User contributions for Sunnanya
14 April 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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