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- Bandhu means friend
- Dvija means twice-born. First-born by the father and mother, and the next birth is dvijah, means by the father, spiritual master, and the mother, Vedic knowledge. This is called second birth
- Guru means heavy
- If a ksatriya dies in fight, he gets the promotion of vira-gatim, means he goes to the heavenly planet
- Sambandha means relationship, and abhidheya means the activities, and prayojana means the ultimate goal of life
- Sunyavadi means zero, voidist
- The word koti means ten million, and a yojana is eight miles. The diameter of the universe is fifty koti yojanas (four billion miles)
- Ugra-karma means ferocious activities
- Vaisya means they are situated in the mixed quality of passion and ignorance
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- A boy is trained to become brahmacari. Brahmacari. Brahmacari means complete celibacy. No sex life, no amusement. Because just to train him not to be attracted by this material sense enjoyment. Then he'll be able to grasp what is spiritual life
- A brahmana is called pandita because brahmana means one who knows Brahman. Brahma janatiti brahmanah. Therefore he is called pandita. In India the brahmana is addressed as pandita. Pandita means a brahmana is expected to know Brahman
- A brahmana means purified. So those who are going to be sacred-threaded today, they should remember that they are being accepted as sucih, as brahmana
- A devotee has no enmity towards any living entity, but that does not mean that he mixes with everyone. That is prohibited. Aprasangatah means "not to be in intimate touch with everyone
- A devotee is also called a muni. The word muni means "thoughtful
- A devotee is also sometimes described as uttamasloka, meaning that he is eager to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead or the Lord's devotees
- A devotee is considered to be on the brahma-bhuta platform when he has no material contamination. In the Padma Purana this is also confirmed: mukti means engagement in the service of the Lord
- A devotee like Narada Muni is addressed as suvrata. Su means "good," and vrata means "vow." Thus the word suvrata refers to a person who has nothing to do with the material world, which is always bad
- A devotee of Krsna surrenders unto Krsna without reservation, and therefore he is called akincana. The word kincana refers to something one reserves for oneself, and akincana means that one does not keep anything for oneself
- A devotee's position is ajata-satru: he has no enemy. He has no enemy. Ajata-satru. Nirmatsara. Nirmatsara means because they are not envious. A devotee is always open to everyone
- A dog must find out a nice master. Otherwise it is a street dog; its condition is not very good. Similarly, a sudra means he must have a nice paying master. Otherwise his life is at risk
- A great dramatist, government officer. He wrote one book, Shah Jahan. That is very famous book for theatrical play. So in that Shah Jahan, means the king emperor Shah Jahan. Practically, the name which is given on the book, the hero title, he's the hero
- A grhastha means he may live, just like here we see Sri Caitanya, Sri Nityananda, Sri Advaita and Gadadhara Prabhu and Srivasa Prabhu, they are all grhasthas, family men, but their business was different (from grhamedhis) - to cultivate self-realization
- A man is considered to be situated at a certain status of civilization according to the modes of material nature, and that is manifested by eating, by behaving. Acara, vicara. Acara means behavior, and vicara means judgment
- A man says: "Yes, I have expanded very widely my feelings of love." No. There are some symptoms how you are feeling, how you are . . . that is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita, that panditah sama-darsinah. Pandita means learned
- A man with defect in knowledge cannot impart instructions. Therefore the whole Vedic process is parampara system. Parampara system means that I cannot deviate. I cannot make any interpretation
- A person who acts exactly according to the tenets of scripture is called Sastra-caksus. Sastra-caksus means one who sees through the eyes of the authorized scriptures
- A person who has not become vipra, born of a very low family, candala, svapacam varistham - svapacam, svapacam means . . . sva means dog, a dog-eater's family, lowest family - if he is qualified in DS, he is better than a person who is a vipra
- A preacher has to see 4 classes of men, or 3. First of all isvara, the Supreme Person. Then tad-adhinesu, those who have taken shelter of isvara. Balisesu, means those who have no sufficient knowledge. And dvisatsu, a class of men who are envious of God
- A sadhu means one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is a devotee of the Lord
- A spiritual master is considered directly as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Saksad. Saksad means "directly." Why? Because he is jnana-prada. He gives real knowledge. That is the qualification of spiritual master
- A sudra means he becomes disturbed. He becomes disturbed: "Oh, I have no employment. How shall I eat? Where shall I go? Where shall I live?" He has no faith in Krsna
- A sudra means one who is simply to satisfy the master. He cannot live independently. He must seek out
- A sudra, actually those who are by qualification sudra . . . sudra means lamentation, simply changing. They accept something, and then they find it's useless, and they lament. The so-called scientists, philosophers, they're all sudras
- A Vaisnava living according to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's injunctions is certainly not on the materialistic platform. Caitanya means "spiritual force." All of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's activities were carried out on the platform of spiritual understanding
- Abhadra means the nasty things which we have accumulated within our heart since time immemorial. The beginning is that, "I am this body," this conception. This is animal conception - I am this body
- Abhadra means the quality of ignorance and passion. They are abominable. Ignorance is most abominable, and passion is abominable. These two things must be given up
- Abhadrani means inauspicious things accumulated within our heart. By this Krsna kirtana, as recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ceto-darpana-marjanam (CC Antya 20.12), the heart is cleansed
- Abhayam means fearlessness. So long we are not connected in Krsna consciousness or not connected with the Supreme Lord, we shall always be fearful. Fearful is one of the qualification of the conditioned soul
- Abhayam means we are always afraid. We are always agitated, anxiety, because I am thinking, "I am this body." But if you are completely realized that you are not this body, you are something else, spirit soul, then I am immediately free from anxieties
- Abhirucir means the boy and the girl, if he likes, if he says, that's all. No other calculation. And the, after three days after marriage, there is divorce. (laughter) Because abhirucir, "I like, I don't like," that's all
- Abodha means fools, rascals, ignorant; born foolish rascals, ignorant. We are all born foolish. So if we are not properly educated, then we remain fools and rascals, and the activities of fools and rascals, this is simply waste of time
- Abodha-jatah means one who is born fool. Every one of us is a born fool. Why? From the beginning of our life I know that "I am this body," although I am not this body. Therefore we are all born fools, everyone
- Above all others, the supreme controller is Krsna, who is known as Hrsikesa. The word hrsika means "senses." We are enjoying our senses, but ultimately the controller of the senses is Krsna
- Acara means one should learn how to behave. That makes a gentleman and a rough person
- Acarah means he learns from the sastra how we should live, that, preliminary, that you must take bath, you must wash your hands after eating or you must take bath after evacuating. So many things are there
- Acarati. Practically you have to behave; then you can preach. Otherwise you cannot become acarya. Acarya means one who practices the acara and then teaches. He is acarya
- Acarya means he must show by example. Apani acari prabhu jiveri sikhaimu
- Acarya means one who is speaking exactly the same instruction as Krsna has given. That is acarya. Not everyone becomes acarya
- Acarya means one who knows the regulative principle or direction in the sastra. He practically behaves in terms of the sastra regulative principle and teaches his student also in the same way
- Acarya means, just like Gosvamis, they would read all the scriptures and take the essence of it and give it to his disciple that, "You act like this." Because he knows what to give, how to manipulate, so that his ekantatah sreyas will be achieved
- Acarya's disciple becomes acarya when he assimilates the knowledge received from bona fide acarya. So he becomes bona fide to act as an acarya. Acarya means one who has become a rigid disciple of his acarya
- Acaryas means great teachers, bona fide teachers - perhaps you have heard their name - just like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami, Lord Caitanya
- Acaryopasanam. This is the recommendation of Vedic knowledge: one should worship the acarya. So Sanatana Gosvami was made acarya. Haridasa Thakura was made acarya. Acarya means one who knows the meaning of sastra
- Acceptance of tapasya means that tapasya is itself Krsna. You associate with Krsna. When you voluntarily give up meat-eating or intoxication, this giving up, this process, is Krsna
- According to Lord Buddha's philosophy, these feelings of happiness, distress, is due to this combination of matter. So you dismantle this matter, material, there will be no more distress, and nirvana - finish. Nirvana means finish
- According to our Vedic knowledge, we shall accept a thing when it is proved by Vedic evidence. Therefore Veda means knowledge, perfect knowledge
- According to smrti-sastra, a child generally follows the principles of his maternal uncle's house. Naranam matula-karma means that a child generally follows the qualities of his maternal family
- According to Sri Jiva Gosvami, nidhanam means the transcendental abode of the Lord. Ni means the highest, and dhanam means opulence
- According to the impersonalists, there are no transcendental qualities in the impersonal Brahman; therefore we should understand that brahmani means "in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- According to the interpretation given by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, niraham means nirniscayena aham
- According to the Nirukti, or the Vedic dictionary, sankhya means that which describes phenomena in detail, and sankhya refers to that philosophy which describes the real nature of the soul. And yoga involves controlling the senses
- According to the Skanda and Vayu Puranas, the word sutra refers to a condensed work which carries meaning and import of immeasurable strength without mistake or fault. The word vedanta means - the end of Vedic knowledge
- According to the Vedanta-sutras (sastra-yonitvat), the Supreme Lord is the author of all revealed scriptures, and all revealed scriptures are for knowing the Supreme Lord. Veda means knowledge that leads to the Lord
- According to them, (the Vaisnava philosophers) mukti means transferal to the loving service of the Lord from one's position of serving maya
- According to Vedic civilization, everyone has his own sva-dharma. This has been misinterpreted by the rascals. Sva-dharma means anyone can discover his own religious principle. Yato mata tato patha
- According to Vedic scripture, nirvana means cessation of the materialistic way of life. Atmanam means realization of the Supersoul within the heart. Ultimately, the highest perfection is realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- According to Vedic system there are samskaras, reformatory methods, and when the child is taken for samskara, that is called upanayana. Upanaya means bringing him nearer to understand spiritual life. That is sacred thread ceremony
- According to Vedic system, there are three kinds of evidences: direct, and . . . pratyaksa . . . pratyaksa means direct. And then aitihya and then sruti. Sruti. Sruti means hearing from the authority
- According to Vedic system, there is no independent life of woman. Na stri svatantryam arhati. Manu-samhita, that "Stri" - stri means woman - "should not be allowed independence." They should be given all protection. That's a very nice system
- According to Vedic system, there is purificatory process. Janmana jayate sudrah: "By birth everyone is born a sudra." A sudra means without any knowledge and simply full of lamentation
- According to Viraraghava Acarya, alaka means "uncommonly beautiful." In the region of Alaka the demigods saw, there is a type of lotus flower known as Saugandhika that distributes an especially fragrant scent
- Acintya means that which is beyond this material world, that which our argument, logic and philosophical speculation cannot touch, that which is inconceivable. BG 1972 purports
- Action according to such principles (following Vedic regulative principles) is called knowledge. Indeed, the word veda means "knowledge."
- Actually Krsna has no enemy. Here it is said, na yasya kascid dayitah. Dayitah means favor. Nobody is favored. Na yasya kascid dayito 'sti karhicid dvesyas. And nobody is His enemy
- Actually they (Mayavadi philosophers) do not know Vedanta means bhakti. Real Vedanta commentary is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Bhasyam brahma-sutranam. Brahma-sutra means the Vedanta-sutra
- Actually, "religion" is not exact equivalent of the word dharma. Dharma, as I have explained several times, you know . . . dharma dhr-dhatu. Dharma means you exist by some natural symptom. That is called dharma
- Actually, Dhruva Maharaja's mother, Suniti, was his patha-pradarsaka-guru. Patha-pradarsaka-guru means "the guru, or the spiritual master, who shows the way." Such a guru is sometimes called siksa-guru
- Actually, married couples should be paramahamsas. Paramahamsa means the topmost stage of sannyasi. Paramahamsa. A sannyasi has got four stages: kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya and paramahamsa
- Actually, snana means sandhya. You have to take bath nicely. Then you have to put tilaka and candana. Then perform your gayatri-mantra. This is called snana
- Actually, there are two kinds of dharmas: pasu-dharma and manava-dharma. Pasu-dharma means eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. This is pasu-dharma. Eating, this is essential. Try to understand what is dharma. Dharma means which you cannot give up
- Acyuta means infallible. God cannot be entrapped by maya. The Mayavadi philosopher says that "I am God. Now I am under illusion of maya. I have forgotten myself, that I am God, and by meditation I shall become God." This is all nonsense
- Acyuta means the Supreme Lord who never falls
- Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant
- Adau sraddha tato sadhu-sanga tatha bhajana-kriya. Bhajana-kriya means one becomes anxious. The effect of sadhu-sanga (CC Madhya 22.83) is to become anxious how to execute this devotional service properly. That is called initiation
- Adhah means where aksaja, the direct perception of material senses, is cut down. There is no possibility. He is called adhoksaja. Therefore, Krsna's another name is Adhoksaja: beyond the sense perception knowledge
- Adhama means lowest of the mankind; patita means fallen. If one does not understand his real interest, he is called fallen
- Adhoksaja means beyond our sense perception. Therefore we have to know Krsna from Krsna, not by our speculation. Krsna may . . . that is frog philosophy. Frog philosophy. He's simply calculating with reference to his teeny well, three feet
- Adhoksaja means beyond the perception of the senses
- Adhoksaja means knowledge which beyond your perception. But there is source of knowledge, adhoksaja. Therefore God's another name is Adhoksaja
- Adhoksaja means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom you cannot realize by your material senses
- Adhoksaja means who is beyond the perception of these material senses. This is our subject matter. Our subject matter is not anything material. Material is within the purview of my material senses. But our subject matter is beyond the senses
- Adhruvam means it will also not stay. "Because I have got this human form of body, therefore, I'll live forever," no. I'll have to die like cats and dog
- Adhyatmic means pertaining to the body and to the mind. Just like when there is some disarrangement of the different functions of metabolism within this body, we get fever, we get some pain, headache
- Adhyatmika means pertaining to the body and mind. "I have got headache today. I have got some pain here in the back. My mind is not very much settled up today. I cannot talk with you."
- Adi-kavi means Brahma. Brahma, Adi-kavi. So tene brahma. Brahma means sabda-brahman, Vedic literature. So Krsna instructed or imparted in the heart of Brahma
- Adrsta means which you can not see, but it has been fixed up by superior intelligence, that this much you will get. Therefore we see so many divisions of status
- Advaita Acarya especially intended to teach the conditioned souls about devotional service. The word acarya means "teacher." The special function of such a teacher is to make people Krsna conscious
- Advanced transcendentalists are called sudhiyah. Sudhi means "intelligence," sudhi means "highly advanced," and sudhi means "devotee."
- Advancement of civilization means brahma-darsanam. That is advancement. Because so long we do not come to the platform of understanding that "I am spirit soul, I am part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit"
- Advertisements of so-called yoga are not approved by any standard method. Particularly mentioned in this verse (SB 3.19.28) is the word yam, or "unto whom," indicating that meditation should be targeted on the Personality of Godhead
- After being cured of this material disease, when one is healthy . . . that healthy activities are the devotional activities. Therefore Krsna says, mam ca avyabhicarini yogena yah sevate. Sevate means there is activities
- After seeing all the life symptoms in her husband (King Prthu) stop, the Queen (Arci) lamented for a while. The word kincit means "for a little while"
- After the destruction of this body, you accept another body, tatha dehantara praptir. These are the versions in the BG, authoritative. And dehantara means another body. There is no guarantee what kind of body you will get. That will depend on your work
- Aghavan means sinful. Agha means sin, and van means . . . just like bhagavan. Bhagavan means one who has bhaga, or opulence, or fortune. That is called bhagavat. And just the opposite is called aghavan
- Agra means "first," and puja means "worship." This Agra-puja is similar to the election of a president
- Ahaituki means without any cause and without being checked. If anyone wants to be Krsna conscious, there is no impediment in the whole world which can check him
- Aham evasam evagre (SB 2.9.33). This is the Bhagavata's first instruction to Brahma. Agre means in the beginning. So in the beginning Krsna was there, then creation took place
- Aham has a specific meaning; it is not a vague term that can be whimsically interpreted. Aham, when spoken by Krsna, refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and nothing else
- Aham mameti (SB 5.5.8). Aham means I, and mama means mine. This is nonsense. Nothing belongs to you. Everything belongs to God. Everyone has got right to live on God's property. This is Krsna consciousness
- Aham means - I; therefore the speaker who is saying aham, - I, must have His own personality
- Ahankara means the point where the pure soul touches matter. That junction is called ahankara. Ahankara is still finer than intelligence
- Ahimsa means not arresting the progressive life of any living entity. BG 1972 purports
- Ahimsa means not being violent. There are eighteen processes for attaining knowledge and perfection, and by his vow, Kardama Muni adopted all the principles of self-realization
- Ahimsa means that people should be trained in such a way that the full utilization of the human body can be achieved. BG 1972 purports
- Ahimsa, nonviolence, means that one should not do anything which will put others into misery or confusion. BG 1972 purports
- Ajamila, he practiced this unfair way of livelihood. Bandy-aksaih kaitavais cauryair garhitam vrttim asthitah (SB 6.1.22). So vrtti means livelihood. If one adopts abominable livelihood, there is no, I mean to say, hope of spiritual advancement
- Ajna means one who has no sufficient knowledge. He is called ajna. And mudha means ass, rascal
- Ajnah means one who has no knowledge. And who has no knowledge? Now, tamasa. Those who are in the modes of ignorance. There are three kinds of material nature, modes: sattva, raja, tamas
- Ajnana-bhida means - that which can match all kinds of speculation - In ignorance, people are imagining the form of the Lord; sometimes He has no form and sometimes He has form, according to their different imaginations
- Akartrtvat means not doing anything for sense gratification. When one does something at his own risk, there is a sense of proprietorship and a reaction, but when one does everything for Krsna, there is no proprietorship over the activities
- Akhanditam means not exactly "fragmented" but "constitutionally always infinitesimal." No one can separate the molecular parts of the sunshine from the sun, but at the same time the molecular part of the sunshine is not as expansive as the sun itself
- Akhila-bandha. Akhila. Akhila means complete, wholesale. And who can give this contribution? That is also stated that, atho maha-bhaga bhavan amogha-drk: whose vision is clear
- Akhilam jagat means the whole cosmic manifestation is a display of the multi-energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So because He is fully energetic, therefore He is attractive and cause of all causes
- Akincana means - one who possesses nothing in this world
- Akincana means one who has nothing to give materially
- Akrodha means to check anger. Even if there is provocation one should be tolerant, for once one becomes angry his whole body becomes polluted
- Akrodhah means to check anger. Even if there is provocation one should be tolerant, for once one becomes angry his whole body becomes polluted. BG 1972 purports
- Akrti also means signal
- Aksa means eyes or senses. So He is not perceived by these blunt material senses. Therefore He is known as Adhoksaja, adhah-krta aksaja-jnanam yatra, where this direct experimental knowledge is defeated
- Akuto-bhayah means "without any fear." You can keep yourself in Krsna consciousness as it is prescribed. Then your life is secure, akuto-bhayah. Therefore no more fear
- All human beings, although they are born sudra, he can be made a brahmin by the process. Samskara means by reformatory process, bhaved dvijah. Dvija means second birth
- All over India, especially in Bengal, this jatigosain spiritual mastership is very prevalent. But really goswami means one who is master of the influence of different senses
- All the daivi sampat means jnana-yoga. It is immediately analyzed. This is possible when you are situated on the platform of knowledge
- All three types of jnanis are called moksakanksis, those desiring liberation. By associating with devotees, such people give up the mumuksu principle and render devotional service. The real cause for this change is the association of devotees
- Alpa-medhasam & su-medhasam, they are two words in the Vedic language. Medha means brain substance. One who has got su-medhasa, nice brain substance, they will understand something & one who has got no brain substance, they will understand something else
- Alpayu: they (people of this age) are living for a short time; and mandah, mandah means very slow or inferior quality of human being. Not superior
- Although God is equally disposed to everyone, He is especially inclined to His devotees. Sat means the Absolute Truth. And persons who are servitors of the Absolute Truth are called satvatas
- Although Kalakanya means invalidity or old age, Yavana-raja wanted to serve Krsna by introducing Kalakanya everywhere. Thus a sane person, by attaining old age, will become fearful of death
- Although Krsna is the Supreme Lord and is unborn and unchangeable, He appears in His original transcendental nature. The word prakrti means - nature
- Although the Lord, the Supreme Lord Krsna, is present, still, they are thinking that Supreme Lord is nirakara. Nirakara means to avoid. How Supreme God can be nirakara? If the Supreme Lord is the supreme father
- Always thinking in Krsna consciousness, that is called yoga-yukta. Yoga-yukto muni. Muni. Muni means one who is thoughtful, he's called muni
- Amanitvam means that we are very much proud of our material existence. That pride must be given up. That is the first principle of knowledge
- Amba means mother. So cow is our mother. Why mother? Because from practical point of view, we drink milk
- Ambudhi means the ocean. So this ocean does not increase, but when you come to the spiritual ocean of ananda, blissfulness, it will increase daily
- Amrtatva means immortality. So the modern civilization, they have no idea, either the great philosopher, great politician or great scientist, that it is possible to attain the stage of immortality. Amrtatva. We are all amrta
- An Aryan means advanced, advanced in knowledge, and one who is advanced in knowledge, he is advanced civilized
- An important word in this verse is mukta-lingah. Mukta means "liberated," and linga means "the subtle body." When a man dies, he quits the gross body, but the subtle body of mind, intelligence and ego carries him to a new body
- An important word in this verse is urdhva-retasah, which means brahmacaris who have never discharged semen
- Anacara means not proper behavior. Proper behavior means to remain always pious, and improper behavior means to become impious, sinful. If you become sinful, then you cannot enter into the family of Krsna
- Anacara means sinful activities. You cannot associate with God if you become sinful. That is not possible. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, yesam tv anta-gatam papam: "One who is completely free from sinful life"
- Anadi means before the beginning of this creation. The beginning of this creation is called adi, beginning, but our forgetfulness of Krsna is anadi
- Anadir adir govindah. Go means senses, go means cow, and go means land. He is the proprietor of all land, He is the proprietor of all cows, and He is the creator of all senses
- Anagha, O sinless one, means that unless one is free from all sinful reactions, it is very difficult to understand Krsna. One has to become free from all contamination, all sinful activities; then he can understand. BG 1972 purports
- Ananda means blissfulness, joyfulness. There cannot be any joyfulness in this body. There are three kinds of miserable condition of material life: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. So either these three or one or two is always there
- Ananda means blissfulness. That is our nature. Therefore we want to live. We do not wish to die. We do not wish... Nobody wishes to die, but we are forced to die. That is our punishment
- Ananda means the reservoir of all pleasure. The impersonalists are seeking to merge into the Brahman effulgence of eternity and knowledge, but the major portion of the absolute pleasure which is in Krsna is avoided by them
- Ananda. Here is no ananda. In this material world . . . ananda means pleasure, bliss. But here it is not possible. First of all, you have to die. You may manufacture some so-called ananda, but you'll die
- Ananta indicates that there is nothing which is not covered by the influence and energy of the Supreme Lord, and devesa means that He is the controller of all demigods and is above them all. He is the center of the whole universe. BG 1972 purports
- Ananta means you cannot get the limit that, "So many millions or so many thousands." No. You cannot count. So all these jivas, we, living entities, we are being maintained by that one. This is the Vedic information. Eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman
- Ananta, He has ananta hoods and ananta mouth and... Ananta means unlimited
- Ananta-rupam means millions and millions. The Manu is also incarnation of Krsna. So in one day of Brahma there are fourteen Manus. So Brahma lives for one hundred years. Just see how many incarnation of Manus are there even for one Brahma
- Anantam means unlimited. You are searching after happiness, but this is limited. Even if you enjoy sex life, that is also limited for a few moments. But anantam. That is... You will enjoy it eternally
- Ananya-cetah, without any deviation from this path of Krsna consciousness and devotional service in submission, if anyone thinks always of Krsna . . . Krsna says, tasyaham sulabhah. Sulabha means - I am very easily available for him
- Ananyas cintayantah means always, twenty-four hours, without any deviation, always thinking of Krsna. Naturally, if you are engaged in the business of Krsna, then you will always think of Krsna
- Anartha means meaningless. No artha. Artha means meaning. So if we want to stop this anartha, misconception of life, then we have to take to bhakti-yoga
- Anartha means things which are not wanted. We are accustomed to so many things, rascal things, which is not at all wanted. But we have been accustomed. By bad association
- Anartha means unwanted bad habits. So when we are children, innocent, we have no bad habits, but as we grow and associate with bad company, we also acquire all these bad habits. So to give up all these bad habits means we have to associate with sadhus
- Anarya-justam, "not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life." Aryan. Aryan means who are progressive. So this dejection of Arjuna in the battlefield is described as befitting a non-Aryan
- Anatha means the street dog - nobody to take, always barking, always hungry, always disturbed, somebody is throwing stone
- And jyotir means that spiritual world. First appreciation of the jyotirman, Brahman, Brahmaloka, Brahman effulgence, that is the first entrance
- And who is guru? Samit-panih srotriyam. Srotriyam means one who is guru by hearing from his guru, srotriyam. This is parampara. Not that all of a sudden he becomes guru. No. That is not guru. Guru means srotriyam. Srotriyam brahma-nistham
- Andha means blind man. If one blind man is trying to lead other blind men, then what is the benefit? The leader is blind and the follower is blind. Then there will be no result
- Andha-kupa means blind well. I do not know whether you have got experience. In India there are several old wells on the paddy fields, and they are covered with grass. Nobody can understand that there is a well underneath this, underneath this grass
- Andha-kupam means blind well. I saw one blind well in Ascot when I was at John Lennon's house. There was a blind pit, and it was covered with grass, and somebody fell
- Aniketanah means "without lodging." He (a sannyasi) should not have his own house, but should depend completely on the Supreme Lord for his food and lodging. He should travel
- Anitya means they are not permanent. Agamapayino 'nityah. They are seasonal changes. They will come and they will go. Simply ethereal arrangement only, we must know, external arrangement. It is, rather, illusion
- Anna means "food." After this one lives in the consciousness of being alive. If one can continue his life without being attacked or destroyed, one thinks himself happy
- Anna means food grains. So annad bhavanti bhutani (BG 3.14). Every living entity lives. Nowadays there are scarcity of food grains. Even the human being cannot eat sufficiently. But formerly the kings, they used to maintain elephants
- Another class of duskrtina, or miscreant, is called the naradhama, or the lowest of mankind. Nara means human being, and adhama means the lowest. BG 1972 purports
- Another feature of the devotee is nirihaya, simple living. Niriha means "gentle," "meek" or "simple
- Another meaning may be krsna-varnam ete. One way you can take, krsna-varnam means caste, or category. So if He comes to the category of visnu-tattva, or Krsna, but His color, complexion, is not Krsna, not black
- Another meaning of "Hari, Hari" is - I am stealing. I am stealing
- Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification
- Another meaning of guna is rope; it is to be understood that the conditioned soul is tightly tied by the ropes of illusion. BG 1972 purports
- Another meaning of Purana means supplement. So they are explanation of the Vedic knowledge in a supplementary way by taking references from the history, from the life of great saints and sages. So they are addition
- Another meaning of the word apratipurusa is "the personality who has no rival." Since Lord Siva could not be persuaded to give her permission, Sati took shelter of a woman's last weapon, weeping, which forces a husband to agree to the proposal of his wife
- Another meaning of the word avyavahita is that the interest of the devotee and the interest of the Supreme Lord are on the same level. The devotee has no interest but to fulfill the transcendental desire of the Supreme Lord
- Another meaning of the word yoga is "plus." At the present moment we are minus God, or minus the Supreme. When we add Krsna - or God - to our lives, this human form of life becomes perfect
- Another medha means killing. So one who keeps himself in household life, he kills himself. Killing
- Another significant word in this verse (SB 4.20.27) is gunalayam, which refers to Visnu as the reservoir of all transcendental qualities
- Another significant word in this verse (SB 4.20.34) is acyuta, which means "infallible." Although the Lord appears in this material world, He is never to be considered one of the conditioned souls, who are all fallible
- Another word in this verse (SB 3.25.29), bhagavad-banah, is very significant. Banah means arrow
- Antah means within and bahih means without. "Those who are less intelligent, they simply try to find out God within, and those who are advanced in intelligence, they can see You within and without." That is the difference
- Antakam means death. So death is called maya. You are thinking, "Now I have arranged everything. Things are going very nicely. Now I'm very happy." But, all of a sudden, the death comes. That you cannot avoid
- Antara may mean - greed, greed to acquire more money or enjoy more sense gratification. Finally, the word antara may also mean - atheistic ideas, by which one considers the temple Deity to be made of stone, wood or gold. All of these are impediments
- Antara means "another." Now, there are varieties of bodies; that you can see. There are fish body, there are tree body, plant body, beast body, bird's body, insect body, reptile body - in this way gradual process of evolution, you come to this human body
- Antara means - money. If money is not used in Krsna’s service, it is also an impediment. Antara also means janata - people in general - The association of ordinary persons may destroy the principles of devotional service
- Antardhana means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision
- Anu means "following", and anu also means "always." So one must always follow the disciplic succession and not hear from any stray professional reciter, whether a Mayavadi or an ordinary man
- Anu means "following," and anu also means "always." So one must always follow the disciplic succession and not hear from any stray professional reciter, whether a Mayavadi or an ordinary man
- Anu means atom
- Anu means repetition, and anu means following the footsteps of authority, spiritual master, anu. Our process is anu. We don't manufacture anything. We simply follow
- Anucarah means "those who can immediately understand the purpose of their master"
- Anukulyena krsnanusilanam means when you have accepted the bona fide spiritual master, you should work in such a way that your spiritual master is pleased with you. Then your path is very clear
- Anxiety means asad-grahat
- Any living entity who is within this material world, they have come here with that two principles - iccha, dvesa. Iccha means they want to be happy with material enjoyment and "What is God? I am God." These two things
- Anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11). Anya-abhilasita means "material desire," and sunyam means "free from."
- Anyone who is not a devotee, Krsna conscious devotee of God, then he may be in a exalted post, but he is praised by some people who are exactly like sva. Sva means dog
- Anyone who is well-versed in bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam, he can become guru. Not others. And in many places this is confirmed, that sat-karma-nipuno vipro. A brahmana, very well expert in his business. Brahmana's business means sat-karma, 6 kinds of karma
- Anything not given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not accepted by the Bhagavat school as religion. In the beginning of SB it is said, Dharmah projita kaitavo. This kaitavo religion means cheating religion
- Apahrta-jnana means that although they have got university degrees, although they are called civilized, advanced in material civilization, but mayayapahrta-jnana
- Apaisunam means that one should not find fault with others or correct them unnecessarily. BG 1972 purports
- Apara means lower and para means superior
- Apatya means sons. "Oh, I have got so many nice sons, very earning, very obedient; therefore Yamaraja will not touch me." No, no. That is not possible
- Apaurusa means "not spoken by any person materially created." It is stated in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda
- Apratihata means in spite of your so-called suffering, the suffering will be reduced or there will be no suffering. But in spite of suffering, you can make progress in spiritual life
- Apratihata means without being checked. No impediment. If you want to love God, there is nothing throughout the whole world which can check you. Simply you have to develop your eagerness: "Krsna, I want You." That's all
- Arati means the arati, reception. Koren, doing. Brahma, Lord Brahma. Adi, headed by. Deva-gane, all the demigods. that means "To offer arati reception to Lord Caitanya, all the demigods have come down, headed by Lord Brahma."
