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     12:10  Category:Indra's Position diffhist −33 Nabakumar talk contribs
     12:00  The Visnudutas resemble the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their bodily features, transcendental qualities and nature. In other words, the Visnudutas, or Vaisnavas, are almost as qualified as the Supreme Lord diffhist +8 Sunnanya talk contribs
     11:59  By His (Visnu) transcendental nature, He is always merciful; therefore, before giving any benediction, He considers whether it will prove beneficial for the devotee diffhist −11 Sunnanya talk contribs
     11:12  Such (so-called) sannyasa was introduced by Indra because of his jealousy of Maharaja Prthu, and what he introduced is again appearing in the age of Kali. practically none of the sannyasis in this age are bona fide diffhist +10 Nabakumar talk contribs
     11:11  Such activities are attractive to the people in general; therefore they are dangerous. Lord Brahma thought that instead of allowing Indra to further introduce such irreligious systems, it would be better to stop the sacrifice diffhist −9 Nabakumar talk contribs
     11:10  Maharaja Prthu, who was celebrated as very powerful, immediately took up his bow and arrows and prepared to kill Indra himself, because Indra had introduced such irregular sannyasa orders diffhist +37 Nabakumar talk contribs
     11:10  Lord Brahma continued: Stop the performance of these sacrifices, for they have induced Indra to introduce so many irreligious aspects. You should know very well that even amongst the demigods there are many unwanted desires diffhist −9 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:58  Just see how Indra, the King of heaven, was creating a disturbance in the midst of the sacrifice by stealing the sacrificial horse. These attractive sinful activities he has introduced will be carried out by the people in general diffhist +10 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:57  Cheating sannyasis and yogis have existed since the time of Prthu Maharaja's sacrifice. This cheating was very foolishly introduced by King Indra. In some ages such cheating is very prominent, and in other ages not so prominent diffhist +14 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:56  Because Maharaja Prthu was a great devotee and incarnation of God, he was requested to stop the sacrifices so that Indra might not further introduce irreligious systems, which are always followed by criminal-minded people diffhist −9 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:55  A type of pseudo-sannyasa was introduced by Indra when he tried to hide himself from the attack of Vijitasva, the great son of King Prthu diffhist −9 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:29  Category:Indra's Introducing diffhist −33 Nabakumar talk contribs
     10:08  Seeing Indra's transgression of etiquette, he completely understood that Indra was puffed up by his material opulence. Although able to curse Indra, he did not do so. Instead, he left the assembly and in silence returned to his home‎‎ 2 changes history −38 [Nabakumar‎ (2×)]
     
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     10:03  For the sake of getting contributions from the King of heaven," he said, "you have lost your religious intelligence. Therefore I pronounce this curse: your body also will fall" diffhist −11 Nabakumar talk contribs
     09:48  Seeing this insulting behavior (of Indra), Durvasa Muni immediately cursed Indra to be poverty-stricken, bereft of all material opulence diffhist +8 Nabakumar talk contribs
     09:31  At one time, Indra, the king of heaven, committed an offense at the feet of his spiritual master, and his spiritual master cursed him to take the birth of a hog. Thus the throne of the heavenly kingdom became empty as Indra went to earth to become a hog diffhist +27 Nabakumar talk contribs
     09:09  When Indra saw that actually they were his devoted followers, he said to them: If you are all my brothers, you have nothing more to fear from me diffhist −12 Nabakumar talk contribs
     09:08  Category:Cursing Indra diffhist −29 Nabakumar talk contribs
     09:06  In seven places, seven different living beings began crying. Indra told them, "Do not cry," and then he cut each of them into seven pieces again diffhist +5 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:56  Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions diffhist +36 Rahul talk contribs
     08:51  Prahlada Maharaja prays to the Personality of Godhead that he may avoid the association of nondevotees attached to the materialistic way of life. If he must be attached to someone, he prays to be attached only to a devotee diffhist +36 Rahul talk contribs
     08:45  Prahlada Maharaja is the approved maha-bhagavata, the supreme devotee. In the previous verse it was stated that he had natural attachment (naisargiki ratih). The symptoms of such natural attachment for Krsna are described in this verse - SB 7.4.37 diffhist +36 Rahul talk contribs
