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23 March 2017

• 11:1911:19, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,489‎ N Sukadeva Gosvami warned that the conditioned followers, who are not actually in control, should never even imagine imitating the uncommon activities of the controller - Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī warned that the conditioned followers, who are not actually in control, should never even imagine imitatin..."
• 11:1711:17, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,413‎ N This (the supreme controller, may sometimes violate His own instructions) is possible only for the controller Himself, not for the followers. Unusual and uncommon activities by the controller can never be imitated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is possible only for the controller Himself, not for the followers. Unusual and uncommon activities by the controller can..."
• 11:1411:14, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,652‎ N One may also argue that since Krsna is the supreme authority, His activities should be followed. In answer to this argument, Sukadeva Gosvami has very clearly said that the isvara, or supreme controller, may sometimes violate His own instructions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may also argue that since Kṛṣṇa is the supreme authority, His activities should be followed. In answer to this argum..."
• 10:3510:35, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,185‎ N This is strictly prohibited for brahmacaris, and what to speak of a brahmacari like Sukadeva Gosvami. But because the circumstances of the rasa dance were very suspect, Maharaja Pariksit inquired for clarification from Sukadeva Gosvami ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is strictly prohibited for brahmacārīs, and what to speak of a brahmacārī like Śukadeva Gosvāmī. But because the c..."
• 10:3110:31, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,280‎ N Another word Maharaja Pariksit used when he addressed Sukadeva Gosvami is suvrata, which means to take a vow to enact pious activities. Sukadeva Gosvami was an educated brahmacari, and under the circumstances it was not possible for him to indulge in sex ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another word Mahārāja Parīkṣit used when he addressed Śukadeva Gosvāmī is suvrata, which means to take a vow to enact..."
• 10:1710:17, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,067‎ N Maharaja Pariksit was in doubt as to why Krsna acted in that way. What was the real purpose? ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is concluded, therefore, that it was not possible for Kṛṣṇa to do anything abominable. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit was..."
• 10:1510:15, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,061‎ N Having taken birth in that family (dynasty of the Yadus), how could Krsna have been seduced, even by the gopis? It is concluded, therefore, that it was not possible for Krsna to do anything abominable ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Having taken birth in that family, how could Kṛṣṇa have been seduced, even by the gopīs? It is concluded, therefore, th..."
• 10:1010:10, 23 March 2017 diff hist +8,187‎ N Maharaja Pariksit then used another word, yadu-pati, which indicates that Krsna is the most exalted personality in the dynasty of the Yadus. The kings in the dynasty of Yadu were considered to be the most pious, and their descendants were also like that ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit then used another word, yadu-pati, which indicates that Kṛṣṇa is the most exalted personality in..."