- Arca means the form of the Lord established in some temple and worshiped. That is also incarnation of God. That is not idol worship. People who do not know that this is an authorized process of realizing God, they cannot understand
- Arcana means worship of the Deity in the temple. By executing this process one confirms himself to be not the body but spirit soul
- Arcana-marga means practice. Immediately you cannot expect that your mind is completely fixed up with Krsna. But if we follow the regulative principles, then it will mature. Mature. And mature stage, there will be love
- Arcanam means worshiping Lord Visnu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru - offering obeisances or offering prayers
- Arjava means simplicity. A brahmana is not supposed to be crooked and duplicity. No. Simple. It is said even the enemy wants to know something from him, he will clearly say, "It is this." That is called simplicity
- Arjavam means even an enemy enquires from me, "What is your secret?" I shall say: I have no secret. This is my position. This is called arjavam
- Arjuna in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. There was a fight. That is the history of greater India, Mahabharata. It is called Mahabharata. This Bhagavad-gita is part of Mahabharata. Mahabharata means greater India or greater planet
- Arjuna is asking not to a third-class so-called philosopher and chemist and economist, but to Krsna. Krsna. Because whatever answer Krsna will give, that is fact. And sastra means the things which have been spoken by Krsna. That is sastra
- Arjuna is asking, "What is the real meaning of atma?" Atma means the soul. You are also atma. I am also atma. Every one of us, the minute particle, part and parcel of Krsna
- Arjuna is referred to as Gudakesa (in BG 1.24). Gudaka means sleep, and one who conquers sleep is called gudakesa. Sleep also means ignorance. So Arjuna conquered both sleep and ignorance because of his friendship with Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- Arjuna knew that Krsna is the Supreme PG. So he said, sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam (BG 2.7): "Krsna, no more friendly talks. We are wasting time. Now I become Your disciple." Sisya means disciple. "You kindly advise me. I'm surrendering unto You
- Arjuna knew that, "Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is my duty to serve Him." This was known to Arjuna. Therefore he is bhakta. Bhakta means who has dedicated his life to serve Krsna
- Arjuna wants to clarify the two distinct subject matters of Bhagavad-gita, namely renunciation (tyaga) and the renounced order of life (sannyasa). Thus he is asking the meaning of these two words. BG 1972 purports
- Aroha-pantha means inductive process: to know from here, from the lower status to the higher status, speculative method, or ascending process
- Artah means those who are distressed; artharthi, those who are poor, need of money; jijnasuh, inquisitive; and jnani. So the artah and artharthi, they are lower than the jnani and the jijnasuh
- Artha means how to satisfy Krsna. This is artha. It is said, arthadam. Arthadam. You can get real interest in this life
- Artha. Artha means profit. So real profit is spiritual profit. That is real profit, because that will never be lost
- Arthadam means you can derive the greatest value in this life. Arthadam. Artha means money, and paramartha means spiritual consciousness
- Arthadam means you can realize your self. That is the greatest achievement, if you can realize your self, whether you are this body or you are soul
- Artharthi means in need of money. People generally go to church (or) temple when they are suffering from some ailments or need of money, these two classes
- Arya means the advanced. One who is advanced in knowledge, in civilization, they are called arya, Aryan civilization. So in the Aryan civilization there are four divisions to maintain the society in the correct balance
- Arya means the person who has got godly qualification. This is the meaning of Aryan. Aryan, advanced. Aryan does not mean godless society. They are non-Aryans
- Arya-samaj means one who knows his duty, how to do it in proper time. So ksatriya, his duty is to fight, to defend from the hands of the enemy. So he was declining to fight, so He chastised him, - Non-Aryans. You are not Aryan
- Aryan means "advanced." Formerly, those who claimed to be Aryans had to be devotees of the Lord. For instance, in Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.2) Krsna chastised Arjuna by saying that he was speaking like a non-Aryan
- Aryan means advanced in knowledge. He's called Aryan. And anarya means uncivilized. So immediately He (Krsna) rebukes him, anarya-justam - You are talking just like non-Aryan, uncivilized person
- Aryan means advanced. So if you claim to belong to the Aryan family, then it is your duty to study Vedic literature and understand your position and make your life successful. That is Krsna consciousness
- Aryans civilization means who is progressive, advancing. They are intelligent. They are fair-complexioned. Therefore Aryans means progressive
- Aryans means advance. And what way advance? Advance in eating? Advance in sleeping? No. Advance in purification. They are called Aryans. And the most advanced purified is called the brahmana. And less than that, the ksatriya. And less than that, vaisyas
- Aryans means those who are advanced
- Aryans means those who are advanced. Non-Aryans means those who are not, this is the Sanskrit meaning, arya. Aryans are divided into four castes
- As a matter of social etiquette, I am addressed as 'pandita.' Pandita means learned. Learned scholar, he is called pandita
- As a sincere friend of Krsna, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Krsna. Atma-nivedanam means offering Krsna everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess
- As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.2.6): The word dharma means "engagement." One who is engaged in the service of God (yato bhaktir adhoksaje), without impediment and without cessation, is understood to be situated in his original, spiritual status
- As confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38), barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam: the hue of the Lord's beautiful form resembles the blackish color of dense clouds - asita means "blackish," and ambuda means - cloud
- As described in the beginning of the Vedanta-sutra, the Supreme Person is the origin of all qualities. He is generally called nirguna. Nirguna means "whose qualities are beyond estimation." Guna means "quality," and nir means "beyond estimation"
- As far as reputation is concerned, King Prthu is already known as the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The word adi-rajam means "the original king."
- As indicated (in SB 10.2.27) by the word dvi-khagah, the living elements within the body resemble two birds in a tree. Kha means - sky, and ga means - one who flies. Thus the word dvi-khagah refers to birds
- As indicated by the words yato navartate puman, there is certainly a spiritual kingdom, and if the living entity goes there, he never returns to this material world
- As Krsna says in BG 7.14, daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya: "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome." The same word duratyaya, meaning "very difficult," is used here - in SB 7.9.43
- As said in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.10.6), mukti (liberation) means svarupena vyavasthitih - being situated in one's own constitutional position
- As soon as one is able to see his constitutional position (the word sva-drk means "one who is able to see"), he becomes detached from such material service and engages himself in devotional service
- As soon as there is bhajana-kriya, or devotional service, immediately anartha-nivrtthi syat. Anartha means unwanted things, they become vanquished
- As soon as we speak of karma, there must be somebody else to judge. And that judgment is said, daiva netrena. Daiva means divine supervision
- As soon as you become servant of Krsna you get full satisfaction. Sa-natha-jivitah means you will understand that "I have a master who is so full, who is so complete, who is so competent, who is so faithful, and who is so nice, there is no injustice"
- As Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains, the word nirapeksa means not being affected by anything material and remaining fixed in the service of the Lord
- As stated in Srinivasacarya's prayer to the six Gosvamis (Sad-gosvamy-astaka): sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau. The word sankhya-purvaka means "maintaining a numerical strength
- As stated in this verse, sadrso 'sti sivah pantha. Para-brahman is Krsna, and brahma-siddhaye means understanding our relationship with Krsna
- As we have seen our spiritual master translate this word rasa into "mellow," we shall follow in his footsteps and also translate the word in that way
- As we understand from Brahma-samhita, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam (BS 5.33). Ananta means "innumerable
- As you inquire what is svami, svami means master. And master, what does it mean? Master of the senses. Generally people are driven by the dictation of the senses. So if you can control your senses, then you become a svami
- Asa-bandha means to continue to think, "Because I'm trying my best to follow the routine principles of devotional service, I am sure that I will go back to Godhead, back to home"
- Asadhu, or demon, means persons who deny the authority of God. They are called demons
- Asakti, just like you have attachment for your child, attachment for your husband, attachment for your wife. Similarly if you can develop attachment for the Lord then you can understand Him. Not by any other method
- Asasvatam means temporary. Even if I agree, "All right, it is a miserable place. Let me live here perpetually," no. That also will not be allowed. As soon as there will be order, "Please get out," you have no power to remain
- Asat means that does not exist, "not eternal." It is just opposite. Eternal is called sat, om tat sat, and asat means just the opposite. So here in this material world everything is asat. Even this body is asat; it will not exist
- Asat means which will not stay, nonpermanent, for the time. Just like we have accepted this body. This is asad-graha. This body will not stay. Everyone knows, but still, I am too much attached to this body. This is called asad-graha
- Asat means will not exist, temporary. So you cannot expect permanent happiness in temporary world. That is not possible
- Asat-karma means you become poor, ugly, without any education, no riches, always hungry. These are the results of asat-karma. So this is called karma-kanda
- Asat-sastra, as explained here (in SB 4.2.28), means the doctrine of Mayavada impersonalism, or becoming one with the Supreme
- Asraddadhanah purusah (BG 9.3). Purusa means any man, any human being, living being, but a human being, because otherwise who will hear Krsna? The cats and dogs will not hear
- Asrama means an attempt to give some light
- Asrama means situation for spiritual cultivation
- Associate with sadhus means those who are actually on the platform. So if he associates with the sadhu - the sadhus accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead - he will get the understanding that Krsna is the Supreme Lord
- Astikya means belief, faith, faith in scripture, faith in God
- Astikyam means completely convinced of God and his relationship with God. That is called astikyam. Or full faith in the statement of the Vedas. Whatever Veda says, that's right. Yes. No argument
- Astikyam means faith in God, faith in scripture. That is called astikyam. According to Vedic version, astikyam means faith in the Vedas. Nobody can refute the Vedas. That is called faith: no argument
- Astikyam means to believe firmly in the scriptures. Just like Bhagavad-gita we are studying, or Srimad-Bhagavatam. We should firmly believe what Krsna says, not interpretation
- Astikyam means to have faith in the authoritative Vedic knowledge. That is called astikyam
- Asubha means inauspicious. Our stage of life, our existence in this material world, is asubha, inauspicious, always miserable
- Asuci means unclean. Peaceful life means purification. So if you purify and again become unclean, that we have discussed hasti-snana, the elephant
- Asura means demon. They are just opposite . . . they are very much against anything, they want simply . . . cheaply to become God. That is their demonic principle
- Asurah means they are also very powerful, but almost atheists. Just like in the modern world there are many powerful men and materially advanced, many powerful men. But because they are godless - they have no sense of God - they are called asuras
- Asuri sampad means more and more entanglement and bondage within this material world. And daivi sampad means your freedom from material world
- At the entrance to Jagannatha Puri is a bridge with eighteen arches called Atharanala - Athara means eighteen
- At the present moment the asuras are so advanced that they don't think of future life also. Don't think. Therefore pralayantam. Pralayantam means annihilation
- At the same time, he (Maharaja Prthu) performed the duty of a son who delivers his father from hellish conditions. The word putra means one who delivers from hell, called put. That is a worthy son
- Atatayi means one who is aggressor. One who kidnaps one's wife, one who take away by force one's wealth, one who sets fire in one's house, these are called aggressor. So aggressor should be killed. Aggressor should be given trouble
- Atatayinah means aggressor. According to law, if somebody comes to attack you, or if somebody comes to kidnap your wife, these are atatayinah
- Athato brahma-jijnasa, when one is inquisitive to know the broader plan, Brahman plan. Brahman means the biggest, brhatva, the biggest. The biggest plan, if anyone wants to understand, becomes inquisitive, then his life, real life, begins
- Atindriyam means that we have to transcend these material senses before we can appreciate real happiness
- Atma means this body, this mind and the soul. Real meaning of atma is soul. So there is a verse, atmanam sarvato rakset: First of all try to save your soul
- Atma-ghatam means killing the soul. How we are killing the soul? We forget that, I am spirit soul
- Atma-patam means you'll never be able to understand spiritual life. Of course, not always, but generally
- Atma-prasadanim means if you want to satisfy your mind, if you want to satisfy your self, or even you want to satisfy your body... We are living in three stages: bodily concept of life, mental concept of life and spiritual concept of life
- Atma-vit means a self-realized soul or bona fide spiritual master. Unless one is self-realized and knows what his relationship with the Supersoul is, he cannot be a bona fide spiritual master
- Atmanam sarvato rakset means . . . real meaning is you should give protection to the atma, means trying to save this soul, your soul, or yourself, from this transmigration of the body. And the plain truth, very simple truth, is given in Bhagavad-gita
- Atmarama means "one who rejoices in the self," or "one who enjoys in the spiritual atmosphere"
- Atmavan especially means that one should be self-possessed. He should always remain in the pure consciousness that he is spirit soul and not the material body or the mind. That will make him progress confidently in Krsna consciousness
- Atmavit means one who knows atma
- Avaroha-pantha means a descendence, or deductive process. So our Krsna consciousness movement, we claim that we have got perfect knowledge of everything because we are taking knowledge from the perfect person
- Avatara means one who comes directly from the spiritual world. And incarnation . . . of course, this avatara is translated with the word incarnation, but I think real meaning of incarnation means "who accepts a body." Is it not
- Avatarana means "coming from up to down." That is called avatarana. And avatara is understood that when God or His bona fide representative comes from that sky to this material plane, that is called avatara
- Avidusah means rascal, without any education. Without any education. "They have got all these university degrees, and without education?" Yes. "Why?" Because they have no spiritual education
- Avidya means forgetfulness of one's identity. Every one of us is a spirit soul, but we have forgotten. We think, "I am this body." This is called avidya
- Avidya. If somebody is kept into darkness, then there is no use of this punishment, or prayascitta. So he proposes that the man in darkness should be educated. Vimarsanam. Vimarsanam means cultivation of knowledge
- Avisuddha means their knowledge is not very pure
- Avyakta means "unmanifested." Although the material world is the creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is unmanifested to material eyes
- Avyakta means the night of Brahma, when partial annihilation takes place and the living entities of that particular brahmanda, up to the planets of Brahmaloka, along with the big oceans, etc., all repose in the belly of the virat-purusa
- Avyaktam means the total material substance. Just like when you construct a house there are heaps of materials - some stone, some cement, some woods, some iron - and you combine together... Tejo-vari-mrd-vinimayam
- Avyavahita means: without cessation
- Ayur-veda means medical science
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- Bala means this Balarama, the spiritual strength. The spiritual realization can be achieved by the grace of Lord Balarama
- Balarama means guru-tattva. Balarama represents guru. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. If we want to understand Caitanya Mahaprabhu, if we want to understand Krsna, then we must take shelter of Balarama
- Bali means very powerful
- Balisa means people, ignorant men, who do not know what is Krsna consciousness. They are called balisa, just like child. Child is called balisa. Ignorant men, balisesu, dvisatsu ca, and other class
- Because everyone is lower than God, who will conquer Him? Therefore His name is Ajita. Ajita means unconquerable. What to speak of God, you cannot conquer even the energy of God. You are under the material energy of God
- Because I have accepted this body which is made of either of the three modes of material nature, and identifying, therefore I have created so many anartha. Anartha means unwanted things
- Because one cannot understand, therefore He has explained karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, dhyana-yoga, hatha-yoga, this yoga. And He has explained also the meaning
- Because we have got this body, we suffer the pains of cold and heat. This is only one example. It is given in the Bhagavad-gita, matra-sparsas tu kaunteya sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah. Sita means cold. Just like in winter we suffer. In summer also, we suffer
- Beyond the sky there is another sky, which is called paravyoma, or sanatana, eternal sky. And in that sky there are innumerable Vaikuntha planets. Vaikuntha means vigata-kuntha hy asmat: there is no anxiety
- Bhadra means a perfect gentleman, bhadraloka. That is the general etiquette, to address somebody as bhadraloka. Especially in Bengal it is very common word, bhadra. And the other parts also. So bhadra means perfect gentleman
- Bhaga means opulence, and van means one who possesses. The word Sanskrit, vat, it is added when there is the question of possessing. Asty arthe vat and mat pratyaya. This is Sanskrit grammar
- Bhagavad-gita is divided into three primary divisions-karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga. The word yoga means "acting on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
- Bhagavad-gita is real Vedanta. And if one understands Bhagavad-gita as it is, he is really Vedantist. Veda means knowledge, and anta means the last word. So last word of knowledge is Krsna
- Bhagavad-gita means to understand what is God, the science of God. And God Himself is speaking about Himself. Otherwise it is not possible to understand what is God
- Bhagavan means He is also a living being. He is not nirakara. When we say bhagavan nirakara, that means either we have no knowledge of Bhagavan or nirakara means He is not a form like us. Our form and Krsna's form - different
- Bhagavan means the supreme opulent. Bhaga means opulence. Just like riches, reputation, strength, beauty, knowledge, renunciation. These are called opulences
- Bhagavat-sabda means bhagavan, and bhagavata means those who are in connection with Bhagavat, Bhagavan
- Bhagavata is so powerful that nityam bhagavata-sevaya: we have to read Srimad-Bhagavatam daily, and twenty-four hours. That is the injunction: nityam. Nityam means "always." So our members especially, I mean to say, those who are inmates
- Bhagavata means in relationship with God. So our this Krsna consciousness movement is bhagavata-dharma. Bhagavata-dharma means we are presenting God
- Bhagavata says, parabhavas tavad abhodha-jatah (SB 5.5.5). Abodha-jatah. Abodha-jata means every living entity is born fools. Therefore there are so many educational institution
- Bhagavata-dharma has no contradictions. Conceptions of "your religion" and "my religion" are completely absent from bhagavata-dharma. Bhagavata-dharma means following the orders given by the Supreme Lord, Bhagavan
- Bhagavata-dharma is actually sanatana-dharma. Sanatana-dharma does not mean that one must have a certain type of religious life. Sanatana-dharma means the eternal religion. Sanatana-dharma is applicable for all living entities
- Bhagavata-dharma means it is scientific knowledge. It is not sentiment. Religion without philosophical understanding is sentiment. And philosophy without understanding of God is mental speculation
- Bhagavata-dharma means relationship with God and execution of our duties in that relationship. That is called Bhagavata-dharma. First of all we must know what is God
- Bhagavata-dharma means the relationship between the devotees and the Lord. The Lord is Bhagavan and the devotee is bhagavata, or in relationship with Bhagavan
- Bhagavatah is specifically mentioned (in SB 3.28.22). Bhagavatah means "of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu," and no one else. Another significant phrase in this verse is sivah sivo 'bhut
- Bhagavatam literally means the pastimes of the Lord and the Lord's devotees
- Bhagavatam says svarat. Svarat. Svarat means He is independent. His consciousness is not dependent on others' consciousness. Svarat. God, He has got all the knowledge
- Bhaj-dhatu means offering service, rendering service. So bhakti, bhajana, bhakta, bhagavata - they are coming from the same root, bhaja-dhatu, Sanskrit
- Bhajahu Re Mana, 1967 part one - Durlabha manava-janama. Durlabha means very rare to obtain. Manava-janma means this human form of life. It comes after a very long rotation
- Bhajahu Re Mana, 1967 part two - Abhilasa means aspiration, hope, or ambition. He (Govinda dasa) is ambitious of becoming a devotee in nine different ways
- Bhajan means execution of devotional service. Gradually it should be strong and ripe. But if one falls down, even it is not ripened, bhajann apakvo, sastra says that "What is the wrong there? What is the loss there? Because he has begun this line of DS
- Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord which is free from desire for material profit, either in this life or in the next. Devoid of such inclinations, one should fully absorb the mind in the Supreme. That is the purpose of naiskarmya. BG 1972 pur
- Bhakti means that we have to clear ourself from the designations. What is that designation? Everyone is thinking, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Australian," "I am cat," "I am dog, "I am this," "I am that" - bodily
- Bhakti means the process of connecting with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As soon as we use the word bhakti, means the process of devotion, there must be bhakta and Bhagavan
- Bhakti means to serve Hrsikesa by the hrsika. Hrsika means senses. Krsna is the master of the senses, and therefore, whatever senses I have got, the master is Krsna, proprietor is Krsna
- Bhakti means when we engage our senses, in the service of the proprietor of the senses, that is our perfect life. but as soon as we desire to use our senses for the gratification of the senses, that is called karma. That is called material life
- Bhakti means without any material desires. That is the sign of pure devotee. He has no motive to satisfy his material desires by devotional service
- Bhakti-lata-bija means “the seed of devotional service.” Everything has an original cause, or seed. For any idea, program, plan or device, there is first of all the contemplation of the plan, and that is called the bija, or seed
- Bhakti-yoga is simply in connection with Krsna. Bhakti-yoga cannot be applied to anyone, anything else. How Buddha philosophy can be dovetailed with bhakti-yoga? Bhakti-yoga means to understand God
- Bhakti-yoga means buddhi-yoga, one who is highly intelligent. Or somehow or other he has become intelligent that, "I shall take to Krsna consciousness." Then his life is perfect immediately, and gradually he will realize Krsna
- Bhakti-yoga means not only dedicating life to Krsna but also to serve the Vaisnava, tat-purusa. Tat-purusa means to serve a person who has dedicated his life to Krsna
- Bhakti-yoga means this, not to try artificially to control the mind the senses. That will be failure
- Bhakti-yoga means vairagya, detachment for material enjoyment. That is the sign. Not that "I am a big, big devotee, but I have got very great attachment for material enjoyment." That is not bhakti
- Bhaktivinoda Thakura was against giving sannyasa. He didn't like these babajis. They were markata-vairagya, superficially . . . markata-vairagya means monkey. They live naked, eat fruits, live in the jungle. That is vairagya. But three dozen wives
- Bhaktya mam abhijanati. Abhijanati means perfectly you can understand. Yavan yas casmi tattvatah. Tattvatah means the Absolute Truth as it is, you can understand
- Bhaktya means devotional service, submission, submission to the Supreme Lord. Bhaktya means bhaja. It is Sanskrit word. The root meaning is bhaja-dhatukti. Bhaja. Bhaja means service. So bhaja-dhatukti bhakti, bhaktya
- Bharam means gorgeous arrangement, very gorgeous arrangement, very big, big road, big, big skyscraper building, and big machine, big industry, and so many big, big things, big, big words, big, big politician, and big, big political activities
- Bharata means this planet, and Mahabharata means the complete history of the whole world. Nowadays, at the present moment, history means a chronological record, but previously, history means only the important incidences at different times
- Bhargava means the descendant of Brghu. Brghu is one of the great sages, seven sages, rotating around the polestar, seven sages. And Brghu Muni is one of them. Bhargava. In India there is still a brahmana's family, they are called Bhargava
- Bhava means "one who accepts a material body," and abhava means "one who does not accept a material body but descends in the original, spiritual body"
- Bhava means assimilation - "Oh, Krsna is so great." This is called bhava. That is real understanding, when you understand really this bhava stage. Bhava-bhakti
- Bhava means love, feelings, feelings of love, - Oh, Krsna is so great
- Bhava-maha-davagni, the forest fire of material existence, is blazing continually. So you have to extinguish it by the rainfall from cloud, and that rainfall means sravana-kirtana. Sravana means hearing, and kirtana means chanting. This is the only way
- Bhaya means "to become afraid of." That is material nature. We are always afraid of. Therefore we have military strength. Your country is very busy in that way, how to protect. Everyone should be, protection
- Bheda-drstya means that Brahma sometimes thinks that he is independent of the Supreme Lord, or he thinks of himself as one of the three equally independent incarnations
- Bhinna means the quality different; not of the same quality. Apareyam - This is inferior quality, but there is another, superior quality, jiva bhuta, and that is living entity
- Bhisma means very solid, firmly fixed. So he was a brahmacari. For the sake, for the satisfaction of his father's senses, he remained brahmacari
- Bhoga means "enjoyment," and our enjoyment comes from understanding our position as the enjoyed. The real enjoyer is the Supreme Lord, and we are enjoyed by Him
- Bhogi means takes the thing and utilizes for his own sense gratification. That is called bhogi, sense gratification
- Bhrasta means one, yoga-bhrasta, one who is prosecuting the yoga system. Yoga system means the transcendental process by which we realize ourself, we link up our life with self-realization. That is called yoga
- Bhu-gola. Bhu means the earth; gola means round. It is already there. And the geography's called, according to Sanskrit, it is called Bhu-gola. Long, long ago, before Galileo
- Bhukti means karmis, those who are aspiring after being elevated to the higher planetary system, Svargaloka, or higher status of life. That is called bhukti
- Bhukti means material enjoyment, and mukti means to become freed from material anxiety and to become one with the Lord
- Bhuri means this abdomen, and muri means this head. If you keep your head and the belly very clear, then you are free from all disease
- Black market means anyayenartha-sancayan, getting money by unfair means. That is called anyayena artha-sancayan. Anyaya means illegal; nyaya means legal
- Bodha means knowledge, and budha means one who possesses knowledge. So those who are devotees of Krsna, they are not rascals. They are not rascals. They are budhah. Not only budhah, but also bhava-samanvitah
- Born rascal, fool. He has to be enlightened, he has to be given knowledge, and he has to receive knowledge to make his life perfect. Therefore parabhavah means one who does not make his life perfect, he's being defeated
- Brahma is addressed as pitamaha, grandfather. He's the original first creature in this material world, in this universe, and everyone has come from him. Therefore he is called pitamaha. Pitamaha means grandfather
- Brahma is the head of this anda. It is egglike. This whole universe is like an egg, anda. So as from the anda, from the egg, a bird is coming out; similarly, from this egglike substance, Aja has come. Aja means who does not take birth like others
- Brahma means life. So everything is life. The basis, basis of everything. Just like my body is depending on my life. Therefore the whole cosmic material manifestation is also depending on God. So matter is another energy of life. That we practically see
- Brahma means Vedic literature. Sabda-brahman. The information, the description of God is also Brahman. Brahman is absolute. There is no difference between Brahman and the literature which is describing Brahman
- Brahma-bandhu means a person who is born of a brahmana father but whose activities are not up to the standard of the brahmanas. Such a person is not a brahmana but a brahma-bandhu. Daksa proved himself to be a brahma-bandhu
- Brahma-darsanam means that as soon as one sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can at once realize what impersonal Brahman is
- Brahma-gati means to attain a spiritual form as good as that of the Lord, and in that form the liberated living being eternally lives on one of the spiritual planets situated in the spiritual sky
- Brahma-janma is not easy. It is very difficult. But if Brahma is bahir-mukha - bahir-mukha means not devotee of Krsna - it is possible. Because we are in ignorance, maya, at any time we can forget Krsna
- Brahma-jijnasa means spiritual inquiry. So the cat & dog cannot inquire. It is not possible. But when you have got this human form of body, especially born in India & in a brahmana family, if you misuse your life like cats and dogs, that is a great loss
- Brahma-siddhi means that one should know that he is not matter; he is pure soul
- Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitau (SB 7.12.1). A brahmacari should live at gurukula, very submissively. Danto means submissive, and only for the benefit of guru. No personal benefit. In this way brahmacari should take lesson from the guru
- Brahmacari means celibacy, live under the direction of the teacher and accept all kinds of hardship under the teacher's or spiritual master direction. Children, they can easily take it
- Brahmacari means don't be attached
- Brahmacari means how to control the senses, to keep under his own control, not that "I am now sexually inclined. I must have immediately sex." No. Danta. That is taught
- Brahmacari means student life, vanaprastha means retired life and sannyasa means renounced life. For them the minimum necessities of life is prescribed. And they should be automatically minimum
- Brahmacari means student, strictly observing life of celibacy, following the rules and regulation enunciated by the spiritual master under strict discipline. That is called brahmacari
- Brahmacari means student, unmarried student, without any sex life. That is brahmacari. And then grhastha, householder. Those who are living with wife and children, they are called householder, grhastha. Then vanaprastha, the retired persons
- Brahmacarya essentially means the vow not to marry but to observe strict celibacy (brhad-vrata). A brahmacari or sannyasi should avoid talking with women or reading literature concerning talks between man and woman
- Brahmacarya means controlling sex life. That is required. If you can control sex impulse. . . Because that is the medium of bondage
- Brahmacarya means, strictly. Brahmacarya means that one should not look upon woman, 'Oh, here is a very beautiful girl'. That is also sex, subtle sex. And to talk, 'Fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh', that is also subtle sex. So these things are to be avoided
- Brahmacaryena means celibacy. The more you restrain your sex life, the more you become strong for spiritual life. Brahmacaryena. Brahma . . . brahmacarya means to restrain, control sex life
- Brahmacaryena means completely cessation of sex life. So that is not possible to completely give up eating or completely sex life, but make it regulated
- Brahmajyoti means spiritual sky. This material sky means brahma-jyotir is covered by material cloud. Actually, everything is brahma-jyotir. Just like clear sky, but some portion of the sky is sometimes covered by cloud
- Brahman is also Vedic word. That Caitanya Mahaprabhu says the direct meaning of Brahman is Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Brahman is just the opposite of matter. Therefore brahmi sthitih means - not on the platform of material activities. BG 1972 purports
- Brahman is the small Brahman, and Parabrahman means the Supreme Brahman, or the biggest Brahman. So Krsna is the biggest Brahman, biggest Lord, biggest controller. We may be a small Brahman, a small controller
- Brahman means it is very, very great; and not only great, it is becoming greater and greater. Brhannatvat. So the greatness understanding, of Krsna or the Absolute Truth is accepted everywhere in civilized human society
- Brahman means the Absolute. Brahman is explained in the Vedanta-sutra, janmady asya yatah : - Brahman, or the Absolute Truth, is that from whom everything has emanated
- Brahman means wherefrom everything emanates. So science, philosophy, means to find out the ultimate cause of everything. That we are getting from the sastras, Vedic literature, that Krsna is the cause of all causes
- Brahmana means as it is, they will describe. That is brahmana. And if one has got some motive, that "Bhagavad-gita is popular book. Let me utilize it and make my rascal philosophy popular . . ." That is wrong. That is sudra
- Brahmana means the intelligent man. So we should pick up the intelligent men. They should be trained as brahmana
- Brahmana means the most intellectuals, most intelligent person. Intelligent means one who knows, who has got sufficient knowledge. So brahmana means he has got sufficient knowledge, even up to the understanding of the Absolute Truth
- Brahmana means the most intelligent class of men who can understand even up to the knowledge of Brahman, brahma janati iti brahmana
- Brahmana means to be situated a first-class prisoner. A first-class prisoner is also prisoner
- Brahmana, a brahmana's duty is to present himself an ideal human being. Satyam samo damas titiksa. Titiksa means toleration. "Oh, it is very cold. No, I cannot take bath." No. You must tolerate. You must tolerate
- Brahmana, his qualification is that he knows what is his business. And that business is sat-karma. Sat-karma means a brahmana has to become very learned. Pathana. He must be a serious student of Vedic religion. That is first qualification
- Brahme carati iti brahma brahmacari. Carati means acts. Actually he acts in life, applies the principles of brahmin in his life, he is called brahmacari
- Brahmin is so liberal that he wants to make others also scholar. Pathana pathana, yajana yajana. Yajan means worshiping the Lord, and yajan means helping others
- Brahmin means one who knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth. And Vaisya means those who know visampati, the economic problem. And Sudra means laborer. So each word has got meaning
- Buddha is saktyavesa-avatara. We accept Lord Jesus Christ also, saktyavesa-avatara; Muhammad, saktyavesa-avatara. Saktyavesa-avatara means a living entity especially empowered, and he preaches the philosophy on behalf
- Buddha means "one who knows, in perfect awareness"
- Buddha philosophy flourished for temporary relief, for stopping the animal killing & the Mayavada philosophy also flourished to stop the Buddha philosophy. So both of them are asat-sastra. Asat means emergency regulation. They aren't for our eternal life
- Buddha religion is different from Vedic religion, because he rejected Vedas. And the Vedic followers, because he rejected Vedic principles, Vedic followers said that he, "You are nastika." Nastika means unbeliever
- Buddhi means intelligence. Avisuddha means unclean, contaminated. They think that they have become liberated, but sastra says no, it is not yet liberated. Avisuddha-buddhaya. Still there is contamination
- Buddhi-yoga means bhakti-yoga. So, svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat. Bhakti-yoga, begun, some way or other, it has got great effect
- Buddhi-yoga means transcendental loving service to the Lord. Such devotional service is the right course of action for the living entity. BG 1972 purports
- Buddhih means intelligence. Jnanam means knowledge. Asammohah means freedom from illusion. Ksama. Ksama, forgiveness. Satyam, truth. Damah. Damah means controlling the senses, and samah, to keep the mind equibalanced
- Budha means one who is aware of everything, jnani. Budha bhava-samanvitah (BG 10.8). Such budha, intelligent person, will not accept these base qualities - of SB 5.6.5
- Budha means one who is very intelligent, one who is in awareness of everything
- Business means dharma. Another . . . dharma means occupational duty. So svanusthitasya dharmasya samsiddhir. One must find out the perfection of his business. That is culture
- By advancement of education one becomes fixed up to take things by judgment. That is called vicara. And acara means cleanliness or behavior. The first-, second- and third-class human being, they are situated in acara and vicara
- By always being in KC, one can get out of all sinful reactions. How? Niharam iva bhaskarah. Niharam means dews. You have seen in this season, so many dews are on the grass. As soon as there is sunrise, everything finished. It is very nice example
- By birth everyone is sudra. Even if he's born in a brahmana family he is sudra. The samskara means purification. That is satyam saucam
- By developing their economic condition, they can enjoy material life. Materialistic persons, therefore, are interested in those elevating processes, which are called trai-vargika. Trai means "three"; vargika means "elevating processes"
- By following the principles laid down by great sages and saints of the past, we can very easily understand the aim of all life. The word avarah, meaning "inexperienced," is very significant in this verse - SB 4.18.4
- By gradual process, to bring one to the platform of vasudeve pritir, that is bhakti. Pritir means love, how to love Vasudeva, Krsna. That is civilization - to bring one to the platform of loving Krsna
- By nature these divisions are there. Varna, four varnas, and four asramas. Four varnas means social divisions, and four asrama, spiritual division
- By six kinds of activities you will lose your holding in Krsna consciousness. What is that? Atyaharah, too much eating. Ahara means collection or eating
- By that only qualification, that he's not a Vaisnava, he cannot become guru, whereas, on the other's hand. If a person, sva-pacah means coming of the family of dog-eaters, candala - if he has become a Vaisnava, you can accept him as guru
- By the power of money you can purchase strength and prabhava, influence. And paurusa - paurusa means name, good name. Just like in your country Mr. Henry Ford is known as a very powerful businessman. That is called paurusa
- By various tastes, one’s heart is softened, and there is an awakening of one’s loving propensity to render spontaneous service to the Lord. This is called tatastha-laksana, the marginal symptom of bhava
- By your occupational duties, you are performing yajna. Because yajna means to satisfy the Supreme Lord. Varnasrama... This varnasrama program is there to satisfy the Supreme according to one's quality and karma
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- Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said, "Any rascal" - of course, "rascal" he did not say; I say - that. "Anyone who considers the body of Krsna is prakrta" - prakrta means material - that is the greatest offense
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu knew it very well that all the rascals, they will call them vedanti and do all nonsense. So don't become falsely a vedanti. Real vedanti means if you simply know Krsna and surrender unto Him, then you become a vedanti, real vedanti
- Caitya-guru means who gives conscience and knowledge from within
- Can't we feel how we are in the grip of material nature? The word guna (mode) also means rope. When someone is bound by three strong ropes, he is certainly very tightly secured
- Cancalatvat means agitated mind. We must always remember that we are in a circumstances, material circumstances, where every time, every moment, our mind is agitated. We are not in a very comfortable situation
- Candalas means the dog-eaters. In the human society, the division of higher class and lower class is determined by the standard of eating. So first-class men, just like brahmin, Vaisnava, they eat very purified prasadam
