the original cause of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and from Him comes the lotus flower from which Lord Brahma is manifested. Thus the original cause of everything is Visnu, and consequently the cosmic manifestation is not different from Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:0317:03, 12 April 2024 diff hist +16 Lord Visnu said, "My dear father, O great sage, I know that your feet are very soft, like a lotus flower, and that My chest is as hard as a thunderbolt. I am therefore afraid that you (Bhrgu Muni) may have felt some pain by kicking My chest No edit summary current
- 17:0117:01, 12 April 2024 diff hist +8 Lord Brahma saw the lake in Lord Visnu's navel, and the lotus flower, as well as the devastating water, the drying air and the sky. All became visible to him No edit summary current
- 17:0117:01, 12 April 2024 diff hist +34 Lord Brahma is considered the father of the demigods, but Krsna, or Lord Visnu, is the father of Brahma because Brahma took birth from the lotus flower growing from the Lord's abdomen No edit summary current
- 16:5916:59, 12 April 2024 diff hist +8 Lord Brahma also dies and takes birth. From Vedic literatures we understand that Lord Brahma took birth from the lotus flower generated from the navel of Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:5616:56, 12 April 2024 diff hist +34 In the Transcendence there is no chance of material contact by any means. Brahma is the first living being, and therefore he mentions his birth from the lotus flower generated from the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu No edit summary current
11 April 2024
- 12:3212:32, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 Into that universal lotus flower Lord Visnu personally entered as the Supersoul, and when it was thus impregnated with all the modes of material nature, the personality of Vedic wisdom, whom we call the self-born, was generated No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 Generally in the four hands of Visnu there are a wheel, club, conchshell and lotus flower. These four symbols are seen in the four hands of Visnu in different arrangements No edit summary current
- 12:2712:27, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu are identical plenary expansions of Pradyumna, the original Deity of Brahma, who is born from the lotus flower No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 Garbhodakasayi Visnu, from whose abdomen sprouted the lotus flower which is the birthplace of Brahma, may also be considered the Lord of the universe No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 From the navel of the Personality of Godhead Garbhodakasayi Visnu sprouted a lotus flower effulgent like a thousand blazing suns. This lotus flower is the reservoir of all conditioned souls No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 From the navel of Garbhodakasayi Visnu has sprung the stem of the lotus flower, the birthplace of Brahma, who is the father of all living beings and the master of all the demigod engineers engaged in the perfect design and working of the universal order No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 From the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, a lotus flower sprouts. Lord Brahma, the first creature of the universe, is born from this lotus flower, and subsequently, Lord Brahma creates the whole universe No edit summary current
- 12:1812:18, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 From His (Garbhodakasayi Visnu) navel the stem of the lotus flower sprouted, and on the flower petals the birth of Brahma, or the master engineer of the universal plan, took place No edit summary current
- 12:1712:17, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 Brahma takes his birth from the abdomen of the Lord Himself. A lotus flower grows from the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and Brahma is born there No edit summary current
- 12:1712:17, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 Brahma, the firstborn living being, is born out of the abdominal lotus flower of the Maha-Visnu plenary expansion of Lord Krsna. The abdominal lotus flower is part of the Lord's bodily limbs, and Brahma is born out of the lotus flower No edit summary current
- 12:1612:16, 11 April 2024 diff hist 0 A yogi who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Krsna as Visnu-with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 11 April 2024 diff hist 0 Because the lotus flower on which Lord Brahma is born is grown from the navel of Visnu, Lord Visnu is known as Padmanabha No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 Because the lotus flower on which Lord Brahma is born is grown from the navel of Visnu, Lord Visnu is known as Padmanabha No edit summary
- 12:1312:13, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 A yogi who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Krsna as Visnu-with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 12:1212:12, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 A lotus flower then sprouted from the lotus navel of that Garbhodakasayi Visnu. That lotus flower became Lord Brahma's birthplace No edit summary current
- 12:1112:11, 11 April 2024 diff hist +34 At the beginning of creation the Supreme Spirit entered the universe, and the first living being, Brahma, was born on a lotus flower grown from the transcendental abdomen of Visnu No edit summary current
- 12:0912:09, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 As for the material creation, Brahma is the first created person. Before Brahma there was no living creature within this material world; it was void & dark until Brahma was born on the lotus flower that sprouted from the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu No edit summary current
- 12:0912:09, 11 April 2024 diff hist +8 Arjuna can see from the Garbhodakasayi Visnu up to the topmost part of the universe on the lotus-flower planet where Brahma, the first creature of the universe, resides. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:0612:06, 11 April 2024 diff hist +15 A lotus flower is also an insignia in the hand of Lord Visnu as well as in the hand of the goddess of fortune. The worshipers of the goddess of fortune and Lord Visnu together are certainly very opulent in all respects, even in material life No edit summary current
10 April 2024
- 17:2217:22, 10 April 2024 diff hist +8 Another name for Lord Brahma is Svayambhu because he was born from a lotus flower emanating from the navel of Lord Visnu. Since he was not born of a father and mother, he is therefore called Svayambhu No edit summary current
- 17:1217:12, 10 April 2024 diff hist 0 After being saved from the anger of Lord Siva, Bhrgu Muni went directly to the planet Svetadvipa, where Lord Visnu was lying on a bed of flowers in the company of His wife, the goddess of fortune, who was engaged in massaging His lotus feet No edit summary current
- 17:1217:12, 10 April 2024 diff hist +32 After being saved from the anger of Lord Siva, Bhrgu Muni went directly to the planet Svetadvipa, where Lord Visnu was lying on a bed of flowers in the company of His wife, the goddess of fortune, who was engaged in massaging His lotus feet No edit summary
- 17:1117:11, 10 April 2024 diff hist 0 According to Viraraghava Acarya, the conchshell and lotus flower (of Visnu) are also accepted as weapons. Since the Lord is the supreme controller, whatever is in His hand can be considered a weapon No edit summary current
- 17:1017:10, 10 April 2024 diff hist +66 According to Viraraghava Acarya, the conchshell and lotus flower (of Visnu) are also accepted as weapons. Since the Lord is the supreme controller, whatever is in His hand can be considered a weapon No edit summary
- 17:0617:06, 10 April 2024 diff hist +85 Sukadeva Gosvami said: Lord Visnu, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, appeared as Vamanadeva in the sacrificial arena of Bali Maharaja. Then He extended His left foot to the end of the universe and pierced a hole in its covering with the nail of His big toe No edit summary current
- 17:0017:00, 10 April 2024 diff hist +7 The visnu-cakra Sudarsana (the disc weapon of Lord Krsna) devastated the whole city by burning all these important places, because the King of Kasi and his son Sudaksina were against Lord Krsna. This excursion was more ravaging than modern bombing No edit summary current
- 16:5616:56, 10 April 2024 diff hist +153 Some yogis meditate within their heart on the localized Visnu, who is four-handed and who holds 4 symbols: conch, disc, mace & lotus. The yogi who thinks of the four-handed Visnu becomes absorbed in devotional ecstasy & evinces the symptoms of that state No edit summary current
- 16:5316:53, 10 April 2024 diff hist +124 One of the important residents of Dvaraka spoke, "My dear Lord Narayana, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Your plenary portion as Narayana, or Visnu, You have four hands with different symbols - the conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower" No edit summary current
9 April 2024
- 16:1716:17, 9 April 2024 diff hist +16 My dear Sanatana, just hear from Me as I tell you how the different visnu-murtis hold Their weapons, beginning with the disc, and how They are named differently according to the placement of the weapons in Their hands No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 9 April 2024 diff hist +55 May Lord Narayana, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Visnu, who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day No edit summary current
- 16:1316:13, 9 April 2024 diff hist +26 Maha-Visnu possessed dazzling beauty, and His palms were like lotus flowers. He was further beautified by the different emblems of the visnu-murti - the conchshell, club, disc and lotus flower - which He held in His four hands No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 9 April 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Visnu was sitting on Garuda, a big aquiline bird, and was carrying in His hand a disc, Brahma was sitting on a swan and had in his hand kusa grass, and Lord Siva was sitting on a bull and carrying in his hand a small drum called a damaru No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 9 April 2024 diff hist +7 Lord Visnu presented him (Prthu) with a Sudarsana disc, and Lord Visnu's wife, the goddess of fortune, gave him imperishable opulences No edit summary current