22 March 2017

• 16:4216:42, 22 March 2017 diff hist +7,950‎ N Even if He (Krsna) were lusty, He doesn’t need to take help from others to satisfy His lusty desires. The next point is that, although not lusty Himself, He might have been seduced by the lusty desires of the gopis ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if He were lusty, He doesn’t need to take help from others to satisfy His lusty desires. The next point is that, althou..."
• 16:4016:40, 22 March 2017 diff hist +7,988‎ N The first doubt of Maharaja Pariksit: First of all, from the material calculation He (Krsna) was only eight years old. At that age a boy cannot be lusty. Apta-kama means that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-satisfied ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First of all, from the material calculation He was only eight years old. At that age a boy cannot be lusty. Āpta-kāma means..."
• 16:3716:37, 22 March 2017 diff hist +7,952‎ N Another word used here is apta-kama. Some may take it for granted that Krsna was very lusty among young girls, but Pariksit Maharaja said that this was not possible. He could not be lusty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another word used here is āpta-kāma. Some may take it for granted that Kṛṣṇa was very lusty among young girls, but Par..."
• 16:3416:34, 22 March 2017 diff hist +8,214‎ N Also, when the gopis first came to Him, He gave instructions to them to return to their homes. To call the wives of other persons or young girls & enjoy dancing with them is certainly abominable according to the Vedas. Why should Krsna have done this? ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Also, when the gopīs first came to Him, He gave instructions to them to return to their homes. To call the wives of other per..."
• 16:0716:07, 22 March 2017 diff hist +10,935‎ N First doubt of Maharaja Pariksit was as follows: Lord Krsna is the SP of Godhead, who had advented Himself to establish religious principles. Why then did He mix with others' wives in the dead of night & enjoy dancing, embracing & kissing? ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first doubt of Mahārāja Parīkṣit was as follows: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had adve..."
• 09:4609:46, 22 March 2017 diff hist +10,503‎ N In his (prakrta-sahajiyas) statement, Maharaja Pariksit has used several important words which require clarification. The first word, jugupsitam, means "abominable" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his statement, Mahārāja Parīkṣit has used several important words which require clarification. The first word, jugupsi..."
• 09:4109:41, 22 March 2017 diff hist +10,588‎ N This (to further clarify the transcendental nature of Krsna and the gopis in the rasa dance) is very important in order to check the unrestricted association with women by the prakrta-sahajiyas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is very important in order to check the unrestricted association with women by the prākṛta-sahajiyās"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
• 09:3909:39, 22 March 2017 diff hist +10,961‎ N Maharaja Pariksit understood the total situation from Sukadeva Gosvami, yet to further clarify the transcendental nature of Krsna and the gopis in the rasa dance, he expressed his surprise ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit understood the total situation from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, yet to further clarify the transcendental natu..."
• 09:1309:13, 22 March 2017 diff hist +10,921‎ N The answer anticipates the abominable acts of the Mayavadi impersonalists who place themselves in the position of Krsna and enjoy the company of young girls and women ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's was very much appreciated by Śukadeva Gosvāmī. The answer anticipates the abomin..."