- Candi-patha means you . . . if you properly read, you get some material profit. That's all. No spiritual profit
- Cari varna means four castes, four division of human society: the brahmin, the ksatriyas, the vaisyas and the sudra. They have got their specific duties. One who is brahmin, he has got his specific duty
- Celibacy means completely ceasing from sex life. Yad icchanto brahmacarya. Brahmacarya means celibacy. No sex life. Therefore the brahmacarya asrama is recommended
- Ceto-darpana-marjanam means to solve all the problems. That is Krsna consciousness movement. If you take to this Krsna consciousness movement, then all the problems of the society, human society, of the world, will be solved
- Ceto-darpana-marjanam. Darpana means mirror; marjanam means cleansing. So our heart is just like mirror. It requires to be cleansed, that's all. It is contaminated by the material dust
- Cheater, one must be, due to ignorance. Generally one who is fool, he commits criminality. No sane man does it. Sane means he knows what is what. He does not commit mistake. But to commit mistake means he's insane, ignorant
- Chindanti means cut. Now, for cutting something we require some sharpened instrument. But here, to cut off the mind from attachment, it requires sharpened ukti. Ukti means words. Sharpened topics
- Cinmaya means if you cultivate spiritual knowledge in large quantity, then your body is no more material. It is spiritualized. Cinmaya. Therefore great saintly person's body, after demise it is not burned; it is buried, samadhi, because it is cinmaya
- Ciram means perpetually you can speculate, but you cannot understand what is God. That is not possible. You have to know God from a person who knows God or God personally
- Cit means knowledge. So in this material body we have no knowledge. Even if we have got . . . now imperfect knowledge, limited knowledge. But in the spiritual life you have got full knowledge. That is spiritual life
- Culture begins, civilized, in the Aryan families. Therefore they are called Aryans, "advanced." Aryan means advanced. People want to group themselves in the Aryan family
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- Daiva means generally visnu-bhakta. Visnu means the Supreme Lord who is all-pervasive. Everywhere He is present. Krsna, the Supreme Lord, He is Visnu also in His Paramatma feature
- Daiva means godly. You may arrange everything, but if God is against you, in spite of your all arrangement, everything will be failure. That is described in the Bhagavad-gita
- Daiva-netrena means by superior examination. That is called the day of judgment in the Bible. Whether this soul is going to hell or heaven, that is the day of judgment
- Daivi prakrti means they are no more interested with this material world. They are interested with the spiritual energy
- Daivika means miseries offered by the supernatural power. Just like there is earthquake, famine, pestilence, war
- Daivī-prakṛti means . . . there are two prakṛtis, two natures: internal and external. Internal energy is spiritual energy, and external energy is material energy. So mahātmās, they are not under material energy
- Daksa is described here (in SB 4.4.30) as most hardhearted and therefore unqualified to be a brahmana. Brahma-dhruk is described by some commentators to mean brahma-bandhu, or friend of the brahmanas
- Daksa means "expert," and he was given this name because of his ability to beget many hundreds and thousands of children
- Daksa means very expert. Any business you give to Vaisnava, he will be able to do it very nicely
- Daksa was so hardhearted that he was unworthy to be called an Aryan or brahmana. Thus his ill fame still continues. Daksa means "expert," and he was given this name because of his ability to beget many hundreds and thousands of children
- Damah means senses, controlling the senses. My tongue is dried up, asking for a cigarette. Now, if I am brahmana, then I shall say, "No, you cannot smoke." That is damah
- Dampatye 'bhirucir hetuh (SB 12.2.3). The word abhiruci means "agreement." If the boy and girl simply agree to marry, the marriage takes place. But when the Vedic system is not rigidly observed, marriage frequently ends in divorce
- Danda means "a long rod," and vat means "like." Before a superior, one has to fall down on the ground just like a stick, and this sort of offering of respect is called dandavat
- Danta means sober. Children are generally restless, and the brahmacari-asrama means to train him how to become peaceful. That is the first training, not that to make him very good scholar in grammar
- Dasa means servant, and go means senses. And if you are master of the senses, then you are gosvami. Every word has meaning. So without being fit, we should not use this word as personal designation
- Daya means to become compassionate to the fallen, one who has fallen, one who is in distress. So actually, the whole population at the present moment, they're fallen
- Deha means body. Either it is dead or alive, it has no life. Apranasya hi dehasya. Deha is not alive. It is dead. Simply we understand, because we are foolish rascals, we understand that this body is dead when the soul is away. The body is always dead
- Deha means this body, and dehi means who lives within the body. That is first of all explained. Dehinah asmin dehe: "In this body there is the resident of the body." That is soul. That is the beginning of spiritual knowledge
- Deha, deha means this body. Apatya means children. Kalatra means wife. Here is struggle for existence, and you're thinking that "This my strong body and my nice children and my wife, they are my soldiers. So I am saved." Everyone is thinking like that
- Dehe means in this body, and dehi means the person who is within this body, he is there, from that pealike form. Because my form, my measurement, is so small that we cannot see. It is not possible. It is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair
- Dehi means the possession of the Dehi is within the body, not the body is the person. But no education. Throughout the whole scientific world, university education, there is no concern that - I am not this body; I am soul
- Dehi means the possessor, the owner of the body. It is said clearly, and we can understand that when I meditate upon my body, actually what I am. So if one is deep thinker, he'll immediately understand that "I am not this body"
- Dehi means the proprietor of this body. Both we all, not only we human being, but also lower than human being, all living entities... There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities. They are called dehi
- Dehinah means the one who possesses this body. That is meaning, the dehinah. Just like in Sanskrit word, guninah. Guninah means one who has got some special attributes
- Dehino 'smin yatha dehe (BG 2.13). Deha, deha means this body. Asmin dehe, in this body, there is dehi. Dehi means who is the owner of this body. That is soul. That is passing through childhood, boyhood, babyhood, youthhood, old age
- Demons, who are less than human beings but are not called animals, do not know the meaning of pravrtti and nivrtti, work to be done and work not to be done
- Devanam means in the beginning there was Brahma, Visnu, Mahesvara. And Krsna is adi of these devas also. Aham adir hi devanam. Aham sarvasya prabhavo: "Everything has emanated from Me"
- Devarsi-bhuta, apta. Apta means relatives or family. We are indebted to the father, mother, elderly family members. In this way we are implicated with so many debts
- Devata means God conscious, Krsna conscious. Anyone who is Krsna conscious, he is devata, demigod
- Devesa means that He (Krsna) is the controller of all demigods and is above them all. He is the shelter of the whole universe
- Devi means "resplendent and most beautiful." Or else it means "the lovely abode of the worship and love sports of Lord Krsna"
- Devotee is bhagavat-prapannah. Bhagavat means to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prapannah means fully surrendered
- Devotees are called prasantah, which means "completely satisfied." Suddha-cetasah means Krsna conscious; their consciousness has become purified
- Devotees are expert in all transactions (yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah (SB 5.18.12)). Therefore they are called kovida, which means - expert
- Devotees have no lusty desires for oneness; instead, their desire is to be freed from all material hankering. they are called niskama, desireless
- Devotional life means renounced life. Vairagya-vidya, vairagya means renunciation. Anyone who has no more interest in materialistic way of life, that is bhakti-yoga
- Devotional service cannot be rendered to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whenever the word bhajasva appears, meaning "engage yourself in devotional service," there must be the servant, service and the served
- Dhara-mandala means "planet." This earth, for instance, is called dhara-mandala. Akhila, however, means "all" or "universal
- Dharma artha kama moksa (SB 4.8.41, CC Adi 1.90). And at last, to become liberated, moksa. Moksa means to get out of the entanglement of material miserable condition of life
- Dharma is not a religious sentiment. dharma means our occupational duty, real meaning. I think I have given it in Srimad-Bhagavatam. So when we forget our duty, that is called dharmasya glanih. Glanih means deterioration of our real occupational duty
- Dharma is translated in English as "religion," but actually, it does not convey the real import of dharma. As I have many times explained in these meetings, that dharma means some particular characteristic which you cannot change
- Dharma means occupational duty. dharma means not a religious sentiment, that, as it is translated in English - a sentiment
- Dharma, generally it is understood "religion". Religion means a kind of faith. So that is not the proper meaning of dharma, "faith." Faith one may have, one may not have. But actually dharma means compulsory: it must be
- Dharmadayah means religiosity, economic development. Dharma-adayah. Adayah means beginning. That means human civilization should begin from religious principle. Otherwise, it is not human civilization
- Dharmaraja, or Yamaraja, he is one of the twelve authorized persons for maintaining properly the human civilization. The principle is dharma. Dharma means not a religious sentiment. Dharma means occupational duty
- Dhira and adhira, there are two classes of men. One is sober, even there is cause of agitation, still he remains firm. He is called dhira. And adhira means as soon as there is cause of agitation, he became a victim. That is called adhira
- Dhira means intelligent, cool-headed, not rascal. So this very word is used, dhira. Dhira means cool-headed, not disturbed
- Dhira means one who is not disturbed. That requires training. In great dangerous position, one is not disturbed, that is not ordinary thing. Therefore the word has been used, dhira. Dhira and adhira
- Dhira means that one who is undisturbed in mind. And our disturbance of the mind is due to our ignorance
- Dhira means, I have already explained, not to be disturbed, even the cause of disturbance is there. So that is the qualification of becoming immortal
- Dhirah means very sober, fully controlled. That is called dhirah. Dhiras tatra na muhyati. Unless you become dhirah, you cannot understand what is spiritual life. That is not possible
- Dhrti is the fullness felt due to the absence of misery and the attainment of knowledge of the Supreme Lord and pure love for Him
- Diksa actually means initiating a disciple with transcendental knowledge by which he becomes freed from all material contamination
- Dina-cetasam means poor-minded, dina; or crippled, cripple-minded. Actually, I see all the householders in Western countries, they are cripple-minded. Just like animal they are living. There is no high thought: what is next life, what is God
- Diva, diva means "daytime." Carthehaya: simply (grhamedhis are) searching after money: "Where is money? Where is money? Where is money? "Diva carthehaya kutumba-bharanena va. Or in maintaining the family, children, purchasing for them, doing something
- Divya-jnana means transcendental knowledge. So divya is di, and jnanam, ksapayati, explaining, that is ksa, di-ksa. This is called diksa, diksa, the combination. So diksa means the initiation to begin transcendental activities. That is called initiation
- Divyam means "not ordinary." It should not be understood just like we take our birth. Krsna does not take His birth like us
- Does he (a mahatma) follow this devotional service blindly? No. Jnatva. Jnatva means - knowing perfectly that I (Krsna) am the source of everything
- Don't manufacture your meditation. Just like there are so many meditators. They have manufactured their own way of meditation. That is not recommended, anusmara. Anu means "Follow. You become thoughtful, but taking the instruction from higher authority"
- Don't remain in the ignorant stage of life. That is called sudra. Try to become brahmana. That (Satyam param dhimahi) is the meaning
- Drabya means vegetables, etc. And this Drabyamulyena Suddhati is only in special cases like this. It is not to done ordinarily, or unless in special circumstance. We should prepare our own foodstuff and offer as much as possible, of course
- Dravya-jnana means physical knowledge. And brahma-jnana means spiritual knowledge
- Due to their (Prabhupada's personal family) accepting the posts of zamindars in the Muslim government, they received the title Mullik. Similarly, Rupa, Sanatana and Vallabha were also given the title Mullik. Mullik means - lord
- Duh means very difficult, and puram means satisfaction. Duspuram. We have taken shelter of lusty desires which will never be satisfied. This is our position. Kamam asritya duspuram
- Duhkha means suffering. And the real suffering is to take birth and then again die. And between birth and death there is old age and disease
- Duhkha means unhappiness. So suppose a millionaire is suffering from typhoid and a poor man is suffering from typhoid. Does that mean the millionaire will have less distress than the poor man?
- Duhkha-gramad means volumes of miserable condition of life. One can avoid volumes of miserable condition of life simply by chanting
- Duhkhalayam means the place of miseries. If the place is made for miseries, how you can make this place as full of pleasure, if God made like that
- Duhkhalayam means the place of miseries. We are thinking that we have made a paradise, but actually the place is miserable, because the threefold miseries, they are there
- Durasaya means the hope which will never be successful. So these rascals, they are trying to be happy by so-called scientific advancement. That is durasaya. Not possible. Hopeless
- Durasaya means which cannot be fulfilled. You can hope something, you can... But it is hoping against hope. It will never be fulfilled. That is called durasa
- Durbhiksa means these brahmacaris, sannyasis, they should go to every householder's house and take some alms. When this is refused, that means we are calling durbhiksa, scarcity of food grain. It should be given
- Durga energy means this material energy. Durga means fort. Duh means difficult, and ga means going. Dur-ga. So because the nature is feminine, therefore it is called Durga
- Durga means the material power, energy. So when a person is in the lowest stage of material existence, he realizes some power. That's a fact. The scientists also, they realize some power, there is some power in the material world
- Durlabham means very rarely obtained. Our modern anthropologists, they also admit it, that after many evolution of different species of life, this human form of life is obtained. But they do not know what it is meant for
- Duskrtina means always doing against the scriptural or religious injunction. Always, continuously. Our business is now to break the rules of scriptures. That's all. That has become our business, duskrtina, always
- Duskrtina means miscreants or always engaged in sinful activities. If you are not religious, then you must act sinfully
- Duskrtina means very intelligent, but the intelligence is being misused in mischief-mongering. Krti means very nice brain, but duskrti - the brain is used for creating misgivings
- Dvandva means fighting or quarreling. Every one of us has got nature for fighting with others unnecessarily. Even some people come here with a spirit of fighting with me. So this is called dvandva
- Dvayam means two, Radha and Krsna. They are one. There is no difference, energy and the energetic. So Radharani is the energy, pleasure energy, of Krsna
- Dvesa means "envy." When one becomes envious of Krsna, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one thinks, "Why should Krsna be the all and all? I'm as good as Krsna"
- Dvija means brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya. One who has got the right to take the sacred thread, they are called dvijas. But out of the three, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, the brahmana is called dvija-srestha
- Dvija means second birth. One birth by the father and mother, and the other birth is by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge. That is called second birth. Samskarad bhaved dvijah. At that time he is given chance to study and understand what is Vedas
- Dvija-bandhu means who has not perfected his knowledge by hearing from the bona fide source. He is called dvija-bandhu
- Dvisatah means there is a class who are always envious of God. As soon as you speak something about God, they become fire: "Oh, what is this God nonsense?"
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- Each word in this verse is very important. Prinanti hy atha mam dhirah. Dhira means very intelligent, not crazy; just the opposite of crazy. Dhira. So Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita who is dhira. There are many places. Dhiras tatra na muhyati
- Eagles are fond of eating goats, and of course many birds eat only fruits and berries. Therefore the words caram, referring to moving animals, and acaram, referring to grasses, fruits and vegetables, are mentioned in this verse - SB 4.18.23-24
- Economic development means to get more money and to satisfy senses more and more. This is the modern theory. But Krsna says that to achieve the perfection of life, one should be nirasih. Nirasih means unnecessarily desiring for sense gratification
- Education means to purify the knowledge, because we are all born animals. Abodha-jata. Abodha. Abodha means one who has no knowledge
- Education of Krsna consciousness should be given from the very childhood, kaumara. Kaumara means from the age of fifth year up to the tenth year. This is called kaumara age
- Eight symptoms of a jivan mukta - 06 Another symptom (of a liberated person) is apipata, which means that he has no desire other than to engage in the devotional service of Krsna, his dearmost pursuable Lord
- Either my father was lord or I have accumulated some wealth, the government has recognized me as lord . . . under certain condition, I have become lord. But He is adi. Adi means He is the origin. There is nothing beyond Him; therefore adi. Adi, anadi
- Ekanta-bhakti means unalloyed devotion. This is the secret of devotional life. Even God is not physically present, a devotee can be very much exalted by devotional service. That is the teaching of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
- Eko bahunam vidadhati kaman. The meaning is that one living force is supplying all the demands of all other living entities
- Enjoyment, ananda means enjoyment. Enjoyment cannot be impersonal; there must be varieties. That is enjoyment. You have got experience that when there is a bunch of flower of different colors it is very enjoyable
- Especially at the present moment, Kali-yuga, the atheistic persons are almost everyone. They have been described as mandah. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya (SB 1.1.10). Manda means bad, very bad
- Especially in the Western countries, their only plan is how to satisfy the senses. They have no other plan. But real life is to stop this line of civilization - nivrtti. Nivrtti means - stop
- Especially mentioned in this verse (SB 3.19.31) is the word akhanditotsavam. Utsava means "pleasure." Whenever some function takes place to express happiness, it is called utsava
- Even big, big political leaders. They will cover: "Kuruksetra means this, dharmaksetra means this." No. Hearing should be ... Our policy is hearing the original, as it is. Then it will be effective
- Even Chief Justice, he cannot make a law. The law is given by state. Similarly, dharma means bhagavata-dharma and other so-called dharmas, they are not dharmas. They will not be accepted
- Even father will be enemy, what to speak of others. If you become Krsna conscious, the whole world will be your enemy. You must be prepared for that. So therefore you require tapasya. Tapasya means voluntarily agree to suffer
- Even if there is some wrong on the part of the husband, the wife must tolerate it, and thus there will be no misunderstanding between husband and wife. Visrambhena means "with intimacy," but it must not be familiarity that breeds contempt
- Even if you go to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, then there also punar avartinah, means the four principles of material existence, namely birth, death, old age and disease, they will accompany you
- Even if you go to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, then there also punar avartinah, means the four principles of material existence, namely birth, death, old age and disease, they will accompany you. Wherever you go
- Even in the impersonal existence of the Lord, as it is in the material creation, one should aspire for personal realization of the Lord, and that is the meaning of pascad aham yad etac ca yo 'vasisyeta so 'smy aham
- Even President Johnson, he's under illusion. Even the greatest scientist, he's under this illusion. So that one is sure to commit mistake, and one is under illusion, and bhrama, pramada and vipralipsa . . . vipralipsa means the tendency for cheating
- Even those who are liberated from this material contamination, they are called mukta-jiva, liberated soul. And there are nitya-mukta. Nitya-mukta and nitya-baddha. Nitya means eternally, and mukta means liberated
- Every devotee is subordinate. Nobody is equal to Krsna. If we do that, then it is mistake. A devotee never says. Dasa. Dasa means servant. Servant is always the subordinate
- Every living entity is puranjana. The word puram means "within this body, within this form," and jana means "living entity." Thus everyone is puranjana
- Every Sanskrit word has got its root meaning. Just like Krsna. Krsna has got His root meaning. Krsna, "the greatest." Krs, and na means negation. There are different meanings, but this is one of the meanings
- Every so-called learned scholars, they have no, I mean to say, idea what is God, what is Krsna, and where to speak of satisfying Him. But the bhakti means that he, a bhakta, is always ready to sacrifice everything to satisfy Krsna
- Every student is expected to become Acarya. Acarya means one who knows the scriptural injunctions and follows them practically in life, and teaches them to his disciples
- Everyone has got asakti. Asakti means attachment, this material attachment
- Everyone has to conquer over sleeping, so that is called daksah. And daksah means expert. Whatever business is entrusted to him, he does it very nicely, daksa
- Everyone in this material world trying to mitigate or trying to become free from the distress. Duhkhasya. Atyantika-duhkha-nivrtti. Atyantika means supreme. The struggle for existence in this material world is everyone is trying to get some happiness
- Everyone is in the blazing fire of material existence. It is just like forest fire. If there is fire in the forest, all the inhabitants of forest, all the animals, they become so much in perturbed condition. So guru means to rescue from this forest fire
- Everyone is servant. Therefore we teach our students to address "prabhu." "I am your servant, you are my master, prabhu." That is the meaning of prabhu. Prabhu means master. And Prabhupada means supreme master. That is the meaning
- Everyone is working in this material world for some salary or for some remuneration, but if one works as a matter of duty . . . anasritah karma-phalam karyam. Karyam means "It must be done." In such a way if somebody acts, then he is sannyasi
- Everyone must engage in the service of the Lord. Taking the word api in the sense of ascertainment, there are, all together, sixty different meanings
- Everyone should act yajna. Yajna means work to satisfy the Supreme Lord. That is called yajna. If we do not do that, then we shall be obliged
- Everyone, we are in the dark well surrounded by serpents, this body. Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung this song, sarira avidya-jal, jadendriya tahe kala. Kala means serpents, kala-sarpa
- Everything is resting on the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore He is the ultimate rest. Nidhanam means that everything, even the Brahman effulgence, rests on the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- Everything is there in the sastra. So it is our duty the human life to get knowledge from sastra. That is, means Veda. Veda means knowledge. Get knowledge from the standard Veda
- Everything, there is some bhakti-yoga, but if it is not pure, then it will take very, very, very, very long time, bahunam janmanam. One janma means hundreds of years. We are not talking of any other janma
- Everywhere. Living entities’ name is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga means it lives everywhere; or it can go everywhere
- Except the satvatas, nobody knows what is God. Satvata means Vaisnava
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- Faith is very essential, and one who hasn't got such faith, for him, it is stated here that vinasyati. Vinasyati means he is put into the wilderness of this material world
- False ahankara and real ahankara. Ahankara means law of identity. "I am Indian," this is ahankara. "I am American," this is ahankara. "I am rich man," this is also ahankara. "I am poor man." There are so many ahankaras, law of identification
- Fighting whimsically by the politicians, that is not sanctioned. There must be dharma-yuddha. dharma-yuddha means religious fight, fight on religious principles
- Find out the ultimate cause. That is darsana. In Sanskrit it is called darsana, find out what is the supreme cause
- First code in the Brahma-sutra is athato brahma jijnasa. Brahma-jijnasa: to inquire about the Absolute. The jijnasa means inquiry. In the cats' and dogs' life the inquiry is, - Where is food? Where is shelter? Where is sex?
- First of all we have to hear about God from authorized persons. Then kirtanam. Kirtanam means glorifying the activities of God. Then there are other. These two items are very important, and there are other items also
- First of all you be like that, without any sex desire, then you think famous Vaisnava. Vaisnava means he has no material desire, what to speak of sex desire
- First of all you have to come to the stage of tranquillity. Evam prasanna-manasah. Prasanna-manasa means always jubilant. That can be achieved by this process: bhagavad-bhakti-yogatah, by devotional service, no by no other process
- Five thousand years before, it was mentioned that krsna-varnam. Krsna-varnam means that He (Caitanya) is in the category of Krsna
- Foolish person always desires material opulence, which can be attained by karma, jnana & yoga. But when one is actually elevated to the devotional platform, he gives up all these desires. This is called anyabhilasita-sunya. Then one becomes a pure devotee
- For advancement in spiritual life, such tapasya (fasting and other dietary regulations) is essential. Tapasya means voluntarily accepting something which may be painful
- For arriving at the positive conclusions of knowledge in the Absolute Truth, the word brahma-darsanam is significant in this verse (SB 3.32.23). Brahma-darsanam means to realize or to understand the Transcendence
- For getting out of these material clutches one has to take shelter of Visnu - not of Lord Brahma nor Lord Siva. It is explained in the BG: kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah yajante anya-devatah (BG 7.20). Anya-devatah means Lord Siva and Lord Brahma and others
- For Krsna consciousness everyone can be purified, even the non-Aryans. It is without any check. Ahaituky apratihata. Apratihata means without any material check
- For money how unfaithfully and dishonestly they live. Who? First of all taskarah. Taskarah means - burglars, thief, how dishonestly they live, how awfully, sinful life they live, simply for money, taskarah and then sevakah - servants
- For our original characteristic, that we are eternal servant of God, Krsna, if we are situated in that platform or eternal platform, serving Krsna, that is mukti. Mukti means give up the false conception of life and take the real conception of life
- For the translation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you can say either Paramesvara or Bhagavan. Paramatma or Antaryami is good for localized Super-soul. If you can give the meaning of all the sanskrit words, that will be best
- Four things: birth either in good nation or in good family, janma; and aisvarya means wealth, richness; and sruta means education; and sri means beauty. So this is the consideration of material pious or impious
- From all angles of vision the word guru is especially meant for the bona fide representative of Krsna and no one else
- From Bhagavad-gita, nonviolence, how it is possible? Bhagavad-gita begins with the word yuyutsavah. And now, if you want to make it nonviolent, that is misleading. Yuyutsavah means - Fighting spirit
- From Mahabharata we understand that the Pandavas, at least up to Maharaja Pariksit, he ruled over the whole world. Bharatavarsa means the whole world, and the capital was here, Hastinapura
- From sas-dhatu, sasanam. The Sanskrit words are coined from the dhatu verb. So sas-dhatu means ruling. So there is ruling. You cannot think that you are independent. There is government
- From the birth, as I have explained, everyone is sudra. Sudra means one who laments. That is called sudra. For a slight loss or slight inconvenience, one who laments, he is called sudra. And brahmins means one who tolerates. A sudra has no toleration
- From the material nature everything is coming. Therefore according to Vedic knowledge, this earth is also mother. We have got seven mothers according to Vedic civilization: Atma-mata means original mother, real mother. And guroh patni, the wife of teacher
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- Gati means the destination where we want to go. But the ultimate goal is Krsna, although people do not know it. BG 1972 purports
- Gaudiya-sampradaya, means we belong to the Brahma-sampradaya. Our sampradaya begins from Lord Brahma
- Gauranga Bolite Habe, 1968 Dec 29 - Rupa-raghunatha-pade haibe akuti. When I shall be very much eager to study the books left by the Six Gosvamis. Akuti means eagerness
- Gauranga Bolite Habe, 1968 Jan 5 - Pulaka-sarira means shivering on the body. When one is factually situated in the transcendental platform, sometimes there are eight kinds of symptoms: crying, talking like a madman, and shivering of the body
- Gauranga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gauranga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivasa. All together
- Gavayah dhanavan. Gavayah means by possessing some number of cows one is supposed to be rich. It is actually the fact. Everyone should possess some land for growing food grains and some cows to take milk. Then the whole economic problem is solved
- Gavayah means by possessing some number of cows one is supposed to be rich. It is actually the fact. Everyone should possess some land for growing food grains and some cows to take milk. Then the whole economic problem is solved
- Generally religious system is taken for improving social and economic condition. Artha. Artha means economy. Artha is required for sense gratification. We require economic development for our sense gratification
- Generally the goddess of fortune does not remain steadily in one place. Her name is Cancala, which means "one who is not steady." We find, therefore, that a man who is very rich may become the poorest of the poor. Another example is Ravana
- Generally, everyone has got attraction for woman. Woman has got attraction for man. That is general. But when they are united by marriage, the attraction becomes very acute, hrdaya-granthim ahuh. Hrdaya-granthi means very hard knot
- Generally, people are karmaja. Karmaja means one who wants to enjoy the fruit of his labor. Everyone in this material world, they have come to enjoy
- Generally, they worship God, needy, artah artharthi. Artah means diseased, artharthi means in need of money
- Giri-vara-dhari means that hill, and He sustained that hill. He was at that time seven years old from material calculation
- Go means "senses," and svami means "controller"; so one who can control the senses is to be considered a gosvami. Krsna indicates that one who identifies with the illusory material body cannot establish himself in his proper identity as spirit soul
- Go means cow, and khara means ass. This is the verdict of the sastra that, If anyone is in the bodily concept of life, he is no better than the animal go and khara, ass and cow
- Go means cow, and kharah means ass. Those who are in the bodily concept of life, aham mameti, they are no better than these asses and the cows, means the animals. This is going on
- Go means senses. So unless you become gosvami, your life is spoiled. Gosvami. You cannot be dictated by the senses. You have to dictate to the senses
- Go-dasa. Go means senses. He is always, cut down by the sense urges
- Go-raksya means cow protection
- God (Krsna) is asamordhva, which means that no one is equal to or superior to Him. If we find someone who has no superior, we can accept him as God. God can be defined as one who has no superior and who has no equal. This is the Vedic version
- God and we, we are all individuals. But the difference is that He's nityo nityanam. Nityanam means plural number. Nityo nityanam. Nityo is singular number, and nityanam means plural number. We are all plural number
- God appears as soon as there is discrepancies in the methodical way. Another place, indrari-vyakulam lokam (SB 1.3.28). Indra. Indra means the heavenly god, and ari means enemy. So indrari, the enemy of the king of heaven. That means demons
- God has created so many witnesses. The first witness is surya, the sun. How you can go away from the sunlight? Anywhere you go... We are in this room. Because it is daytime, the sunlight is there. Suryah agnih. Agnih means fire
- God is equally kind, equally merciful, but we fight. We, disagree in religious principle. That is due to Kali. Not this Kali. Kali means due to our fighting spirit. It is not God. God is equal to everyone. We fight because we have got misconception
- God or anything about God is beyond the limit of our thinking, speculation. Therefore, we have to learn it submissively. Tad viddhi pranipatena. Pranipata means submission
- God reveals to you by your service attitude. And that service attitude begins from your tongue, jihva. Jihva means tongue. How? You chant Hare Krsna and taste krsna-prasadam. Then you will realize. Two things. Very simple method
- Going to the forest is not the main purpose of life. Because in the forest there are many animals. Does it mean they are advanced in spiritual life? That is called markata-vairagya. Markata-vairagya means "monkey renunciation
- Gokula means "flocks of cows." Go means cow and kula means flocks. Vraja is not different from Vrndavana. Vraja means the pasturing grounds and Vrndavana is the woods where there are many Tulsi leaves
- Gosvami does not mean go-dasa. Go means senses, and dasa means servant. If we keep the title gosvami and become servant of the senses, it is cheating
- Gosvami means controlling the senses, who has completely controlled the senses. Svami or gosvami. Svami also means that and gosvami also means the same thing
- Gosvami means vaco vegam krodha-vegam visaheta (Upadesamrta 1). If there is some krodha, he should tolerate
- Gotra is the family tradition. According to Vedic civilization, everybody has got gotra. Gotra means of the same family, of rsis, gotra, from the rsis. So we have to become acyuta-gotra, again belonging to the family of Krsna
- Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. These verses, Brahma-samhita, it was composed by Lord Brahma. Therefore in the Vedic literature this is called Samhita. Samhita means part of the Vedic literature
- Gramya means ordinary deals, ordinary dealings, social etiquette. They call me Panditaji, but actually I do not know what is the aim of my life, what is my constitutional position
- Grantha means revealed scriptures, and nir is an affix which is used to mean "no connection," "constructing," and also "prohibiting"
- Grha means compact in a room. So I am the living entity, spirit soul, I am compact within this body, encaged, or I am encaged within this universe. This is also compact
- Grha-vratanam: because his real aim of life is that "I shall remain in this house." Grha-vratanam. Grha means household life, grha means this body, grha means this universe. There are so many grhas, big and small
- Grham andha-kupam, if we discuss threadbare, it may be very unpalatable. But we have to discuss from sastra what is grha. Grha, it is . . . another word, it is called anganasrayam. Angana. Angana means woman; to live under the protection of wife
- Grhamedhi means one who does not know what is the aim of life. Grhamedhi and grhastha. Grhastha means although he is living with wife and children, but he knows what is the aim of life. That is the grhastha asrama
- Grhastha , grhastha is an asrama. Asrama. Asrama means where spiritual culture is made. That is called asrama
- Grhastha life is inauspicious because grhastha means consciousness for sense gratification, and as soon as there is sense gratification, one's position is always full of dangers. This material world is said to be padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
- Grhastha means one who remains within the apartment, but he is not compact; he is not bound up within the boundaries of the apartment. He has got other business. What is that business? That is atma-tattvam
- Grhastha means they must have sex. But they're living independent, separately
- Grhastha, householder means giving a little license who cannot completely restrict sex life. That's all. Grhastha does not mean unrestricted sex life. If you have known this married life like that, that's a wrong conception
- Grhi means anyone who is living within this body or anyone who is living within this material world. It is a compact thing. So they are very poor-hearted. They do not know what is the value of life
- Gu means stool
- Gudakesa means one who has conquered sleep. Sleeping means maya, or darkness
- Guna means quality, and karma means work. One must be qualified for the work, and he must actually work
- Guna means this quality, and another meaning of guna is rope. Just like we have seen rope, one rope, two rope, three ropes. When three ropes are, I mean to say, bound up, twisted in one, oh, that becomes very strong
- Gunan means this world, this material world, is full of three qualities - the quality of goodness, the quality of passion, the quality of ignorance. Or mixed: three into three into nine; nine into nine equal to eighty-one
- Guru is the cloud. That is... Samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghana.... Ghanaghanatvam means cloud, dense cloud. As soon as there is dense cloud and pours water, finished, all blazing fire finished. That is guru
- Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brahmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side
- Guru means expert. Heavy. Whose knowledge is heavier than your scanty knowledge. You have to learn knowledge
- Guru means one who has seen the Absolute Truth. That is guru. Tattva-darsinah. Tattva means the Absolute Truth, and darsinah, one who has seen
- Guru means one who teaches the regulative principle from sastra, from authorized scripture. That is guru. Guru cannot be anyone
- Guru means sadhu. A sadhu means the devotee of the Lord. If one is not sadhu, then he cannot become guru
- Guru means sadhu. A sadhu means the devotee of the Lord. If one is not sadhu, then he cannot become guru. And sadhu means . . . this is the description given. What is that? Mayy ananyena bhavena bhaktim kurvanti ye drdham. He's sadhu
- Guru means teacher?
- Guru means the teacher. So if the teacher does not give you real knowledge, then he is not teacher, he is cheater
- Guru-susrusaya means that you have to first of all select a spiritual master. Without a teacher, without guidance, nobody can make any process
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- Happiness and distress is the cause of socati and kanksati. Kanksati means desiring to have something. This is distress. And lamenting for something, that is also distress. Actually, this is the material position
- Harati means take away. He comes here just to give you benediction, to save you from all kinds of miseries. Therefore His name is Hari
- Hare means energy, and Krsna is the name of the Supreme Lord, so when we chant Hare Krsna we are saying - O energy of the Lord, O Lord, please accept me
- Hari means who takes away all subjective things of fearfulness. That is Hari. He takes away all our miserable condition of life, Hari
- Hari-sambandhi-vastunah. Vastu means substance or thing which has connection with Hari. This stone, wood, air, fire, water - five gross elements - it has connection with Krsna. Krsna says in the BG, bhumir apo 'nalo - BG 7.4
- Haridasa Thakura, he's called Brahma-Haridasa. Sometimes he is called Yavana-Haridasa. Yavana means Muslim or those who are not in the Vedic principles, yavana, mleccha
- Harih sarvesu bhutesu means that Hari is situated as Paramatma, not as atma, although atma is a part of Paramatma
- He (a devotee born in candala family) is not only personally becoming purified, but his parents, his father, his brother. sa kulam. Kulam means the whole family
- He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) preached this acintya-bhedabheda-tattva. Means that jiva, simultaneously one and different: one in quality and different in quantity. This is very reasonable. And it is confirmed in the Vedas, Upanisad
- He (devotee of God) will never command the Lord to appear. This is a sign of pure devotion. Therefore in this verse (of SB 8.6.13) we find the word ati-cira-ipsita-artham, meaning that the devotee aspires for a long, long time to see the Lord
- He (God) is described herein (SB 4.30.42) as suddha, meaning "always free from contamination."