- 16:0616:06, 9 April 2024 diff hist +7 Lord Brahma presented King Prthu with a protective garment made of spiritual knowledge. Bharati (Sarasvati), the wife of Brahma, gave him a transcendental necklace. Lord Visnu presented him with a Sudarsana disc No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 9 April 2024 diff hist +26 Krsna told Paundraka, "Paundraka, you requested Me to give up the symbols of Lord Visnu, specifically My disc. Now I will give it up to you. Be careful! You falsely declare yourself Vasudeva, imitating Me. Therefore no one is a greater fool than you" No edit summary current
- 16:0216:02, 9 April 2024 diff hist +7 It should be understood that this Sudarsana disc is not exactly the same type of Sudarsana disc used by the Personality of Godhead, Krsna, or Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:0016:00, 9 April 2024 diff hist +92 In the spiritual sky the representations of Narayana are described as follows: Govinda (disc, mace, flower and conch), Visnu-murti (mace, flower, conch and disc), Madhusudana (disc, conch, flower and mace), Trivikrama - flower, mace, disc and shell No edit summary
- 15:5715:57, 9 April 2024 diff hist +8 As iron attracted by a magnetic stone moves automatically toward the magnet, my (Prahlada's) consciousness, having been changed by His (Lord Visnu's) will, is attracted by Lord Visnu, who carries a disc in His hand. Thus I have no independence No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 9 April 2024 diff hist +26 After hearing from the sun and moon demigods about Rahu's attack, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, engages His disc, known as the Sudarsana cakra, to protect them. The Sudarsana cakra is the Lord's most beloved devotee & is favored by the Lord No edit summary current
7 April 2024
- 16:3416:34, 7 April 2024 diff hist +24 Visnu's eight hands held a conchshell, wheel, club, lotus flower, arrow, bow, shield and sword, and they were decorated with golden ornaments such as bangles and bracelets No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 7 April 2024 diff hist −19 The four arms of Lord Visnu have different purposes. The hands holding a lotus flower and conchshell are meant for the devotees, whereas the other two hands, holding a disc and mace, or club, are meant for the demons No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 7 April 2024 diff hist +205 The four arms of Lord Visnu have different purposes. The hands holding a lotus flower and conchshell are meant for the devotees, whereas the other two hands, holding a disc and mace, or club, are meant for the demons No edit summary
5 April 2024
- 11:0511:05, 5 April 2024 diff hist +179 Some yogis think of the Lord within their hearts as measuring about six inches. The Lord has four hands, in which He holds a conchshell, club, disc and lotus flower. Those who worship this form of Visnu within the heart are called sagarbha-yogis No edit summary current
- 11:0111:01, 5 April 2024 diff hist +55 Regardless of what you (the Yamadutas) have done this time, henceforward you should not approach such devotees; otherwise you will be killed by the club of Lord Visnu. This is my (Yamaraja's) warning No edit summary current
- 11:0011:00, 5 April 2024 diff hist +40 One who worships the salagrama-sila can also be relieved of offenses. In the Brahmanda Purana it is said that one who worships Lord Visnu, whose four hands bear a conchshell, disc, lotus flower and club, can be relieved from the above offenses No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 5 April 2024 diff hist +55 Maha-Visnu possessed dazzling beauty, and His palms were like lotus flowers. He was further beautified by the different emblems of the visnu-murti - the conchshell, club, disc and lotus flower - which He held in His four hands No edit summary
- 10:5010:50, 5 April 2024 diff hist +32 Lord Visnu holds the club, lotus, conch and disc. Lord Madhusudana holds the disc, conch, lotus and club No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 5 April 2024 diff hist +26 Lord Visnu has a club and cakra to punish nondevotees. Do not risk punishment by attempting to disturb the devotees No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 5 April 2024 diff hist +116 Lord Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, and all the other Visnu forms - with four hands decorated with conch, lotus, club & wheel - are plenary expansions of Krsna. In Bhagavad-gita it is recommended that one meditate upon the form of the Lord No edit summary current
4 April 2024
- 18:2918:29, 4 April 2024 diff hist +44 In two hands Lord Visnu always carries a club and a cakra to kill demons, and in His other two hands He holds a conchshell and a lotus to give protection to His devotees No edit summary current
- 18:2318:23, 4 April 2024 diff hist +202 In His Visnu form, the Lord carries four weapons in His four hands - a lotus flower and a conchshell in two hands, and in the other two hands a club and a disc No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 4 April 2024 diff hist +41 Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, "Lord Visnu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me?" Thinking like this and taking up his club, Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:1718:17, 4 April 2024 diff hist +177 He (Krsna) appeared before them nicely covered by yellow silken garments, with four hands like Visnu, and carrying the different symbols of the club, the conchshell, the disc and the lotus flower No edit summary current
- 18:1018:10, 4 April 2024 diff hist +180 God expands Himself in innumerable forms, but all of them are nondifferent from one another. Visnu has four hands, each hand holds a particular item - either a conchshell, wheel, club or lotus flower. Of these 4 emblems, the cakra, or wheel, is the chief No edit summary current
3 April 2024
- 18:4218:42, 3 April 2024 diff hist +40 Certainly Lord Visnu is very beautiful with His necklace of kaustubha jewels, His four hands holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower and His dazzlingly beautiful jewelry No edit summary current
- 18:3618:36, 3 April 2024 diff hist +16 All together, accompanied by the conchshell, wheel, club, lotus flower, bow, arrows, shield and sword in His hands, these presented a grand and beautiful audience for Lord Visnu which captivated all the demigods No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 3 April 2024 diff hist +26 Their legs were decorated with bells, Their waists with golden belts, & Their fingers with jeweled rings. Brahma also saw that upon the whole body of each Visnu, from the lotus feet up to the top of the head, fresh tulasi leaves and buds had been thrown No edit summary current
- 18:2218:22, 3 April 2024 diff hist +26 I shall therefore sever Lord Visnu's head from His trunk by my trident, and with the profuse blood from His body I shall please my brother Hiranyaksa, who was so fond of sucking blood. Thus shall I too be peaceful No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 3 April 2024 diff hist +26 In the Puranas it is found that Siva appears sometimes from the heads of Brahma and sometimes from the head of Visnu No edit summary current
2 April 2024
- 18:1218:12, 2 April 2024 diff hist +33 As for rudhira, or the blood of Lord Visnu, since there is no possibility of severing Lord Visnu's head from His body, there is no question of blood. But the garland that decorates Visnu's body is as red as blood No edit summary current
- 18:1118:11, 2 April 2024 diff hist +26 As for rudhira, or the blood of Lord Visnu, since there is no possibility of severing Lord Visnu's head from His body, there is no question of blood. But the garland that decorates Visnu's body is as red as blood No edit summary
- 18:0918:09, 2 April 2024 diff hist +26 This verse (SB 4.7.21) nicely describes how the sun, moon, eight-petalled lotus flower and humming black bees were represented by the fans of hair, the overhead canopy, the moving earrings on both sides of His (Lord Visnu) face, and His blackish hair No edit summary
- 18:0518:05, 2 April 2024 diff hist +82 The Lord (Maha-visnu), although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virat-rupa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc No edit summary current
- 18:0218:02, 2 April 2024 diff hist +33 That same Lord Visnu, in the form of Lord Sesa, holds the planets upon His heads, although He does not know where they are, for He cannot feel their existence upon His heads No edit summary current
- 18:0118:01, 2 April 2024 diff hist +26 Lord Maha-Visnu's helmet was bedecked with valuable jewels, and His beautiful earrings enhanced the beauty of the curling hair on His head. Lord Maha-Visnu had eight arms, all very long, reaching to His knees No edit summary current
- 18:0018:00, 2 April 2024 diff hist +26 It is stated that Lord Visnu snatched two hairs - one white and one black - from His head. These two hairs entered the wombs of Rohini and Devaki, members of the Yadu dynasty. Balarama was born from Rohini, and Krsna was born of Devaki No edit summary current
1 April 2024
- 17:5017:50, 1 April 2024 diff hist +27 Sometimes the devotee becomes filled with the same awe and reverence by seeing a picture of Visnu, who is dressed like Krsna and who has a similar complexion. The only difference is that Visnu has four hands No edit summary current
- 17:4617:46, 1 April 2024 diff hist −11 Our lord, Bali Maharaja, because of his position in performing the yajna, has given up the power to punish. Taking advantage of this, our eternal enemy, Visnu, dressed in the form of a brahmacari beggar, has taken away all his possessions No edit summary current