21 March 2017

• 15:4515:45, 21 March 2017 diff hist +11,230‎ N Maharaja Pariksit said, "I am simply surprised that He would act in such a way, enjoying the company of others' wives in the dead of night." This statement of Maharaja Pariksit's was very much appreciated by Sukadeva Gosvami ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the hearer of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, told Śukadeva Gosvāmī, “Kṛṣṇa appeared on the earth to..."
• 15:3615:36, 21 March 2017 diff hist +11,127‎ N Maharaja Pariksit said, "Krsna appeared on the earth to establish the regulative principles of religion and to curb the predominance of irreligion. But the behavior of Krsna and the gopis might encourage irreligious principles in the material world" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the hearer of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, told Śukadeva Gosvāmī, “Kṛṣṇa appeared on the earth to..."
• 11:2811:28, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,693‎ N In order to clear up further misconceptions about the rasa dance and the affairs of Krsna and the gopis, Maharaja Pariksit, the hearer of Srimad-Bhagavatam, told Sukadeva Gosvami ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to clear up further misconceptions about the rāsa dance and the affairs of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, Mahārāja Pa..."
• 11:1711:17, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,531‎ N There is a distinction between Lord Krsna's dancing with the gopis and the ordinary dancing of living entities within the material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a distinction between Lord Kṛṣṇa’s dancing with the gopīs and the ordinary dancing of living entities within..."
• 11:0311:03, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,488‎ N It (Krsna's sex desire) was, as clearly stated in the Bhagavata description by Sukadeva Gosvami, avaruddha-saurata - the sex impulse was completely controlled ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was, as clearly stated in the Bhāgavata description by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, avaruddha-saurata—the sex impulse was comple..."
• 10:5410:54, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,558‎ N While strolling on the bank of the Yamuna, Krsna recited various kinds of poetry. He thus enjoyed the company of the gopis in the soothing moonlight of autumn ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While strolling on the bank of the Yamunā, Kṛṣṇa recited various kinds of poetry. He thus enjoyed the company of the go..."
• 10:4710:47, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,717‎ N After this, Lord Krsna and the gopis came out of the water and began to stroll along the bank of the Yamuna, where a nice breeze was blowing, carrying the aroma of different kinds of flowers over the water and land ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After this, Lord Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs came out of the water and began to stroll along the bank of the Yamunā, where a n..."
• 10:4410:44, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,587‎ N The demigods thus praised the superexcellent rasa dance of Krsna, the supreme enjoyer, and His pastimes with the gopis in the water of the Yamuna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demigods thus praised the superexcellent rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme enjoyer, and His pastimes with the gopīs..."
• 10:4210:42, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,505‎ N As Krsna was taking pleasure in the joking words and splashing water, the demigods in the heavenly planets showered flowers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Kṛṣṇa was taking pleasure in the joking words and splashing water, the demigods in the heavenly planets showered flow..."
• 10:3910:39, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,816‎ N Both the gopis and Krsna forgot their real identities, playing in the water, enjoying each other's company and relieving the fatigue of rasa dancing. The gopis began to splash water on the body of Krsna, all the while smiling, and Krsna enjoyed this ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa forgot their real identities, playing in the water, enjoying each other’s company and reliev..."
• 10:3610:36, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,638‎ N The bumblebees were humming about in order to get honey from the flowers. Krsna and the gopis entered the water of the Yamuna just as an elephant enters a water tank with his many female companions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bumblebees were humming about in order to get honey from the flowers. Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs entered the water of the..."
• 10:3210:32, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,659‎ N The lily-flower garlands around the necks of the gopis were strewn to pieces due to the gopis' embracing the body of Krsna, and the flowers were reddish from being smeared with the kunkuma on their breasts ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The lily-flower garlands around the necks of the gopīs were strewn to pieces due to the gopīs’ embracing the body of Kṛ..."
• 10:2810:28, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,850‎ N Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all masters, & the gopis wanted to worship Him for His unusual exhibition of mercy upon them. The gopis & Krsna entered the water of the Yamuna just to relieve their fatigue from the rasa dance ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all masters, and the gopīs wanted to worship Him for His unu..."
• 10:0410:04, 21 March 2017 diff hist +10,761‎ N As pure devotees, the more the gopis enjoyed Krsna’s company, the more they became enlightened with His glories, and thus they reciprocated with Him. They wanted to satisfy Krsna by glorifying His transcendental pastimes ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As pure devotees, the more the gopīs enjoyed Kṛṣṇa’s company, the more they became enlightened with His glories, and..."