- He (Krsna) is the origin of everything. Don't you read Bhagavad-gita? Aham sarvasya prabhavah. The atomic energy is different from sarvasya. Sarvasya means everything. Everything comes from Him. The atomic energy must come from Him. Right conclusion
- He (Krsna) says sastra, Vedic evidence, must be accepted. The Vedic evidence is very chronologized in the Vedanta-sutra. He especially mentioned brahma-sutra-padaih. Brahma-sutra means Vedanta-sutra
- He (real Krsna conscious person) has no hankering. He has no lamentation. Samah sarvesu bhutesu. This is the highest stage of Krsna consciousness. Samah sarvesu bhutesu. Samah means equality; sarvesu, all; bhutesu, entities. This is third stage
- He (Sudama Vipra) called himself a brahma-bandhu, meaning - one born in a brahmana family but not brahminically qualified
- He (the devotee) should not ignorantly identify himself with the body or the mind. Atma means the body or the mind, but here (in SB 3.27.8) the word atmavan especially means that one should be self-possessed
- He becomes purified. Sarvopadhi means he doesn't... Sarvopadhi. He tries to eliminate his upadhi, his designation, that "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am this," "I am that"
- He is isvara, parama-purusa, the Supreme Person. Isvara means the Supreme Person. In the English dictionary also it is said "God means the Supreme Person." God means the Supreme Person. So that Supreme Person is Krsna
- He is recommending, Sukadeva Gosvami, that this regulative life should be conducted: first of all tapasya. Tapasya means... Tapa. Tapa means voluntary suffering. That is called tapasya
- He knows that they will be finished, pasyann api na pasyati. He has practical experience, still he does not see. This is called maya. Maya means thing is one and he's thinking otherwise
- He wanted some master, because a dog without master, his position is very precarious. Without master. . . So we are all servant. Every one of us, we are all servants of maya. Maya means we are servant of our desires
- Here (in BG 10.3) the word ajam, meaning unborn, should not be confused with the living entities, who are described in the Second Chapter as ajam. BG 1972 purports
- Here (in BG 5.10) brahmani means in Krsna consciousness. The material world is a sum total manifestation of the three modes of material nature, technically called the pradhana. BG 1972 purports
- Here (in CC Adi 17.105) we get some information of the Vaikuntha world, or spiritual world. Vaikuntha means - without anxiety
- Here (in SB 03.22.06) the word akrtatmanam is very significant. Atma means "body," "soul," or "mind," and akrtatma means the common man, who cannot control the senses or the mind
- Here (in SB 3.21.30) the words tirthi-krtasesa-kriyarthah are significant. Tirtha means a sanctified place where charity is given
- Here (in SB 3.22.17) we find the word harmya-prsthe. Harmya means "a very big palatial building." Svad vimanat means "from his own airplane." It is suggested that private airplanes or helicopters were also current in those days
- Here (in SB 3.25.44) the words mano mayy arpitam, which mean "the mind being fixed on Me," are significant
- Here (in SB 3.25.7) the word asad-indriya-tarsanat is significant. Asat means impermanent temporary and indriya means senses
- Here (in SB 3.31.39) the word pratilabdhatma-labhah occurs. Atma means self, and labha means gain
- Here (in SB 3.32.12-15) he (Brahma) is called veda-garbha, which means that he knows the complete purpose of the Vedas
- Here (in SB 3.32.6) the word nivrtti-dharma-niratah means "constantly engaging in executing religious activities for detachment."
- Here (in SB 6.12.35) the word alokam means the transcendental world, Vaikunthaloka, where Sankarsana eternally resides
- Here (SB 4.12.22) He (Krsna) is called puskara-nabha, which means "the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has a lotus navel," and sammatau means "two confidential or very obedient servants"
- Here the proposal is how to achieve perfect happiness of atma. Atma means the body, atma means the mind and atma means the soul. So unless you get happiness of the soul, simply trying to get happiness of the body and the mind, you'll never get happiness
- Here the statement of self-realization aham brahmasmi, which is interpreted by the Mayavada philosophy to mean "I am the Supreme Lord," is explained. The Supreme Lord is the original seed of everything
- Here the word snigdhapangavalokanat means that he was fortunate enough to see the Supreme Lord face to face. He looked healthy because he had directly received the nectarean sound vibrations from the lotus lips of the Personality of Godhead
- Here the word vigraham, "having specific form," is very significant, for it indicates that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is explained in the Brahma-samhita
- Here we have got that taste of rasa in a perverted manner. But cinmaya-rasa means it continues. This Radha-Krsna with the gopis, they are enjoying, dancing, chanting. That is eternally; that is never stopped
- Hiranya means gold, and kasipu means soft bed, cushion. So materialist persons, they are very much fond of gold and enjoying sex. That is their business. So Hiranyakasipu is the typical example of this materialistic person
- His (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's) only business is to describe Krsna. But His complexion is not krsna; akrsna. Akrsna. Akrsna means white. Because Krsna had many colors. One of the colors was pita, golden, golden avatara
- His father was engaged in austerity, and because he (the brahmin boy) born of such powerful father, he had also the power, austerity, & srutaujas. Srutauja means "by education." If one man is educated, highly educated, talented scholar, he has got power
- Householder life means attachment for one's wife, whereas sannyasa means detachment from one's wife and attachment to Krsna
- How is one to receive? One should receive the transcendental message by aural reception. The word karna-randhraih means "through the holes of the ears." The favor of the spiritual master is not received through any other part of the body but the ears
- How it (love for Krsna) is awakened? If you simply give your aural reception to the krsna-katha. Krsna-katha means what is spoken by Krsna, the Bhagavad-gita, and krsna-katha means speeches and words which are spoken about Krsna
- How one becomes God? God is not manufactured by vote. There are definition who is God. God must be the proprietor of all the riches, aisvaryasya samagrasya. Samagra means all. Nobody can compete with Him
- How scientifically it is described: jalaja nava-laksani. First, because there is water for aquatics, then as land comes out, the trees come out. Sthavara laksa-vimsati. Sthavara means these trees and plants, they cannot move
- How they (Six Gosvamis) became gosvami or svami? Because they are not affected by these (sleeping, eating, sex and defense) demands. That is gosvami; that is svami. Svami means master. Gosvami means master of the senses
- How woman can become in equal with man? Of course, we are not going to study the social welfare activities or something like that, but purusa and prakrti, they are different. Purusa means enjoyer, and prakrti means enjoyed
- How you can trace out the history of Vedas? Vedas means knowledge. Vedas means knowledge. So first of all find out from which date knowledge began. Then you find out the date of the Vedas
- Hrda means through the heart He transmitted the knowledge, bhagavat-tattva. And after understanding the bhagavat-tattva instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Brahma wrote this Brahma-samhita
- Hrih means that one should be very modest and must not perform some act which is abominable. BG 1972 purports
- Hrsika means senses. These senses have no value without Krsna. Therefore natural conclusion is the senses belongs to Krsna
- Hrsikesa means the real proprietor is Krsna. I have been given this property
- Hrsikesa-sevanam. Not hrsika-sevanam. Hrsika means senses. So when senses are used for sense gratification, that is maya. And when senses are used for the gratification of the master of the senses, that is called bhakti. A very simple definition
- Human form of body is also temporary. But the animal cannot get that achievement which we can get. Durlabham manusam janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam. Arthadam means . . . artha means meaningful, or some material profit or spiritual profit
- Hundred and one years ago, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, he appeared on this day. So Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is gaura-sakti. Gaura-sakti means empowered, empowered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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- I am chanting Hare Krsna mantra I can go on committing all kinds of sinful activities. It will be neutralized by my chanting - This is offense. Namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhih. Papa-buddhih means the desire for committing sinful activities
- "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds." Krsna is the root of everything; therefore rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna (krsna-seva), means automatically serving all the demigods
- "I did not engage myself in the loving transcendental service of Radha and Krsna." Radha-krsna na bhajiya, janiya suniya bisa khainu: "Willingly, purposefully, I have drunk poison"
- I see Srimad-Bhagavatam so exalted knowledge and so beautifully literary presented. Srimat. Srimat means beautiful. Throughout the whole world, you won't find any literature. This is India's fortune, and they are keeping it packed up
- I take care of my apartment because I live in that apartment. I'm not going to take care of your apartment. These are common sense. And sastra confirms it, asmin dehe. Dehi. Dehi means the proprietor
- I wish that you may spread real Vedanta. That is essence of Vedas. Vedanta means essence of Vedas. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah - BG 15.15
- If all people are religious, then economic condition will be better. Dharma-artha. And why economic condition better wanted? Kama. Kama means then the necessities of your life will be fulfilled nicely
- If everyone is God, then what is the necessity of finding out a guru? Guru means who explains about God. Everyone is God, then what is the use of explanation? There is no need of guru
- If he cannot change his character, change his mind, then the punishment, or prayascittam, is apartha, useless. How useless? Manye, "I think it is as useless as kunjara-saucavat." Kunjara means elephant. Elephants taking bath
- If he understands that he's spirit soul, at least, then he becomes brahmana. Etad viditya. And one who does not understand, he is krpana. Krpana means miser. Brahmana means liberal. These are the sastric injunction
- If I earn money, then how to invest it to make it double? Then how to keep it? Which bank I shall keep it so that my money will be safe? How I shall distribute it? So abhadra. Abhadra means the whole procedure is simply abominable
- If I want to make my mind as my friend, then I have to associate with sadhu. Tasmat satsu sajyeta buddhiman. Buddhiman means intelligent person. He must associate with satsu. Satsu means those who are trying for self-realization
- If Krsna is pleased He can change destiny. Karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti bhajam. Sacrifice means to please Krsna, yajna. Yajna means to please Krsna. Our Krsna consciousness movement means to please Krsna. That is the whole program
- If one attains perfection in Deity worship, that is called Arcana Siddhi. Arcana Siddhi means simply by Deity worship one goes back to Godhead, immediately after this life
- If one becomes a guru, he is automatically a brahmana. Sometimes a caste guru says that ye krsna-tattva-vetta, sei guru haya means that one who is not a brahmana may become a siksa-guru or a vartma-pradarsaka-guru but not an initiator guru
- If one can satisfy the spiritual master, Krsna is automatically satisfied - yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. This is the success of devotional service. This is the meaning of the word anukulyena - that is, favorable devotional service to the Lord
- If one does not understand what Krsna, he is either duskrtina, means sinful; mudha, rascal; naradhama, lowest of the mankind; and mayayapahrta-jnana - and his so-called education and degrees are useless because real knowledge is taken away from him
- If one is found doing mistake or doing something wrong, but because he is sticking to this principle of Krsna consciousness, he is sadhu. Sadhu means a holy man. He is holy. He is not doing any wrong consciously. But due to habit
- If one is intelligent, then his intelligence is used for wrong things. Duskrtina. Krtina. Krtina means intelligent, but duskrtina, badly intelligent, for doing wrong things
- If one is serious about understanding the value of life, the goal of life, he should approach a guru. Tasmad gurum prapadyeta (SB 11.3.21). Prapadyeta. Prapadyeta means to surrender. Not that guru should be approached for challenging. No
- If one wants to go to the darkest regions of material existence, one may continue to associate with persons who are attached to women (yositam sangi-sangam). The word yosit means "woman." Persons who are too materialistic are attached to women
- If somebody's sadhu is speaking against sastra, then he's not sadhu. If somebody's guru, if he's going against sastra, then he's not guru. And sastra means the original guru and sadhu
- If the people of the world accepts this philosophy, Krsna consciousness, there is no more higher and lower level. Samah sarvesu bhutesu (BG 18.54). Samah means equal - all living entities on the same level
- If the woman is trained, a girl is trained from the very beginning, that, "You should remain chaste," that is dharma. It is called satita dharma. Sati means chastity
- If there is no control of mind and no control of senses, the so-called yoga practice is bogus. It has no meaning. Yoga indriya samyama. Yoga means to control the senses. That is the real meaning of yoga
- If there is real jnana, then there will be vairagya. Because we are suffering on account of an attachment to this material world, so jnana means that, I have nothing to do with this material world because I am not this material body
- If things are to go on as they ought to, how can a head of state be indifferent to such activities (indifference to the activities of the material world)? In answer to this question, the word sreyah, auspicious, is used here - SB 4.20.14
- If we are at all interested in reaching that supreme abode, the process, as indicated here (in BG 8.22), is bhakti. Bhaktya means devotional service, submission to the Supreme Lord. The root word for bhaktya is bhaj, which means - service
- If we prosecute our devotional activities and keep our association with the devotees, then we can be free from sinful activities. And when you are completely free from sinful activities, then we get nistha. Yes, it is full faith. Nistha means full faith
- If we think that it (chanting Hare Krsna mantra) is subha-kriya - subha-kriya means something auspicious - no, that is also offense. We have already described so many offenses; this is also one of offense
- If you actually require perfect knowledge, then we have to accept knowledge this, like this way. It is called avaroha-pantha. Avaroha-pantha means a descendence, or deductive process
- If you are actually religious, then don't spoil your money for sense gratification. Use it for sat karyam. Sat karya means for service of Krsna
- If you are actually religious, then your artha should not be spent for sense gratification. Narthasya dharmaikantasya kamo labhayo hi smrtah. Kamah means sense gratification. It should be properly utilized
- If you are in service attitude, then beginning from your tongue... Jihva, jihva means tongue. Jihvadau, beginning with tongue. The God realization begins with your tongue and ear
- If you are servant of the senses, then you are go-dasa. Dasa means servant, and go means senses
- If you at all interested in the understanding of spiritual subject matter, then you must approach a bona fide spiritual master. Tad vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet. Abhigacchet means must. It is not that if you like, you can go
- If you cannot understand, then you have to put questions very humbly, pranipatena, not by challenging. Pranipata. Pranipata means very humbly submitting oneself
- If you dedicate your life for yajna . . . yajna means for Visnu. Yajnarthe karma means . . . yajna-purusa is Visnu. If you work for Visnu, then you are safe. Otherwise you are becoming complicated
- If you develop your divine qualities, as they're described, ahimsa, sattva-samsuddhih . . . sattva-samsuddhih. Sattva-samsuddhih means existentional purification. Our . . . we, as spirit soul, we are pure originally, because Krsna is pure
- If you don't use your intelligence for understanding Krsna, you are nothing but cats and dogs. Krpana. They are called krpana. Krpana means miser
- If you have got little faith in . . . for understanding the Absolute Truth, Bhagavan, then adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah (CC Madhya 23.14-15), associate with sadhu. Who is sadhu? Sadhu means devotee
- If you have heard from the right source and if you are convinced, then automatically you will try to perform kirtana. Kirtana means glorifying
- If you want actual peace, atma, suprasidati, then you have to accept paro dharma. Para means supreme or superior. There are two kinds of dharmas: para and apara. Apara means this material world
- If you want love of Krsna, then you have to associate with sadhu. Sadhu means krsna-bhakta. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sango, tato bhajana-kriya (CC Madhya 23.14-15). Association with sadhu means you'll learn, bhajana-kriya
- If you want to solve this real problem, then you should take up this nivrtti-marga. Nivrtti-marga means stop this way of sense gratification and take to Krsna consciousness. That is the way
- Immediately child is born, there is another reformation ceremony; that is called jata-karma. Jata-karma means immediately learned scholar, brahmins, astrologer, will come and they will make the horoscope of the child
- Imperceptibly, or knowingly or unknowingly, we are doing so many sinful activities. So they are in the seedling stage, then growing stage. Then, when we suffer, that is called prarabdha. Prarabdha means, - Now receive the result
- In a prayer to Krsna expressing her feelings, Srimati Kuntidevi called Him akincana-gocara. The prefix a means "not," and kincana "something of this material world"
- In Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.12), Krsna is described as the Supreme Brahman (param brahma param dhama). The word brahma means - the greatest
- In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah: (BG 7.15) "Those miscreants who do not surrender unto Me (Krsna) are the lowest of mankind." The word naradhama means "nondevotee"
- In Calcutta, there is a big temple. It is called Kaca-Kamini's temple. Kaca-Kamini means she was a prostitute, but she was kept by a very big businessman who was dealing in glass, mirrors and all...
- In describing Dhruva Maharaja's activities two specific words have been used - vikhyata, very famous, and visuddha, transcendental
- In different Puranas, the symptoms of Kali-yuga is described. Sastra. Sastra means tri-kala-jna. Sastra is not ordinary book. Therefore our Vedic literatures are known as apauruseya, not written by ordinary human being
- In each universe there are millions and trillions of planets, each one different from the other. Vibhuti-bhinnam. Bhinnam means separate. As here earth is prominent, somewhere the fire is prominent, somewhere the air is prominent
- In following the regulative principles of devotional service, there is a stage called anartha-nivrtti, which means the disappearance of all material contamination
- In his Durgama-sangamani, Sri Jiva Gosvami comments that the word sva-nirvahah actually means sva-sva-bhakti-nirvahah. The experienced devotee will accept only those material things that will help him render service to the Lord
- In India especially, the karmis, they want like that. Sri, beauty, beautiful women. Sri, aisvarya, wealth, and praja. Praja means many children
- In India, the country where still God consciousness is so strong, the government wants that they should forget about this God business. So this is Kali-yuga. Kali-yuga means simply for fight on trifling things and forget God
- In Krsna consciousness we address our contemporaries as "prabhu." Prabhu means master. And the real idea is that "You are my master, I am your servant"
- In our dealings, there are so many faulty dealings between ourselves. So if we take everything very seriously, then it is very difficult to live. So ksama means forgiveness - will reduce
- In reference to the concept of sanatana-dharma, we must try to understand the concept of religion from the Sanskrit root meaning of the word. BG 1972 Introduction
- In Sanskrit literature every word has got particular meaning, particular thought. Therefore it is called samskrta, most performed and purified literature. Samskrta means purified, just like we offer samskara at the time of initiation, purification
- In spite of so much hard labor, at the end we find disappointment. Bha means bhaya, or fear. In material life, one is always in the blazing fire of fear, since no one knows what will happen next
- In Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.29.15) it is stated: kamam krodham bhayam sneham aikyam sauhrdam eva ca, nityam harau vidadhato yanti tan-mayatam hi te. The word kama means lusty desire, bhaya means fear, and krodha means anger
- In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that a man takes his next body by daiva-netrena, which means by the supervision of the authority of the Supreme. In an ordinary sense, daiva is explained as destiny
- In the above verse (BG. 7.10) the word bijam means seed, and that seed is proclaimed to be eternal (sanatanam). One may see a huge tree, but what is the origin of this tree? It is the seed, and that seed is eternal
- In the animal life, the consciousness is not developed, but in the human form of life, although it is perishable, adhruvam . . . Prahlada Maharaja said adhruvam. Dhruva. Dhruva means certain
- In the beginning it is said, nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam idam (SB 1.1.3). Nigama. Nigama means the Vedic literature. Nigama. So the essence, the quintessence of Vedic literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam
- In the beginning of life nobody smokes or nobody becomes intoxicated. It is learned by bad association. Similarly, it can be given up by good association. They are called anarthas. Anartha means unwanted bad habits
- In the beginning there may be offenses, but if we try to avoid the offenses, then it is namabhasa. Namabhasa means not actually pure name, but almost pure
- In the beginning, no one can be elevated to the highest stage of devotional service. Here (in SB 3.32.42) bhakta means one who does not hesitate to accept the reformatory processes for becoming a bhakta
- In the beginning, Om is the right vibration of transcendental sound, and the meaning is to address the Supreme Lord. Our business is directly with the Supreme Lord
- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.24) we find that the living entities are sarva-gata, which means that they can go anywhere. This indicates that there are living entities everywhere
- In the Bhagavad-gita, the Sanskrit word mam is frequently used. This word means "unto me." Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says, "unto Me" - Krsna. We cannot interpret this in a different way
- In the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad (1.4.1) there is the hymn atmaivedam agra asit purusa-vidhah. This mantra indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Krsna) even before the appearance of the purusa incarnation
- In the Kali-yuga the incarnation of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Although He is Krsna, but tvisa akrsna. Tvisa means by bodily complexion, tvisa. Tvaci, tvaci means skin, the skin complexion is non-black
- In the Manu-samhita there is a list of different kinds of men eating different kinds of flesh, and in the Ayurveda there is a list of dravya-guna. Dravya-guna means medical effect of certain type of things
- In the material world there is no pure goodness. In the Bhagavatam the stage of pure goodness is called sattvam visuddham. Visuddham means "pure." In pure goodness there is no contamination by the two inferior qualities, namely passion and ignorance
- In the material world, grha-medhi . . . grha-medhi means those who are entrapped within this universe or within this body, same thing. This is also entrapment, I am within this body
- In the material world, sometimes one gives an exalted title to an utterly worthless thing; in Bengal this is known as giving a blind child a name like Padmalocana, which means “lotus-eyed.” One may foolishly call a blind child Padmalocana
- In the name of so-called enjoyment, we are all serving the senses. In Sanskrit it is called go-dasa. Go means senses
- In the previous verse (SB 3.15.30) it has been clearly mentioned that the Kumaras were liberated persons. Viditatma-tattva means "one who understands the truth of self-realization."
- In the previous verse (SB 4.20.7) two significant words are used: asamsaktah, meaning "without attachment," and budhah, meaning "fully cognizant of everything."
- In the previous verse, the word nimitta-matram indicates that the Supreme Lord is completely aloof from the action and reaction of this material world
- In the revealed scriptures the Supreme Lord is described as sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (Bs. 5.1). Sat means eternal, cit means fully cognizant, ananda means joyful, and vigraha means that He is a person
- In the spiritual world the highest, topmost level of love, parakiya . . . parakiya means love not by marriage life; by friendship. That is there. But there is no such inebriety. It is pure
- In the spiritual world the trees are desire tree - means whatever we want, we can get - whereas in this material world, trees are not like that; they are limited potency. The cows there, unlimited potency
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavah atra. Kaitava means cheating, false, pretentious. So all kinds of cheating religion is kicked out
- In the symptoms of Kali-yuga it has been stated, daksyam kutumba-bharanam. Kutumba means family. If one can maintain his family, he is to be considered as very successful. No, he hasn't got to make daksa-yajna or naradeva-yajna or so many yajna. No
- In the Vedas it is said that the Lord is svasrayasraya; He is His own support, and there is no other support for Him. Therefore, avyakta means the Supreme Lord Himself and no one else
- In the Vedic language it is said asamordhva. Asama. Asama means "no equal." Nobody is equal. Urdhva. Urdhva means "greater." Asamordhva. In the Bhagavad-gita also this language is used. Nobody is equal or greater than God
- In the Vedic languages there are 2 kinds of householders. One is called grhamedhi, & the other is called grhastha. Grhastha means one who lives with family but his interest is realization of self and realization of God. Grhamedhi means he has no interest
- In the Vedic mantra, Rg mantra, it is said, tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah (Rg-veda 1.22.20). Those who are demigods, they are always surayah. Surayah means . . . just like Aryans and non-Aryans
- In the Vedic system it is called sanatana-dharma. Sanatana-dharma means that eternal occupational duty which you cannot cease
- In this age Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommends, kalau - kalau means in this Age of Kali - nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva: there is no other process feasible. No other process
- In this age this is the incarnation. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam. Krsna Himself appears in a form where His bodily complexion is no more blackish. Akrsna, akrsna. Krsna, Lord Krsna, is black, but this avatara incarnation is akrsna. Akrsna means non-black
- In this condition, atonement, if he cannot change his character, so what is the use of this atonement? Prayascittam atho 'partham. Apartham means useless
- In this connection (CC Adi 16.44), sruti-dhara is a very important word. Sruti means - hearing, and dhara means - one who can capture
- In this fallen age, they have manufactured so many things. But actually in the beginning, agre, in the beginning - agre means in the beginning - all the sages, they worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- In this prayer (of CC Antya 20.29, Siksastaka 4) the word jagadisa means "Lord of the universe." Jagat means universe, and isa means Lord
- In this sloka (SB 5.11.12) the word ksetrajna refers to an ordinary living being, not the supreme living being
- In this universe we have got a planet which is called Siddhaloka, the planet of the perfect. Not perfect completely, but they are called siddhas. Siddha means almost perfect
- In this verse (BG 4.9) Krsna also points out that His descent into the material world is transcendental. The word divyam means transcendental. His activities are not in any way ordinary
- In this verse (BG 9.17) the word dhata means creator. Not only are our father and mother parts and parcels of Krsna, but their creator, grandmother, and grandfather, etc., are also Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- In this verse (in SB 4.6.33) the word maha-yogamaye is very significant. Yoga means meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and maha-yoga means those who engage in the devotional service of Visnu
- In this verse (of SB 8.6.15), the word dvija-deva-mantram is very important. The word mantra means "that which delivers one from the material world"
- In this verse (SB 3.29.3) the word samsrtih is very important. Sreyah-srti means the prosperous path of advancement towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- In this verse (SB 3.29.33) the word sama-darsanat means that he no longer has any separate interest; the devotee's interest and the Supreme Personality of Godhead's interest are one
- In this verse (SB 4.11.25) the word anahankara means "without ego." The conditioned soul has a false ego, and as a result of his karma he gets different types of bodies in this material world
- In this verse (SB 4.12.48) the word dvi janmanam means "of the twice-born." Anyone can join the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and be initiated to become twice-born
- In this verse (SB 4.16.2) the word mayaya means "by your causeless mercy"
- In this verse (SB 4.16.25) the verb vidanti is sometimes taken to mean "understanding." Thus when a person understands Brahman, or the supreme source of everything, he enjoys a blissful life
- In this verse (SB 4.17.6-7) the word adhoksaja, meaning "beyond the perception of the material senses," is very significant. No one can perceive the Supreme Personality of Godhead by mental speculation
- In this verse (SB 4.18.15) the word soma means "nectar." Soma is a kind of beverage made in the heavenly planets from the moon to the kingdoms of the demigods in the various higher planetary systems
- In this verse (SB 4.20.4) the word vrddha-sevaya is very significant. Vrddha means "old." Sevaya means "by service."
- In this verse (SB 4.26.14) the word vedisat indicates King Pracinabarhi
- In this verse (SB 4.29.1b) the words daya jivesu, meaning "mercy to other living entities," indicate that a living entity must be merciful to other living entities if he wishes to make progress in self-realization
- In this verse (SB 4.30.45) Vidura is addressed as rajan, which means "O King." In this regard, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that a dhira never becomes angry because he is always situated in devotional service
- In this verse (SB 4.31.16) the word padam indicates the place where the Supreme Personality of Godhead resides. As confirmed in Isopanisad 1, isavasyam idam sarvam
- In this verse (SB 4.6.43) the word siva-sakti is significant. Siva means "auspicious," and sakti means - energy
- In this verse (SB 7.7.17) the word bhuyat may be understood to mean "let there be."
- In this verse the word atirosena means "with unnecessary anger." When Dhruva Maharaja went beyond the limits of necessary anger, his grandfather, Svayambhuva Manu, immediately came to protect him from further sinful action
- In this verse the word manava is very significant. Generally this word is used to mean "human being." Dhruva Maharaja is also described here as manava. Not only is Dhruva Maharaja a descendant of Manu, but all human society descends from Manu
- In this verse, the words dharmah and sanatanah are very important. Sanatana means "eternal," and dharma means "occupational duties." From Satya-yuga to Kali-yuga, the principles of religion and occupational duty gradually deteriorate
- In whatever form the Supreme Lord Visnu appears, He is always affectionate toward His devotees. Thus the word mayamayam is used here (SB 5.18.17) to mean "very affectionate toward the devotees."
- Instead of deva-rupinyam, some texts of Srimad-Bhagavatam clearly say visnu-rupinyam. In either case, the meaning is that Devaki has the same spiritual form as the Lord - Krsna
- Instead of realizing oneself and the Supreme Self, if one derides, doesn't want to understand what is God, what is God consciousness, what is Krsna, he is to be understood as the lowest of the mankind, naradhama. Adhama means lowest
- Instead of the word avadhuta, the words haya dhuta, meaning that the heart or consciousness is cleansed, are used. When the consciousness is cleansed, one can understand what and who Krsna is
- Is it not a Hindi word? Kuruksetra is a name of place. So what is the difficulty? Why do you interpret that Kuruksetra means this body? This rascaldom has killed the whole spiritual atmosphere of India
- Isvara means controller or the powerful man who controls. Take for example the president or the king. So there are many isvaras, or controllers. You are also isvara; I am also isvara
- Isvara means controller, powerful. Even the demigods, they are also isvaras. You are also isvara. I am also isvara. Isvara means controller. Anyone who has got little control, he can be called isvara. That is the dictionary meaning
- Isvara means controller. Every one of us, we are controller, either I control over my family or in my office or in my country. In this way everyone is a controller
- Isvara means controller. God means controller. So He is controlling you. It is material but it is not under your control. You are under its control. So if anything is controlling you, that is God
- Isvara means controller. So anyone controls, he can be called isvara. But there are isvaras over isvaras. You go on searching, isvara over isvara over isvara. When you come to the point there is no more other isvara, then He's God. That is definition
- Isvara means controller. So every one of us is controller to some extent. Somebody is controlling his family, controlling his office, business, controlling his disciples
- Isvara means controller. So here in the material world we find that I am controller; I am controlled by somebody else. Then that controller is controlled by somebody else. So controller over controller over controller over...
- Isvara means controller. So we small living entities, very minute, still, we are controller. We control. At least, we control our family members, my wife, my children
- Isvara means controller. That nature is not controlling. The real controller is Krsna
- Isvara means controller. We are controlled by maya, but Krsna is the controller of maya. That is the difference. We are not controller; we are controlled
- Isvara means controller. We are controller, everyone. Nobody can say that "I am without controller." No, that is not possible. Everyone has got a controller
- Isvara means Lord. The Supreme Lord is a person. As you are person, He is also person, but He is the chief person
- Isvara means ruler or controller. So all of us more or less a little controller or ruler, but not the absolute ruler. The absolute ruler is Krsna
- Isvara means the Supreme Person. In the English dictionary also it is said, "God means the Supreme Person." God means the Supreme Person. So that Supreme Person is Krsna
- Isvara, means Supreme Lord, is sitting in everyone's heart. So He is witness. Whatever you are doing, He is witness. He is giving you facility to do whatever you like, but at the same time you may forget
- Isvara, the Supreme Lord, Krsna. Isvara means the Supreme, isvara means controller. But the supreme controller is Krsna
- Isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah (Bs. 5.1). Sat means "eternal," cit means "full of knowledge," and ananda means "full of pleasure." Krsna is the reservoir of all pleasure
- Isvarah sadyo hrdy avarudhyate susrusubhis tat-ksanat (SB 1.1.2). The tat-ksanat means immediately. But one must very eager. That's all. That is the only qualification
- It (brahmacari) is not only for men; it is meant for woman also, because here we are dressed like men and women. Otherwise the mentality is manly, to enjoy, purusa. Purusa means who wants to enjoy, and yosit means enjoy
- It has already been explained in the previous verses that Prthu Maharaja advised the citizens to become adhoksaja-dhiyah, which means God conscious, or Krsna conscious, and in this verse (SB 4.21.27) he specifically presents the authority of sastra
- It is also stated here (in SB 3.28.44), svarupenavatisthate. Svarupa means that one has to know that he is not the Supreme Soul, but rather, part and parcel of the Supreme Soul; that is self-realization
- It is called vrscika-tandula-nyaya. Vrscika means scorpion, and tandula means rice. So "Life is coming from matter" - this is called vrscika-tandula-nyaya
- It is called vrscika-tandula-nyaya. You know that? Vrscika-tandula-nyaya. Vrscika means scorpion, and tandula means rice. Sometimes we see some heaps of rice, the scorpion is coming. But that is not that the rice has given birth to the scorpion
- It is clearly explained herein (SB 4.29.26-27) that the living entity has a little independence, indicated by the word sva-drk, meaning "one who can see his own welfare."