- 17:4517:45, 1 April 2024 diff hist +27 One should install the Deity of Lord Visnu or Krsna and worship Him nicely by dressing Him, decorating Him with flower garlands, and offering Him all kinds of fruits, flowers and cooked food, nicely prepared with ghee, sugar and grains No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 1 April 2024 diff hist +8 Lord Visnu in the dress of a brahmana appeared as a beggar before Bali and snatched away all of his opulence and his kingdom. He did this for the benefit of Indra, who, having been defeated by Bali Maharaja, was bereft of his kingdom No edit summary current
- 17:4017:40, 1 April 2024 diff hist +27 His (Lord Visnu) four hands were decorated with a conchshell, club, lotus and disc, He was dressed in yellow garments, and His eyes appeared like the petals of a blooming lotus No edit summary current
- 17:3117:31, 1 April 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Siva is whitish, and Brahma is reddish, but according to Srila Sanatana Gosvami in the Vaisnava-tosani-tika, this exhibition of colors is not what is referred to here - in SB 10.3.20 No edit summary current
- 17:2817:28, 1 April 2024 diff hist +27 Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Siva is whitish, and Brahma is reddish, but according to Srila Sanatana Gosvami in the Vaisnava-tosani-tika, this exhibition of colors is not what is referred to here - in SB 10.3.20 No edit summary
- 17:2717:27, 1 April 2024 diff hist +27 Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Lord Siva is whitish, and Lord Brahma is reddish No edit summary current
31 March 2024
- 18:1518:15, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 You (Visnu) are equal to everyone, and Your instructions apply for everyone, for all time. You are the beginning of all truth. Therefore, offering our obeisances, we surrender unto You. Kindly give us protection - SB 10.2.26 No edit summary current
- 18:1318:13, 31 March 2024 diff hist +15 Vrtrasura was eager to be killed by the thunderbolt manufactured according to Lord Visnu's instructions because he was sure that he would thus return home, back to Godhead. He was simply waiting for the opportunity of the thunderbolt's being released No edit summary current
- 18:1118:11, 31 March 2024 diff hist +15 Vrtrasura, however, being a Vaisnava, assured Indra that the thunderbolt would not fail, for Vrtrasura knew that it had been prepared in accordance with the instructions of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:1018:10, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 The Vedas contain nothing besides the instructions of Visnu, and one who follows the Vedic principles is a Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 18:0718:07, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 Since the demigods, the devotees, always strictly follow the Supreme Lord's orders, because of sincerity they are victorious over the demons, who know that the Supreme Lord is Visnu but do not follow His instructions No edit summary current
- 18:0418:04, 31 March 2024 diff hist +15 O master, may we inform you that because of our being overly attached to family affairs, we almost forgot the instructions we received from Lord Siva and Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:0118:01, 31 March 2024 diff hist +15 King Prthu was an incarnation of Visnu, he taught the people in his kingdom to take instructions from a spiritual master who represents the disciplic succession. Thus one can become fortunate and enjoy a blissful life even within this material world No edit summary current
- 18:0018:00, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 In the beginning of the creation, Lord Brahma received the instructions of Vedic knowledge from Lord Visnu through the medium of the heart - hrda No edit summary current
- 17:5917:59, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 In his sleeping condition, Brahma dreams about the Garbhodakasayi Visnu and takes instruction from the Lord for the rehabilitation of the devastated area of space No edit summary current
- 17:5417:54, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 Here (SB 4.20.13) is an example of receiving direct instruction from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. One has to execute the order of Lord Visnu, whether receiving it directly from Him or from His bona fide representative, the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 17:5117:51, 31 March 2024 diff hist +15 Both Indra and Vrtrasura were certainly devotees of the Lord, although Indra took instructions from Visnu to kill Vrtrasura No edit summary current
30 March 2024
- 18:1218:12, 30 March 2024 diff hist −11 Category:Visnu's Thinking No edit summary current
- 18:0818:08, 30 March 2024 diff hist +28 Category:Visnu's Stopping No edit summary current
- 18:0718:07, 30 March 2024 diff hist +31 The puranas say: "Just as the illumination of a fire, which is situated in one place, is spread all over, the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Parabrahman, are spread all over this universe." - Visnu Purana 1.22.53 No edit summary current
- 18:0418:04, 30 March 2024 diff hist +29 Category:Visnu's Spreading No edit summary current
29 March 2024
- 18:3418:34, 29 March 2024 diff hist +13 The words aham samadhaya manah indicate that the most important duty at the time of death is to concentrate one's mind. If one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of Krsna, Visnu, Sankarsana or any Visnu murti, his life will be successful No edit summary current
- 18:3318:33, 29 March 2024 diff hist +39 Thinking of Visnu or meditating upon the transcendental form of Visnu, specifically upon Lord Krsna, is the last word on the subject of meditation. This meditation may be begun from the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary
- 18:3118:31, 29 March 2024 diff hist +32 This person is puffed up because of his achievements, thinking, "I am the best." He does not deserve to approach the shelter of Lord Visnu's lotus feet, which are worshiped by all saintly persons, for he is impudent, thinking himself greatly important No edit summary current
- 18:3018:30, 29 March 2024 diff hist +84 Those devotees (who have surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord) are so respectable and exalted that Lord Visnu personally protects them with the club in His hand No edit summary current
- 18:2818:28, 29 March 2024 diff hist +32 Throughout the universe there are only these two types (suras and asuras) of human being. In the Rg Veda it is stated that the suras always aim at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Visnu and act accordingly No edit summary current
- 18:2618:26, 29 March 2024 diff hist +13 Thus (after getting in touch with a bona fide spiritual master) one engages in devotional service and attains the ultimate goal of life, the lotus feet of Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:2518:25, 29 March 2024 diff hist −24 To think that Lord Siva and the other demigods are other forms of God and are therefore equal to Visnu - is blasphemous. This is the second offense at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 29 March 2024 diff hist +32 To think that Lord Siva and the other demigods are other forms of God and are therefore equal to Visnu - is blasphemous. This is the second offense at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord No edit summary
- 18:2118:21, 29 March 2024 diff hist +13 Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: the most exalted Vaisnava is Lord Siva, and those who are actually devotees of Lord Siva follow Lord Siva's advice and take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 29 March 2024 diff hist −11 When Bali Maharaja acted with unflinching faith and devotion unto the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, this was very much appreciated by all the residents of the higher planetary system No edit summary current
- 18:1618:16, 29 March 2024 diff hist +32 When the living entity is lost in the forest of the material world, in the struggle for existence, his first business is to find a bona fide guru who is always engaged at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu No edit summary current
28 March 2024
- 08:2208:22, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 The whole system is how to approach the lotus feet of Visnu. So this is the last ceremonial performance. Etam samasthaya paratma-nistham. Paratma-nistham, Visnu, to keep firm faith in Him. So it is not a new thing. Purvatamair upasitam mahadbhih No edit summary current
- 08:2008:20, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The water of the Ganges sanctifies all the three worlds, including the gods and the demigods, because it emanates from the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead Visnu No edit summary current
