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     06:06  Category:Brahmanas and Material Opulence‎ diffhist +22‎ Deepali talk contribs
     06:05  Category:Association of Pure Devotees of God Help One Give Up the Material Opulence Awarded by the External Energy, Maya‎ diffhist +22‎ Deepali talk contribs
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     06:00  Category:Prthu's Opulence‎ diffhist +42‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:56  Category:Following the Footsteps of Prthu‎ diffhist +3‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:55  My dear Lord, You are the complete conductor of the material creation. You have created this cosmic manifestation and the three material qualities, and therefore You have created me, the planet earth, the resting place of all living entities‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:53  My dear Lord, please pacify your anger completely and hear patiently whatever I submit before you. Please turn your kind attention to this. I may be very poor, but a learned man takes the essence of knowledge from all places‎ diffhist −32‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:53  My dear Lord, I am also the creation of one of Your energies, composed of the three modes of material nature. Consequently I am bewildered by Your activities. Even the activities of Your devotees cannot be understood, and what to speak of Your pastimes‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:53  My dear Lord, by Your own potencies You are the original cause of the material elements, as well as the performing instruments (the senses), the workers of the senses (the controlling demigods), the intelligence and the ego, as well as everything else‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:52  My dear Lord, although You are one, by Your inconceivable potencies You have expanded Yourself in many forms. Through the agency of Brahma, You have created this universe‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:51  By Your energy You manifest this entire cosmic creation, maintain it and dissolve it. Through Your energy alone everything is sometimes manifest and sometimes not manifest. You are therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:50  O great hero, protector of living entities, if you desire to relieve the living entities by supplying them sufficient grain, and if you desire to nourish them by taking milk from me, you should make arrangements to bring a calf suitable for this purpose‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:49  You are always unborn. Once, in the form of the original boar, You rescued me from the waters in the bottom of the universe. Through Your own energy You created all the physical elements, the senses and the heart, for the maintenance of the world‎ diffhist +36‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:47  My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharadhara - He who holds the planet earth‎ diffhist −22‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:45  In the beginning of creation You created all these moving and nonmoving living entities by Your inconceivable energy. Through this very same energy You are now prepared to protect the living entities‎ diffhist +36‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:45  If a planet is destroyed, it must fall into the water of garbha. The earth therefore warned King Prthu that he could gain nothing by destroying her. Indeed, how would he protect himself and his citizens from drowning in the garbha water‎ diffhist +4‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:44  Even if a woman does commit some sinful activity, no one should place his hand upon her. And what to speak of you, dear King, who are so merciful. You are a protector, and you are affectionate to the poor‎ diffhist 0‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:43  Addressing the great, opulent King Prthu as the knower of religious principles and shelter of the surrendered, she said: Please save me. You are the protector of all living entities. Now you are situated as the King of this planet‎‎ 2 changes history +12‎ [Deepali‎ (2×)]
     
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     05:41  Prthu was special in that although he was given license to remain a householder, and although he possessed immense opulences in his kingdom, he never engaged in sense gratification. This was a special sign that indicated him to be a pure devotee of God‎ diffhist +16‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:40  Prthu Maharaja's sole aim in ruling his kingdom was to raise the citizens to the standard of God consciousness‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:39  Maharaja Prthu was softer than a rose flower and harder than a thunderbolt. In this way he ruled over his kingdom‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:39  Like the sun-god, Prthu Maharaja distributed his heat and light to give protection to his kingdom, for without heat and light no one can exist‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:38  As will be apparent from the next verse (SB 4.21.9), every executive head of state should follow in the footsteps of Maharaja Prthu in ruling over his kingdom‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:37  The word praja refers to one who takes birth. Therefore Prthu Maharaja guaranteed protection for prajanam - all living entities who took birth in his kingdom. Praja refers not only to human beings but also to animals, trees and every other living entity‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:36  Since King Prthu was thus offered the kingdom by the virtue of the mercy of great saintly persons, he did not want to divide his kingdom among saints like the Kumaras‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:36  Sadhucchistam is significant in this verse (SB 4.22.43). Prthu Maharaja got his kingdom from great saintly persons like Bhrgu and others just as one gets remnants of food. After the death of King Vena, the whole world was bereft of a popular ruler‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:35  Prthu Maharaja said: My dear brahmanas (the four Kumaras), my life, wife, children, home, furniture and household paraphernalia, my kingdom, strength, land and especially my treasury are all offered unto you‎ diffhist +2‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:34  Lord Visnu advised Maharaja Prthu that a king is not enjoined to give up his kingdom & the responsibility of protecting the prajas, or citizens, to instead go away to the Himalayas for liberation. He can attain liberation while executing his royal duties‎ diffhist +8‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:33  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 diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:33  He (King Prthu) was a great devotee and at the same time a great hero who conquered over all undesirable elements in his kingdom. He was so powerful that he was equal in fighting to Indra, the King of heaven‎‎ 2 changes history −70‎ [Deepali‎ (2×)]
     
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     05:31  When King Prthu will travel over his kingdom and vibrate the string of his bow, which is made of the horns of goats and bulls and is irresistible in battle, all demoniac rogues and thieves will hide themselves in all directions‎ diffhist −20‎ Deepali talk contribs
     05:15  A brahmana is doing his duty, ksatriya's doing his duty, vaisya his duty. We get this information from Maharaja Prthu's kingdom. He, he was very strict, that whether one is doing his duty‎ diffhist −6‎ Deepali talk contribs
     04:56  He (Vidura) did not ask Maharaja Yudhisthira in that way (get out of the false position of King) because he knew that a king like Maharaja Yudhisthira is aware of all the fearful situations of this flimsy world and would take care of himself‎ diffhist −8‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:55  Arjuna appeared to be bereft of his bodily luster, and thus the King (Yudhisthira) inquired of his personal welfare and asked so many vital questions‎ diffhist +17‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:30  If we scrutinize the characters who took part in the Battle of Kuruksetra, we may find that Maharaja Yudhisthira was no less a pious king than Lord Ramacandra, and by character study Maharaja Yudhisthira was a better moralist than Lord Krsna‎ diffhist +11‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:25  People of the world were dominated by such (like Maharaja Yudhisthira) pious kings, they were happy in all respects, and it was quite possible for such great emperors to rule the world‎ diffhist −21‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:21  Maharaja Yudhisthira was the most pious king because he personally practiced daily the pious duties for the householders‎ diffhist −21‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:19  Maharaja Yudhisthira was a pious king, and he could see Narada Muni occasionally; anyone who desires to see Narada Muni must first be pious and follow in the footsteps of Narada Muni‎ diffhist −21‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:19  Maharaja Yudhisthira, the oldest of the brothers, is the most pious person. He is even called Dharmaraja, the king of religion. Bhima and Arjuna are both devotees, and they are such powerful heroes that they can kill thousands of men‎ diffhist −43‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:19  Maharaja Yudhisthira, as the most pious king of the world, takes for himself the responsibility for killing such a huge number of living beings because the battle was fought to reinstate him on the throne‎ diffhist −21‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
N    04:11  Knowledge is acquired from two sources: by direct perception and by hearing. Just like we are hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is knowledge also‎ diffhist +2,653‎ Soham talk contribs (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"knowledge is acquired from two sources: by direct perception and by hearing. Just like we are hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This is knowledge also"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2024-06-09T04:11:26.000Z}} {{last|2024-06-09T04:11:26.000Z}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}} {{total|1}} {{toc right}} Category:Acquiring Knowledge Category:Two Category:Source of Kno...")
     04:10  He (Yudhisthira) was a great pious king, almost on the same level with the Personality of Godhead Sri Rama‎ diffhist −10‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     04:09  He (Bhisma) lamented that although the whole Pandava family was headed by King Yudhisthira, the most pious king, and protected by the two great warriors Bhima and Arjuna‎ diffhist −12‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
     03:39  Deeds of the most important kings, such as Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and many others, like Lord Ramacandra and Maharaja Yudhisthira, are recorded (in SB) because the activities of such pious kings are worth hearing‎ diffhist +16‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
N    03:32  Just like we are hearing the sastra, so he (the thief) has heard it from the law books that if one commits theft he'll be punished. And he has seen also that a person who has committed theft, he is arrested by the police, taken to the prison house‎ diffhist +3,372‎ Soham talk contribs (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"just like we are hearing the śāstra, so he has heard it from the law books that if one commits theft he'll be punished. And he has seen also that a person who has committed theft, he is arrested by the police, so he was being taken to the prison house"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2024-06-09T03:32:28.000Z}} {{last|2024-06-09T03:32:28.000Z}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|L...")
     03:30  By those riches, the King could procure the ingredients for three horse sacrifices. Thus the pious King Yudhisthira, who was very fearful after the Battle of Kuruksetra, pleased Lord Hari, the Personality of Godhead‎ diffhist +23‎ Nabakumar talk contribs
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