- It is clearly stated, vaikuntha-lila. Lila means "pastimes." Unless the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, has transcendental activities, where is the scope for thinking of these pastimes
- It is not that one accepts a portion of Bhagavad-gita according to his own whimsical interpretations and then rejects another portion. This is not sraddha. Sraddha means accepting the instructions of Bhagavad-gita in their totality
- It is recommended herewith (in SB 3.29.17) that all the acaryas be given the highest respect. It is stated, gurusu nara-matih. Gurusu means "unto the acaryas," and nara-matih means "thinking like a common man
- It is recommended in this verse (SB 3.20.4) that one find a person who knows the science of God, or a tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means "one who knows the Absolute Truth"
- It is said kaivalya nistaraka. This means the Goswamis deliver us from the danger of being lost in the philosophy of monism
- It is said that this Srimad-Bhagavatam is just like the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, and at the same time it is touched by Sukadeva Gosvami, Suta's spiritual master. Suka means parrot in Sanskrit
- It is said, svikara eva udvahe. Udvaha means marriage, taking the charge of the girl. The boy takes charge of the young girl from the custody of her father. This is marriage
- It is the duty of the human being to accept prasadam. Prasadam means foodstuff which is offered to Krsna first. This is civilization
- It is understood from this verse (SB 3.29.43) that all planets in outer space are floating, and they all hold living entities. The word svasatam means "those who breathe," or the living entities. In order to accommodate them, there are innumerable planets
- Itihasa means history, and puranani, puranani means old itihasa. All the statements or narrations described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, they're all historical evidence, they're not imagination
- Itihasa means history. The Vedic system of itihasa, it is not the modern history. Modern. . . Itihasa means some incidence which took place long, long ago, and such incidence is very beneficial to hear so that we can follow
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- Jagad-anda means the universe. Koti, many millions clustered together, that is material world. And beyond that material world there is spiritual world, another sky. That is also sky. That is called paravyoma
- Jagad-anda means this universe and there are hundreds and millions. Numberless. And each universe is filled up with innumerable planets. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-kotisv asesa-vasudhadi-vibhuti-bhinnam
- Jagad-anda means this universe. It is ball-like, anda, egglike. Jagad-anda-koti. Koti means millions. So all combined together, that is material world. This is only one-fourth part of the creation of God
- Janma adi means birth is also coming from Krsna, maintained also by Him, and when it is destroyed, it goes unto Him. That is called janma adi, means birth, maintenance, and annihilation
- Janma means a very rich man, born in a rich family or high family, that means automatically he becomes a rich man Janmaisvarya-sruta (SB 1.8.26). Or somebody becomes very highly or great learned man, sruta
- Janma means birth. And aisvarya, opulence, money. Janma aisvarya sruta, aisvarya, and sruta. Sruta means education. And sri means beauty. These four things are outcome of previous pious life
- Janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah sva-rat. The word sva-rat means "independent." We are dependent, whereas the Supreme Lord is completely independent
- Janmana jayate sudrah. Everyone is born a sudra, a foolish. Sudra means a foolish man who simply laments. That is the real meaning of sudra. Anyone who has no intelligence, he is sudra
- Jantu means animals. Of course, in logic also, human being is called rational animal. They are also classified among the animals, but they are called rational animals
- Jijnasa means enquiry, that "Who is that brain?" Because things are already going on. It is not depending on your so-called research. It is already going on nicely. So your business should be: "Who is that brain behind it?" That should be your research
- Jiv Jago, 1969 - Jiv jago, jiv jago, gauracanda bole. Jiv means the living entities. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is asking all living entities to "Wake up. Please wake up. Please get up." Jago. Jago means "Wake up"
- Jiva Gosvami has explained this verse (SB 10.3.43) in his Krsna-sandarbha, Ninety-sixth Chapter, where he notes that in text 37 the Lord says, amuna vapusa, meaning - by this same form
- Jiva-bhuta means you are thinking that "I am a product of this material world." All scientists, all philosophers, they are the same concept that, I am this body. Beyond this body there is nothing
- Jivahimsa means that since every living entity has to pass through a particular type of body according to his past karma, although every living entity is eternal, he should not be disturbed in his gradual evolution
- Jivan-mukta means that even though one is in the material body (there are still some material necessities, since the body is material), because one is fully situated in the service of the Lord, he should be understood to be liberated
- Jivera svarupa haya means the real nature of the living entity is eternal servitor, eternal servant of Lord Krsna
- Jnana means knowledge. Knowledge means one must know that "I am spirit soul, part and parcel of God. Somehow or other, I have been entangled in this material body"
- Jnana means there must be vairagya, detestfulness, that "I have nothing to do with this material world." Jnana-vairagya. If there is real jnana, then there will be vairagya
- Jnana means to understand that "I am not this material body. I do not belong to this material body. I am a spirit soul. I am part and parcel of Krsna. Krsna is the Supreme Spirit, and I belong to the spiritual world"
- Jnana-kanda means to understand things very properly. So jnana-kanda is simply speculation, because there is no knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So that is also risky. So only bhakti-marga is not risky
- Jnana-khala means envious. You have got some knowledge, but you are envious. You don't want to distribute to anyone. Monopoly. But real jnani means if you have got some knowledge, you should daily distribute it
- Jnanam ajnata means knowledge which is unknown almost throughout the entire world. No one knows actually what is the Absolute Truth
- Jnanam means to understand what is what. People are all in ignorance, rascals. The brahmana should not be rascal
- Jnanam vijnanam astikyam brahma-karma svabhava-jam (BG 18.42). This is the business of brahmana, one who knows Brahman. Jnanam vijnanam astikyam. Astikyam means to have faith in the authoritative Vedic knowledge. That is called astikyam
- Jnanamaya-yajna means to engage oneself into the studies of the Vedas very critically, nicely
- Jnani means they are finding out solution by mental speculation. And yogi means they are trying to find out spiritual salvation by bodily exercises. They are all, in strict sense, they are all materialist
- Jsanam means the actual, factual knowledge. Jsanam means factual knowledge and practical demonstration of that knowledge
- Jugala-piriti: the loving dealings between Radha and Krsna. Jugala means "couple"; piriti means "love."
- Just get yourself married and have sex life only for children, not for other purpose. So kamasya nendriya-pritih. Kama means we have got some demands of the body. That is called kama, or lust. So that does not mean that we have to gratify the senses
- Just like by chemical process one can turn gun metal into gold, similarly, by the process of initiation, one can become dvija. Dvija means twice-born, or brahmin
- Just like he has started that manava-dharma. Manava-dharma means Manu. That he does not know. From Manu, manava has come, just like from sadhu, sadhava has come. They do not know even grammar
- Just like I have already described, my body, your body, has a history of janma, or birth, a date of birth. So janma adi means birth and sustenance and death. We have got this body produced, or born, at a certain date
- Just like Krsna's another name is Madana-mohana. Madana means Cupid. Cupid enchants everyone. Cupid. And Krsna enchants Cupid. Therefore His name is Madana-mohana. He's so beautiful that even Cupid is enchanted by Him
- Just like one, a person, is suffering from fever, so according to Ayurvedic medicine, tri-katu... Tri means three, and katu means bitter. Tri-katu, just like nim, nim fruits, kalamegha and cirata. They are prescribed, very bitter to eat
- Just like our Krsna: He's Para-brahman. He's enjoying ananda. Similarly, we also, being part & parcel of Krsna, mamaivamso jiva . . . (BG 15.7), we want ananda. So ananda cannot be in impersonalism or voidism. That is not possible. Ananda means varieties
- Just like to cure disease, you have to follow some regulative principle of, prescribed by the physician, similarly, in order to cure yourself from this material disease, you have to accept. Nivrtti. Nivrttitah means ceasing this process of material life
- Just like we sometimes observe - no, regularly observe - the Ekadasi; it is called vrata. Vrata means fasting with a vow. Janmastami . . . just like we fast on the birthday of Krsna or Caitanya. These are called vrata. So brahmin is supposed to follow
- Just try to understand what is asat. Asat means which will not stay. So everyone knows that this body will not stay. It will be ended today, tomorrow, or after hundred years it will be finished
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- Kala-visesah means part, part of the part, kala. Amsa, and amsa's amsa, that's called kala-viseso. So that kala-visesa, Krsna, Maha-Visnu, He's creating millions and millions of universes. So just imagine what is the creative power of Krsna
- Kalatra means wife, and through wife there are children, society, friendship and love and so many things. Sva-dhih. And that is our own thing. Yasyatma-buddhih. The nationalism is also like that
- Kali-puja means because the Vedic sastras are so made that from the lowest rascal to the highest intelligent man should be elevated
- Kali-yuga means decrease of nourishment, necessities of life decreasing
- Kali-yuga means the age of disagreement. Nobody agrees. Even husband, wife does not agree, what to speak of others. The father, son does not agree. Nobody agrees with anyone. This is the age like that
- Kalir cela means the disciple of Kali. Dressed like a sadhu or Vaisnava, but within, all rubbish things. That will not help us
- Kama means enjoy - that is your formidable enemy, and that formidable enemy is sitting in three places - on your mind, on your intelligence, on your senses
- Kama means lusty desires or sex desires. Generally, it is meant, sex desires
- Kama means you have a strong desire to do something. That is kama. So convert it, this kama desire, for Krsna's activities
- Kama-haitukam means just like a man and woman mix together, then there is sex desire and there is a production of child. There is no question of controlling. It is timely interaction of different elements
- Kamasya nendriya, kama. Here it is called kama. Kama means lust. So because we have got this body, therefore we must have some kama. That is a fact. You cannot avoid it
- Kamsa has here (in SB 10.3.22) been described as asabhya, meaning "uncivilized" or "most heinous," because he killed the many children of his sister
- Kanistha-adhikari means neophytes, neophytes who are not conversant with the conclusion of the Vedas. They have got some, I mean to say, faith. That's all. But faith can be changed
- Kanya-daya means by law the father is bound to get his daughter married. By law. He cannot escape the responsibility. This is father's duty
- Karma means doing something for your personal benefit. That is called karma. Or, in plain words, doing something for sense gratification, that is called karma
- Karma means general activities on moral principle. That is called karma. Real karma means that you have to live, so you have to work. So work in such a way that you may not be entangled
- Karma means prescribed duties. Prescribed duties. That is called karma. And vikarma means doing against the prescribed duties. That is called vikarma. And akarma means something doing which has no reaction
- Karma means there is result, either pious result or impious result. That is called karma
- Karma means these people, these worldly people are working hard, they are called karmis, because they are expecting some good result for sense enjoyment. That is called karma
- Karma means to fulfill my desires, and bhakti means to fulfill Krsna's desires. That is the difference. Now you make your choice, whether you want to make your desires fulfilled or if you want to make Krsna's desire fulfilled
- Karma means when you act according to the sastra, that is called karma. Lawful activities. The lawful activities is very good. But unlawful activities, you are punishable. So the business of sense gratification is unlawful activities
- Karma means work. One should not think that "Because I am not this body, so I shall cease to work." No. You cannot cease to work. If you cease to work, then idle brain will be a devil's workshop. No
- Karma means you have to enjoy the result, fruitive result. That is called karma. And vikarma means punishable, papa. And akarma means you do something, but you are neither punishable nor rewardable
- Karma, fruitive activities, "Let me work hard and get the result and enjoy." This is called karma. And jnana means speculative knowledge
- Karma, vikarma, akarma. Karma means prescribed duties, according... Just like law. "You keep to the right," this is law. And as soon as you keep to the wrong side, left, it is vikarma. This is karma and vikarma
- Karma-bandhanah means that if we do not work for satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Visnu, then the reaction of our work will bind us. One should not work for his own sense gratification. Everyone should work for satisfaction of God. That is called yajna
- Karma-yogi means one who does everything for Krsna. He's karma-yogi
- Karmi means he is working hard, day and night, but he wants the fruit of the work to enjoy himself. That is karmi. Sannyasi also will work hard day and night, but he will not take the fruit. It is for Krsna
- Karne pravesila means simply one has to receive the message of Lord Caitanya. Karne means in the ear. To give the message a submissive aural reception. Then immediately one's heart becomes freed from all material contamination
- Karpanya-dosa. Miserly, dosa means fault. When one does not act according to his position, that is fault. And that is called miserly. So everyone has got his natural propensities, svabhava
- Karta means the proprietor or the master. One is not actually master, but under the influence of different modes of material nature he is feeling, "I am master. I am enjoyer. I am bhokta." This is the trouble
- Karyam means "It is my duty. Doesn't matter what is the result. I must do it sincerely to my best capacity. Then I don't care for the result. Result is in Krsna's hand"
- Karyam means "It is my duty." That is real sannyasa. "Krsna wants that this Krsna consciousness movement must be spread. So this is my karyam. This is my duty. And the direction is my spiritual master. So I must do it." This is sannyasa
- Katha Upanisad says that tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet srotriyam brahma-nistham. This srotriyam means that one who is coming in disciplic succession
- Kausalam means expert service, expert, kausalam. Kusala. Kusala means auspicious, and from kusala it comes to kausala. That means if you learn the trick how to work on the platform of yoga, then that is the highest technique of doing work
- Kecit means "somebody, "very rarely." "Somebody" means "very rarely." It is not so easy thing to become vasudeva-parayanah
- Kecit means this determination is very difficult. Therefore it has been said here kecit, "somebody," not all. Not all can get that determination. But everyone can get determination, provided he likes
- Kilbisam means resultant action of sinful life. Kilbisam. So if we don't desire more than our necessary, then we are not implicated, involved in sinful activity, kurvan api, even though he is engaged in working
- Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting with music. The chanting with music is specially attractive for the mass of people, but talking from philosophical point of view on Krishna Consciousness is also chanting
- Kirtana means glorifying the Supreme Lord, not any demigod. Sometimes people invent kali-kirtana or siva-kirtana, and even big sannyasis in the Mayavada school say that one may chant any name and still get the same result
- Kirtana means kirtayati, glorifying. That is kirtana. So either you sing musically or you speak devotionally, both of them are kirtana. Just like Sukadeva Gosvami, he continually spoke to Maharaja Pariksit
- Kirtana means sometimes chanting with music, and sometimes speaking. Both of them are kirtana. Kirtayati iti kirtanam. Whenever we glorify the Lord, that is called kirtana. The Srimad-Bhagavatam reading is also kirtana
- Kirtana means whatever we hear from the Spiritual Master we repeat it again nicely. One who can reproduce the sound vibration heard from the Spiritual Master, he will be a good preacher
- Knowledge perfect is there in every living entity, but it is contaminated by the contact of maya. So one who can understand the position of Krsna and himself, he's called mukta. Mukta means liberated
- Kovida means intelligent, very intelligent person. So what should he try for? Tasyaiva hetoh: to get shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna. Human life should only endeavor how to get in touch of the lotus feet of Krsna. That should be the only one business
- Kovidah means expert learned scholars, and abhijata, they will immediately make horoscope and tell about this newly born child, what is going to happen in his life in future. That is called astrologer
- Kriya means varnasrama-dharma, everyone is engaged in his own work. Brahmana is engaged in his own work. Ksatriya is engaged in his own work. That is all right. But the ultimate goal should be hari-tosanam
- Krodha means anger
- Krodha means anger. So it has also urge. Suppose I am insulted by somebody. Naturally I'll be angry, but if I can control, All right, let me . . . he's a foolish. He has done. Why shall I lose my temper?" that is called controlling krodha-vegam
- Krpanah means those who are anxious for enjoying sense gratification, by the fruits of their labor. They are called krpana
- Krsna comes, very kindly - because we are part and parcel of Krsna - when we are in distressed condition on account of violating the laws of religion. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati. Glani means deviation from the path of religion
- Krsna consciousness movement is not a manufactured movement. It is simply based on this Bhagavad-gita - Krsna. Bhagavad-gita means Krsna. Krsna, everything Krsna. That is Krsna consciousness. We are simply placing Bhagavad-gita as it is
- Krsna does not fall down. Therefore His name is Acyuta. Acyuta means never falls down, never deviates. He is always in His sac-cid-ananda-vigraha
- Krsna has His house, prakara-sadmasu. Cintamani-prakara-sadmasu. Sadma. Sadma means house. So we should take very, very careful attention that this temple is kept very nicely, managed very nicely
- Krsna Himself declares in the Bhagavad-gita that because He is transcendental to all sentient and insentient beings He is known as Purusottama, which means the Supreme Personality. (Purusa means "person," and uttama means "supreme" or "transcendental")
- Krsna Himself says. Ksipram bhavati dharmatma sasvac-chantim nigacchati. Santi means he very soon he attains that perfect eternal happiness. Perfect peaceful life, eternal life, blissful life, he very soon attains
- Krsna is acyuta. Acyuta means who never falls down, or never withdraws his promise
- Krsna is anandamaya. Ananda means variety is the mother of enjoyment. Unless there are varieties, how there can be ananda? Krsna is sac-cid-ananda. So Krsna's business is variety
- Krsna is assuring Arjuna that, "What I'm talking to you is not a religious sentiment, but it is jsanam." Jsanam means it is practical knowledge. Jsanam. Jsanam means theoretical knowledge, and vijsanam means practical knowledge
- Krsna is criticizing Arjuna, maha-bahu. Actually he is maha-bahu. Maha-bahu means mighty-armed. One who has got a very strong, mighty arm, he can fight very strongly. Then also, why should you give up your fighting spirit?
- Krsna is described here: uttama-sloka. Krsna is never described by ordinary verses. Uttama-sloka. Uttama-sloka means... Uttama means also liberated. Ut. Ut means transcendental, one who has crossed, ud gata. Ut. Ut means one who has gone to the other side
- Krsna is encouraging Arjuna to kill Asvatthama on so many grounds. First of all, he has killed the boys who were sleeping at night. And another very important point is that atatayi. Atatayi means the enemy, aggressor
- Krsna is sitting within your heart. Krsna is acting as your spiritual master, caitya-guru. Caitya-guru. Caitya-guru means the guru, or the spiritual master, who is sitting in my heart, citta
- Krsna is the origin. Therefore Krsna says, aham sarvasya prabhavah. Sarvasya means even this Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, Narayana, Sankarsana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna - everything
- Krsna is unlimited, and His functions and activities are unlimited. And according to His activities, His names are also unlimited. So this is one of the names, Ajita. Ajita means "the personality who is never conquered." Nobody can conquer Him
- Krsna said that "You give Me patram, means vegetables, flowers, fruits, and phalam, fruits, and some liquid, water or milk." Krsna does not say, "You give Me meat or egg or fish." No
- Krsna said that tad viddhi pranipatena (BG 4.34). Pranipatena means fully surrendering. If you have still doubts to surrender, then don't waste time. Don't waste time. That is not the way
- Krsna said, Don't utilize the assets of the world for your sense gratification, neither you give it up as mithya. Why mithya? I've created. Why it should be mithya? Mithya means false. Whatever God has created, that is not false, everything
- Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, raso 'ham apsu kaunteya (BG 7.8): "I am the taste in the water." Now, this taste in the water is perpetual. When Krsna was physically present or Krsna is not physically present, this is a perpetual fact. Is it not?
- Krsna says that "I am the Supreme." We accept it. That is hearing. And if you interpret, "Oh, Krsna means this, Kuruksetra means this," that mean you're spoiling your time. Why this, that? As it is, hear as it is
- Krsna says that sukham atyantikam. Atyantikam means the superhappiness, that which you cannot excel more. That is the final point. That sort of happiness is not possible to achieve
- Krsna says that sukham atyantikam: the supermost happiness can be achieved not by these senses, but atindriya. Atindriya means transcendental senses
- Krsna says that, "If I do not place the ideal life, then the population will be sankara." Sankara means unwanted; creating disturbances always. There will be no peace in the world
- Krsna says, annad bhavanti bhutani (BG 3.14). Anna. Anna means food grains, eatables. You must produce sufficient food grains. Why you are producing tire tube instead of food grains
- Krsna says, bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah (BG 18.55). Tattvatah, in truth. Tattvatah means truth. If one wants to understand Krsna as He is, then he has to take this process of devotional service, bhakta, bhakti
- Krsna says, svakarmana: "Whatever talent you have got, you can serve Me & be perfect." That is the program. They're preparing cloth for the devotees, not for business. Therefore he's serving Krsna. To serve devotee & to serve Krsna, there's no difference
- Krsna says, who has created this material world, He says, duhkhalayam asasvatam. Duhkha means unhappiness; alayam means place. Duhkhalayam asasvatam. That is also temporary
- Krsna speaks in all languages, and He speaks so perfectly that everyone thinks that He speaks only in his language. He could speak with the birds even. There is a Sanskrit word, babhudak. This means one who can speak all languages
- Krsna tells Arjuna that he should act in yoga. And what is that yoga? Yoga means to concentrate the mind upon the Supreme by controlling the ever-disturbing senses. And who is the Supreme? The Supreme is the Lord
- Krsna therefore instructs: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (BG 18.66) The word sarva-papebhyah means "from all sinful activities."
- Krsna took the position of guru, and He began to instruct. Tam uvaca hrsikesah. Hrsikesa..., Krsna's another name is Hrsikesa. Hrsikesa means hrsika isa. Hrsika means the senses, and isa, the master
- Krsna's another name is Acyuta. Acyuta means He never falls down. We, a small particle of the acyuta, although by nature we are acyuta, but due to our weakness we are prone to fall down in this material world
- Krsna's arca-murti. Krsna has advented, as avatara. Arca-avatara means made of stone, wood, metal, jewel, or coloring, painting. There are 8 kinds of arca-avatara. Krsna has consented to descend before us to accept our service in a manner which we can do
- Krsnotkirtena, "loudly chanting the holy name of Krsna," krsnotkirtana-gana, "in musical sound, in songs, with music"
- Krte means in the Satya-yuga or what is generally known as Golden Age. So in the Satya-yuga people used to realize self or used to elevate themselves to highest perfection of life by meditation
- Krte means satya-yuga. People were very restrained, all paramahamsas. In those days it was possible to meditate
- Krti. Krti means meritorious. But duskrti: badly meritorious. They are using their brain for something atrocious, simply planning how to do harm to others. That is called duskrtina
- Ksatriya means ksat. Ksat means injury, injury. And tra, tra means deliver. So a Ksatriya's business is to deliver a person who is going to be injured. That is Ksatriya
- Ksatriya means one who gives protection (to) a man being hurt by others. That is the real root meaning, ksatriya. And Vaisya means they should krsi-goraksya-vanijyam, they should engage themselves in producing foodstuff, food grains, krsi, protect cows
- Ksatriyas means persons who are interested in politics, in the management of the country, political affairs. They are called ksatriyas
- Ksatriyas' business is . . . Ksat. Ksat means injury. If somebody is injuring your body, it is the duty of the government to save you
- Ksetra means this body, and ksetra-jna means the knower of the body. Ksetra-jna. Jna means knower. So Krsna says that each and every body can be ksetra-jna. I know about the pains and pleasure of my body; you know the pains and pleasure of your body
- Ksetrajna means the knower of the body. I, you, every one of us, we are individual living entities. We are also ksetrajna. I know this is my body, this is my finger, this is my hair, this is my leg. Jna. Jna means one who knows
- Ksurasya dhara. Ksura means sharpened razor. If you are careful, you cleanse very nicely. If you are not careful, immediately blood. Immediately. So the spiritual life is like that. As soon as you become little inattentive, immediately maya captures
- Kula-dharma means if you are a brahmana, you must observe the regulative principles, the qualitative principles of a brahmana. If you are in, a ksatriya, then you must also observe the ksatriya principles
- Kuntha means this anxiety, and vaikuntha . . . vigata-kuntha. Vigata means without. There is no more any anxiety. That is Vaikunthaloka, spiritual world
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- Laborers in gigantic iron and steel mills suffer tribulations similar to those in the Kumbhipaka hell. Kumbhi means "pot," and paka means "boiling"
- Last and ultimate feature is Krsna's personal body, sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah. Vigrahah means form. That form is not like ours. That is sat, cit, ananda
- Living entities have different material bodies composed of earth, water, air, fire and ether. The words tara madhye mean - within this universe. The entire material universe is composed of five material elements
- Logic means srota-pantha, parampara, sruti, Vedic language, sruti. Sruti pramana. Pramana means evidence, and sruti means Veda. Pratyaksa, anumana, sruti. Pratyaksa means direct, direct evidence, and anumana, hypothesis. That is Darwin's theory
- Loka means planets. We are proprietor of certain extent of land here, and we are very much proud. But God says that "I am the proprietor of all the planets." And suhrdam sarva-bhutanam. And He is the friend of all living entities
- Lord Brahma and Lord Siva are called cira-loka-pala, permanent governors. This means that they govern the affairs of the universe from the beginning of the creation to the end
- Lord Caitanya appeared on the phalguni purnima. Purnima means full moon, and phalguni means the month which is called Phalguna, which is calculated from 15th February to 14th March
- Lord Caitanya has given special stress to chanting of these holy names of the Lord as the basic principle of spiritual advancement. Another word used here is arjavena, meaning "without diplomacy." A devotee should not make plans out of self-interest
- Lord Caitanya therefore uses the words mama janmani janmani, which mean "birth after birth," because a devotee is not even interested in stopping the repetition of birth
- Lord Krsna says in His instruction in Bhagavad-gita that this material world is duhkhalayam, full of material conditions. Vi means visesa, "specifically," and nita means "brought in"
- Lord Krsna says that "One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness upon Me is known as a man of steady intelligence." Otherwise there can be no conviction. How can a man be convinced who will not accept? Krsna says hear from me - tatsrnu
- Lord Siva is also called Asutosa. Asu means "very soon," and tosa means "to become satisfied." The demigods were advised to go to Lord Siva and beg his pardon, and because he is very easily pleased, it was certain that their purpose would be served
- Lord Siva is described here (in SB 4.6.35) as adhisvara. Isvara means "controller," and adhisvara means particularly "controller of the senses
- Lord Siva is explaining what is this Mayavada philosophy. He said that mayavadam asac-chastram (Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda 25.7). Asac-chastram is a temporary information. Asat means "temporary," - that will not exist
- Lord Siva is known as Asutosa. Asutosa means very quickly, very easily he becomes pleased. That is Lord Siva's great qualification
- Lord Siva knew that he would have to play the part of anger for the Lord. Kala means Lord Siva (Bhairava), and kopa refers to the Lord's anger. These words, combined together as kopa-kala, refer to the end of each millennium
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- Ma means not, ya means this. "What you are thinking, it is not that." That is called maya. So they are in maya means, they are thinking, these rascals, they are thinking, improving, becoming happy, advancing this maya word will finish everything
- Mad-bhaktim labhate param. That is, that is really bhakti's platform. That bhakti platform means elimination of all material contamination
- Madana-mohana means that one who is attracted to Krsna, he'll forget the pleasure derived from sex life. This is the test
- Maha isvara. Maha means great. Isvara means controller. So we can controller a few men, but Mahesvara means He controls all living entities
- Maha means great, and bharata means this land. Actually it is a history. But foolish people, without understanding through the guru-parampara system, they manufacture their own way of understanding; therefore they are misled
- Maha means greater, and bharata means India. Mahabharata
- Maha-moha means to be mad after material enjoyment. Especially in this age of Kali, everyone is overwhelmed by the madness to accumulate paraphernalia for material enjoyment
- Maha-ratha means a great commander
- Maha-ratha means one fighter who can combat with thousands of men alone
- Maha-ratha means one fighter who can combat with thousands of men alone. As nowadays the titles are "captain," "commander," "commander-in-chief," similarly, formerly maha-ratha, ati-ratha were the title given to these soldiers, fighters
- Maha-ratha, they had good qualification. Maha-ratha means alone he could fight with many other charioteers. They are called ati-ratha, maha-ratha. There are different grades of fighters
- Mahabharata especially was written for three classes of men. What are those? Stri, sudra, dvija-bandhu. Stri means woman, sudra means worker class, and dvija-bandhu means persons who have taken their birth in higher caste, but they're degraded
- Mahabharata is the history of India. Maha means great, and bharata means India. And you see, Mahabharata is the history of two royal families fighting in the Battle of Kuruksetra and politics and diplomacy
- Mahad-gunah means the material acquisition, material education, material wealth, or so many material qualification. That will not help me to control my mind
- Mahajana means authorized person. Ordinary jana, common man; and mahajana means authorized person. We cannot take lessons, instruction, from unauthorized person. This authorization must come through the disciplic succession
- Mahajana means those who are authorized person by God, one who knows what is the law of God, he's mahajana. He mahajana. So a guru is mahajana because he knows what is religion and what is the law given by God
- Mahajano yena gatah so panthah. Then you accept the mahajana. Mahajana means following the parampara system. According to Vedic system, there are twelve mahajanas. Svayambhur naradah sambhuh kumarah kapilo manuh, janako bhismah and vaiyasakir vayam
- Mahat means bigger and more powerful, and nunam means there are less powerful. So everyone is less powerful than God. Then why don't you serve God? That is the perfection
- Mahat-seva means if you, by chance, you get in contact of a great personality, great soul who knows Krsna science, you just try to please him. Therefore we, every day in the morning, we sing yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah
- Mahatma means "great," "expanding, expanded." Ha. So one who becomes a devotee of the Lord, automatically he becomes expanded. Therefore mahatma means one whose heart is expanded
- Mahatma means broad-minded. And duratma means cripple-minded, just the opposite word. Duratma. Dura means far away from Krsna consciousness, dura atma
- Mahatma means he has taken shelter of Krsna cent percent, and his only business is to worship and glorify Krsna. That is mahatma. So Gandhi never believed that there was Krsna, but he became mahatma by popular vote. That's all
- Mahatma means who is pure devotee of the Lord. Sadhu means who is a devotee - not these street beggars. Sadhu. Sadhur eva sa mantavyah samyag vyavasito hi.... Who are they? Sadhur eva sa mantavyah
- Mahatmas means those who have realized God, not this politician mahatma. No. Mahatmas description is there in the BG, "They are under the spiritual energy." They are not under the material energy
- Maintenance cannot be taken by anyone except by God. Therefore this material world is being operated in three departmental qualities: sattva, raja, tama. Sattva is maintenance. Sattva means goodness. Goodness is maintenance
- Mamaka, pandava. "My sons and my younger brother's sons, they assembled together for fighting." Yuyutsava. Yuyutsava means "with fighting spirit." And dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre, on the place known as Kuruksetra
- Man is called purusa. Purusa means enjoyer. And the wife is called stri. Stri. Stri means woman, and stri means prakrti. Prakrti means which is enjoyed. The subject and the object
- Mana is a word used to indicate the mood of the lover and the beloved experienced whether they are in one place or in different places. This mood obstructs their looking at each other and embracing each other, despite the fact that they are attached
- Manda means everything bad or everything slow. Duration of life is bad, then their activities also very bad, always sinful activities
- Manda means very slow. Sleeping, out of twenty-four hours, sleeping twelve hours, and out of twelve hours, they're busy in earning money ten hours. Then two hours left. What he can do for spiritual understanding. There's no time
- Manda-bhagya means they are unfortunate also. Even God comes and canvasses Himself, "Please come to Me," oh, they don't care for it. You see? Therefore unfortunate
- Manikarnika is famous because, according to the opinion of great personalities, a bejeweled earring fell there from the ear of Lord Visnu. According to some, it fell from the ear of Lord Siva. The word mani means - jewel, and karnika means - from the ear
- Mantra means when you are delivered from that concoction, speculative way of your mind, and you come to the transcendental platform. That is the effect of mantra. So this mantra, this Hare Krsna mantra, is called the maha-mantra
- Manu spoke the secret of BG to his son Iksvaku. So now that system is lost. Kalena mahata: by the great power. Kala means time. Time has got his influence, very great influence. Time's business is, whatever you make, time will try to kill it. That's all
- Manye dhanajana, these are material acquisition: wealth, manpower; manye dhanabhijana-rupa, beauty; tapah . . . these are third-class acquisition - dhana, jana, tapa, er, rupa, means wealth, manpower & beauty. But first-class acquisition is tapa, tapasya
- Markata-vairagya is not wanted. Real vairagya. Real vairagya means one who can sacrifice everything for Krsna
- Markata-vairagya means that a monkey is renounced. He does not dress, naked. And he lives in the forest. And he eats also fruit, vegetarian. But the nature is that he must have at least three dozen wives
- Markata-vairagya. Markata means monkey. Superficially vairagya, naga-baba. They eat vegetables, fruits, live in the jungle, no house, or, all - everything like vairagya. But sex
- Married life is called grhastha-asrama. It is as good as sannyasa-asrama. Asrama means where there is bhagavad-bhajana. It doesn't matter whether one is sannyasi or one is grhastha or a brahmacari. The main principle is bhagavad-bhajana
- Material nature and purusa means the enjoyer. Six question. Of course, Bhagavad-gita is, each and every word and letter, is full of knowledge. But these six inquiries, if actually can understand the six items, he becomes the perfect knower
- Material opulence means to take birth in high family, janma. Janma means high parentage. Then . . . janmaisvarya, and wealthy, great riches
- Material world is kuntha. Kuntha means anxiety, full of anxiety, and Vaikuntha means there is no anxiety; everything is freedom, sac-cid-ananda
- Materialistic class of men are undoubtedly very, very intelligent, but their intelligence is being used wrongly. Duskrtinah mudhah. Mudhah means rascal, ass
- Matir na krsne svatah. Svatah means by his personal mental speculation. Just like many philosophers are thinking to reach the Absolute Truth beyond this limitation. That is called svatah, by personal speculation
- Matsarata means envious. I am envious of you, you are envious of me. This is material life. Therefore in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that this Krsna consciousness is not for the people who are envious
- Mauna means "silence." Silence does not mean that one should not speak at all, but that he should not speak of nonsense. He should be very enthusiastic in speaking about Krsna
- Mauna means "silence." Unless one becomes silent, he cannot think completely about the pastimes and activities of the Lord
- Mauna means don't talk rubbish. It is better not to talk than to talk foolish. So mauna is meant for them who cannot talk about Krsna. Better stop talking. Mauna-vrata. Because he does not know Krsna, he'll talk all nonsense
- Maya means the condition in which I enjoy material sense gratification. That is called maya. Maya japatiya dhare. Japatiya dhare means catches, catches - All right, come on
- Maya means this maya, illusion, can be rejected by advancement of knowledge. That is jnani. Jnani means this is real knowledge, to understand his real position
- Maya means you are doing something only for nothing. That is called maya. Maya means nothing: which has no existence, phantasmagoria; which has no existence, but we accept something
- Maya-sukhaya means the happiness which has no standing, false, illusory. For this purpose, bharam udvahato vimudhan, big, big adventure, big, big things, they are contemplating, planning. That is called ghora, ghora-rupa
- Mayaya apahrta-jnana means he might be highly educated academically, but maya has taken away his knowledge
- Mayy asakta-manah pariah, yogam yunjan mad-asrayah, asamsayam samagram mamma, yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu. "My dear Partha, Arjuna, in order to know Me, God, asamsayam, without any doubt, and samagram," means in completeness
- Meditation on Visnu was possible in the golden age, or in the Satya-yuga. Satya-yuga means at that time the people used to live for one hundred thousands of years. And they were all perfect in religious life
- Men who want to flourish in the guise of servants of the people do not want a good king at the head of the state. They are like the kumuda flowers, which do not take pleasure in the sunrise. The word ku means "bad," and mud means - pleasure
- Mleccha means unclean. One who does not follow Vedic principles, he's called mleccha. Just like . . . as the Muhammadans say, kafir
- Mleccha rajanya-rupino bhaksayisyanti prajas te (SB 12.1.40). That is predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, that in Kali-yuga the mlecchas, means the rejected from human society, such persons, rogues and fools and rascals, they will take the post of king
- Moksa is also not our ultimate goal of life. Moksa means to get relief from the material bondage. But if you do not get engagement of spiritual life, then moksa is also cheating because you'll fall down again
- Moksa means to become one with the Lord. So these things are going on. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to save all these fallen souls
- Most of the children are varna-sankara, meaning "born of undesirable fathers and mothers." Consequently, the whole world is in chaos
- Muci means cobbler, dealing with skin. "I am this skin." "I am white skin," "I am black skin," "I am American skin," "I am Indian skin" - this understanding means muci. And muci is skin expert. "This is cow skin. This is goat skin. That is lamb skin"
- Mudha means ass. The karmis have been described as ass, whole day working, a beast of burden
- Mukta-purusa means one who is not affected by the material incompetency. There are material incompetencies. We commit mistake. We are illusioned. Our senses are imperfect. And sometimes - we want to cheat. These are the defects of material knowledge
- Mukti does not mean that after mukti one is finished, one becomes nirakara or another two hand grow. Not like that. It is a change of consciousness. That is called mukti. Real mukti means change of consciousness
- Mukti means "to give up," and anyatha-rupam denotes a false conception of life. This is to say that when one is situated in his original constitutional position, having given up all false notions, he is liberated
- Mukti means giving up one's position in ignorance or illusion, by which one thinks in a way contrary to his constitutional position
- Mukti means giving up, giving up our unreal engagement and to be situated in the real, original characteristic engagement
- Mukti means liberation and merging into the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Bhakti means rendering transcendental service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Mukti means no more material body. That is called mukti. We are now conditioned by this material body. In the material world, we are changing one body after another, but there is no mukti. There is no liberation
- Mukti means now we are differently contaminated situation, roga-mukti. There is a word, roga-mukti. One is suffering from fever, and when there is no more fever it is called mukti
- Mukti means svarupena vyavasthitih (SB 2.10.6), to be situated in one's original, constitutional position. That is Krsna consciousness
- Mukti means that we have lost our original, constitutional position. Because here Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that the real position of the living entity is that he is eternal servant of Krsna
- Mukti means those who are disappointed. Disappointed must be because nobody can be happy here with this karmi plan. That is not possible. So he will be disappointed. But disappointed when? After many, many births' struggle for existence
- Mukti means to give up all these material desires and be situated in your original constitutional position, Krsna consciousness. That is liberation
- Mukti means to give up this nonsense business, anyatha. He is servant, but he's thinking master
- Mukti means when one gives up his engagement, activities, hitva anyatha rupam, identifying himself with something material, and he is engaged in his own original, constitutional position, and that is called mukti
- Mukti means when we give up our false engagements and we are engaged properly in our original constitutional position. That is called mukti
- Mukti means when we give up the service in designation and we are situated in our original constitutional position. That is called mukti, liberation, or salvation, whatever you like
- Mukti means you come out from darkness to the light. That is real mukti
- Mukunda, muk means liberation and one who gives liberation as, transcendental bliss he is called Mukunda - Krsna
- Mumuksava means "desiring to be liberated." They do not know what is liberation. The so-called scientists, philosophers of the modern age, they do not know what is meant by liberation, mumuksa
- Muni means mental speculators; manansi, thoughtful muni, thoughtful also - always absorbed in thoughts. So a thoughtful man or a great saintly person is not a great saintly person if he hasn’t got to propound a new theory
- Muni means thoughtful or great thinker or great poet and Maha means still greater. So there is no comparison with Vyasadeva with any writer or thinker or philosopher
- Murari means Krsna
- Murari means Krsna. If you take shelter of the boat of the lotus feet of Murari. . . What is that feet? Now, mahat-padam. Mahat-padam means the whole universal creation, the cosmic manifestation, is also resting there
- My dear Aravindaksa, lotus-eyed Krsna. - Ye 'nye 'ravindaksa. "The persons who are thinking that they have become liberated, now they have become Narayana." They are thinking like that. Maninah means falsely thinking
- My original characteristic is to serve, but I am misplacing my service to somewhere else. Therefore it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavah atra. Kaitavah means cheating. So everyone is serving his senses, but he is thinking that he is master
- My society, Vaisnava society, has particularly given me this title, Bhaktivedanta. Vedanta means bhakti. It is a challenge to the Mayavadi sannyasis
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- Na tasya sama. Sama means equal; adhikasya, or greater. That means everyone subordinate. Everyone subordinate. Everyone is lower than God. He may be very powerful, but nobody can be equal or greater than God. That is the Vedic information
- Narada is considered one of the demigods, of course, and the word devarsi means "the saintly person among the demigods."