- 08:1908:19, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The Vedic recommendation is that one make the lotus feet of Visnu the target of all one's efforts. Tad visnoh paramam padam: the Visnu planets, or Visnuloka, are situated above all the material planets No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The statement that their (the sage's) hair was wet indicates that it was directly moistened by the water originating from the lotus feet of Visnu - the Ganges No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu. Such a hypothesis is another ornament, called anumana No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 The Pracetas received benediction from Lord Siva, and as a result they attained the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Visnu. This is real benediction No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The performance of sraddha, or offering oblations with prasada, is still current in India, especially at Gaya, where oblations are offered at the lotus feet of Visnu in a celebrated temple No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 28 March 2024 diff hist +28 The other parts of Maha-Visnu's legs, the joints and lower extremities, were all very beautiful, the nails of His feet were dazzling, and His toes were as beautiful as the petals of the lotus flower. His helmet was decorated with very valuable jewels No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 The Mayavadi philosophers equalize the jivas and the Supreme Lord and consider them to be one, but that is the greatest offense to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 The learned sages say that to approach the lotus feet of Visnu is to get liberation No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The human form of life affords one a chance to return home, back to Godhead. Therefore every living entity, especially in the human form of life, must engage in devotional service to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 28 March 2024 diff hist −11 The greatness of mother Ganges always brilliantly exists. She is the most fortunate because she emanated from the lotus feet of Sri Visnu, the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The Ganges water flows directly from the lotus feet of Visnu, and its course runs from the highest planet of the universe down to the lowest No edit summary current
- 07:3407:34, 28 March 2024 diff hist +32 The existence of mother Ganges begins from the lotus feet of the Lord. Although this statement that water comes from a lotus flower is a contradiction, in connection with Lord Visnu it is a great wonder No edit summary
- 07:3207:32, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 They (nondevotees who accept severe austerities and penances) fall down from their position of imagined superiority because they have no regard for Your (Visnu's) lotus feet - SB 10.2.32 No edit summary current
27 March 2024
- 16:2616:26, 27 March 2024 diff hist +93 Their legs were decorated with bells, Their waists with golden belts, & Their fingers with jeweled rings. Brahma also saw that upon the whole body of each Visnu, from the lotus feet up to the top of the head, fresh tulasi leaves and buds had been thrown No edit summary
- 16:2316:23, 27 March 2024 diff hist +13 Struggling for existence in this way, he cannot get the shelter of pure devotees, who are like bumblebees engaged in loving service at the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:0216:02, 27 March 2024 diff hist +32 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Advaita Prabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu are all visnu-tattva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Therefore all living entities are under Their lotus feet No edit summary
- 16:0116:01, 27 March 2024 diff hist +13 Simply by keeping the lotus feet of Lord Visnu in my mind, I shall be saved from entering into the wombs of many mothers for repeated birth and death No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 27 March 2024 diff hist +13 SB 12.3.52 says: "Whatever result one obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by serving His lotus feet one can also obtain in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra" No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 27 March 2024 diff hist +13 Sanandana said, "The personified Vedas sing, 'Without taking shelter at Your (Visnu's) lotus feet one cannot surpass the influence of material energy'" No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 27 March 2024 diff hist +13 Real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
26 March 2024
- 16:0816:08, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 One who does not chant the holy name of Visnu (Krsna), who does not bow down to the Deity of Visnu, and who does not remember the lotus feet of Visnu is punishable by Yamaraja No edit summary
- 16:0716:07, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 One who considers the transcendental body of Lord Visnu to be made of material nature is the greatest offender at the lotus feet of the Lord. There is no greater blasphemy against the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 One's greatness has to be estimated by one's ability to tolerate provoking situations. The sages gathered on the bank of the river Sarasvati concluded that one who wants actual peace & freedom from all fear should take shelter of the lotus feet of Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:0416:04, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 Om tad visnoh paramam padam. The lotus feet of Visnu are the supreme devotional platform. The performance of everything on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead assures the perfection of all activity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:0216:02, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 Offenders against the lotus feet of Lord Visnu cannot advance in spiritual knowledge. They are called mayayapahrta-jnana, or those whose knowledge has been stolen by the influence of illusion No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 Knowing that the sacred Ganges water washes the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, Dhruva Maharaja, situated on his own planet, to this very day accepts that water on his head with great devotion No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 King Rantideva had no ambition to enjoy material benefits from the demigods. He offered them obeisances, but because he was factually attached to Lord Visnu, Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he fixed his mind at Lord Visnu's lotus feet No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 Jagannatha Misra was very unhappy at the death of his children one after another. Therefore, desiring a son, he worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 It is the duty of all living entities to take shelter of the lotus feet of Visnu and thus save themselves from the cycle of birth and death No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 It is said, tretayam yajato makhaih: in Treta-yuga, if one performed yajnas, he would get the results of those yajnas. By performing visnu-yajna specifically, one could even achieve the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5015:50, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 It is not that everyone's father becomes a ghost, but the oblations of pinda are offered to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu so that if a family member happens to become a ghost, he will be favored with a gross body No edit summary current
- 15:4815:48, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 It is customary among Hindus to carry a dying person to a nearby bank of the Ganges, for if one dies on the bank of the Ganges, his soul is considered to reach the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, wherefrom the Ganges flows No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 26 March 2024 diff hist +13 In Vedic society, after the death of a relative, especially one’s father or mother, one must go to Gaya and there offer oblations to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 In the Vedic literature, in the rg-mantra hymns of the Rg Veda, it is stated that those who are actually brahmanas always look to the lotus feet of Visnu: om tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 In the Rg Veda it is stated, tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah: Visnu is the Supreme, and those who are actually learned think only of His lotus feet No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 26 March 2024 diff hist +32 If with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one pierces Lord Visnu's lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic activity of devotional service one receives the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
25 March 2024
- 17:5917:59, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 Visnu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Laksmi in order to give birth to Brahma, for he is born from a lotus flower which grows from the navel of Visnu. The goddess Laksmi sits at the feet of Visnu & serves Him No edit summary
- 17:5417:54, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 If the son is already an enemy of Visnu, how, in such an inimical mood, can he offer sacrifice (to deliver his father) unto Lord Visnu's lotus feet? Lord Krsna is directly the Personality of Godhead, Visnu, and Duryodhana was inimical to Him No edit summary current
- 17:5117:51, 25 March 2024 diff hist +13 If one offers oblations with faith and devotion - either to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu or to His representative in Pitrloka, Aryama - one's forefathers will attain material bodies to enjoy whatever material enjoyment is due them No edit summary current
- 17:4617:46, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 17:4417:44, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 When Garbhodakasayi Visnu begot Lord Brahma from His navel, He did not take any help from Laksmi, who was just sitting by Him and massaging His lotus feet No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 When Lord Siva was pleased, the yajna performances were reinstituted, & he regretted his activities. Now he says that because his mind is fixed on the lotus feet of the S Lord, Visnu, he is no longer disturbed by the ordinary critics of his way of life No edit summary current
- 17:4117:41, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 He (Lord Caitanya) has said that anyone who accepts the transcendental body of the Personality of Godhead to be made of material nature commits the greatest offense at the lotus feet of Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) explained that mukti-pade refers to the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who offers mukti and is therefore called Mukunda No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 Ganges is known as Visnupadi because she directly touches the lotus feet of the Lord before descending within this universe. Later she received other names like Jahnavi and Bhagirathi No edit summary current
