This is the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even if the Lord takes away a devotee's material opulences, the Lord immediately offers him a position of which the demigods cannot even dream. There are many examples of this in the history of devotional service. One of them is the opulence of Sudāmā Vipra. Sudāmā Vipra suffered severe material scarcity, but he was not disturbed and did not deviate from devotional service. Thus he was ultimately given an exalted position by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Here the word mad-āśrayaḥ is very significant. Because the Lord wanted to give Bali Mahārāja the exalted position of Indra, the demigods might naturally have been envious of him and might have fought to disturb his position. But the Supreme Personality of Godhead assured Bali Mahārāja that he would always remain under the Lord's protection (mad-āśrayaḥ).
One of the example is the opulence of Sudama Vipra. Sudama Vipra suffered severe material scarcity, but he was not disturbed and did not deviate from devotional service. Thus he was ultimately given an exalted position by the mercy of Lord Krsna
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"One of them is the opulence of Sudāmā Vipra. Sudāmā Vipra suffered severe material scarcity, but he was not disturbed and did not deviate from devotional service. Thus he was ultimately given an exalted position by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 8
There are many examples of this in the history of devotional service. One of them is the opulence of Sudāmā Vipra. Sudāmā Vipra suffered severe material scarcity, but he was not disturbed and did not deviate from devotional service. Thus he was ultimately given an exalted position by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord continued: Because of his great tolerance, I have given him a place not obtainable even by the demigods. He will become King of the heavenly planets during the period of the Manu known as Sāvarṇi.
- One Of The
- Examples of a Devotee of God
- Opulence of a Devotee of God
- Sudama Vipra
- Suffering of a Devotee of God
- Severe
- Material
- Scarcity of Devotees of God
- Was Not
- Disturbances of a Devotee of God
- Did Not
- Pure Devotees Are Never Deviated from God's Service
- Devotional Service of a Devotee of God
- Ultimately
- Exalted Position of a Devotee of God
- Krsna's Mercy
- Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 22 Purports - Bali Maharaja Surrenders His Life
- Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Purports
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Page Title: | One of the example is the opulence of Sudama Vipra. Sudama Vipra suffered severe material scarcity, but he was not disturbed and did not deviate from devotional service. Thus he was ultimately given an exalted position by the mercy of Lord Krsna |
Compiler: | Alankrutha |
Created: | 2021-01-05, 13:46:36 |
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