- Naradhama means the lowest of the mankind. And mayaya apahrta-jnanah, those whose knowledge have been taken by maya, asuram bhavam asritah. These classes of men do not surrender unto Krsna. We are not manufacturing these words
- Narayana is beyond this created, manifested cosmic manifestation, similarly Vedas also are like that. Don't think it is written by . . . It is called therefore apauruseya. Apauruseya means it is not written by any mundane creature
- Narayana parayana means they're always ready to abide by the orders of Narayana
- Narayana-parayana means my life is now dedicated for Narayana. Narayana, Krsna, Visnu, they're the same. So that is qualification
- Narayana-parayanah means devotees. Narayana-para: one who has taken Narayana as the ultimate goal of life
- Narottama dasa Thakura says that one who has actually received the causeless mercy of Nityananda, he has no more any material desire. That is the symptom. Samsara-vasana means desire for material enjoyment, when it will become very insignificant
- Nasta-prajnah. The word prajna means "perfect knowledge," and nasta-prajna means "one who has no perfect knowledge." One who does not have perfect knowledge has only mental speculation
- Nature's law is not ultimate. There is law maker, and that law maker is God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram (BG 9.10): "Prakrti," means nature - is working under My superintendence
- Never try to become the purusa or the master. That is very dangerous. Always remain prakrti. Prakrti means to be controlled or controlled, and purusa means the controller
- Nihsreyasa means the ultimate benefit. Krsna also says the same thing, that param guhyatamam: I have instructed you so many things, but because you are My dear friend, I am just disclosing to you (Arjuna) the most confidential thing
- Nihsreyasaya means the ultimate benefit. That education is lacking. In the material world, the jnana, especially in the present age, jnana means technical knowledge: how to eat, how to sleep
- Niraham does not mean that the Supreme Lord has no identity. Rather, the stress given by the word aham proves strongly that He does have His personal identity because nir not only means "negative" but also means "strong ascertainment"
- Nirakara: all kinds of akara, or forms, nirvisesa. Visesa means with varieties, and nirvisesa means without varieties. This is Mayavada philosophy: finish this visesa, the varieties
- Nirasih means desireless of extravagance. Now we are desiring for sense gratification more and more. That is not wanted. If you want perfection of life.... This is called tapasya
- Nirasih means that one has to act on the order of the master. Nor should one ever expect fruitive results. BG 1972 purports
- Nirguna does not mean no varieties. Nirguna means not these material varieties - the spiritual varieties. So they misunderstand. Spiritual varieties they think material varieties
- Nirguna means bhakti. Sa gunan samatityaitan (BG 14.26). That is nirguna. When you are untouched by the three gunas, then you are nirguna. That is not very easy job
- Nirguna means only Visnu is nirguna, above the transcendental, above these material modes of nature. It is accepted by all the authorities. Even Sankaracarya, he says, narayanah parah avyaktat
- Nirguna means without any material qualities. So karma, jnana and yoga, they are all material qualities. Only bhakti is spiritual. Even in that bhakti, if you bring in karma, jnana or yoga, then it is mixed; it is not pure
- Nirmala means without any dirt, cleansed completely, crystal clear. That is required. Senses will be there, mind will be there, intelligence will be there, I'll be there - everything will be there, but we have to cleanse the desire, purify the desires
- Nirvana means ending the process of materialistic life. BG 1972 purports
- Nirvana means material desires, to make it void, no more. Lord Buddha said up to that. Because the people who were following him, they were not so expert, advanced, therefore he did not say what is after giving up every desire
- Nirvana means not to accept any more material body. Don't try to make it void. That is another nonsense. Void, you are not void. Void means to make void this material body. This full of miserable conditional body. Just try to grow your spiritual body
- Nirvana means stop nonsense, but take to spiritual life. That is next, athato brahma jijnasa. Nirvana does not mean to stop activities; to stop nonsense activities. Come to the real activity
- Nirvana means void of material existence. Impersonal conception is also nirvana. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that this impersonal philosophy is another phase of the void philosophy. Covered void philosophy. Impersonalism is covered void philosophy
- Nirvana means void of material existence. Nirvana, this impersonal conception is also nirvana. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that this impersonal philosophy is another phase of the void philosophy
- Nirvana means you forget all nonsense, what you have learned. That is nirvana. Because you have learned so many nonsense things
- Nirvisesa-sunyavadi. Nirvisesa means without any varieties, and sunyavadi means zero, voidist. So two kinds of Mayavadis, generally headed by Sankara philosophy and Buddha philosophy
- Nitai Pada Kamala, 1968 part one - Nitai-pada-kamala means the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. Koti-candra-susitala. It is just a shelter where you will get the soothing moonlight not only of one, but of millions of moons
- Nitya means eternal. And cetana means living entity. So nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam. This is the description of God, that God is also a living entity like you and me
- Nitya means eternal. And nityanam. Nityanam means plural number of nityas. So there are many nityas, means many living entities, but there is one nitya Supreme. That is God. He is also a living entity like us
- Nitya means eternally; ananda means happy. So Nityananda has no unhappiness. But He was passing on the street, there was a crowd, and Nityananda Prabhu inquired, - Why there is so much crowd?
- Nitya-lila means the janmastami-lila is going on permanently somewhere or other
- Nityananda-vamsa means one who takes the risk of preaching work, he can claim Nityananda-vamsa. Not that easy-going
- Nivrtti means disinclined
- Nivrtti means one who has ceased all material activities. He has practically nothing to do with this material world, and still it is said, kasya va brhatim etam
- Nivrtti-marga means stop material way of life; begin spiritual way of life and come to Godhead, Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead
- Nivrtti-marga means stopping the material way of life and go to the spiritual world, back to home, back to Godhead
- Nivrttya means that the living entity keeps his individuality; oneness means that he realizes happiness in the happiness of the Supreme Lord. In the Supreme Lord there is nothing but happiness
- Niyama means regulation. We have to follow the rules and regulation. That is compulsory. That is human
- Niyamagraha means not accepting the rules and regulation. Another meaning of niyamagraha means simply blindly following the rules and regulation, but he does not know for what he is doing that
- Niyamagraha, simply observing the rules. And niyamagraha also means that you should not neglect also the rules. You should not neglect the rules and regulation; at the same time you should not stick up to the rules and regulation
- Niyamagrahah means niyama, scheduled rules and regulation, not to accept. Niyama agraha or niyama agraha. Agraha means unnecessarily agraha, but without any result. That is called niyamagrahah
- Niyamagrahah means simply busy to follow the rules, but actually do not understand what is the meaning of such following. Not blindly. One should follow the regulative principles with firm conviction and understanding
- Niyamagrahah means the positive rules and regulation, simply make a show but not actually realize it. Niyamagrahah, laulyam, and to become very greedy, and jana-sangas ca, and mixing with persons who are not devotee
- Nobody can trace out the history when we, the conditioned soul, accepted this material body. And deha-bhajam means that anyone who has accepted this material body. Not only we . . . there are 8,400,000 different forms of living entities
- Nobody discloses his secrets before enemy, but a brahmin, if he, even he finds out a enemy, he will disclose all the secrets. He has no secret. brahmin means open-minded, liberal
- Non-Aryan means not civilized, and Aryan means civilized. This is the distinction. Now people are very much fond of calling themselves as civilized, Aryan, belonging to the Aryan family. Where is the Aryan civilization
- Not a sadhu having big beard or mustaches and having red cloth, without any sense of Krsna. He's not sadhu. Sadhu means one who is fully engaged in the service of the Lord. He's sadhu
- Not following the regulative principles but instead living extravagantly is also called niyamagraha. The word niyama means “regulative principles,” and agraha means “eagerness”
- Not only Krsna's body, anyone who lives in the spiritual world, his body is spiritual body, and spiritual body means sac, cit, ananda. Sat means eternal. Spiritual body never annihilates. The material body annihilates
- Not to mix with ordinary men. Aratir jana, general public. Just like this, our place - only devotion. This is vivikta, aloof from this world
- Now everyone is mad after bhauma. Bhauma means the land. Because my body, by accident, my body is produced in certain land, therefore I take this land as worshipable. Now it is going on, nationalism
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- Of course second initiation does not depend upon passing an examination. How one has moulded his life--chanting, attending arati, etc--these are essential. Still, brahmana means pandita. Therefore I am suggesting examinations
- Of course, purusa is Krsna only. Purusa means enjoyer. Nobody is enjoyer; therefore nobody is purusa
- Of course, the word catus-pada refers to quadrupeds, or animals
- Often the word dharma is translated to mean religion, but to conceive of dharma as a religion is to misconceive the word. In general usage, the word religion refers to a particular type of faith. The word dharma does not
- Ojah means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojah
- One can become brahmana. If he gets association of a brahmana, if he agrees to be trained up by a brahmana, he can become brahmana. And brahmana means brahma janati iti brahmana, not by birth. Anyone who has full knowledge of the Supreme, he is brahmana
- One can become free from material embarrassment by becoming situated in factual knowledge. Sankhya means that factual knowledge by which one can get out of the material entanglement
- One can do harm to this material body, but not to the spirit soul and consciousness. Vinasam avyaya. Avyaya means which is never deteriorates. Vinasam avyayasya asya na kascit kartum arhati. Nobody can kill consciousness; nobody can kill the soul
- One has to execute devotional service according to his prescribed duties. Sva-karma-krt means that one should discharge the duties prescribed for him without neglect
- One has to transcend the bodily platform, mental platform, intellectual platform and come to the simple spiritual platform. That is kevalaya. Kevalaya means simply, without any adulteration of bodily, mental and intellectual activities
- One Indian poet has spoken of putra and mutra. putra means "son," and mutra means "urine." Both a son and urine come from the same genitals
- One karma cannot be nullified by another karma. Karma means activity. They are going on, passing resolution after resolution and laws after laws, but things are in the same position. They are not changing. Therefore it cannot be checked in that way
- One may enter the vanaprastha order of life with his wife, but the vanaprastha order means complete retirement from household life. Although King Yuvanasva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son
- One should "observe," or systematically see. This means that one must follow the previous acaryas, the perfected teachers. Anupasyati is the exact Sanskrit word used in this connection. Anu means "to follow," and pasyati means "to observe"
- One should be Krsna conscious, or God conscious, why? Because He is the master of your self and the most intimate friend, suhrt. Yatha atmesvara. Atmesvara means we are individual self and He is the original Superself
- One should not mistakenly think that niṣkāma means giving up all desires. That is impossible
- One who becomes inquisitive to hear, so sradda susrusoh. Susrusoh means one who is very inquisitive to hear - at the same time, to render service. These two qualifications. Susrusoh. Sraddadhanasya (SB 1.2.16), with faith. Vasudeva-katha-rucih
- One who can come to understand that Krsna is the root of everything, the origin of everything, can understand the meaning of isvarah paramah krsnah (Bs. 5.1) - Krsna is the supreme controller
- One who does not know what is this (Bentley's) code, but he can refer to the book. The explanation is there: "This code means this wording." Similarly, Brahma-sutra means the whole Vedic knowledge is given in codes
- One who engages in the service of Vasudeva can actually realize what Brahman is. If Brahman is impersonal, then there is no question of darsanam, which means: seeing face to face
- One who has come to the right conclusion of life, he is called vyavasayatmika buddhir eka. Eka means that Lord Visnu. When our desire will becomes fixed up in Lord Visnu, then our life is perfect
- One who has seen the Absolute Truth, or one who has known the Absolute Truth, go there and take knowledge by surrendering. Pranipata means surrendering. Pariprasnena. Don't make question. After you surrender, after you render service, then make question
- One who is inquisitive or serious about inquiring about Brahman, he requires guru. Guru is not a fashion. Guru is necessity. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). Tad-vijnanam. Tad-vijnanam means spiritual education
- One who is not executing his own religious principle, he is no better than the animals. So who will see that everyone engaged in discharging his occupational duty? Sva-dharmam means occupational duty. It is the duty of the king, government
- One who is pandita - pandita means learned - he does not make any distinction between a learned brahmin or a dog or a cat or a cow, because he sees the spirit. So we have come to that spiritual platform
- One who is under the control of the senses, he is go-dasa. Go means senses, and dasa means servant. And one who is master of the senses, he's gosvami
- One who understands the Absolute Truth in three phases, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, and who understands the term Bhagavan to mean the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is considered to be the best of the brahmanas, or a Vaisnava
- One word in this verse (of SB 8.6.19) has two readings - kalena and kavyena. Kalena means "favored by time," and kavyena means "favored by Sukracarya," Sukracarya being the spiritual master of the Daityas
- One's desire to hide his real mentality is called avahittha, or concealment, and a desire to exhibit superiority is called pride. Both of these may be classified under pretension. In a pretentious attitude both avahittha and pride are to be found
- One's inability to tolerate an offense committed by another is called amarsa, and one's inability to tolerate the opulence of another is called jealousy. Jealousy and amarsa are both caused by intolerance
- Our life should be trained up, educated in such a way, that all the activities should be conducted for yajna. Yajna means to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yajnarthe, for His satisfaction. This is Vedic civilization
- Our message is that here in this material world, there are many controllers, many governors, many isvaras, but nobody is the supreme isvara. Supreme isvara means He has no controller over Him
- Our new year is every day because Krishna belongs to the nitya lila. Nitya lila means that all of His Pastimes are going on in either of the so many universes
- Our physical necessity is that we want to eat. That is necessary to maintain this body, ahara. Nidra, rest. We must have some rest also. So ahara-nidra-bhaya. Bhaya means "to become afraid of." That is material nature
- Our Prime Minister, she is woman, but because she is powerful, we are attracted. So the points of attractions are discussed by Parasara Muni as bhaga. Bhaga means opulence. So when one is very rich, he is opulent. One is very powerful, he is attractive
- Our process is purification. Krsna consciousness means simply we are purifying our consciousness. From the birth, as I have explained, everyone is Sudra. Sudra means one who laments
- Our senses in this material world have been described as venomous serpents. Indriya-kala-sarpa-patala. Kala-sarpa, cobra, black cobra. So these indriyas are like that. Indriya means senses. As soon as touches, immediately it makes him poisonous
- Our svarupa, means original, constitutional position, is jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa (CC Madhya 20.108-109), eternally servant of Krsna. So as soon as we place ourselves in our original place, then you are liberated immediately
- Our this Krsna consciousness movement begins when you are ready to surrender. Tad viddhi pranipatena (BG 4.34). Pranipat means surrender. Prakrsta-rupena nipata: "Yes, I surrender to you." That is the beginning
- Out of false hopes, they are trying to become successful. That is not possible. Such kind of hope is useless hope. Leaving aside Visnu, & simply they are trying to become very highly learned. So they are mogha, means their hopes will never be successful
- Out of the four orders of social administration, the second order, for the matter of good administration, is called ksatriya. Ksat means hurt. One who gives protection from harm is called ksatriya (trayate - to give protection). BG 1972 purports
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- Pada-rajah means the dust at the lotus feet of the exalted devotee, who has nothing to do with the material world. Niskincananam na vrnita yavat. So long one does not take the dust of the lotus feet of Krsna's devotee, he cannot surrender to Krsna
- Pagala means impudence, arrogance, and influence
- Pancaratriki-vidhi means if any one has a little inclination for spiritual development, he should be given chance. This initiation means to give chance
- Pandita does not mean one who has got degree. Pandita means sama-cittah
- Pandita means a brahmin is expected to know Brahma; therefore he is brahmin. Not by birth. Brahma janati. Janmana jayate sudrah. By birth everyone is sudra, fourth-class man
- Pandita means one who knows things as it is, not to take a thing wrongly. So that consciousness has to be invoked, not only individually, but also community-wise, society-wise, nation-wise, all over the world. Then there will be peace
- Panditah means those who are learned, they are not affected by this body, either dead or alive. So that means one should be inquisitive to learn about the soul which is sitting in the body. That is real knowledge
- Papa means born in low-grade family. They are called papa. Suddhyanti: they become purified. This is the verdict of the sastra, that bhagavad-bhakti does not depend on any kind of material qualification. Simply you have to become very sincere and serious
- Papa-yoni means below the vaisyas, the sudras, they are papa-yonis. Striyo vaisyas tatha sudras. So there is no impediment to approach Krsna because you are a sudra, or candala or woman or vaisya. No. Everyone can. That facility is there
- Papa-yoni means their intelligence is not very sharp. And a brahmana means to become very, very highly intellectual. Because he'll understand Brahman
- Papa-yoni. Papa-yoni means sinful species of life, or born in the family which is not very pious, papa-yoni. Or papa-yoni means lower species of life. So the demonic life is papa-yoni. Demonic life is obtained due to sinful activities
- Papam means sinful activities, and punyam is pious. So people should consider, in every activity, whether it is papam or punyam, whether it is virtuous or sinful activities
- Para-tattva is Bhagavan. Para-tattva means Krsna, Rama, Narayana, Visnu. These are para-tattva. Bhagavan avatara, rama, nrsimha, varaha, kurma, vamana, dasavatara, all avatara
- Param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan, purusam. He's not imperson. Purusam. Purusam means person. Not female also. Purusam means male. Purusam sasvatam. Sasvatam, original; adyam, the first
- Param gatim means to go back to home, back to Godhead - that is our real home, the spiritual world
- Parama bhagavata means the highest stage of devotees. Kanistha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari, and then uttama-adhikari. He is parama-bhagavata. He has no enemy
- Parama Koruna, 1975 part 1 - These two prabhus, Nityananda Prabhu and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, are very merciful, parama koruna. Parama koruna means extremely merciful
- Paramahamsa means without any... What is that dirty thing? The dirty thing is to have any slight desire for enjoying this material body. That is called dirty thing
- Parantapa means one who can give trouble to the enemies. It is the duty of the ksatriya. Enemies, aggressor, they should be killed
- Paras tu bhavah means "superior nature," and vyaktah refers to what we see manifested. We can see that the material universe is manifested through the earth, sun, stars, and planets. And beyond this universe is another nature, an eternal nature
- Paratah parat means "better than the best"
- Paratattva means the Supreme Reality, who is understood by the knowers of the Supreme as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. BG 1972 purports
- Paribarhan maha-dhanan means the dowry which must be awarded to the bridegroom at the time of marriage. Here (in SB 3.22.23) maha-dhanan means greatly valuable gifts befitting the dowry of an empress
- Pariksit Maharaja further explains in this verse (SB 6.1.10) that kvacit nivartate abhadrat. Abhadra means unclean, wrong things. Bhadra means right thing. Bhadra and abhadra. In India bhadra means gentleman and abhadra means uncivilized man
- Pariksit Maharaja is addressed as maha-bhaga. Maha means great, and bhaga, the same bhaga, from the word bhaga. Bhagavan and bhagyavan, maha-bhaga - these terms are applicable to the very, very great fortunate, opulent
- Pariprasna means inquiry on the point, and that inquiry should be seva
- Pariprasnena means by sincere inquiries. Not only surrender; you must be intelligent enough to enquire. Not that when something is heard, and there is no question. No. There must be some question
- Part and parcel of God can be called God, but he is not Supreme God. Therefore there are two words in Vedic language: atma, Paramatma. Atma. Atma means living entities. We are all atmas. And God is Paramatma
- Partha means his mother's name was Prtha. From Prtha, the word Partha comes. His mother happened to be Krsna's father's sister. So very intimately and friendly, He addresses him as Partha, - My dear son of My aunt
- Pasandi means devil, or nondevotee. Abhakta hina cara. Be careful not to mix with nondevotee who imagines about God
- Pasu means life, or living entity. Pasu-ghna. Ghna means killer. So unless one who is killing himself or killing this animal . . . Both are killing
- Pasyati means "one who sees," and apasyati, "one who does not see," "blind." So there are two kinds of men within the world: pasyati, apasyati
- Pathana means that a brahmana must be conversant with the Vedic scriptures. He must also be able to teach others to study the Vedic literatures. This is pathana
- Pavarga means "material existence." In material existence, one always works very hard but is ultimately baffled. One then dies & has to accept another body to work very hard again. This is the cycle of material existence. Apavarga means just the opposite
- Pavitram means purest. So if we want to approach Krsna, then we must observe the purificatory process. Being impure, we cannot touch even Krsna. That is not possible. If we want . . . therefore Lord Caitanya has made it easy
- Pavitram means the purest. God is the purest. So unless we are purest, we cannot approach God
- Pavitram means very pure. Because unless we are purified, we cannot be free from these four miserable conditions especially, namely birth, death, old age, and disease
- People (in Hawaii) work very nicely, and there are many people who are hankering after something spiritual. So these are the good opportunities, so be yourself a pure Vaisnava. Pure Vaisnava means no more desires
- People are trying to be very religious. That is good. Then economic. Dharma artha. Artha means economically very rich, opulent. Then kama, very expert in sense enjoyment. And then mukti. This is general demand
- People become religious not for attaining the transcendental stage, but for material benefit, dharma, the artha. Artha means material opulence. These four things: dharma artha kama moksa
- People do not show any mercy. And ksama. Ksama means forgiveness. That is also being reduced. Memory reduced, merciful reduced, span of life reduced, bodily strength reduced, health is reduced. This is the symptom of Kali-yuga
- People must be first of all gentle; then talk of Krsna and God consciousness. If he is animal, what he can understand? This is Vedic system. Dhiranam. Dhira means must be gentle, perfectly gentle. Must address all woman as "mother." Matrvat para-daresu
- People think that they have taken relief from all social work. But a Vaisnava is giving the best social service because he knows what is the cause of suffering, how people can be saved. Therefore he is suhrdah. Suhrdah means well-wisher friend
- Perfect knowledge means one who has perfect vision of the perfect - not theoretical, but actual vision of the spiritual subject matter. He is called jnani. Jnaninas tattva-darsinah. Tattva, tattva means the Absolute Truth
- Perhaps while you were in India you have heard that we glorify in the following way: Guru Gauranga Chandarbika Giridhari. Four "G''s. So Guru-Gauranga you understand, and Chandarbika-Giridhari means Radha and Krishna
- Perhaps you know this asrama word. Asrama means . . . it is not a place for sense gratification; it is a place for advancing in Krsna conscious. That is asrama
- Phalgu vairagya means the so-called sannyasis, they have taken the dress of renounced order, but within the heart they have got all desires to fulfill
- Phalgu-vairagya and yukta-vairagya. Phalgu-vairagya means inferior renunciation, or false renunciation. And yukta-vairagya means actual renunciation
- Phalgu-vairagya means that I am giving up, renouncing everything, superficially, but within me there is a desire how to become God. I am giving up, but I cannot give up this desire
- Prabhu means "the Lord" and pada means "the position." "One who has taken the position of the Lord." The same thing: saksad-dharitvena, prabhupada. These are the terms. One who is serious to study this science of God, they'll learn all these things
- Prabhu means master. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the supreme master of all masters; therefore He is called Mahaprabhu
- Prabhu means master; and the leader of the masters is called Prabhupad. So if the Prabhus have surrendered to the Prabhupad, why there shall be such mentality of occupying the superior position? This is contradictory
- Practical purpose of studying Vedas, vedanti . . . That vedanti means to understand Krsna. But vedesu durlabham. At the same time, it is said, - It is very, very difficult to understand Krsna by becoming so-called Vedanti
- Pradhana means subtle matter, such as ether. Purusa means the spiritual spark living entities who are entangled in that subtle material existence. These may also be described as para prakrti and apara prakrti, as stated in Bhagavad-gita
- Prahlada Maharaja further explains that viprad dvi-sad-guna-yutad (SB 7.9.10). Vipra, vipra means those who are advancing to be brahmin. The intermediate stage before becoming a brahmin is called a vipra
- Prahlada Maharaja is maha-bhagavata, not ordinary devotee. Arbhakah. Arbhakah means innocent child, five-years-old small boy. But maha-bhagavata
- Prahlada Maharaja regrets, "I am thinking of these rascals, fools." Maya-sukhaya: "For maya-sukha," means this false or illusory happiness, - they are making some huge, gorgeous arrangement
- Praja means one who has taken birth in the state, and this includes both men and animals. Any living being who takes birth in a state has the primary right to live under the protection of the king
- Praja means one who has taken birth, or, in other words, national, national
- Prakrta means things which are created, and aprakrta means which are never created, sanatana
- Prakrta-bhakta means executing devotional service under the instruction of spiritual master and the regulative principles of sastra, but he's still on the platform of material understanding. That is called prakrta-bhakta
- Prakrta-bhakta means he's situated on the material platform, but under the direction of spiritual master, under the direction of the sastras, he's trying to improve his condition of material existence
- Prakrteh means this cosmic manifestation, beyond that. God is creator of this cosmic manifestation. Therefore it is said prakrteh
- Prakrti meaning female (Books)
- Prakrti meaning female (Conv and Letters)
- Prakrti meaning female (Lectures)
- Prakrti means controlled
- Prakrti means energy
- Prakrti means enjoyed
- Prakrti means nature
- Prakrti means predominated
- Prakrti means subordinate
- Prakrti means the instrument of enjoyment, prakrti, energy. Just like here we see one man is very big, rich man, but he's enjoyer by utilizing his energy. Similarly, the whole cosmic situation, whole creation is..., the supreme enjoyer is God
- Prakrti means this material world. We do not belong to this material world. Just like a person in the prison house, he is a citizen, but when he goes into the prisonhouse, he has got different sense, different, I mean, punishment, different dress
- Pralayantam means at the time of death, when we give up this body. Upasritah. Then we get a similar body next life. That is, I mean to say, arranged by the nature's law
- Pramana means evidence, and sruti means Veda. Pratyaksa, anumana, sruti. Pratyaksa means direct, direct evidence, and anumana, hypothesis. That is Darwin's theory, something like that. And sruti, Vedic
- Pramathi means just like a madman, pramathi, without any brain, pramathi; and balavat, and very strong
- Pramatta means constitutionally he's not mad, but by some external influence one has become madlike
- Pramatta means crazy, half-mad. And full mad is unmatta, full mad. He becomes naked. That is one of the symptoms of unmatta - he'll remain naked
- Pramattah means intensely. Intensely intoxicated. Pra means intensely, and mattah, mattah means intoxicated. So the disease, material disease, is intensely intoxicated in the matter of sense gratification. This is material disease
- Pramattas means to remain attached to this family life means madness. Means madness. It is very difficult to understand this madness, especially in this age, Kali-yuga, because we have very little knowledge
- Prana means life, and arpita means dedicated. Krsnarpita. If one dedicates his life for Krsna, yatha krsnarpita pranas tat-purusa-nisevaya
- Pranipat means prakrsta-rupena nipat. You have to become blank slate: "Now, sir, whatever I have learned, oh, I forget. It is now blank slate. Now you write whatever you like." This is the first condition
- Pranipat means you must find out a person where you can, I mean to say, surrender. You should not go to a person who is less intelligent than you. That is useless, because you cannot learn from him anything
- Pranipata means prakrsta-rupena nipatam, no reservation
- Pranipatena, pariprasnena and sevaya. What is pranipata? Pranipata means surrender. Surrender. You must select a person where you can surrender yourself because nobody likes to surrender to anyone
- Prasadam means foodstuffs which is offered to Krsna first. This is civilization. If you say, "Why should I offer?" that is uncivilized
- Prasanga means very intimate association. Sanga means association, and pra means still elevated or intimate association
- Prasanna means happy mode of life. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma. What is the happy mode of life? Na socati na kanksati. He does not lament. He does not hanker
- Prasannatma means he becomes immediately enlivened: I don't belong to this. Why I am identifying myself with these miseries of material world? I belong to the part and parcel of the Supreme, sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah (Bs. 5.1), eternal, blissful knowledge
- Prasannatma means jubilant. You'll find all our boys and girls, they're always jubilant. Unless they are jubilant, they cannot dance in this way. It is not dancing dogs
- Prasraya means affection, humility, faith, a demand for some special concession, or indulgence in such a concession
- Pratyaksa means "direct evidence." Direct evidence is not very good because our senses are not perfect. We are seeing the sun daily, and it appears to us just like a small disc, but it is actually far, far larger than many planets
- Pratyaksa, direct perception. Pratyaksa, anumana and sruti. Anumana means I cannot see directly, but by the symptoms I can imagine
- Pravasa is a word used to indicate the separation of lovers who were previously intimately associated. This separation is due to their being in different places
- Pravrtti means here in this material world, anyone who has come, beginning from Lord Brahma down to the small ant, they have come on account of pravrtti, means for enjoying sense
- Pravrtti means we have got some inclination to accept something and we have disinclination to reject something. Everyone knows it. But the asuric jana, those who are asuras, demons, they do not know in which way we shall accept
- Pravrtti means what sort of activities we shall do, and what sort of activities we shall not do. The asuras, they do not know
- Pravrtti-marga means if you want to enjoy the senses whimsically, as much as you like, that is called pravrtti-marga. And the other marga, way is the crossing, the nivrtti-marga: no more sense gratification. That is called nivrtti-marga
- Pravrtti-marga means increasing the propensity of sense enjoyment. That is called pravrtti-marga. And there is another way, nivrtti-marga: decreasing the propensity for sense gratification
- Prayasa means do something with extraordinary endeavor. So, of course, we have to do sometime, but it is the general principle
- Prayasah means things which are done with great endeavor. No. We shall accept things which are very easily done. Not to waste our energy unnecessarily
- Prema-vaicittya is a word used to indicate an abundance of love that brings about grief from fear of separation, although the lover is present
- Premanjana-cchurita. By prema . . . prema means love. The ointment of love, when it is smeared over the eyes, then those who are devotees, santah, saintly persons, they can see always Krsna within his heart
- Press means publication of various types of books and literatures and the mrdanga means Sankirtana Party
- Preya means immediate benefit, and sreya means ultimate benefit. So those who are interested in the ultimate benefit go back to home, back to Godhead
- Preya means immediately I want some benefit, and sreya means the ultimate benefit. One who is inquisitive about the ultimate benefit, he should be inquisitive or inquire from a bona fide spiritual master. Jijnasuh sreya uttamam
- Preya means immediately very palatable. That is called preya. And sreya means ultimately good. Suppose if you take some palatable foodstuff, it may be very palatable to you . . . there are many example. Just like smoking
- Preyah means immediately pleasing. And sreyah means ultimately benefit, benediction
- Priti means love. These are the symptoms. Give and take; eat and give to eat; open you mind, and know the other party's mind also. This is love. The more you increase the six kinds of exchange, there is increase in the love
- Prthivite yaha kichu dharma name cale. Cale means it is passing on in the name of religion but it is not religion. Religion without conception of God, what is the meaning of that religion? If that is religion, that is not para dharma but apara dharma
- Purana means old history. It is not mythology. The foolish people, they say like that, "Mythology means something created." No. Don't take it that way. It is the essence of important historical incidences, record
- Purana means old, old history, Purana. And itihasa means history. But Vedic civilization was concerned with historical evidences which are very, very important
- Purana means supplementary. Ordinary person, they cannot understand the Vedic language. Therefore from historical references these Vedic principles are taught. That is called Purana
- Pure devotees are described as sama-mati, which means that they never deviate from devotional service under any circumstances. It is not that devotees worship the Supreme Lord only when happy; they worship Him even when in distress
- Purusa means "enjoyer," and the spirit of enjoyment is present both in the living entity and in the Supreme Lord. The difference is that the quantity of enjoyment is not equal
- Purusa means both men and women, because everyone has got the spirit, "I shall enjoy." Therefore he is described as purusa
- Purusa means enjoyer, and prakrti means enjoyed, or, in simple word, purusa means male, and prakrti means female
- Purusa means men, and bhagavat-purusa, the men who are engaged in the service of the Vaisnavas, they are also bhagavat-purusa. They have no other business than to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Purusadaih means the cannibals and the man-eaters. Still there are. "Unscrupulous men" also can be drawn. But purusadaih means the man-eaters
- Purusam means enjoyer. Although living entities belong to the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord, they are in material contamination. They think themselves enjoyers, but they are not the supreme enjoyer. BG 1972 purports
- Purusartha means material religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and, at the end, the attempt to become one with the Supreme. BG 1972 purports
- Pusyabhisheka means a ceremony to decorate the deity profusely with flowers, ornaments, cloths. After there should be lavish feasting and a procession through the streets, so that all the citizens should see how beautiful Krishna appears
- Putra means one who delivers from hell
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- Radharani is the most confidential servant of the Lord and Hladini Dasi means the servant of Radharani. So please always be engaged in chanting Hare Krsna mantra at least sixteen rounds daily and work sincerely and eagerly in the service of the Lord
- Radharani, the name has come from the word aradhyate, aradhana means worshiping
- Raja means king and rsi means saintly person. So either the rsis did know or the kings did know (Bhagavad-gita). Or a king who is not less than a rsi, he could know and he could rule over. That is the Vedic injunction