- 17:2917:29, 25 March 2024 diff hist +62 Everything must be performed for the satisfaction of Visnu, or Yajna. In the Rg Veda the same truth is described: Visnu is the Supreme Deity, and thus all the subordinate gods, the suris, look to Visnu and His lotus feet No edit summary current
- 17:2317:23, 25 March 2024 diff hist +32 Everyone should offer up the fruits of his occupational duty to the lotus feet of the Lord Visnu , or Krsna." That is why the Vedic system is called varnasrama - literally, "social organization with a spiritual perspective No edit summary current
- 17:2017:20, 25 March 2024 diff hist +13 By this simple process (of concentrating one's meditation on Visnu's lotus feet), one can cross the ocean of nescience as easily as one steps over the hoofprint of a calf - SB 10.2.30 No edit summary current
24 March 2024
- 18:0218:02, 24 March 2024 diff hist +13 As stated in the Vedas, om tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah: those who are spiritually advanced simply look to the lotus feet of Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:2517:25, 24 March 2024 diff hist +13 After the death of his father, a son goes to offer sacrifices at the lotus feet of Visnu at Gaya and thus delivers the father's soul if the father is fallen No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 24 March 2024 diff hist +13 After one thousand millenniums, the water of the Ganges descended on Dhruvaloka, the topmost planet in this universe. Therefore all learned sages and scholars proclaim Dhruvaloka to be Visnupada ("situated on Lord Visnu's lotus feet") No edit summary current
- 17:1917:19, 24 March 2024 diff hist +46 Actually, all Vedic culture is aiming at understanding Lord Visnu. In the Rg Veda one mantra says that any advanced saintly person is always aspiring to be fixed in meditation upon the lotus feet of Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:1317:13, 24 March 2024 diff hist +30 Category:Visnu's Lotus Feet No edit summary current
23 March 2024
- 17:3417:34, 23 March 2024 diff hist +8 The polar star of the universe and the circle thereof is called the Sisumara circle, and therein the local residential planet of the Personality of Godhead (Ksirodakasayi Visnu) is situated No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 23 March 2024 diff hist −11 Upon seeing that the residence of Lord Visnu was vacant, Hiranyakasipu began searching for Lord Visnu everywhere No edit summary current
- 17:2917:29, 23 March 2024 diff hist −19 When Hiranyakasipu heard the news of his brother's being killed, with great anger he went to the residence of Visnu, the killer of his brother, wanting to kill Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:2417:24, 23 March 2024 diff hist +8 When Hiranyakasipu heard the news of his brother's being killed, with great anger he went to the residence of Visnu, the killer of his brother, wanting to kill Lord Visnu No edit summary
- 17:2117:21, 23 March 2024 diff hist −11 Saturn is a group of seven stars occupied by great saintly persons who are always thinking of the welfare of the entire universe. These seven stars circumambulate Dhruvaloka, which is the residence of Lord Visnu within this universe No edit summary current
- 17:1817:18, 23 March 2024 diff hist +31 The third incarnation of Visnu, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, is also an incarnation of the mode of goodness. He is also the Supersoul of all living entities, and He resides on the ocean of milk within the universe No edit summary current
- 17:1517:15, 23 March 2024 diff hist +31 There are innumerable Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky, and on each of them Visnu resides with His associates and His paraphernalia No edit summary current
22 March 2024
- 17:4817:48, 22 March 2024 diff hist +12 The planet known as Visnuloka, where Lord Visnu personally resides, is the highest of all. It is worshipable by the inhabitants of all other planets within the universe. Please come with us and live there eternally No edit summary current
- 17:4617:46, 22 March 2024 diff hist +31 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, resides within the material world as the sattva-guna-avatara. Lord Siva is the tamo-guna-avatara, and Lord Brahma is the rajo-guna-avatara, but although Lord Visnu is among them, He is not in the same category No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 22 March 2024 diff hist +12 There are innumerable Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky, and on each of them Visnu resides with His associates and His paraphernalia No edit summary
- 17:3817:38, 22 March 2024 diff hist +12 Visnu-kanci is situated about five miles away from Kancipuram. It is here that Lord Varadaraja, another form of Lord Visnu, resides. There is also a big lake known as Ananta-sarovara No edit summary current
- 17:3617:36, 22 March 2024 diff hist +31 The Ksirodakasayi Visnu has His own planet on the northern top of the universe, and there is a great ocean of milk where the Lord resides on the bed of the Ananta incarnation of Baladeva No edit summary current
- 17:3417:34, 22 March 2024 diff hist +31 The associates of Visnu reminded him that not only his forefathers but everyone else before him was unable to attain Visnuloka, the planet where Lord Visnu resides. This is because everyone within this material world is either a karmi, a jnani or a yogi No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 22 March 2024 diff hist +12 Lord Visnu, who is residing within the heart of every living entity, appeared in the darkness of night as the SP of Godhead before Devaki, who appeared as one of the demigoddesses No edit summary current
- 17:2917:29, 22 March 2024 diff hist +31 It is learned from the revealed scriptures that the moon was born from the milk ocean. There is a milk ocean in the upper planets, and there Visnu, who controls the heart of every living being as Paramatma (the Supersoul), resides as Ksirodakasayi Visnu No edit summary current
21 March 2024
- 18:4318:43, 21 March 2024 diff hist −26 Both Indra and Visnu are worshiped by yajna performances. But here (in BG 8.2) Arjuna asks who is actually the Lord of yajna (sacrifice), and how is the Lord residing within the body of the living entity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 21 March 2024 diff hist +57 Both Indra and Visnu are worshiped by yajna performances. But here (in BG 8.2) Arjuna asks who is actually the Lord of yajna (sacrifice), and how is the Lord residing within the body of the living entity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 18:1818:18, 21 March 2024 diff hist +58 From this verse (SB 4.9.26) it appears that Lord Visnu awarded Dhruva Maharaja the same abode in which He resides. His abode is described in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.6): yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama No edit summary current
- 18:1518:15, 21 March 2024 diff hist +29 Category:Visnu's Residence No edit summary current
- 18:0818:08, 21 March 2024 diff hist +28 Seeing the behavior of Maharaja Prthu with His (Lord Visnu's) lotus eyes, He was detained because He is always the well-wisher of His devotees No edit summary current
20 March 2024
- 07:3407:34, 20 March 2024 diff hist +28 It is the compassion of the Lord for the sleeping energy that He wants to see her awaken for enjoyment like the other wives who are awake No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 20 March 2024 diff hist −2 Category:Visnu's Seeing No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 20 March 2024 diff hist +28 Category:Visnu's Seeing No edit summary
- 07:2707:27, 20 March 2024 diff hist +7 Kardama Muni desired to beget a child who would be a ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should beget a child who can perform the duties of Visnu, otherwise there is no need to produce children No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 20 March 2024 diff hist +26 From the Rk-samhita (1.22.20): The Personality of Godhead Visnu is the Absolute Truth, whose lotus feet all the demigods are always eager to see. Like the sun-god, He pervades everything by the rays of His energy. He appears impersonal to imperfect eyes No edit summary current
- 07:1407:14, 20 March 2024 diff hist +108 Maha-Visnu appeared beautiful with His raised nose, broad forehead, attractive ears and reddish lips. His arms, reaching to the knees, were very strongly built. His shoulders were high, His chest was very broad, and His neck was shaped like a conchshell No edit summary current
- 06:5906:59, 20 March 2024 diff hist +28 Sincerely extolled in these words, Lord Visnu, shining very beautifully on the shoulders of Garuda, replied with words as sweet as nectar. His eyebrows moved gracefully as He looked at the sage (Kardama Muni) with a smile full of affection No edit summary current
- 06:5606:56, 20 March 2024 diff hist +27 Kardama Muni continued: What is the use of enjoyments other than the Lord's grace? All material achievements are subject to be annihilated simply by a movement of the eyebrows of Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 20 March 2024 diff hist +28 He (Narada Muni) is a liberated spaceman. The causeless mercy of Lord Visnu is unparalleled, and such mercy is perceived by the devotees only by the grace of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 20 March 2024 diff hist +27 Fortunately, both our spiritual master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and our humble self, had the opportunity to take birth in such families (of the acarya or gosvami), by the grace of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 20 March 2024 diff hist +8 By the grace of Visnu, a Vaisnava can render better service than Visnu; that is the special prerogative of a Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 20 March 2024 diff hist +8 By the grace of the Supreme Lord Visnu, anyone can be completely purified, become a preacher of Krsna consciousness, and become the spiritual master of the entire world. This principle is accepted in all Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 20 March 2024 diff hist +8 By the grace of the almighty Visnu, I (Narada) travel everywhere without restriction both in the transcendental world and in the three divisions of the material world. This is because I am fixed in unbroken devotional service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:3506:35, 20 March 2024 diff hist +25 Category:Visnu's Grace No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 20 March 2024 diff hist +37 O my Lord, master of creation, maintenance and annihilation, O best of enjoyers, Lord Visnu, You are the leader and destination of surrendered devotees like us. Therefore let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 20 March 2024 diff hist +37 Persons who are not in real knowledge think that Brahma is the creator, Visnu the maintainer and Siva the annihilator and that the different demigods are intended to fulfill diverse purposes No edit summary current
