View source for Devotee will have to meet so many enemies. Just like we have got this from the life of Lord Jesus Christ. When he was being killed by others, he said, to excuse them, "God, they do not know what they are doing." That is devotee's position

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"devotee will have to meet so many enemies. Just like we have got this from the life of Lord Jesus Christ. When he was being killed by others, he said, to excuse them, "God, they do not know what they are doing." That is devotee's position"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|undefined}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2023-08-23T11:14:03Z}}
{{last|2023-08-23T11:14:03Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Meetings of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Will Have To]]
[[Category:So Many]]
[[Category:Enemies of Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Just Like]]
[[Category:Have Got]]
[[Category:Life Of]]
[[Category:Lord Jesus Christ - Devotee of God]]
[[Category:When]]
[[Category:Is Being...]]
[[Category:Killing Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Others]]
[[Category:Say]]
[[Category:God's Excusing]]
[[Category:Do Not Know]]
[[Category:What]]
[[Category:Doing]]
[[Category:Position of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Pages Needing Audio - SOHAM]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
Kṣamī means kṣama, excuse. Especially devotee is always attacked by the demons. Even the nondevotee is a father. We have seen it, Prahlāda Mahārāja's life. Because Prahlāda Mahārāja was devotee, even his father was enemy, what to speak of others. So devotee will have to meet so many enemies. Just like we have got this from the life of Lord Jesus Christ. When he was being killed by others, he said, to excuse them, "God, they do not know what they are doing." That is devotee's position. Kṣamī, always excusing. We have to learn this. So these are some of the qualities of the devotees. In the twelfth chapter some of them are being described. And the Bhagavad-gītā we are narrating.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:740512 - Lecture BG 12.13-14 - Bombay|740512 - Lecture BG 12.13-14 - Bombay]]
</div>
<div class="text">
We should not be disturbed by these material pains and pleasure. We have to execute our spiritual consciousness business. That is called sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ.

And kṣamī. Kṣamī means kṣama, excuse. Especially devotee is always attacked by the demons. Even the nondevotee is a father. We have seen it, Prahlāda Mahārāja's life. Because Prahlāda Mahārāja was devotee, even his father was enemy, what to speak of others. So devotee will have to meet so many enemies. Just like we have got this from the life of Lord Jesus Christ. When he was being killed by others, he said, to excuse them, "God, they do not know what they are doing." That is devotee's position. Kṣamī, always excusing. We have to learn this. So these are some of the qualities of the devotees. In the twelfth chapter some of them are being described. And the Bhagavad-gītā we are narrating.

Then santuṣṭa, satisfied. Satataṁ yogī. A devotee should not be dissatisfied in any condition of life. He should remain satisfied, because he knows that "My pains and pleasure are now dependent on the will of Kṛṣṇa. Not now, always. So if Kṛṣṇa desires that I should suffer like this, why should I bother? Let me suffer." Santuṣṭa. These are many verses to support this. Tat te 'nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtam ([[Vanisource:SB 10.14.8|SB 10.14.8]]). A devotee, when he is put into distress, he thinks that, "It is God's kindness that He is giving me little pain, hurt, although I should have suffered more." This is devotee's view. He is not, I mean to . . . disturbed by any kinds of pains and pleasure. Santuṣṭa. Satataṁ yogī. Even in distressed condition he also thinks of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore he is yogī. Yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā ([[Vanisource:BG 6.47 (1972)|BG 6.47]]). A devotee always thinks of Kṛṣṇa. That is devotee.
</div>
</div>
</div>