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9 May 2024
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +15 It may be argued that Sukadeva Gosvami is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are many other sages and their followers No edit summary
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 In pure Krsna consciousness, without knowledge of the Lord's opulences, a devotee considers Krsna his friend or son. Therefore this devotional attitude is praised even by Sukadeva Gosvami and Vyasadeva, the supreme authority No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Had Maharaja Pariksit not been fatigued, hungry and thirsty at this time, Srimad-Bhagavatam would not have been spoken by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, the prime authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As far as we are concerned, we follow the authority of Vyasadeva and Sukadeva Gosvami, who have described the universal situation according to the Vedic literature No edit summary
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As I described the other day that there are twelve authorities. Out of them, Sukadeva Gosvami himself is one of the authorities. But still, he is citing the authority of Krsna. That is the way of presenting things No edit summary
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As will be explained in this book by the greatest authority, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, there is no religion save and except the devotional service of the Lord, though this may be presented in different forms No edit summary
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Emperor Pariksit attained the spiritual platform simply by hearing from such an authority as Sri Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 06:5506:55, 9 May 2024 diff hist +36 Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: (CC Madhya 17.186) our duty is to follow the instructions of the mahajanas. There are twelve mahajanas, and Sukadeva Gosvami is one of them No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 When Prahlada Maharaja chants om namo bhagavate narasimhaya, he prays for a benediction from the Lord, but because he is also an exalted Vaisnava, he wants nothing for his personal sense gratification No edit summary
- 05:5905:59, 9 May 2024 diff hist +10 When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, I have no problems and want no benediction from You because I am quite satisfied to chant Your holy name. This is sufficient for me No edit summary
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 The grace of the Lord is not at all difficult for the Lord to bestow, and thus Prahlada Maharaja wants to save the whole world by spreading Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja was offered all the blessings of an opulent position in the material world and even the liberation of merging into Brahman, but he refused all this. He simply wanted to engage in the service of the servant of the servant of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to utilize every moment for advancing in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to reply that an attitude favorable toward Visnu can develop only when the Lord is favorable (sa yadanuvratah). As stated in Bhagavad-gita, Krsna is the friend of everyone No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to impress upon the sons of the demons that although such knowledge can be understood only by a saintly person like Narada, they should not be disappointed No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to become a rajarsi, whereas Hiranyakasipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enjoyment - grha-medhinam No edit summary
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +10 Prahlada Maharaja replied, "Please engage me in the service of Your servant. This is all I want. I do not want anything else." In this way a devotee never asks for anything material from the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja rejected bhukti, mukti and siddhi; he simply wanted to engage as an apprentice under the guidance of a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja refused direct service but he wanted blessing that he may be engaged in the service of his spiritual master. This is Vasnava conclusion No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja did not want to enjoy the estate left by his father; rather, he wanted to become a servant of the servant of the Lord - CC Madhya 13.80 No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Nrsimhadeva offered Prahlada Maharaja all kinds of benedictions, but Prahlada Maharaja did not accept any of them, for he simply wanted to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Nonetheless, although allured by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offered him (Prahlada) all benedictions for material happiness, because of his unalloyed Krsna consciousness he did not want to take any material benefit for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada Maharaja) did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wanted to deliver all fallen souls, who are bereft of knowledge of bhakti and who misuse their intelligence for the temporary benefit of the material body No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada) refused to go into the kingdom of God without taking all the fallen souls with him. This is a Vaisnava. Nanyam tvad asya saranam bhramato 'nupasye: "I simply want to teach them how to surrender unto You (God). That's all. That is my goal No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada) refused direct service but he wanted blessing that he may be engaged in the service of his spiritual master. This is Vaisnava conclusion No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Because the bright-faced saintly person was lying down and not working and yet was quite fat, Prahlada Maharaja was puzzled and wanted to question him about this No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Another significant point in this verse (SB 7.9.42) is that by devotional service Prahlada Maharaja does not want to benefit alone No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +28 Although Hiranyakasipu was purified as soon as he came in contact with the Lord's lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlada Maharaja still wanted to hear from the Lord's own mouth that his father had been purified by the Lord's causeless mercy No edit summary current
- 05:5605:56, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada wants to engage in the service of a devotee, and therefore he prays to Krsna, "My dear Lord, kindly give me the shelter of Your very dear devotee so that I may engage in his service and You may then be pleased" No edit summary current
- 05:5605:56, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada wanted to assert that his father and his other family members were all unfortunate because they were demoniac, whereas the devotees of the Lord are always fortunate because they are always ready to follow the orders of the Lord No edit summary current
7 May 2024
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu was threatening to kill Prahlada, he certainly saw the column standing before him & his father, and he saw that the Lord was present in the pillar to encourage him not to fear his demoniac father's words. God was present to protect him No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist −10 When Hiranyakasipu was going to kill Prahlada Maharaja, the Lord saved Prahlada to fulfill His promise in Bhagavad-gita (kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati (BG 9.31)) and to prove true the words of Narada No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu understood the entire situation, he was extremely angry, so much so that his body trembled. Thus he finally decided to kill his son Prahlada No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The Lord, the Supersoul of all living entities, is sober, peaceful and equal to everyone. Since the great devotee Prahlada was protected by the Lord's potency, Hiranyakasipu was unable to kill him, in spite of endeavoring to do so in various ways No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The boy (Prahlada Maharaja) would not give up. So the father was even prepared to kill a five-year-old boy. The fault was that he was chanting Hare Krsna. He was given poison. He was thrown into the fire. He was pulled from the hill No edit summary
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The demon father employed all his weapons to kill the devotee son, Prahlada, but by the grace of the Lord he was saved from all sorts of dangerous actions by his father No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja's demoniac father (Hiranyakasipu) had repeatedly threatened to kill Prahlada, but Prahlada was confident that he could not be killed, since he was protected by the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist −10 My dear King Yudhisthira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlada Maharaja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu tried to kill his five-year-old boy Prahlada Maharaja because his son was talking about Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu tried to kill him in so many ways, but Prahlada tolerated him. So there may be many impediments to making advancement in spiritual knowledge, but we should be tolerant and continue our progress with determination No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu thought: I have used many ill names in chastising this boy Prahlada and have devised many means of killing him, but despite all my endeavors, he could not be killed. Indeed, he saved himself by his own powers No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlada Maharaja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an elephant while he was lying down No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu being a nondevotee, was so polluted that he was even prepared to kill his own son (Prahlada Maharaj). He justified this by putting forward the logic of amputation No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada, always denied the existence of the Lord, and he tried to kill his five-year-old boy due to the boy's unflinching faith in God No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +30 Every action taken by Hiranyakasipu against his son Prahlada Maharaja was taken very seriously by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus when Hiranyakasipu was on the verge of killing Prahlada, the Lord personally appeared and killed Hiranyakasipu No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Even Prahlada, who, only 5 years old, was engaged in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, was endangered when his father became antagonistic to his devotion. The father tried to kill him in so many ways, but Prahlada tolerated him. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Even one's father may turn into an enemy like Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada was only five years old and was chanting Hare Krsna, but his father was prepared to kill him because he was a devotee No edit summary
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Desiring to kill his son Prahlada, who was a great devotee of Lord Visnu, Hiranyakasipu tortured him in many ways No edit summary current
6 May 2024
- 07:5707:57, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 You must treat your father as respectful as myself; even if you are sometimes ill-treated, you should tolerate. You should follow the example of Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 This Hiranyakasipu father tortured Prahlada Maharaja in so many ways, but he tolerated. There are many other examples. Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified. The only fault was that he was preaching God consciousness No edit summary current