18 March 2024
- 18:3618:36, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Rama means the goddess of fortune. And her shelter is Lord Visnu. Lord Visnu is the maintainer of all living beings No edit summary current
- 18:3318:33, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Siva is one of the many sons of Brahma, and he annihilates the creation. Therefore the original creator of the universe is Visnu, and He is also the maintainer of the created beings by His causeless mercy No edit summary current
- 18:3018:30, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Sthana: the maintenance of the universe by the PG, Visnu. Visnu’s function is more important and His glory greater than Brahma’s and Lord Siva’s, for although Brahma is the creator and Lord Siva the destroyer, Visnu is the maintainer No edit summary current
- 18:2818:28, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 The Visnu who is the plenary portion of the Garbhodakasayi Visnu is the Supersoul of the universal life, and He is known as the maintainer of the universe or Ksirodakasayi Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:2618:26, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and even Visnu, are supposed to be the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this material world, but actually they are not No edit summary current
- 18:2318:23, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Visnu is the Lord of the universe because He is its maintainer. Similarly, Brahma creates the different planetary systems and the population, so he also may be considered the Lord of the universe No edit summary current
- 18:2218:22, 18 March 2024 diff hist +63 Ksirodakasayi Visnu is the universal form of the Lord and is the Supersoul within every living entity. He is known as Ksirodakasayi because He is the Lord who lies on the ocean of milk. He is the maintainer and master of the universe No edit summary current
- 18:1818:18, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Ksirodakasayi Visnu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Sesa Naga is His further subpart - CC Adi 5.109 No edit summary current
- 18:1618:16, 18 March 2024 diff hist +37 Ksirodakasayi Visnu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Sesa Naga is His further subpart - CC Adi 1.11 No edit summary current
- 18:1218:12, 18 March 2024 diff hist +18 In this manner the Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, the maintainer of all living entities, raised the earth from within the water, and having placed it afloat on the water, He returned to His own abode No edit summary current
- 18:0518:05, 18 March 2024 diff hist +55 Lord Visnu, being the ultimate objective of such sacrificial ceremonies, was requested by the wives of the priests to glance over the yajna arena (of Daksa) with His causeless mercy so that the routine work of the yajna might be continued No edit summary current
16 March 2024
- 14:2314:23, 16 March 2024 diff hist +29 Of all His (Visnu's) glories, the most important is His causeless mercy upon the conditioned souls in reclaiming them from the clutches of maya No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 Of all His (Visnu's) glories, the most important is His causeless mercy upon the conditioned souls in reclaiming them from the clutches of maya No edit summary
- 14:1814:18, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 Siva is one of the many sons of Brahma, and he annihilates the creation. Therefore the original creator of the universe is Visnu, and He is also the maintainer of the created beings by His causeless mercy No edit summary
- 14:1614:16, 16 March 2024 diff hist +8 The King said: O brahmana, O powerful one, formerly Lord Visnu showed me His causeless mercy, indicating that you would come to my house, and to confirm that blessing, you have all come No edit summary
- 14:1414:14, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 The reciters continued: Dear King, you are a direct incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, & by His causeless mercy you have descended on this earth. Therefore it is not possible for us to actually glorify your exalted activities No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 These rascals, they do not know that his real self-interest is how to approach Visnu or Krsna. Krsna, Visnu, therefore comes personally just to show His causeless mercy upon them, to exhibit Himself, how He can be friend to everyone No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 He (Narada Muni) is a liberated spaceman. The causeless mercy of Lord Visnu is unparalleled, and such mercy is perceived by the devotees only by the grace of the Lord No edit summary
- 13:5213:52, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 At Visnu-kanci is Lord Varadaraja, and Hari is situated at Mayapur, Lord Caitanya's birth site. Thus in different places throughout the universe there are various Deities in temples bestowing Their causeless mercy upon the devotees No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 16 March 2024 diff hist +27 Although he (Dhruva Maharaja) got the result of the visnu-mantra by the causeless mercy of the Lord, he lamented how foolish he was to have strived for material benefits while practicing devotional service No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 16 March 2024 diff hist +54 So Bhrgu Muni committed the greatest offense by kicking the chest of the Lord with his foot in the presence of the goddess of fortune. Of course, Lord Visnu is all-merciful No edit summary current
15 March 2024
- 17:0517:05, 15 March 2024 diff hist +8 The brahmanas, the cows, Vedic knowledge, austerity, truthfulness, control of the mind and senses, faith, mercy, tolerance and sacrifice are the different parts of the body of Lord Visnu, & they are the paraphernalia for a godly civilization - SB 10.41.1 No edit summary current
- 16:5816:58, 15 March 2024 diff hist +27 The idea that Lord Visnu is on the same level as the demigods is in contradiction to the sastras. The demigods are not supreme. The supremacy of the demigods is dependent on the mercy of Lord Narayana No edit summary current
- 16:5616:56, 15 March 2024 diff hist +8 Trnavarta, in the form of a whirlwind, took the child (Krsna) away into the dangerous sky to kill Him, but the demon fell down onto a slab of stone. In that case also, by the mercy of Lord Visnu or His associates, the child was saved - SB 10.11.25 No edit summary current
- 16:5416:54, 15 March 2024 diff hist +25 Upananda suggested - By the mercy of Lord Visnu, Krsna has always been saved from so many dangerous incidents. Now let us leave this place and go someplace where we may worship Lord Visnu undisturbed, before there is another cause of death from some demon No edit summary current
- 16:5216:52, 15 March 2024 diff hist +27 Vairocani, Bali, received the mercy of Prahlada, and by Prahlada's mercy he also received the mercy of Lord Visnu, who appeared before him as a brahmacari beggar. Thus Bali became a krpa-siddha because of the special mercy of both guru and Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:4816:48, 15 March 2024 diff hist +8 Sanandana said, "The personified Vedas sing, 'Since all engagements are based on knowledge supplied by You (Visnu), the conditioned souls can execute pious activities only when You mercifully inspire them to do so'" No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 15 March 2024 diff hist +27 Maharaja Pariksit is especially famous as one who is protected by Visnu, and when he was unduly cursed by a brahmana's son, he could have invoked the mercy of the Lord to save him, but he did not want to because he was a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 16:0216:02, 15 March 2024 diff hist +8 King Satyavrata was illuminated with all Vedic knowledge by the mercy of Lord Visnu, and in this period he has now taken birth as Vaivasvata Manu, the son of the sun-god No edit summary current
- 16:0116:01, 15 March 2024 diff hist +8 The benedictions of Lord Visnu are different. By the mercy of the Lord Visnu, one can be completely freed from material contamination and go back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
14 March 2024
- 14:4014:40, 14 March 2024 diff hist +33 Category:Visnu Is The Maintainer No edit summary current
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- 14:2614:26, 14 March 2024 diff hist +37 He (Visnu) is the actual creator of this universe, He is the actual maintainer, and when everything is annihilated, it rests in Him only. That is the conclusion of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 14 March 2024 diff hist +8 Just by the Visnu forms glancing They showed Themselves to be the creators and maintainers of the modes of ignorance & passion. Visnu represents the mode of goodness, Brahma represents the mode of passion, and Lord Siva represents the mode of ignorance No edit summary current
13 March 2024