     08:43  One thing is, I have just received one letter from the black devotees in Cleveland who wish start their own ISKCON Center independently of the white devotees there. In principle, it is alright, birds of a feather will flock together diffhist −4 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:42  It is said, "Birds of a feather flock together diffhist −26 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:42  According to an old English proverb, Birds of a feather flock together. Crows mix with crows, and swans mix with swans. Since devotees are like swans (hamsas), a most advanced devotee is called paramahamsa diffhist −26 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:38  In this material world, either vegetarian or nonvegetarian, they are on the same platform, birds of the same feather. You see? So that is not our propaganda. We are introducing Krsna-prasada diffhist +15 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:38  Crows and swans are not birds of the same feather because of their different mental attitudes. The fruitive workers or passionate men are compared to the crows, whereas the all-perfect saintly persons are compared to the swans diffhist −3 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:37  All persons who had joined the side of Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather (he wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pandavas by evil plans). BG 1972 purports diffhist +15 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:36  Prahlada Maharaja is a vivid example of a pure devotee. Someone might argue that since Prahlada Maharaja, even though very old, was attached to his family, and specifically to his grandson Bali Maharaja, how could he be an ideal example? diffhist +36 Rahul talk contribs
     08:36  This saying is very nice that, "Birds of the same feather flock together." So this propensity of combination of society, community, amongst the human being, is not very important improvement diffhist −44 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:29  This (a devotee associates with devotees of God) is perfectly natural because birds of the same feather mix together. And the most important function of a devotee is to have complete attachment for Lord Sri Krsna, the father of all living beings diffhist −25 Nabakumar talk contribs
     08:28  His (Prahlada Maharaja's) attachment to Lord Krsna was natural because of his previous devotional service. Although his good qualities cannot be enumerated, they prove that he was a great soul (mahatma) diffhist +36 Rahul talk contribs
     07:39  The SPG said: You shall be able to see Me there in My usual feature with conchshell, disc, club and lotus in My hand. Because of your transcendental bliss due to always personally seeing Me, you will have no further bondage to fruitive activities diffhist +31 Rahul talk contribs
     06:31  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 diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:31  The wife of Vidhata, the eighth son of Aditi, was named Kriya. In her Vidhata begot the five fire-gods named the Purisyas. The wife of Varuna, the ninth son of Aditi, was named Carsani. Bhrgu, the son of Brahma, took birth again in her womb diffhist +8 Deepali talk contribs
     06:31  The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear King Vidura, Sri Narada Muni, the son of Lord Brahma, thus described all these relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the Pracetas. Afterward, he returned to Brahmaloka diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:31  The great sage Maitreya continued: Being thus enlightened in complete spiritual knowledge by the son of Brahma - one of the Kumaras, who was complete in spiritual knowledge - the King worshiped them in the following words diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:31  The descendants of the first daughter, Akuti, will specifically be described. Svayambhuva Manu was the son of Brahma. Brahma had many other sons, but Manu's name is specifically mentioned first because he was a great devotee of the Lord diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  The atma-medhah is always thinking of Krsna's activities in Krsna consciousness. Since Sanat-kumara, who was a son of Lord Brahma, was fully Krsna conscious, he could point out the path of spiritual advancement diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  Svayambhuva Manu handed over his daughter Prasuti to the son of Brahma named Daksa, who was also one of the progenitors of the living entities. The descendants of Daksa are spread throughout the three worlds diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in his Anubhasya, gives a list of Manus and their fathers’ names: (1) Svayambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahma; (2) Svarocisa, the son of Svarocis, or Agni, the predominating deity of fire diffhist +8 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  Since Lord Siva is the son of Lord Brahma, Brahma is considered superior, but Brahma is also subordinate to Me (Rsabhadeva), the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because I am inclined to the brahmanas, the brahmanas are best of all diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  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 diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:30  O son of Brahma, how did you (Narada) pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course? diffhist −9 Deepali talk contribs
     06:29  O holy sage, tell me how the worshipful Ruci and Daksa, the son of Brahma, generated children after securing as their wives the other two daughters of Svayambhuva Manu diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:28  O best of the brahmanas, you are directly the son of Prajapati (Lord Brahma). Because of your austerities, mystic yoga and trance, you are considered the best of all of Lord Brahma's sons diffhist +8 Deepali talk contribs
     06:27  Narada is known as the son of Brahma, as Lord Krsna is known as the son of Vasudeva. The Personality of Godhead and His liberated devotees like Narada appear in the material world by the same process diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:27  My dear lord, you are a worthy son of Lord Brahma, and you travel, playing on your musical instrument, the vina, for the welfare of the entire universe. You are like the sun, which rotates in the universe for the benefit of all living beings diffhist −15 Deepali talk contribs
     06:27  List of All Cantos and Chapters of Srimad Bhagavatam diffhist −9 Anurag talk contribs