20 March 2017

• 15:3415:34, 20 March 2017 diff hist +10,660‎ N They (the gopis) were overjoyed by the auspicious touch of the hand of Krsna. Their smiling cheeks shone with beauty, and they began to sing the glories of Krsna with transcendental pleasure ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They were overjoyed by the auspicious touch of the hand of Kṛṣṇa. Their smiling cheeks shone with beauty, and they began..."
• 15:3015:30, 20 March 2017 diff hist +10,770‎ N When Krsna saw that the gopis were tired from dancing with Him, He immediately began to wipe His hands over their faces so that their fatigue would be relieved. In order to reciprocate the kind hospitality of Krsna, the gopis began to look at Him lovingly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa saw that the gopīs were tired from dancing with Him, He immediately began to wipe His hands over their faces..."
• 10:4310:43, 20 March 2017 diff hist +10,764‎ N Srila Sukadeva Gosvami has remarked that Krsna is self-sufficient - He is atmarama. He doesn’t need anyone else for His satisfaction. Because the gopis wanted Krsna as their husband, He fulfilled their desire ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī has remarked that Kṛṣṇa is self-sufficient—He is ātmārāma. He doesn’t need anyone els..."
• 10:3910:39, 20 March 2017 diff hist +5,911‎ N The gopis had prayed to the goddess Katyayani to have Krsna as their husband. Now Krsna was fulfilling their desire by expanding Himself in as many forms as there were gopis and enjoying them exactly like a husband ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopīs had prayed to the goddess Kātyāyanī to have Kṛṣṇa as their husband. Now Kṛṣṇa was fulfilling their d..."
• 10:3610:36, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,016‎ N While Krsna was enjoying the company of the gopis in the rasa dance, the astonished demigods and their wives gathered in the sky. The moon, being afflicted with a sort of lust, began to watch the dance and became stunned with wonder ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While Kṛṣṇa was enjoying the company of the gopīs in the rāsa dance, the astonished demigods and their wives gathered..."
• 10:3110:31, 20 March 2017 diff hist +5,686‎ N Their (the gopis) hair and garments became scattered, and their ornaments loosened as they forgot themselves in the company of Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their hair and garments became scattered, and their ornaments loosened as they forgot themselves in the company of Kṛṣṇa..."
• 10:2610:26, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,170‎ N When Krsna touched the different parts of their (the gopis) bodies, the gopis felt surcharged with spiritual energy. They could not adjust their loosened clothes, although they tried to keep them adjusted properly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa touched the different parts of their bodies, the gopīs felt surcharged with spiritual energy. They could not..."
• 10:2110:21, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,071‎ N As stated in the Brahma-samhita, all these gopis are expansions of Krsna's pleasure potency. Touching their bodies with His hands & looking at their pleasing eyes, He enjoyed the gopis as a child enjoys playing with the reflection of his body in a mirror ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, all these gopīs are expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure potency. Touching their bodies..."
• 10:1010:10, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,005‎ N They wore tilaka, and there were drops of perspiration on their smiling mouths. From their feet came the tinkling sound of ankle bells and bangles. The flowers within their hair were falling to the lotus feet of Krsna, and He was very satisfied ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They wore tilaka, and there were drops of perspiration on their smiling mouths. From their feet came the tinkling sound of ank..."
• 09:5109:51, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,231‎ N Srimad-Bhagavatam thus describes the beauty of the gopis while they were rasa dancing with Krsna. There were lotus flowers over both their ears, and their faces were decorated with sandalwood pulp ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam thus describes the beauty of the gopīs while they were rāsa dancing with Kṛṣṇa. There were lotus..."
• 09:4509:45, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,283‎ N The gopis so enjoyed the company of Krsna, the husband of the goddess of fortune, that they forgot that they had any other husbands in the world, and upon being embraced by the arms of Krsna and dancing and singing with Him, they forgot everything ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopīs so enjoyed the company of Kṛṣṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune, that they forgot that they had any ot..."
• 09:3709:37, 20 March 2017 diff hist +6,090‎ N Krsna’s hand, as well as the breasts of the gopis, are eternally auspicious; therefore when they combined, both of them became spiritually enhanced ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa’s hand, as well as the breasts of the gopīs, are eternally auspicious; therefore when they combined, both of th..."
• 09:1309:13, 20 March 2017 diff hist +5,831‎ N The goddess is worshiped by preparing a doll made of sand from the bank of the Yamuna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The goddess is worshiped by preparing a doll made of sand from the bank of the Yamunā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|NitaiI}} {{com..."

16 March 2017

• 10:5810:58, 16 March 2017 diff hist +6,336‎ N It is recommended in the Vedic scriptures that a deity may be made from different kinds of material elements: it can be painted, made of metal, made of jewels, made of wood, earth or stone or can be conceived within the heart of the worshiper ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is recommended in the Vedic scriptures that a deity may be made from different kinds of material elements: it can be painte..."

25 February 2017

• 04:5504:55, 25 February 2017 diff hist +3,489‎ N Krsna has got innumerable expansion. Some of Them are called visnu-tattva, and some of them are called jiva-tattva. He has got innumerable expansions. The visnu-tattva expansion, They are as good as Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna has got innumerable expansion. Some of Them are called visnu-tattva, and some of them are called jiva-tattva. He has got..."