- 18:1318:13, 13 March 2024 diff hist +9 Brahma creates the whole of human society, animal society - everything. Ksirodakasayi Visnu lies on the milk ocean within the universe, of which He is the controller and maintainer. Thus Brahma is the creator - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 18:1218:12, 13 March 2024 diff hist +9 Just by the Visnu forms glancing They showed Themselves to be the creators and maintainers of the modes of ignorance & passion. Visnu represents the mode of goodness, Brahma represents the mode of passion, and Lord Siva represents the mode of ignorance No edit summary
- 18:1018:10, 13 March 2024 diff hist −10 The supreme proprietor of everything is Lord Visnu. He is the maintainer of everyone No edit summary current
- 18:0818:08, 13 March 2024 diff hist −9 Thus Brahma is the creator, Visnu is the maintainer, and when the time for annihilation arrives, Siva will finish everything - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 18:0718:07, 13 March 2024 diff hist −10 To take away this burden, however, is not the work of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The maintainer, Lord Visnu, is the one who protects the universe No edit summary current
12 March 2024
- 18:3518:35, 12 March 2024 diff hist +11 The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is already in charge of the maintenance of this creation by virtue of His plenary expansion, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, but this maintenance is not direct No edit summary current
- 18:3018:30, 12 March 2024 diff hist −8 Those who are aware of transcendental knowledge, and who thus are actually learned, perform all acts needed for maintaining the body and mind, but with a view to satisfying the transcendental senses of the Supreme Godhead, Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:2918:29, 12 March 2024 diff hist +11 Your appearances as Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu and Lord Siva are meant for the purpose of creating, maintaining and annihilating this cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
11 March 2024
- 17:4417:44, 11 March 2024 diff hist −8 No one can maintain the whole creation but He. There are innumerable entities, and they have innumerable demands; no one but Visnu can fulfill the innumerable demands of all the innumerable living entities No edit summary current
- 17:4017:40, 11 March 2024 diff hist +3 According to astronomical calculation, along with the polestar there is another star, which is called Sisumara, where Lord Visnu, who is in charge of the maintenance of this material world, resides No edit summary current
- 17:4017:40, 11 March 2024 diff hist +8 According to astronomical calculation, along with the polestar there is another star, which is called Sisumara, where Lord Visnu, who is in charge of the maintenance of this material world, resides No edit summary
- 17:3717:37, 11 March 2024 diff hist −8 Brahma is ordered to create, and Siva is ordered to annihilate. The middle function, maintenance, is taken charge of by Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:3517:35, 11 March 2024 diff hist +14 Both Lord Brahma and Lord Siva act only in one capacity: Lord Brahma can create, and Lord Siva can annihilate. But neither of them can maintain. Lord Visnu, however, not only maintains but creates and annihilates also No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 11 March 2024 diff hist −8 As Lord Visnu, You maintain all the affairs of the entire universe, and yet You stand aloof and are the enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 11 March 2024 diff hist −8 As Lord Visnu He maintains the entire world. Lord Visnu, being beyond all material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities No edit summary current
- 17:2617:26, 11 March 2024 diff hist +8 For creation, maintenance and annihilation there are the three deities Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara (Siva), but Brahma and Mahesvara are qualitative expansions of Visnu. Visnu is the central figure. Visnu, therefore, takes charge of maintenance No edit summary current
- 17:2517:25, 11 March 2024 diff hist +8 Although Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara, the three incarnations of the material modes of nature, are the principal deities for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the cosmic manifestation, they are not the final authority No edit summary current
10 March 2024
- 05:5305:53, 10 March 2024 diff hist −8 Actually Lord Visnu maintains and accomplishes all good fortune. If one has to take shelter of Lord Visnu, why should the demigods take shelter of Lord Siva? They did so because Lord Visnu acts through Lord Siva in the creation of the material world No edit summary current
- 05:3105:31, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 The great Parasara Rsi has confirmed this in the Visnu Purana. He says that the cosmic manifestation visible to us is produced from Lord Visnu and sustained under His protection. He is the principal maintainer and destroyer of the universal form No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 10 March 2024 diff hist +59 The Lord Visnu who lies in the ocean of milk incarnates Himself in various forms to maintain the laws of the cosmos and annihilate the causes of disturbance. Such incarnations are visible in every manv-antara No edit summary current
- 05:2505:25, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 The Personality of Godhead Garbhodakasayi Visnu is also engaged in rasa enjoyment with His external potency, by which He creates, maintains and dissolves the entire material manifestation No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 10 March 2024 diff hist +59 The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His form of Ksirodakasayi Visnu maintains all the affairs of material nature. Thus the supreme controller of the three modes of material nature is Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 05:2005:20, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 The three different forms of Maha-visnu - namely Karanodakasayi Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who are the origin of creation and maintenance - are gradually being described - in SB 7.9.33 No edit summary current
- 05:1705:17, 10 March 2024 diff hist +100 That purusa (Karanodakasayi Visnu) is the performer of creation, maintenance and destruction. He manifests Himself in many incarnations, for He is the maintainer of the world No edit summary current
- 05:1405:14, 10 March 2024 diff hist +59 The whole creation is made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His form of Brahma, it is maintained by Him in the form of Visnu, and it is destroyed by Him in the form of Rudra, or Siva, all in due course No edit summary
- 05:1205:12, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 Through the purusa-avatara Maha-Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead created the whole cosmic manifestation. Simply by breathing out all the universes, the Lord creates and maintains the cosmic manifestation as Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 Visnu is the authorized Lord who maintains the created cosmos, and He is also the principal Deity who makes adjustments when there is improper administration in the cosmic creation No edit summary current
- 05:0705:07, 10 March 2024 diff hist +32 Only under the superintendence of the Supreme Lord does material nature appear to be the cause of all creation, maintenance and dissolution. The Lord expands Himself into three - Visnu, Brahma & Siva - for maintenance, creation & destruction respectively No edit summary current
- 05:0505:05, 10 March 2024 diff hist +32 Only under the superintendence of the Supreme Lord does material nature appear to be the cause of all creation, maintenance and dissolution. The Lord expands Himself into three - Visnu, Brahma & Siva - for maintenance, creation & destruction respectively No edit summary
- 04:5904:59, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Visnu is actually above all material qualities, but He accepts control of sattva-guna (the mode of goodness) to maintain the universe No edit summary current
- 04:5604:56, 10 March 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Siva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the same sense that yogurt is also milk although at the same time it is not milk. For the maintenance of the material world there are three incarnations - Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara - Lord Siva No edit summary current
9 March 2024
- 18:4518:45, 9 March 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Brahma creates the material world, Lord Visnu maintains it, and Lord Siva destroys it No edit summary
- 18:4418:44, 9 March 2024 diff hist +31 Living entities, including even great personalities as Brahma and Lord Siva, are all subordinate to the Lord. In the material world also, in His eternal form of Visnu, He maintains and controls all the affairs of the demigods, including Brahma and Siva No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist +9 Living entities, including even great personalities as Brahma and Lord Siva, are all subordinate to the Lord. In the material world also, in His eternal form of Visnu, He maintains and controls all the affairs of the demigods, including Brahma and Siva No edit summary
- 18:4118:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist +33 In the Vedanta-sutra: janmady asya yatah (SB 1.1.1). And in the Upanisads is the statement yato va imani bhutani jayante. Everything is generated from Lord Visnu, everything is maintained by Him, and everything is annihilated by His energy No edit summary current
- 18:3918:39, 9 March 2024 diff hist +33 In the previous verse (SB 4.30.24) it has been said (grhita-maya-guna-vigrahaya) that the Lord accepts three kinds of bodies (Visnu, Brahma and Siva) for the purposes of creating, maintaining and annihilating the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
- 18:3818:38, 9 March 2024 diff hist +59 I am engaged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to create. Following His orders, Lord Siva dissolves everything. The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His form of Ksirodakasayi Visnu maintains all the affairs of material nature No edit summary current
