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• O master of speech, by your effulgence, full of religious principles, the darkness of the world is dissipated, and the knowledge of learned persons or great souls is manifested  + (08:56:14, 8 December 2017)
• No one can surpass your effulgence, for all things, manifested and unmanifested, gross and subtle, superior and inferior, are but various forms of you that are manifested by your effulgence  + (09:08:28, 8 December 2017)
• O indefatigable one, when you are sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to enter among the soldiers of the Daityas and the Danavas, you stay on the battlefield and unendingly separate their arms, bellies, thighs, legs and heads  + (09:24:21, 8 December 2017)
• O protector of the universe, you are engaged by the S P of Godhead as His all-powerful weapon in killing the envious enemies. For the benefit of our entire dynasty, kindly favor this poor brahmana. This will certainly be a favor for all of us  + (09:30:47, 8 December 2017)
• If our family has given charity to the proper persons, if we have performed ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices I wish, in exchange, that this brahmana be freed from the burning caused by the Sudarsana cakra  + (09:38:44, 8 December 2017)
• If we have properly carried out our occupational duties, and if we have been guided by learned brahmanas, I wish, in exchange, that this brahmana be freed from the burning caused by the Sudarsana cakra  + (09:43:00, 8 December 2017)
• Even now Kapila Muni is staying there in trance for the deliverance of the conditioned souls in the three worlds, and all the acaryas, or great teachers, of the system of Sankhya philosophy are worshiping Him  + (10:36:14, 8 December 2017)
• My dear son, since you have inquired from me, I have answered. O sinless one, the descriptions of Kapiladeva and His mother and their activities are the purest of all pure discourses  + (10:40:20, 8 December 2017)
• The description of the dealings of Kapiladeva and His mother is very confidential, and anyone who hears or reads this narration becomes a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is carried by Garuda  + (10:45:33, 8 December 2017)
• Maharaja Pariksit said: O my lord, O Sukadeva Gosvami, you have already described (in the Second Canto) the path of liberation (nivrtti-marga)  + (10:55:09, 8 December 2017)
• By following that path, one is certainly elevated gradually to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, from which one is promoted to the spiritual world along with Lord Brahma. Thus one's repetition of birth and death in the material world ceases  + (10:59:14, 8 December 2017)
• By following these inclinations he traverses the path called pravrtti-marga, by which one may be elevated to the heavenly planets, as you have already described (in the Third Canto)  + (11:03:01, 8 December 2017)
• You have also described (at the end of the Fifth Canto) the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities & you have described (in the Fourth Canto) the first manvantara, which was presided over by Svayambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahma  + (11:09:47, 8 December 2017)
• These are divided among this planet earth, the luminaries in the sky and the lower planetary systems. You have very clearly described these planets and the living entities who live on them  + (11:14:43, 8 December 2017)
• O greatly fortunate and opulent Sukadeva Gosvami, now kindly tell me how human beings may be saved from having to enter hellish conditions in which they suffer terrible pains  + (11:27:44, 8 December 2017)
• Therefore, before one's next death comes, as long as one's body is strong enough, one should quickly adopt the process of atonement according to sastra; otherwise one's time will be lost, and the reactions of his sins will increase  + (11:35:37, 8 December 2017)
• As an expert physician diagnoses and treats a disease according to its gravity, one should undergo atonement according to the severity of one's sins  + (11:40:11, 8 December 2017)
• Nevertheless, in spite of such knowledge, one is forced to commit sins again and again, even after performing acts of atonement. Therefore, what is the value of such atonement?  + (11:46:55, 8 December 2017)
• Sometimes one who is very alert so as not to commit sinful acts is victimized by sinful life again. I therefore consider this process of repeated sinning and atoning to be useless  + (11:54:23, 8 December 2017)
• It is like the bathing of an elephant, for an elephant cleanses itself by taking a full bath, but then throws dust over its head and body as soon as it returns to the land  + (11:56:33, 8 December 2017)
• Although these four great sages were older than Brahma's other sons like Marici, they appeared like small naked children only five or six years old  + (02:25:47, 9 December 2017)
• When Jaya and Vijaya saw them trying to enter Vaikunthaloka, these two gatekeepers, thinking them ordinary children, forbade them to enter  + (02:32:30, 9 December 2017)
• The great saint Narada said: Once upon a time when the four sons of Lord Brahma named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanat-kumara were wandering throughout the three worlds, they came by chance to Visnuloka  + (02:36:22, 9 December 2017)
• If the S P of God, who is one without a second, who is the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and who is the life & soul of all living entities, is pleased with us, we wish that this brahmana, Durvasa Muni, be freed from the pain of being burned  + (03:48:06, 9 December 2017)
• Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When the King offered prayers to the Sudarsana cakra and Lord Visnu, because of his prayers the Sudarsana cakra became peaceful and stopped burning the brahmana known as Durvasa Muni  + (03:52:37, 9 December 2017)

• Durvasa Muni, the greatly powerful mystic, was indeed satisfied when freed from the fire of the Sudarsana cakra. Thus he praised the qualities of Maharaja Ambarisa and offered him the highest benedictions  + (03:57:05, 9 December 2017)

• Durvasa Muni said: My dear King, today I have experienced the greatness of devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for although I have committed an offense, you have prayed for my good fortune  + (04:01:27, 9 December 2017)
• For those who have achieved the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the pure devotees, what is impossible to do, and what is impossible to give up?  + (04:05:33, 9 December 2017)
• What is impossible for the servants of the Lord? By the very hearing of His holy name one is purified  + (04:09:28, 9 December 2017)
• O King, overlooking my offenses, you have saved my life. Thus I am very much obliged to you because you are so merciful  + (04:13:11, 9 December 2017)
• Expecting the return of Durvasa Muni, the King had not taken his food. Therefore, when the sage returned, the King fell at his lotus feet, pleasing him in all respects, and fed him sumptuously  + (04:18:29, 9 December 2017)
• The King respectfully received Durvasa Muni, who after eating varieties of palatable food was so satisfied that with great affection he requested the King to eat also, saying, "Please take your meal"  + (04:23:28, 9 December 2017)
• Durvasa Muni said: I am very pleased with you, my dear King. At first I thought of you as an ordinary human being and accepted your hospitality, but later I could understand, by my own intelligence, that you are the most exalted devotee of the Lord  + (04:28:42, 9 December 2017)
• Simply by seeing you, touching your feet and talking with you, I have been pleased and have become obliged to you  + (04:32:02, 9 December 2017)
• Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vedavyasa, answered: My dear King, since acts meant to neutralize impious actions are also fruitive, they will not release one from the tendency to act fruitively  + (04:40:49, 9 December 2017)
• Therefore real atonement is enlightenment in perfect knowledge, Vedanta, by which one understands the Supreme Absolute Truth  + (04:46:01, 9 December 2017)
• My dear King, if a diseased person eats the pure, uncontaminated food prescribed by a physician, he is gradually cured, and the infection of disease can no longer touch him  + (04:48:37, 9 December 2017)
• If one follows the regulative principles of knowledge, he gradually progresses toward liberation from material contamination  + (04:50:59, 9 December 2017)
• Thus a sober and faithful person who knows the religious principles is temporarily purified of all sins performed with his body, words and mind  + (05:05:31, 9 December 2017)
• These sins are like the dried leaves of creepers beneath a bamboo tree, which may be burned by fire although their roots remain to grow again at the first opportunity  + (05:07:56, 9 December 2017)
• All the blessed women in the heavenly planets will continuously chant about your spotless character at every moment, and the people of this world will also chant your glories continuously  + (05:15:06, 9 December 2017)
• He (a rare person) can do this (uproot the weeds of sinful actions with no possibility that they will revive) simply by discharging devotional service, just as the sun can immediately dissipate fog by its rays  + (05:18:10, 9 December 2017)
• Sukadeva continued: Thus being satisfied in all respects, the great mystic yogi Durvasa took permission and left, continuously glorifying the King. Through the skyways, he went to Brahmaloka, which is devoid of agnostics & dry philosophical speculators  + (05:21:02, 9 December 2017)
• One cannot be purified merely by undergoing austerity, penance, brahmacarya and the other methods of atonement I (Sukadeva Gosvami) have previously described  + (05:22:18, 9 December 2017)
• Durvasa Muni had left the place of Maharaja Ambarisa, and as long as he had not returned - for one complete year - the King had fasted, maintaining himself simply by drinking water  + (05:24:50, 9 December 2017)
• The path followed by pure devotees, who are well behaved and fully endowed with the best qualifications, is certainly the most auspicious path in this material world. It is free from fear, and it is authorized by the sastras  + (05:25:47, 9 December 2017)
• My dear King, as a pot containing liquor cannot be purified even if washed in the waters of many rivers, nondevotees cannot be purified by processes of atonement even if they perform them very well  + (05:28:19, 9 December 2017)
• Although not having fully realized Krsna, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become attracted to His name, form, qualities and pastimes are completely freed of all sinful reactions  + (05:32:11, 9 December 2017)
• Even in dreams, such surrendered souls do not see Yamaraja or his order carriers, who are equipped with ropes to bind the sinful  + (05:52:03, 9 December 2017)
• In this regard, learned scholars and saintly persons describe a very old historical incident involving a discussion between the order carriers of Lord Visnu and those of Yamaraja. Please hear of this from me - Sukadeva Gosvami  + (05:54:53, 9 December 2017)
• After one year, when Durvasa Muni had returned, King Ambarisa sumptuously fed him all varieties of pure food, and then he himself also ate  + (05:54:57, 9 December 2017)