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Understood only by the pure devotees

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"understood only by the pure devotees" |"understood by pure devotees" |"understood by the pure devotees" |"pure devotee understands"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is purely transcendental literature which can be understood only by the pure devotees of the Lord who are transcendental to competitive sense gratification
SB 1.1.2, Purport: In the Vedas, the above-mentioned four activities are prescribed in the regulative way so that there will not be any undue competition for sense gratification. But Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is transcendental to all these sense gratificatory activities. It is purely transcendental literature which can be understood only by the pure devotees of the Lord who are transcendental to competitive sense gratification. In the material world there is keen competition between animal and animal, man and man, community and community, nation and nation. But the devotees of the Lord rise above such competitions. They do not compete with the materialist because they are on the path back to Godhead where life is eternal and blissful.
The Lord desires, that all conditioned souls, rotting in the kingdom of material energy, come back to Him by giving up all engagements in the material world. But this can be understood only by the pure devotees
SB 1.5.31, Purport: The Lord desires, as He has directly said in the Bhagavad-gītā, that all conditioned souls, rotting in the kingdom of material energy, come back to Him by giving up all engagements in the material world. This is the most confidential part of knowledge. But this can be understood only by the pure devotees, and only such devotees enter the kingdom of God to see Him personally and serve Him personally.
He cannot be understood by the Vedic knowledge, but He can be easily understood by the pure devotees because they are intimately related with Him
SB 1.8.30, Purport: All these statements prove without any question that the Lord's activities, forms and deeds are all inconceivable to our limited thinking power, and because He is inconceivably powerful, everything is possible in Him. Therefore no one can calculate Him exactly; every action of the Lord is bewildering to the common man. He cannot be understood by the Vedic knowledge, but He can be easily understood by the pure devotees because they are intimately related with Him. The devotees therefore know that although He appears amongst the animals, He is not an animal, nor a man, nor a ṛṣi, nor a fish. He is eternally the Supreme Lord, in all circumstances.

SB Canto 2

This pleasure feature of the Lord is understood by the pure devotees only
SB 2.10.44, Purport: The Lord is not only the creator and destroyer of the material manifestations of His different energies. He is more than a simple creator and destroyer, for there is His feature of ānanda, or His pleasure feature. This pleasure feature of the Lord is understood by the pure devotees only, and not by others.

SB Canto 6

This is understood by pure devotees because You are easily accessible to the pure and truthful
SB 6.9.45, Translation: O Lord, O supreme pure, You live within the core of everyone's heart and observe all the desires and activities of the conditioned souls. O Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Lord Kṛṣṇa, Your reputation is bright and illuminating. You have no beginning, for You are the beginning of everything. This is understood by pure devotees because You are easily accessible to the pure and truthful. When the conditioned souls are liberated and sheltered at Your lotus feet after roving throughout the material world for many millions of years, they attain the highest success of life. Therefore, O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, we offer our respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet.

Lectures

General Lectures

And not only he becomes a devotee, but a pure devotee understands Kṛṣṇa as it is said here, not partially but fully
Lecture with Translator -- Sanand, December 27, 1975:: So one has to execute this process of devotional service. As Kṛṣṇa said, mad-āśraya: "Take shelter of Me, or My devotee." Now, at the present moment, in the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa is personally instructing, so let us take shelter of His personal instruction and make our life successful. And not only he becomes a devotee, but a pure devotee understands Kṛṣṇa as it is said here, asaṁśayaṁ samagram, not partially but fully. It is, of course, not possible to understand Kṛṣṇa fully. Still, almost fully a devotee can understand Kṛṣṇa.
Page Title:Understood only by the pure devotees
Compiler:Syamananda, Visnu Murti
Created:2 of jan, 2008
No. of Quotes:6
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=5, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0