- 18:3718:37, 9 March 2024 diff hist +33 For creation, maintenance and annihilation, the Supreme Lord incarnates into three - Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu and Lord Siva - after manifesting the material cosmos No edit summary current
- 18:2218:22, 9 March 2024 diff hist +142 N Category:Visnu's Mercy Created page with "Category:Visnu Category:Mercy Category:God's Mercy Category:Visnu - Umbrella Category Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
- 18:2018:20, 9 March 2024 diff hist +27 With their earnings they (Vedic people) used to acquire eatables, and the eatables were cooked for the worship of Visnu. Then the meal offered to satisfy Visnu became prasadam - "the Lord's mercy", the remnants of His meal - and could be accepted by them No edit summary
8 March 2024
- 17:5017:50, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 Following the will of the S P of Godhead, I create, Lord Siva destroys, and He Himself in the form of Ksirodakasayi Visnu maintains all the affairs of material nature. Thus the supreme controller of the three modes of material nature is Lord Visnu No edit summary
- 17:4317:43, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 By His (God's) incarnation of Brahma He creates, as the incarnation of Visnu He maintains, and by His incarnation of Siva, He also annihilates No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 By a combination of potential energies of the Lord there is the manifestation of creation, maintenance and annihilation in due course of time and by different agents like Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 8 March 2024 diff hist +14 Brahma is entrusted with creation, Visnu maintains and Rudra, Lord Siva, destroys No edit summary
- 17:3617:36, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 Brahma, Visnu and Siva are His three incarnations of the material qualities. Creation, maintenance and destruction respectively are under the charge of these three personalities No edit summary current
- 17:3517:35, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 Brahma creates, Visnu maintains, and Lord Siva destroys. But all such agents and creative energies are emanations from the Lord, and as such there is nothing except the Lord, or the one supreme source of different diversities No edit summary
- 17:3417:34, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 Brahma became the engineer of the universe, and the Lord Himself took charge of the maintenance of the universe as Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 8 March 2024 diff hist +33 After creating both the material world and spiritual world through yogamaya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally maintains them by expanding Himself in different categories as the Visnu murtis and the demigods No edit summary current
- 17:2817:28, 8 March 2024 diff hist +26 The yogis, the real yogis, they, by meditation, they see visnu-murti within the heart. And those who are devotees, they meet the Supreme Person face to face just like we are meeting face to face, talk face to face, serve directly No edit summary current
7 March 2024
- 18:3218:32, 7 March 2024 diff hist +26 The yogi, by meditation, being in samadhi, they are seeing the Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead, Visnu, within the heart. And those who are devotees, they are seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Arjuna is seeing, personally, face to face No edit summary current
- 18:3018:30, 7 March 2024 diff hist +26 Meditators who are very fortunate can see the Visnu form of the Lord within their hearts by following the yogic process. But to see Him face to face is a different matter. This is only possible for pure devotees No edit summary current
- 18:2718:27, 7 March 2024 diff hist +26 Lord Brahma, being completely pure, could see the original form of the Lord as Visnu, having many thousands of faces and forms. This process is called self-realization No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 7 March 2024 diff hist +2 Category:Visnu's Maintaining No edit summary current
- 18:2318:23, 7 March 2024 diff hist +149 N Category:Visnu's Maintaining Created page with "Category:Visnu Category:Maintain Category:God's Maintaing Category:Visnu - Umbrella Category Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 18:1818:18, 7 March 2024 diff hist +26 This verse (SB 4.7.21) nicely describes how the sun, moon, eight-petalled lotus flower and humming black bees were represented by the fans of hair, the overhead canopy, the moving earrings on both sides of His (Lord Visnu) face, and His blackish hair No edit summary
- 18:1418:14, 7 March 2024 diff hist +8 He (Maha-Visnu) was dressed in very nice yellow clothing, His face was beautifully smiling, and His eyes, which were like lotus petals, were very attractive No edit summary current
4 March 2024
- 19:0819:08, 4 March 2024 diff hist +36 He (Maha-Visnu) was dressed in very nice yellow clothing, His face was beautifully smiling, and His eyes, which were like lotus petals, were very attractive No edit summary
- 19:0619:06, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah (SB 12.13.1). Yogis - real yogis - see the form of Visnu within the heart by meditation. The devotees, however, meet the Supreme Person face to face, just as we meet face to face and speak face to face No edit summary current
- 19:0119:01, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 The smiling face of Lord Visnu is pleasing to the whole world. Not only devotees but even nondevotees are attracted by such a smile No edit summary current
- 19:0019:00, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 A yogi is advised to meditate on the form of Lord Visnu from point to point, from the ankles to the legs to the knees to the thighs to the chest to the neck, and in this way gradually up to the face and then to the ornaments No edit summary current
- 18:5018:50, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 A yogi is advised to meditate on the form of Lord Visnu from point to point, from ankles to legs to knees to thighs to chest to neck, and in this way gradually up to the face and then to the ornaments. There is no question of impersonal meditation No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 4 March 2024 diff hist +24 Category:Visnu's Face No edit summary current
- 18:4018:40, 4 March 2024 diff hist +8 He (Maha-Visnu) was dressed in very nice yellow clothing, His face was beautifully smiling, and His eyes, which were like lotus petals, were very attractive No edit summary
- 18:3718:37, 4 March 2024 diff hist +58 In this verse (SB 4.12.22) the word puskaranabha-sammatau is significant. Krsna, or Lord Visnu, is known for His lotus eyes, lotus navel, lotus feet and lotus palms No edit summary current
- 18:3318:33, 4 March 2024 diff hist +84 Kalayavana saw Him, in His Visnu form, with a well-built body, four hands, and eyes like the petals of a newly blooming lotus No edit summary current
- 18:3118:31, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 Lord Visnu has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes and thousands of feet. Entirely encompassing the whole universe, He still extends beyond it by ten fingers' breadth. He is in fact this entire universe. He is all that was and all that will be No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 4 March 2024 diff hist +25 They (Bhuta-yogi, Sara-yogi and Bhranta-yogi) saw the lotus-eyed Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, mounted on Garuda and holding Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, to His chest No edit summary
- 18:1918:19, 4 March 2024 diff hist +26 Visnu has 1000's of heads, eyes & feet. Entirely encompassing the whole universe, He still extends beyond it by ten fingers' breadth. He is this entire universe, all that was & all that will be, the Lord of immortality & of all that is nourished by food No edit summary current
3 March 2024
- 10:4710:47, 3 March 2024 diff hist +78 The Visnu form called Ananta-sayana has thousands of hands and legs and thousands of eyes, and He is the active generator of all the incarnations within the material world No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 3 March 2024 diff hist +33 Those Visnu forms (Krsna's cowherd boy and calf expansions), by Their pure smiling, and by the sidelong glances of Their reddish eyes, created and protected the desires of Their own devotees, as if by the modes of passion & goodness - SB 10.13.50 No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 3 March 2024 diff hist +26 Seeing the behavior of Maharaja Prthu with His (Lord Visnu's) lotus eyes, He was detained because He is always the well-wisher of His devotees No edit summary
- 10:3810:38, 3 March 2024 diff hist +169 His (Lord Visnu) four hands were decorated with a conchshell, club, lotus and disc, He was dressed in yellow garments, and His eyes appeared like the petals of a blooming lotus No edit summary
- 10:3410:34, 3 March 2024 diff hist +24 Category:Visnu's Eyes No edit summary current
- 10:3110:31, 3 March 2024 diff hist −11 Kardama Muni continued: What is the use of enjoyments other than the Lord's grace? All material achievements are subject to be annihilated simply by a movement of the eyebrows of Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 10:2810:28, 3 March 2024 diff hist +58 Sincerely extolled in these words, Lord Visnu, shining very beautifully on the shoulders of Garuda, replied with words as sweet as nectar. His eyebrows moved gracefully as He looked at the sage (Kardama Muni) with a smile full of affection No edit summary
- 10:2710:27, 3 March 2024 diff hist +62 Simply by expansion of His (Lord Visnu) eyebrows, invincible time personified can immediately vanquish the entire universe. However, formidable time does not approach the devotee who has taken complete shelter at Your lotus feet No edit summary current