- Rajarsayah means king, ksatriya, with qualification of brahmana. Although he is king, he is not brahmana, but he has got the qualification of brahmana
- Rajo-guna means activities for sense enjoyment. So rajo-guna, just like the karmis, they are working hard day and night. What is the purpose? Sex, that's all
- Rajo-guna means they are working for sense gratification. That is also useless. Tamo-guna is laziness and sleeping, and rajo-guna means working foolishly or for sense gratification
- Rama means the real bliss, and all the yogis, either dhyana-yogi or a jnana-yogi or a bhakta-yogi - there are three kinds of yogis - everyone tries to enjoy that eternal bliss, and that is real pleasure. Therefore Rama
- Rama-rajya means responsible government. Even during the time of Ramacandra, one brahmin's son died. So he went to the king to challenge that, "What kind of king you are that in the presence of the father the son is dying?" This is responsible government
- Rasa means pleasure, taste, pleasing taste, rasa, or humor. Everyone has got different taste. So all the taste are there in Krsna. Raso vai sah, labdhvanandi. Anyone who has tasted Krsna he gets real taste of pleasure, either in this rasa or that rasa
- Ratha means chariot. So if one could fight with one charioteer, he is eka-ratha. And if he could fight with one thousand charioteer, then he is called maha-ratha
- Rati-karsitah means that the damsels become morose after sex enjoyment. Although they accept sex enjoyment as a bodily demand, afterwards they are not happy
- Ratih means affection, affinity, attachment for the Lord. Now we have got attachment for the matter. So as we make progress, we gradually become freed from material attachment and come to the platform, complete attachment for God
- Real ahimsa means not checking anyone's progressive life. The animals are also making progress in their evolutionary life by transmigrating from one category of animal life to another. BG 1972 purports
- Real Ekadasee means fasting and chanting and no other business. When one observes fasting, the chanting becomes easier. So on Ekadasee other business can be suspended as far as possible unless there is some urgent business
- Real Ekadasi means fasting and chanting and no other business
- Real mukti is described in the Bhagavata. Mukti means muktir hitvanyatha rupam. Muktir hitvanyatha rupam sva-rupena vyavasthitih (SB 2.10.6). When one is cured of his madness and he is situated in healthy state, that is called mukti
- Real purusa means, the supreme enjoyer, God, Krsna. And prakrti means which is enjoyed. Another meaning - prakrti, means woman and purusa means man
- Real Sankhya philosophy is described by Lord Kapila in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, but even that Sankhya has nothing to do with the current topics. Here (in BG 2.39), Sankhya means analytical description of the body and the soul
- Real strength will remain from Krsna-Balarama's strength. Balarama. Balarama means strength. Nayam atma bala hina na labhyah. If you are not supported by Balarama, then it is not possible
- Real success is to get out of the clutches of maya, means this material conditional life which comprehends birth, death, old age and disease
- Real vidya means brahma-vidya. This brahma-jijnasa, athato brahma . . . that is vidya. That is real knowledge
- Realization of the Personality of Godhead is realization of all the transcendental features like sat, cit, and ananda, in complete vigraha. Vigraha means form
- Reformatory process is meant for purifying him so he becomes mukta-sangah. Mukta-sangah means liberated from all this bad association of material existence
- Religion - is not the exact translation of the word dharma. Religion is understood in English dictionary as a kind of faith. But dharma does not mean that. Dharma means your characteristic, which you cannot change
- Religion is described in the English dictionary as "A kind of faith." Actually, religion does not mean. The Sanskrit word dharma, that dharma means characteristic. It is not a kind of faith. Characteristic, or occupational duty
- Ruci means taste. Why you are hearing about Krsna daily, the same thing? We are speaking nothing new. "Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and you have to surrender." This is our daily business
- Ruci means you will simply hanker after spiritual things. You won't like to hear anything except spiritual message. You won't like to do anything except spiritual activities. You won't like to eat anything which is not spiritualized
- Rucih means taste. Unless they have got taste, why they should remain with me? They are not coming from poor family
- Rudra is the incarnation of Lord Siva and is in charge of the mode of ignorance in material nature. Another name of Lord Siva is Bhutanatha, meaning "master of ghosts"
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- Sa vai pumsam paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhoksaje. Adhoksaja means the Absolute Truth
- Sabda is spiritual. Originally, just like in Bible there is "Let there be creation," this sound, this spiritual sound. Creation. Creation was not there. The sound produced the creation. Therefore, sound is originally spiritual
- Sabda means sound vibration, and sruti means aural reception. So out of three processes, the sabda-pramana, or receiving vibration, sound vibration from authorities by aural reception, that is considered to be the perfect
- Sabda means sound. If we want to see God, so let us hear first of all the sound vibration, because that is the beginning
- Sabda means sound. Whenever you hear some sound, you should know, "This is vibration of the transcendental sound." The sound which we are vibrating, that is pure spiritual sound. Any sound in the material world, that is reflection of that spiritual sound
- Sabda-pramana means as soon as there is evidence in the Vedic literature, "This is this," you have to accept. Then your knowledge is perfect because you are accepting things from the perfect source
- Sabdah means sound, and whenever we hear any sound we should know that it is a vibration of the original sound, the pure spiritual sound om or Hare Krsna
- Sadhana means the activity by which we can attain, we can achieve that goal of life. This is called sadhya-sadhana. The Darwin theory, although they are giving some idea of progressive evolution, but he does not know what is the goal of life
- Sadhavah means those who are saintly person. Such kind of literature, although it is written in broken language, they hear it. Hear it. Because there is glorification of the Lord
- Sadhu does not mean simply by changing dress, saffron color, and smoking bidi. That is not sadhu. Sadhu means devotee
- Sadhu does not mean that he is alone enjoying the fruits of his spiritual life. Sadhu means who is trying to make others sadhu. He is sadhu. Krsna likes such sadhu
- Sadhu is suhrdah sarva-dehinam. Sarva-dehinam means all living entities in all forms of life
- Sadhu means a pious man or a religious man. Sadhu means the honest man and all good qualities. Still, although he is found that he is not to the standard, but his only qualification is that he is acting in Krsna consciousness sincerely
- Sadhu means he gives quotation from sastras, authorized sastra. He's sadhu. Sadhu will not give anything manufactured by him. No
- Sadhu means Krsna conscious person. Sadhu does not mean having a big beard and nice dress or saffron-colored dress. That is not sadhu
- Sadhu means one who is fully engaged in the service of the Lord. He's sadhu. Api cet su-duracarah. Even if he's not very well behaved, su-duracara, still he's sadhu. Why? Bhajate mam ananya-bhak. He has no other business than to love Krsna
- Sadhu means pious, religious, honest person. Sadhu, whose character is spotless, he's called sadhu
- Sadhu means saintly person. So who is saintly person? Titiksavah karunikah suhrdah sarva-bhutanam (SB 3.25.21). Sadhu means, saintly person means, titiksava, tolerant, tolerant, without being disturbed
- Sadhu means saintly person. Titiksavah karunikah suhrdah sarva-dehinam. He's tolerant, he's very kind to everyone, and he's friend to all living entities. He has no enemy, or he is nobody's enemy. And he's peaceful. These are some of the qualification
- Sadhu means that he has to give evidence from the scriptures. Not that "I think, in my opinion you can do this." He's not a sadhu; he's a fool
- Sadhu means those who are well behaved in Krsna consciousness, not upstarts. They are called sadhu. So those who are living in this temple, they must be strictly very well behaved
- Sadhu means unalloyed devotee of Krsna. He is sadhu. Suddha-bhakta
- Sadhu means whatever he'll speak, immediately he'll give evidence from the sastra. Sadhu-sastra-guru. And guru means who is following sadhu and sastra
- Sadhu means whatever he'll speak, immediately he'll give evidence from the sastra. Sadhu-sastra-guru. And guru means who is following sadhu and sastra. The guru does not follow sadhu and sastra, who does not follow Rupa Gosvami
- Sadhu means who are pure devotees. Bhajate mam ananya-bhak. That is sadhu. Otherwise there is no sadhu. The so-called sadhu, they are not sadhu
- Sadhu means who follows the sastras. He is sadhu. He also does not change. Sadhu, sastra. And guru? Guru means who follows the sastra and sadhu
- Sadhu means who is fully engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. He is sadhu
- Sadhu means who is trying to make others sadhu. He is sadhu. Krsna likes such sadhu, as He has described in the last portion of Bhagavad-gita
- Sadhu means who speaks strictly on the sastra. Guru also speaks strictly on sastra. Sastra is the media. Therefore we protest. Unless there is something mentioned in the authorized sastras, we don't accept it
- Sadhu means, mahatma means, who are fully engaged in Krsna's service. That is sadhu. That is mahatma
- Sadhu will not give anything manufactured by him. No. He's not sadhu. Sadhu means whatever he'll speak, immediately he'll give evidence from the sastra
- Sadhu-guru test means they do not change the words of Krsna. They do not say: Now I have manufactured something
- Sadhu-sanga is so essential. And sadhu's symptoms are described. And suhrdah. Suhrdah, we have already explained. Suhrdah means well-wisher for everyone
- Sadhu-sanga means you have to give up the association of nondevotees
- Sadhu-sanga, or association with a devotee, means always engaging in Krsna consciousness by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and by acting for Krsna
- Sahajiyas are amongst the thirteen rejected apa-sampradayas. In the name of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there are so many apa-sampradayas. Apa-sampradaya means they present themselves as belonging to the Caitanya cult. But they are not at all bona fide
- Sakarunam means mercy. Not that... Because one has committed murder in a fanatic condition, he is excused sometimes. That is sakarunam. The judgement should be given not simply on the superficial causes
- Saksat means directly, what was spoken directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And that is jnanam, that is real knowledge
- Saktyavesa avatara means incarnation of opulence
- Salokya means that after material liberation one is promoted to the planet where the Supreme Personality of Godhead resides, samipya means remaining an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Sama means "pacifying." Vasudeva wanted to pacify Kamsa by indicating relations, gain, welfare, identity and glorification. Reference to these five concerns constitutes sama
- Sama means controlling the mind, and dama is controlling the senses. Sama dama titiksa (BG 18.42). Titiksa means tolerance. Titiksa arjava, simplicity; and full knowledge, jnanam; vijnanam, practical
- Sama-darsinah means he is equal to everyone. That is sama-darsinah. Sama-darsinah does not mean to get a cheap adoration, popularity
- Samadhi means - fixed mind. The Vedic dictionary, the Nirukti, says, samyag adhiyate 'sminn atmatattva-yathatmyam - When the mind is fixed for understanding the self, it is called samadhi. BG 1972 purports
- Samadhi means particularly concentrated attention, so one who has achieved the qualification of always meditating on the Personality of Godhead is to be understood to be always in trance and enjoying brahma-nirvana, or brahmananda
- Samadhi means to be absorbed in some particular type of thought. That is called samadhi. So if you are fully Krsna conscious, that is samadhi. Twenty-four hours samadhi. Not that a periodical samadhi
- Samadhi, this trance by meditation, cannot be attained by something manufacturing. Anu: "Just follow the great predecessor acarya." Samadhina anusmara tad-vicestitam. Tat means the acyuta, acyuta, the activities of the Lord
- Samah means controlling the mind - mind is always peaceful. You can train. Then controlling the senses. Then truthful. Then full of knowledge, practical application of knowledge in life. These are the qualification of first-class men
- Samhitam means Vedic knowledge, and satvata means eternal, or for the devotees
- Samskara means purificatory process. So that is human life, not that to beget a child. That begetting is going on by the cats and dogs. That is first birth. Janmana jayate sudrah. So that kind of birth is accepted as sudra. Then he can be trained up
- Samskara, reformatory. He has become humble, meek, well-versed in sastra. When these qualifications are there, then guru says, Now I recognize you. Upanayana. Upa means near and nayana means bringing. So gradually the spiritual master brings him nearer
- Samskara-varjita means sudra. In this age nobody observes the samskaras. Therefore in the sastra it is said, kalau sudra-sambhavah (Skanda Purana). In the Kali-yuga almost every person is a sudra. Therefore there is so much chaos
- Samskrta means purified, samskara, just like we offer samskara at the time of initiation, purification
- Samsrti means the continued journey on the path of birth and death towards the darkest region of material existence
- Sanatana dharma means the strong will utilize the energy of the weak. That we see everywhere, is it not? So that competitive spirit makes us strong, otherwise it is a society of weak men only, & what is the good of such society?
- Sanatana Gosvami is giving us the example. Apana-krpate kaha 'kartavya' amara. Kartavya means duty. - Now what is my duty? I have left my so-called duty, ministership. Now I am interested in my real duty, so kindly speak to me what is my duty
- Sanatana means "eternal." Thus, Sanatana Gosvami was interested in the eternal happiness of the living entities more than just the temporary happiness of their temporary body and mind
- Sanatana-dharma means devotional service. The word sanatana refers to that which is eternal, which does not change but continues in all circumstances
- Sanatana-dharma means that the living entity is eternal, he must seek out his eternal service. That is called sanatana-dharma
- Sanatana-dharma means the characteristic of the soul. That is sanatana-dharma, to understand the characteristic of the soul
- Sanatana-dharma means when the sanatana-jiva, living entity, tries go to back home. . . That is our real home. Here it is not home
- Sanga means execution. When you associate with medical association or sharebrokers' association, simply go there and sit down is not your business. You have to do something. You have to do something. Sat-sanga means that
- Sanjivani means giving life. Even a dead man can get life by drinking that medicine. It is a strong tonic. It is still used in Ayurvedic medicine, and some of the biggest manufacturer of Ayurvedic medicine, they prepare, and it has a good sale
- Sankhya means the stalk of knowledge, and Vedanta is the final stalk of knowledge accepted by all leading acaryas. Even Sankara accepts Vedanta-sutra as such. Therefore such authority should be consulted. BG 1972 purports
- Sankhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with prakrti and purusa. Purusa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone who imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enjoyer, and prakrti means "nature"
- Sankhyata asankhyata. Sankhyata means with vow, numerical strength. And asankhyata means there is no limit
- Sankirtana means chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The Hare Krsna movement is not a new movement as people sometimes mistakenly think
- Sankirtana means preaching, so for some time try in other ways to spread our Krishna philosophy anywhere and everywhere, by selling books, as many as possible, by holding kirtana and classes in schools and college
- Sankirtana means when we combine together, many persons, and chant and dance That is called sankirtana-yajna
- Sankirtana or street chanting must go on, it is our most important program. Lord Caitanya's movement means the sankirtana movement
- Sannyasi mean sat nyasi, one who has given up attachment for this false material world. That is the philosophy of Sankaracarya. He says, brahma satyam jagan mithya. He is advising that, you have got attachment for this material world. This is false
- Sannyasi means he works, but not as the enjoyer of the fruit of the work. That is sannyasi
- Santah means the persons who are sadhu, who are pious. They can cut off by their words our attachment with this material world. They can cut off
- Saranagati, or surrender, means acceptance or firm belief that wherever the surrendered soul lives he is always protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; he is never alone or unprotected
- Saranagati, surrender, means to have firm conviction that "Krsna will protect me. I am engaged in Krsna's service, so Krsna will give me protection."
- Saranagati, surrender. Surrender means that "I am surrendering to Krsna with full faith that He is quite competent and able to give me protection." This is called surrender
- Sarsti means attaining opulences like those of the Supreme Lord
- Sarupya means attaining a four-handed form exactly like that of the Lord, sarsti means attaining opulences like those of the Supreme Lord, and sayujya means merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Lord. These are the five types of liberation
- Sarvam idam means the whole body, idam. But your consciousness is not spread in others bodies. You must know it
- Sarvasya means everything, the Supersoul. Sarvasya ca aham. Krsna says: "I," hrdi, "in the heart." When it is called hrdi, that means living entity. Without living entity, there cannot be any heart
- Sarvatma means one who is the living force of everyone. He is called sarvatma. There is living force. I have got living force, you have got living force, everyone. But wherefrom the living force is coming? From Krsna
- Sasanam means government. Sas-dhatu I have several times explained. Sas-dhatu means ruling. Sas-dhatu. From sas-dhatu the word has come, sasanam. There are many other words. From sas-dhatu is sastra
- Sastra cannot be changed. "Circumstantially, it will be changed, seasonal changes." No. That is not sastra. Sastra means it is perpetual
- Sastra is like that: bhuta, bhavisya, vartaman. Bhuta means "past," and bhavisya means "future," and vartaman means "present." Sastra will give you direction about past, present and future. That is sastra. That is called scripture
- Sastra means direction - both past, present and future. Everything is there. Therefore we have to consult the Vedic literature. It is perfect. It is without any mistake, without any cheating. This is sastra
- Sastra means it will guide you for the ultimate goal of life, for the perfection of life
- Sastra means that you cannot throw it away. Nobody has thrown Bhagavad-gita at any time, anywhere, because it is perfect. Nobody has thrown Bible - because they are perfect in knowledge
- Sastra means the opinion of the great authorities, just like Vyasadeva, Parasara Muni, Narada Muni, modern acaryas. We do not neglect. We may differ from the philosophical point of view - just like Buddha, Sankaracarya
- Sastra means Vedas, and sadhu, saintly persons, and guru. Saintly person means who abides by the sastra, Vedic knowledge. One who does not accept Vedic knowledge, so, followers of Vedas, they do not accept him as an authority
- Sastra means weapon, and sastra means the law books. So what is the law book? Law book means some authority which has given the law
- Sat means - effect, asat means - cause, and param refers to the ultimate truth, which is transcendental to cause and effect. The cause of the creation is called the mahat-tattva, or total material energy, and its effect is the creation itself
- Sat means eternal, and the body is not eternal. Therefore it is very difficult to understand what is sat because we have no education, no experience. Everything is annihilated, destroyed, anything material
- Sat means eternal. Spiritual body never annihilates. The material body annihilates. Every one of us, we have got now material body. It will annihilate. But in the spiritual world, when you have got spiritual body, it does not annihilate. Eternal life
- Sat means eternal; there is no change. Just like Krsna. His body is sac-cid-ananda; therefore He never grows old. You'll never find a picture of Krsna that He has grown old. No
- Sat means eternity, and cit means full of knowledge, and ananda means full of joy. These are the qualifications of God and living entity. Therefore we are hankering after pleasure
- Sat-cit-ananda. That is the formation of Krsna, and that is our formation also. Sat means eternal. Cit means full knowledge. Eternal, full knowledge and ananda. Ananda. Ananda means bliss
- Sat-sanga means persons who are making progress towards the permanent life. Just like this Krsna consciousness movement
- Sat-sanga means sat. Sat means which is true and not contaminated. That is sat. Om tat sat. So sat-sanga means to associate with spiritual knowledge
- Sat-sanga means this talking of Krsna, hearing about Krsna. When there is, there is no business. Not like a rented reciter or a paid reciter who is earning money by reciting
- Sato vrtteh means dealings must be very honest. No duplicity
- Sattva means here existence is impure. Impure means
- Sattva means my existence. At the present moment my existence is not suddha, purified. Just like if your health is contaminated, then you get some disease
- Sattva means quality of goodness. So one has to develop the quality of goodness. Not an upstart, simply having as play sputnik, he wants to go to the Candraloka, moon planet. (chuckles) It is not possible
- Sattva-guna means everything is clear, prakasa. Just like now the sky is covered with cloud; the sunshine is not clear. But above the cloud there is sunshine, everything clear. And within the cloud there is not clear
- Sattva-guna means they know how to work. And therefore above this sattva-guna they become devotee, work for Krsna
- Sattva-guna, rajo-guna, tamo-guna. Rajo-guna and tamo-guna is covering. Tamo-guna is very densely covering, and rajo-guna little open, and sattva-guna means prakasa, there is illumination, brahminical qualifications
- Satya-yuga means when cent percent people are pure. That is called Satya-yuga. And Treta-yuga means 75% are pure, 25% impure. And Dvapara-yuga means 50%, 50% pure and 50%... And Kali-yuga means 75% impure and 25% may be pure
- Satyam. This word means that one should not distort the truth for some personal interest. BG 1972 purports
- Saucam means inward cleanliness and outward cleanliness. Inside, we should be pure, purely thinking, no contamination. We should not think anyone as my enemy, - Everyone is friend
- Seated on His chariot with Arjuna, Krsna proceeded north, crossing over many planetary systems. These are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam as sapta-dvipa. Dvipa means "island." These planets are sometimes described in the Vedic literature as dvipas
- Sei radha-madhava-antaranga. Antaranga means not ordinary devotee. They are confidential devotee
- Servant is declaring to become master; therefore suffering. And as soon as we accept that "I am not master; I am servant," then there is no suffering. Very simple philosophy. That is mukti. Mukti means just come to the right platform
- Seva means service. Not that "Oh, I have inquired so many things from such and such person. Oh, I have not rendered any payment or any service, so I have gained." No. Without service, your inquiry will be futile
- Seva means service. You cannot challenge. You approach such person whose instruction you shall receive. You can inquire submissively, but you cannot challenge. That is not allowed in Vedic system
- Sevanam does not mean sit down idle, inert. No. As soon as seva. Seva means activity. One has to preach, one has to write, one has to do this, do that, cook, offer the prasadam, everything. Seva, activity
- Sevanam means activity. Sevanam does not mean sit down idle, inert. No. As soon as seva... Seva means activity. One has to preach, one has to write, one has to do this, do that, cook, offer the prasadam, everything. Seva, activity
- Sevate means there is activities. It is not stoppage of activities. Sevate. Sevate means giving service. Giving service is not stopping activities. But that is a different type of activities, healthy activities
- Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. Jihvadau. Jihvadau means "Beginning with the tongue." We have got senses, all senses - eyes, ears, touch - so many senses. But begin with the sense, tongue. Try to control the tongue and engage in Krsna's service
- Siddhavata, also known as Sidhauta, is ten miles east of the village of Kudapa. Previously this place was also known as the southern Benares. There is a great banyan tree there, and it is therefore known as Siddhavata. Vata means banyan tree
- Siddhi means perfection of life. Generally they take it asta-siddhi of yoga practice - anima, laghima, mahima, prapti, siddhi, isitva, vasitva, prakamya. So these are called siddhis, yoga-siddhi
- Siddhi means perfection. So this life is meant for perfection. What is perfection? Perfection means that we do not want miserable condition of life, and we have to get out of it. That is perfection
- Siddhi means to understand that "I'm not this body. I don't belong to this material world." That is siddhi
- Siddhi means to understand the spiritual identification and work for it. That is called siddhi. So the attempt for such thing is called mukti: to get rid of the material entanglement. So bhukti-mukti-siddhi. There are three stages
- Significant in this verse (Sb 3.32.22) is the phrase tad-gunasrayaya bhaktya. This means that discharging devotional service unto Krsna is transcendental; it is not material activity
- Sila means character, very nice character. A devotee cannot be bad character. Because Krsna is param brahma param dhama pavitram (BG 10.12) - pavitra means pure - so impure cannot approach Him. That is not possible
- Simha means lion. If the lion thinks that "I am so powerful animal, king of the forest. Why shall I work?" Therefore, it is said that if he does not work, then he'll have to starve. Even though he's a lion
- Simple hearing (Srimad-Bhagavatam) is not all; one must realize the text with proper attention. The word nivista means that Suta Gosvami drank the juice of Bhagavatam through his ears. That is the real process of receiving Bhagavatam
- Simply by hearing about Him, one develops love for Him. That is the gift of the Lord. On one side He takes away inauspicious things, and on the other side He awards the most auspicious things. That is the meaning of hari
- Simply theoretical knowledge, no practical application - he is not brahmana. Therefore Krsna said, guna-karma. Only guna is not good. Guna and karma. Karma means some act
- Simply to come to our normal condition. That is the definition of bhakti also. Real mukti means to be situated in bhakti. That is mukti. Mukti . . . Simply to understand that "I am Brahman," that is not mukti
- Since Bhavani is already known as the wife of Lord Siva, to add the word bharta - husband, thus (bhavani-bhartuh) forming a compound meaning - the husband of the wife of Lord Siva - is contradictory
- Since his mind is transcendentally situated, he (the devotee of God) cannot think of anything but the lotus feet of the Lord. This is the meaning of the word samsmarana-anupurtya
- Since the name, form, qualities and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, cannot be understood by the material senses, He is also called adhoksaja, meaning "beyond sense perception"
- Sisya means one who accepts the authority of the spiritual master. He voluntarily accepts the rulings or the punishment of the spiritual master. That is called sisya
- Sisya means under the order, regulation. A person cannot disobey the order of guru. Then he is sisya. If he argues, he's not sisya
- Sisya means voluntarily accepting the ruling. Everyone is free. If I give you some ruling, why should you accept it? Therefore this formal initiation ceremony is performed. He promises - My dear sir, I shall abide by your order
- Sisya means who abides by the rules. Or English "discipline." Either you take English or Sanskrit, the same meaning. Sisya means who accepts the ruling of his spiritual master; and disciple means the same thing
- Sisya means who voluntarily accepts to be guided or being governed by the representative of God
- Siva means "auspicious," and devotees of Lord Siva gradually come to the platform of spiritual identification, but that is not all. Auspicious life begins from the point of spiritual identification. But there are still more duties
- Siva means mangala, or auspicious. Within the body the soul is auspicious. Aham brahmasmi: "I am Brahman." This realization is auspicious. As long as one does not realize his identity as the soul, whatever he does is inauspicious
- Sivadam means all auspicity, and the three-fold miserable condition of life is completely uprooted
- Six principles will increase your devotional service. The first principle is utsahat. Utsahat means: Enthusiasm. One must be determined that, This life I shall not die like cats and dogs. This life I shall die in such a way that immediately I go to Krsna
- Smaranam means meditation. Vandanam means offering prayer. So smaranam vandanam dasyam arcanam. Arcanam, Deity worship. There are other items also. In this way there are nine items
- Smarati nityasah means "continuously remembering," and for one who is continuously remembering Krsna, the Lord becomes tasyaham sulabhah - easily purchased
- Smrti means "memory," and svapa means "sleep." Sleep is also necessary to keep the intelligence in working order. If there is no sleep, the brain cannot work nicely
- Smrti means regulative, the law book, the statute book. Married life is there. We are preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He also married. All the five associates of Lord Caitanya, they also married. Krsna also married. So marriage is not bad
- Smrti means the Vedic conclusion written by somebody else. That is called smrti. He is also authorized
- So 'ham, "I am that," means the Supreme God, as He is in quality, I am also the same in quality
- So acarya means one who has learned, taken knowledge from the sastra, authoritative sastra, Vedas
- So as soon as one is fully in Krsna consciousness, he does not see anyone bad. Everyone he sees, he is sadhu. Sadhu means saintly. So that, his vision, completely changes. He does not see any enemy
- So far brahminical rules for cleanliness, those I have already described in the letter mentioned by you. Brahminical means cleanliness. We are trying to create a brahminical society
- So far other incarnations are concerned, we have somehow counted three or say ten, like that. But here, when we speak of manvantaravatara, they are countless. Asankhya. Asankhya means countless. Nobody can count how many manvantaravataras
- So ham means "I am the same." But "I am the same" does not mean "I am the same Supreme." - I am the same in quality
- So how we can think that there is no control, there is no government, everything has come out of its own course? There is controller, and He is called Isvara. Isvara means God. There is management of God. It is very commonsense understanding
- So ksatriya means they used to kill, practice. Unless they practice, how they can kill? And now our president, they practice only smoking, that's all. That's all. And when there is fight, he is in the chamber
- So long we are in this material world we have to work. Karma. Karma means to gain some profit. Karma, akarma, vikarma. Vikarma means against the law. Just like ordinary laws. If you are working honestly, business or karma, that's all right
- So many mothers we have got, out of which cow is also mother. Therefore she's addressed as amba. Amba means mother. Still, in Gujarat province, they call amba. And in U.P., in India, they also call amba, or in a broken language they call amma
- So tattva-darsi, one who has seen the truth, you have to accept him as guru. Tattva-darsi. Darsi means who has practical experience
- So the sanatana-dharma means that to find out the eternal engagement of the living entity. At the present moment, the living entity is changing the position
- So there is difference between puja and seva. Puja means I flatter you to satisfy you, and after being satisfied, you may offer me something, or I’ll ask you something and you offer me. That is called puja. That is devata-puja
- So we have taken so much labor to put in diacritic mark, all the words, word meaning, utilize it. Don't think that these books are only for sale
- Some are passing in the name of so-called scientist and so-called philosopher, and some of them are hippies, but all of them are engaged in bad, asat. Asat and sat. Sat means permanent, and asat means temporary
- Some how or other, our knowledge is now covered in this material existence, so we have to get out of this ignorance. For that purpose we require tapasya, tapo divyam (SB 5.5.1). Tapasya means voluntarily accepting some inconveniences
- Somebody was discussing with me saguna and nirguna. Saguna means, according to their version, or a standard version, saguna means the material quality. They worship saguna-rupa. Saguna means forms of this material world
- Sometimes animal sacrifices are performed very gorgeously with grand arrangements for worshiping the goddess Kali, but such festivals, although performed in the name of yajna, are not actually yajna, for yajna means to satisfy the SP of Godhead
- Sometimes Mayavadi philosophers, due to a poor fund of knowledge, define the word sama-darsanat to mean that a devotee should see himself as one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is foolishness
- Sometimes these senses are described as kala sarpa. Kala sarpa means the black cobra. As soon as the cobra touches - immediately dead. Similarly, if we allow this kala sarpa to act in their own way, that means we are inviting death at every moment
- Sometimes we enjoy subtle pleasure, thinking of sex life. That is called nari-sangame. Nari means woman, and sanga means union. So those who are practiced, so when there is actually no union, they think of union
- Sometimes we see that even they do not wash hands after eating. Even after drinking water we should wash hands. That is suci. Suchi means purest
- Sound is the origin of all objects of material possession and that by sound one can also dissolve this material existence. Anavrttih sabdat means "liberation by sound"
- Spiritual consciousness begins when one understands that he is soul; he is not this body, he is spirit soul, aham brahmasmi. Brahman means the spirit soul. And there human civilization begins. Otherwise, anarya, anarya-justam
- Spiritual master means they must have many followers. They are all Vaisnavas. They are called prabhus, and the spiritual master is called prabhupada, because on his lotus feet there are many prabhus. Pada means lotus foot
- Spiritual master or a representative of Krsna or a mahatma, he is prasanta. Prasanta means he is freed from all these manufacturing process of the mind. He is no more conducted by the dictation of the mind. He is conducted by the dictation of Krsna
- Spiritual platform is called goodness unaffected by other qualities. Sattvam visuddham. Visuddham means complete pure. No adulteration. So long we are in the material platform, the goodness is liable to be adulterated
- Spontaneous love for Krsna can be developed only by the special mercy of Krsna or His pure devotee. This process of devotional service is sometimes called pusti-marga. Pusti means "nourishing," and marga means "path"
- Sraddha means faith. Faith. Adau sraddha. If one has got this faith, then he can develop that faith to the highest perfectional stage of transcendental emotion, bhava, and then love of God
- Sreya means ultimate benefit of life. That one who is inquisitive to understand about the ultimate goal of life, for him there is need of guru, not a fashion
- Sreya means ultimate good. If you act in such a way that ultimately you actually become happy, that is called sreya. And if you want immediately some happiness - never mind what it will be in future - that is called preya
- Sreyamsi means if you want really ultimate benefit of your life, then sattva-tanoh. Sattva-tanoh means Visnu. You have to take shelter of the form of the Lord who is representing sattva-guna, goodness. Not the rajo-guna, not the tamo-guna
- Sreyas means real interest, and preyas means immediate profit. So nikama-kamah, sense gratification, is very nice immediately. "I enjoy sex life. This is very nice. Why shall I chant Hare Krsna? Let me enjoy sex
- Sri Madhavendra Puri was the first person in that disciplic succession to exhibit the symptoms of love of Godhead and the first to write a poem beginning with the words ayi dina-dayardra natha, “O supremely merciful Personality of Godhead”
- Sri means goddess of fortune, Laksmi. Krsna is always associated with Laksmi. Srimati Radharani is the original goddess of fortune
- Sri means opulence. Krsna is the owner of all opulences
- Sri Sri Siksastakam, CDV 15 - Lord Caitanya gave us eight stanzas of His mission, what He wanted to do. They are explained in eight stanzas, and they are known as Siksastaka. Siksa means instruction, and astaka means eight
- Sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda means Krsna complete. Just like when we speak of a king, "king'' does not mean king is alone
- Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains the word markata to mean “restless.” A restless person cannot be steady; therefore he simply wanders about, gratifying his senses
- Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained in his Sandarbha that the word madira means intoxicating. If one's eyes become intoxicated upon seeing the Deity, he may be called madireksana
- Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained the word bhagavan in his Bhagavat-sandarbha. The first syllable of the word bhagavan is bha, which means - sustainer - and - protector
- Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained the word bhagavan in his Bhagavat-sandarbha. The second syllable ga, means - leader - pusher - and - creator
- Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained the word bhagavan in his Bhagavat-sandarbha. The third syllable, va, means - dwelling - all living beings dwell in the Supreme Lord, and the Supreme Lord dwells within the heart of every living being
- Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada comments on the words sarvatra sarvada in the sense that the principles of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service to the Lord, are apt in all circumstances
- Srila Jiva Gosvami writes in this regard that mayamayam can also mean krpa-pracuram, deeply merciful
- Srila Rupa Gosvami has very nicely analyzed the different kinds of disturbing symptoms, and although it is very difficult to find the exact English equivalents for many Sanskrit words used here, his analysis will now be presented
- Srila Sanatana Gosvami, in his Tosani, says that the word narada - adibhih means that Narada & the demigods were accompanied by other saintly persons, like Sanaka & Sanatana, all of whom came to congratulate or welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that the word anvaha means that he (Svayambhuva Manu) chanted or murmured to himself, not that he lectured to anyone
- Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura further explains that the word mandatman means manda - very bad or very slow in spiritual realization
- Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the meaning of dvi jatayah as "mixed caste," indicating a mixture of brahmana and ksatriya
- Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, an expert astrologer, explains the word naksatra-taradyah. The word naksatra means "the stars," the word tara in this context refers to the planets, and adyah means "the first one specifically mentioned"
- Srimad-bhagavatam amalam puranam. It is the spotless Purana. Spotless Purana means that which gives you spiritual knowledge without any adulteration. Simple. Without any adulteration
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is the desire tree of Vedic wisdom. Veda itself means "the aggregate of knowledge." And whatever knowledge is required for human society is perfectly presented in Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Srjami means that the Lord manifests Himself as He is. BG 1972 purports
- Srotavyah means "You (Pariksit) have to hear, because hearing there is, but you have to, especially you, because you are on the verge of death." So who is not on the verge of death? Everyone. We cannot say that my life is guaranteed. It is not possible
- Srotavyam means beneficial to the human. So if it is not beneficial to the human, it may be beneficial to a certain class of men
- Srotriyam means "who has heard from the parampara system." And the result is brahma-nistham: "He is firmly fixed up in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Brahma-nistham. He has no other business
- Srotriyam means one who has perfectly heard the science of God from authoritative sources in disciplic succession
- Srotriyam, srotriyam means one who has accepted the Vedic literature, the sastra, scripture, as the guidance. He can be . . . not a extravagant upstart, he makes some group and religious principle of his own and become a guru. No, he's not guru
- Srotriyam. And brahma-nistham means not that simply he has heard, but the result is that he is firmly fixed up in God consciousness. These two qualifications
- Sruta means education; especially sruta means Vedic education, to be very learned in Vedanta, in Upanisad and Vedic ritualistic performances, so many things. So by dint of all these things, if you have got money, you can do something wonderful
- Srutayah means authentic literature, which is acceptable. They are also various type. Just like Vedas. There are four Vedas: Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, Atharva Veda, Rg Veda. Then the Upanisads are there, then the Vedanta-sutra
- Sruti means by hearing from the Supreme. So our process is sruti. Sruti means we hear from the highest authority. That is our process, and that is very easy
- Sruti means that one should hear from the authority. One should not construe some interpretation for his personal interest. There are so many commentaries on Bhagavad-gita that misinterpret the original text. BG 1972 purports
- Sruti means the original Vedic injunction which is coming through disciplic succession, beginning from Krsna down to this day. There are certain axiomatic truths which is called Vedic injunction
- Sruti means Veda, knowledge. Veda means knowledge. Or knowledge is received through ear, by hearing. That is real knowledge. Not by experimental knowledge
- Sruti-pramanam means if it is mentioned in the Vedas, Upanisad, then it is pramanam. So Vedas, there are four Vedas and 108 Upanisads, and then eighteen Puranas, then this Mahabharata. So all these are Vedic literatures
- Sry-aisvarya-prajepsavah. Sri, beauty, beautiful women. Sri, aisvarya, wealth, and praja. Praja means many children. They are spending their whole time earning money, amass money, huge bank balance
- Sthira-buddhi. Sthira means steady, and buddhi means intelligence
- Sthita-prajna means one who is steadily situated in the platform of consciousness. Prajna means consciousness, and sthita means steadily fixed up
- Stri means "that which expands," so kalatradisu means "expansions of the self," beginning from the wife
- Stri means woman, and the root meaning of stri means "which expands." As soon as you have got wife, you expand yourself
- Stri means women, sudra means the lower class of civilized human society, and brahma-bandhu means persons who are born in the families of brahmanas but do not follow the rules and regulations carefully
- Stri-sangi means those who are unnecessary addicted to women
- Striyah sudras tatha vaisyah. A woman is meant for being protected. So long she is not young, she is under the protection of the father. And as soon as she is young, she is given in charge, in charity. Kanya-dana. Dana means charity
- Submission means I must approach somebody who is actually in better position or higher position. Otherwise, what is the use of approaching? Tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya. And seva means service. You cannot challenge
- Sucau dese means very sanctified place. Samam grivam. This body and the, I mean to say, neck, and the sirah, sirah means this head - they should be in a straight line. And you cannot close your eyes fully
- Sucinam srimatam gehe, in very rich family and very pure family. Sucinam means pure, brahmana. So in India still, if one is born in a very nice, rich and pure family, he is considered to be very pious in his past life
- Suddha-bhakta means they do not come to the material world. Anyabhilasita-sunyam, the suddha-bhaktas, nitya, nitya-siddha, they do not come to this material world. They are everlastingly liberated soul, engaged in the service of Narayana
- Suddha-sattva means pure goodness. Now here the sense of goodness, "I am very good," this is mixed with the quality of passion. I am thinking, I am feeling proud of my goodness - therefore ASA there is pride, it is mixed up with the quality of passion
- Sudra means dog's position. If he does not get a nice master, then he's street dog
- Sudra means one who has no education, no culture. That is called Sudra. So that is the remnants. First of all, Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaisyas; and others, those who have no sufficient brain, they are counted as Sudra
- Sudra means those who are neither brahmana nor ksatriya nor vaisyas. They are simply worker, assistant. So there must be division like this. The brahmanas should guide the ksatriyas, and the ksatriyas will administer the state
- Sudras means non-Aryan. And Aryans, they are divided into three higher castes. Caste means according to profession and quality. That is caste
- Sukadeva Gosvami is addressed as maha-bhaga. Maha means great, and bhaga means fortunate. Because he is very fortunate, he is describing Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Sukadeva states that these troubles (SB 6.1.10) happen due to ignorance: avidvad-adhikaritvat. Avidvat means - lack of knowledge
- Sukhada means one who is always giving pleasure to Krishna. That you can do by engaging in His service 24 hours. Surely then He will be pleased and bestow upon you all blessings for making rapid advancement in Krishna Consciousness
- Sukham atyantikam yat tat buddhi-grahyam atindriyam. Atindriyam. Atindriyam means you have to transcend these material senses. Then you can actually appreciate what is happiness
- Sukracarya means jata-gosai: by semina they become acarya. The semina. That is the, in India, guru-vamsa. Guru-vamsa, guru meaning spiritual master, the spiritual master, vamsa. That is disciplic succession
- Suna means unnecessarily killing the animals
- Suna means unnecessarily killing the animals. Just like slaughterhouse. You cannot maintain slaughterhouse in the human society and at the same time you want peace. It is not possible
- Sunya means zero, one who has made all material desires zero. That is the way (of pure devotees). In the Buddha philosophy it is called nirvana. Nirvana means make zero, sunyavadi. But we cannot remain in the sunya. That is not possible
- Sunya means zero. That is called nirvana. Buddha philosophy advocates nirvana: no more desire. That is their philosophy: By desire you are becoming implicated, so make all your desires extinct. Then there will be no more feelings of pains and pleasure
- Sunyavadi means voidist, and nirvisesa means impersonalist. The whole world is going on like that. So we should be careful about this voidists and impersonalists. We should take direct instruction from Krsna
- Sunyavadi-nirvana means to give up material desires. It is not possible to give up desires. That is not possible. To give up desires means I am dead body, a stone. If I have got life, if I am not a stone, there must be desires
- Suppose as a geographer you sit down; as a religious preacher, I sit down; as a motorcar driver, he sits down; as a factory worker, he sits down and perform yajna. Yajna means we chant the holy name of the Lord. Where is the difficulty
- Suppose I have established this temple. Now under my direction, my disciples are worshiping vigraha. Vigraha means the form of the Lord, rupa. But if there is no following of the regulative principles, then after my death it will be galagraha, a burden
- Suppose you are destined to suffer. So apratihata means that in spite of your so-called destiny to suffer, if you take to Krsna consciousness your suffering will be reduced, or there will be no suffering
- Suppose you have taken too much milk and you become diseased, dysentery, could not digest, have taken too much sweetrice or rabri, so there is dysentery. That must be there. Too much eating will cause. So amayah, amayah means mucus or disease
- Supreme Absolute Truth is a purusa. Purusa means enjoyer, man. Man is supposed to be the enjoyer. He's not woman. Woman is supposed to be enjoyed. Therefore this very word is used: purusa. And purana, the oldest man
- Sura-dvisam means persons who are envious of the Vaisnavas. The atheist class, demons, they are always envious of the devotees. That is the law of nature
- Surabhi means you can milk as many times as you like, and as much milk as you want, you can take it
- Surakrtam means things becoming impure simply by touching liquor. Liquor is so impure. Just like you have got a very big pot of milk, but if you put one drop of wine in it, it becomes immediately impure. You can analyze chemically - immediately impure
- Surayah means those who are demigods. There are two kinds of people: sura and asura. Asura means demons, and sura means godly. Those who are demigods, those who are godly, they are simply searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth
- Surrender means to accept favorable things, how I can make progress towards Krsna, and pratikulya, pratikula means rejecting unfavorable things which are not very congenial for my progress to Krsna consciousness
- Susrusoh means one who is very inquisitive to hear - at the same time, to render service. These two qualifications. Susrusoh. Sraddadhanasya (SB 1.2.16), with faith. Vasudeva-katha-rucih. For him the taste for hearing krsna-katha is very easy
- Suta. The son of Vaidarbhi, or, in other words, one who is somewhat advanced in fruitive activities and who comes in contact with a devotee spiritual master. Such a person becomes interested in the subject matter of devotional service
- Sutra means codes. Just like they have got code book. One word, it is meaning so many other things. Businessmen, they have got codes. When they send cable to their customer or to their principle, they use some codes
- Sva means "own," and dharmam means "occupation." Dharma means occupation and sva means own. Sva-dharmam: "one's own occupation." So according to Vedic civilization, everyone has his own sva-dharma
- Sva means dog, and pacam means cooking. So in the human society, the lowest class of men are considered the dog-eaters
- Sva-dharma means everyone has got some specific duty, occupation. Everyone
- Sva-dharma means one may be in goodness, one may be in passion, one may be in darkness, and one may be in mixture. So that is divided into four classes of men: the brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra
- Sva-karma or sva-dharma, the same thing. The word dharma, as it is explained in the English dictionary, "a kind of faith," actually dharma does not mean that. Dharma means your occupational duty, the characteristic
- Svadhyayah means - reading the authorized Vedic scriptures. Even if one is not Krsna conscious and is practicing the yoga system, he must read standard Vedic literatures in order to understand. Performance of yoga alone is not sufficient
- Svarupa-siddhi is not that you do all nonsense things and svarupa-siddhi. Svarupa-siddhi means when he is actually liberated, he understands what is his relationship with Krsna. That is svarupa-siddhi
- Svarupa-siddhi means perfection of one's original, constitutional position. Svarupa-siddhi. That we shall realize. As we make advance in the Krsna consciousness
- Svarupa-siddhi means realization of perfection
- Svarupa-siddhi means to be engaged in the service of Lord. That is real mukti
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- Tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya. Guru has to be given service, that nicavat. Nicavat means menial servant
- Tad-gunasrayaya means that Lord Krsna's transcendental qualities are so sublime that there is no need to divert one's attention to any other activities
- Tad-vijnana means spiritual knowledge. Spiritual knowledge. For acquiring spiritual knowledge. Tad-vijnanartham. Sa - one; gurum eva - eva means must; gurum - to a guru. Must go to guru. Not "a guru"; "the guru." Guru is one
- Tad-vijnana means spiritual science. For that purpose, one requires a guru. Not for any other purpose
- Tad-vijnanam means spiritual education. For material education there is no need of guru. You keep . . . Guru, of course required, but guru means to inquire about spiritual subject matter
- Tad-vijnanam means transcendental knowledge. Athato brahma jijnasa. And the human life is meant for tad-vijnanam, to understand
- Taking for granted that some of my forefathers have become ghostly life and has not got the gross body, so by this pindodaka . . . pinda means offering prasadam of Visnu prasadam
- Tama means darkness. Anything of this material world, that is in darkness because this material world is dark. You know that the whole world, whole universe, is dark. Therefore there is requisition of the sunlight, moonlight, electricity
- Tamas means darkness. The material world is dark, and beyond the material world is light
- Tamas means this material world or darkness, and uttamam means that which is transcendental to material activities. BG 1972 purports
- Tamasaḥ, mentioned (in SB 3.9.2) is the material nature, and the spiritual nature has a completely separate existence from tamaḥ. Therefore, spiritual nature is called avabodha-rasa, or avarodha-rasa. Avarodha means "that which completely nullifies"
- Tamo-guna means laziness and sleep. The sudras, they are in laziness and sleep. So if they have got something to eat, they will not work. Laziness. Or eat more and sleep. This is tamo-guna
- Tamo-guna means nidra, alasya, ignorance, and sleeping more, laziness, and alasya, alasya, laziness; nidra, means sleeping; and ignorance. Just like cats and dogs: they do not know what is the aim of life
- Tapa means by austerity getting power. Whatever they say that will happen, that is called tapasya
- Tapa-traya means three kinds of miserable condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. We are suffering always
- Tapa-traya. Tapa means painful condition. Tapa. Just like if you touch fire, it creates a painful condition by burning the part, similarly, this world is also a blazing fire, samsara-davanala
- Tapah means austerity, following the rules and regulation for spiritual upliftment. These things are not to be renounced. If somebody says, "Oh, I have renounced the world," that does not mean you can renounce the service of the Lord. No
- Tapasvi means those who are seeking after eternal happiness. Karmis, yogis, there are many tapasvis. But real tapasvi . . . tapo divyam (SB 5.5.1). Divyam means transcendental
- Tapasya means brahmacarya. The so-called svamis, they are coming for this so-called yoga practice and. . ., but they are themself victim of sex. This is going on
- Tapasya means denying all these things, denying. Eating as much as I require to maintain my body - this is tapasya, not that voraciously eating. Tapasya means practically not eating. That is tapasya: not eating
- Tapasya means even one is attracted, he should not act. That is tapasya. There may be some difficulty to control, but that should be practiced. It can be practiced. It is not very difficult
- Tapasya means to accept voluntarily something as enjoined in the sastras. Whatever Krsna says, that is sastra
- Tapasya means to undergo voluntarily some inconveniences of this body. Because we are accustomed to enjoy bodily senses, and tapasya means voluntarily to give up the idea of sense gratification. That is tapasya
- Tapasya means voluntarily one has to accept some so-called suffering. That is required to make advancement in Krsna consciousness, voluntarily acceptance, some so-called suffering. Tapah divyam. That suffering is for transcendental realization
- Tat tvam asi means that the living entity is a spiritual particle of the supreme spirit, but this is not the chief motif of the Vedanta or Vedic literatures. The chief sound representation of the Supreme is omkara
- Tat tvam asi. That means you are spirit soul. So what is the objection?
- Tatam idam means, "I am expanding everywhere." Here is also God. Where you are sitting, there is God. Everywhere. God is all-pervading, exactly like the sunshine
- Tattva means the Absolute Truth. Now, so far tattva is concerned, you'll find in the Bhagavad-gita that Krsna is the supreme tattva, Absolute Truth
- Tattva means truth and vit means one who knows. So a person who knows all these things he's called tattva-vit
- Tattva-darsinah means one has seen the truth, not superficially knowing. One who understood that - This is the truth, so go there and submit there
- Tattva-vit means one who knows the truth, that "I cannot do anything without Krsna's sanction." Therefore he does not do anything. Whatever is sanctioned by Krsna he does; otherwise not
- Tattvatah means in truth, not superficially. If you understand Krsna in truth, as He is speaking Himself about Himself. If you simply accept Krsna, what He says, if you follow, then you become perfect and you become fit for going back to Godhead
- Tattvatah means in truth. To understand Krsna in truth, that requires bhakti or bhakti-yoga, not the jnana-yoga or karma-yoga, hatha-yoga or any other yoga system
- Tattvatah means truth. That is very difficult, Krsna says, that out of many millions of persons, one tries to become siddha. Siddha means perfect
- Tattvika knowledge means to understand Krsna as He is. Krsna says, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya (BG 7.7): There is no more superior truth beyond Me. I am the Supreme Truth
- That greatness of Lord Krsna is being described here by Lord Caitanya to His disciple, Sanatana Gosvami. Advaya-jnana-tattva, vraje vrajendra-nandana. Advaya-jnana-tattva. Advaya-jnana-tattva means He is Absolute. He is not relative
- That is material world - to enjoy unrestricted sex life, to eat meat, fish eggs, amisa . . . amisa-madya-seva. Amisa means eat meat, fish, eggs
- That is real mukti. And in Srimad-Bhagavatam, it is stated - mukti is defined - what is that? Muktir hitvanyatha rupam svarupena vyavasthitih (SB 2.10.6). Mukti means give up your false designation. That is mukti
- That is the real existence, that I am Brahman. Brahman means eternal. But Krsna is Para-brahman
- That ksama - ksama means forgiveness - will reduce (a symptom of Kali-yuga). Nobody will forgive. Retaliation, vengeance, that will increase
- That requires tapasya. Tapo divyam (SB 5.5.1). Tapasya means to purify the desires. Tat paratvena nirmalam (CC Madhya 19.170). Therefore if you simply keep your desires to the service of Krsna, you become purified
- The Absolute Truth is realized in three features - impersonal Brahman, localized Paramatma and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan. The word apavarga means "liberation." pavarga means "material existence."
- The advancement of knowledge and consciousness. So for that divyam, knowledge, one has to be initiated. Divyam. Diksa means beginning of transcendental knowledge
- The age is so fallen that if one can maintain one wife and a few children, oh, he is Daksa Maharaja. Daksa Maharaja is called . . . Daksa means he was very expert in begetting children and maintaining them
- The airplanes described in this verse (in SB 4.6.27) are different from the airplanes of which we have experience. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam and all the Vedic literatures, there are many descriptions of vimana, which means: airplanes
- The anvacaye meaning of the word ca indicates that between the two words compounded by the word ca, one is given more importance and the other is considered subordinate
- The asuras are called papa-yoni. Papa-yoni means born in low-grade family
- The asuras describe Krsna as an incarnation of a crow, an incarnation of a sudra (a blackish tribe) and an incarnation of a hair, not knowing that the word kesa means ka-isa and that ka means Lord Brahma and isa means Lord
- The atheistic plan-makers are described herein (BG 7.15) by the word duskrtina, or "miscreants." Krtina means one who has performed meritorious work. BG 1972 purports
- The basic principle of this unadulterated, pure devotional service is love of Godhead. Mad-guna-sruti-matrena means "just after hearing about the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." These qualities are called nirguna
- The beginning is cleansing the heart, because we are impure on account of dirty things within our heart accumulated life after life in the animalistic way of life. So everything, advancement of spiritual life, culture, tapasya means cleansing the heart
- The beginning of service is chanting. Therefore it is said, jihvadau. Jihvadau means, jihva means tongue. Tongue. Your service begins by the tongue. How? By the tongue you can chant Hare Krsna, and by the tongue you can taste Krsna's prasadam
- The best is the spiritual world, and it is known as Brahman. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, is known as Parabrahman. Therefore paratah parat means "better than Brahman realization."
- The Bhagavata says that atyantika-duhkha-nivrtti, means ultimate solution of miserable condition, is in the fact that we realize God and we go back to home, back to Godhead. This is our philosophy
- The bhakti-marga means we want real life, eternal life, and varieties also. Anandamayo 'bhyasat (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.12). Ananda cannot . . . variety is the mother of enjoyment. Without variety, you cannot feel enjoyment
- The bhakti-yoga means acting by pleasing the Lord. That's all. That is the verdict of Srimad-Bhagavatam
- The body consists of the senses. The Supreme Lord is Hrsikesa, which means controller of the senses. BG 1972 purports
- The brahmanas are called dvija-deva, and ksatriyas are generally called nara-deva. The word deva actually refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The buddhi-yoga mentioned in this verse (BG 2.39) is the devotional service of the Lord, and the word sankhya mentioned herein has nothing to do with the atheistic sankhya-yoga enunciated by the impostor Kapila. BG 1972 purports
- The Christians say, "God is great." The Muslim also say that allah akbar. That is also same meaning. The Vedic literature also says, Brahman, Parabrahma. Brahman means the greatest
- The Christians say, "God is great." The Muslim also say that allahu akbar. That is also same meaning. The Vedic literature also says Parabrahman. Brahman means the greatest
- The color of the Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is described here (in SB 3.28.13) as nilotpala-dala, meaning that it is like that of a lotus flower with petals tinted blue and white
- The coming of the goddess of fortune to Gundica is celebrated as Hera-pancami. Sometimes this is misspelled as Hara-pancami among the ativadis. The word hera means "to see" and refers to the goddess of fortune going to see Lord Jagannatha
- The composition is faulty, and the meaning of the words has become doubtful, because you have placed the known subject at the end and that which is unknown at the beginning
- The demigods prayed - Lord Krsna is Your name because You are all-attractive; You are called Syamasundara because of Your transcendental beauty. Syama means blackish, yet they say that You are more beautiful than thousands of cupids
- The demons, they have taken shelter of these lusty desires, duspuram, never to be satisfied. Dambha-mana-madanvitah. Why? Mohat, by illusion. And on account of this illusion, grhitva asad-grahat. Asad-grahat. Asat means which will not stay
- The demons, they're also desiring, but baddhah: they are becoming conditioned. But a devotee, he's also desiring, but he's mukta, means liberated
- The description of the spiritual world is that there is no rajas-tamah. These modes of passion and modes of ignorance is not there. Suddha-sattva. Suddha-sattva means simply goodness, pure goodness, without any tinge of passion and ignorance
- The devotees, they do not want anything material. They are not captivated by so-called followers. No. Na dhanam na janam - janam means followers - na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va jagadisa kamaye
- The difference between karma-yogi and karmi means he has to suffer the result, good or bad, and karma-yogi has nothing to suffer because he's doing everything for Krsna
- The dog-eater is better than the brahmana with twelve qualifications. Viprad dvi-sad-guna-yutad. Vipra means real vipra, qualified, not the so-called birthright vipra
- The duration of his life is inconceivable for an ordinary human being. The demigods are therefore sometimes called amara, which means "one who has no death." In this material world, however, everyone has to die
- The duty must be done. Even it is little suffering. That is called tapasya. Tapasya means we must proceed with our Krsna consciousness business in spite of all dangerous and calamitous condition of this world. This is called tapasya
- The entrance of a chaste wife into the flames of the pyre of her dead husband is known as saha-gamana, which means "dying with the husband." This system of saha-gamana had been practiced in Vedic civilization from time immemorial
- The eternal world means there is no past, present and future. Because there is not this material body. This is the difference between past, present, and future. Therefore it is called nitya. Nitya means eternal, where there is no influence of this time
- The exact meaning of the word sattvena is given by Sridhara Svami as being synonymous with dhairyena, or patience. One must perform devotional service with great patience
- The exact Sanskrit terminology for Krsna consciousness is here mentioned: krsna-parayanah parayana means "going forward." Anyone who is going forward to the goal of Krsna is called krsna-parayana, or fully Krsna conscious
- The exact version in the Vedas is krte. Krte means in the golden age, when everyone is pious. That is called krta-yuga, age of krta, very pious age
- The feature of the Lord by which He is present everywhere is called Paramatma. Atma means the individual soul, and Paramatma means the individual Supersoul; both atma and Paramatma are individual persons
- The fifth fault (in CC Adi 16.41, recited by Kesava Kasmiri) is bhagna-krama, which means - broken order
- The final statement is ātmavic-caraṇārcanam. Ātma-vit means a self-realized soul or bona fide spiritual master. Unless one is self-realized and knows what his relationship with the Supersoul is, he cannot be a bona fide spiritual master.
- 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
- The first-class devotee is the spiritual master for all kinds of people. It is said, gurur nrnam. The word nrnam means “of all human beings.” The guru is not limited to a particular group
- The forest in which King Puranjana engaged in hunting was named Panca-prastha. The word panca means "five," and this indicates the objects of the five senses
- The form of the spirit which we are actually: kesagra-sata-bhagasya satadha kalpitasya ca. Kesa means the hair, the upper portion of your hair. When it is divided into ten thousand part & just imagine, that one part is the spiritual atom. It is so small
- The four divisions of meanings of the word deha (“body”) are (1) aupadika-brahma-deha, the material body considered as Brahman with designations (vide verse 212)
- The four divisions of meanings of the word deha (“body”) are (2) karma-nistha yajnikera karma-deha, the body engaged in ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedic injunctions (vide verse 214)
- The four divisions of meanings of the word deha (“body”) are (3) tapo-deha, the body engaged in austerities and penances (vide verse 216), and (4) sarva-kama-deha, the body engaged for the satisfaction of all kinds of material desires (vide verse 218)
- The goddess of fortune, Laksmi, is described in this (SB 8.8.14) verse as sriyam, which means that she has six opulences - wealth, strength, influence, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. These opulences are received from the goddess of fortune
- The gopis came with lust. They became purified with Krsna's association. Gopis actually, superficially, externally, they are, means, nitya-siddha, ever-liberated expansion of Krsna's energy, internal energy
- The grhamedhis, however, are those who live only for the benefit of the family members, extended or centralized, and thus are envious of others. The word medhi indicates jealousy of others
- The grhastha means one who follows the rules and regulation of sex life. That is grhastha. Not that simply united, man and woman, and live like animals. No, that is not grhastha. That is called grhamedhi
- The grhastha-asrama means unless there is Krsna or full consciousness of Krsna, it is simply miserable, simply miserable. Duhkhalayam asasvatam
- The Hanuman policy is: "Take out Sita from the hands of Ravana and get her seated by the side of Rama." The same Sita. Sita means Laksmi. So Laksmi means Narayana's property, God's property
- The harijana word was used by Gandhi unnecessarily for a class of men who are not fit for the position. Harijana means "the men of Hari." Just like Narada. Narada is called harijana. Great devotee is called harijana, "the persons related with Hari"
- The Hrsikesa name is there in the Bhagavad-gita. Hrsikesa means hrsikanam adhisvaram. So practically, the senses which you are using, the real proprietor is Aniruddha, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The human life is meant for sattva. Sattva means existence. We are existing. I am existing; you are existing. But we are sometimes appear to be not existing. That is called death
- The human society is divided into four: first class, second class, third class, fourth class, and pancama means fifth class. So these dog-eaters, they are considered as the fifth class
- The impersonalists' understanding of God is called nirakara. Nih means "negative" and akara means "form," so nirakara means "negative form." The impersonalists are mistaken when they think that God has no form at all
- The incident in which the great witch attempted to kill the child but was killed herself is certainly wonderful. Therefore this verse (SB 10.6.44) uses the word adbhutam, meaning - specifically wonderful
- The individual soul is the proprietor of his individual body, but the Lord clearly states, "My dear Bharata, you must know that I am also ksetra jna. " Ksetra jna means "the knower or proprietor of the body"
- The industries, they are mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita as ugra-karma. Ugra-karma means ferocious activities
- The initiation must be done according to sruti, smrti or pancaratriki vidhi. To make spiritual progress in three ways: by the Vedanta philosophy, or Vedic ways, or according to smrti. Smrti means authorized books written in accordance to the sruti
- The institution of four varnas and four asramas is confirmed herewith (in SB 3.21.52-54) to be bhagavad-racita, which means "designed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead." In Bhagavad-gita 4.13 this is also confirmed: catur-varnyam maya srstam
- The jina means the deerskin. That is very essential, because formerly the brahmacaris used to go to guru-grha. In those days the guru-grha was not palatial building. Now if you haven't got palatial building, nobody will come
- The king, his duty was that if you are professing yourself as a brahmana, then it is the king's duty to see that you are acting as a brahmana. Brahmana is not by birth but guna-karma-vibhagasah (BG 4.13). Guna means quality. And karma, and work also
- The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to convince, educate people the value of life, how the process of living conditions are going on. Not we have manufactured all this. It is received from the Vedas. Vedas means the book of knowledge
- The Kulasekhara also says that the reason he is praying to God is not to be saved from the Kumbhipaka hell. Laborers in gigantic iron & steel mills suffer tribulations similar to those in the Kumbhipaka hell. Kumbhi means "pot," and paka means - boiling
- The liberation from material bondage is called nirguna. Nirguna means the three qualities, three modes of material nature, is nullified. As soon as we are transcendental to the three modes of material nature, that is called liberation
- The living entities, that is also prakrti, but he also wants to enjoy. That is called illusion. So in his enjoying temperament he may be called purusa, illusory purusa. Real purusa is Bhagavan. Purusa means bhokta. The bhokta, real bhokta, enjoyer
- The living entity is described in the Bhagavad-gita as sarvaga. Sarvaga means he can go anywhere within this universe. He can go in the spiritual sky also. Sarvaga means including everywhere, if he likes
- The living entity never possesses anything exactly in the same proportion as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, this mayat affix cannot be used to mean that the individual living entity is quantitatively equal with the Lord
- The living entity's higher or lower position, his suffering and enjoying, are due to his own karma. The exact word used in this connection is anisah, which means "dependent on their own karma"
- The Lord descends from His abode to this world, and therefore He is called avatara, which means "one who descends."
- The Lord discloses His form, even to the extent of measurement, to His pure devotees, and that is the meaning of yavan, as explained by Srila Jiva Gosvami, the greatest scholar of Srimad-Bhagavatam
- The Lord explains (here in BG 4.6) His prakrti or His form. Prakrti means nature as well as svarupa, or one's own form. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord is addressed as arta-bandhu, which means "friend of the distressed"
- The Lord is described (in SB 5.14.43) as Uttamasloka. Uttama means "the best," and sloka means "reputation." Lord Krsna is full in six opulences, one of which is reputation
- The Lord is described as mukti-pati, which means "one under whose lotus feet there are all kinds of mukti." There are five kinds of mukti - sayujya, sarupya, salokya, samipya and sarsti
- The Lord is described here as tri-pat, which means that He is the enjoyer of three kinds of sacrifices. In Bhagavad-gita the Lord confirms that He is the beneficiary and enjoyer of all sacrifices, penances and austerities
- The Lord is explained here (in SB 3.19.25) to be adhoksaja, beyond the reach of all material calculation. Aksaja means "the measurement of our senses," and adhoksaja means "that which is beyond the measurement of our senses."
- The Lord is here (in SB 4.20.27) addressed as akhila-purusottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord of the entire creation. purusa means "the enjoyer," and uttama means "the best."
- The Lord is known as Dharadhara, meaning, "He who keeps the planet earth on His tusks as the boar incarnation."
- The Lord is sometimes addressed as uttamasloka, which means "one who is worshiped with selected words by devotees"
- The Lord says, sadhur eva sa mantavyah. Sadhu means a pious man or a religious man. Sadhu means the honest man and all good qualities
- The Lord touched His conch to Dhruva's forehead, and he was transcendentally inspired. This inspiration is called brahma-maya because when one is thus inspired, the sound he produces exactly corresponds to the sound vibration of the Vedas
- The maha-bhagavata is one who decorates his body with tilaka and whose name indicates him to be a servant of Krsna by the word dasa
- The main purpose of this (Buddha) religion was to stop animal slaughter. Ahimsa paramo dharmah. Ahimsa means nonviolence. Nonviolence
- The man in darkness should be educated. Vimarsanam. Vimarsanam means cultivation of knowledge, culture. So where is that culture? There is no culture. We propose that the beginning of culture is - No illicit sex
- The Manus compiled the Manu-samhita. The word samhita means Vedic knowledge, and manu indicates that this knowledge is given by Manu. The Manus are sometimes incarnations of the Supreme Lord and sometimes empowered living entities
- The master says: "I will give you some money," they will vote. Or in other words, kalau sudra sambhava. Sudra means servant. The dog is faithful servant; that is his only qualification
- The material power is very gigantic, undoubtedly. That is described in the Brahma-samhita: srsti-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-saktir eka chayeva yasya bhuvanani vibharti durga (Bs. 5.44). This material energy is called Durga. Duh means very difficult
- The materialist scientists, they are simply trying to know the prakrti. But they do not know the purusa. Prakrti means the enjoyed, and purusa means the enjoyer. Actually enjoyer is Krsna. He's the original purusa
- The Mayavada is described, the Sankara philosophy is described, by Sankara himself, Lord Siva, that it is asat-sastra. Asat-sastra means it was temporary requisition. It is not permanent knowledge. It was required for the time being
- The Mayavadi philosophers consider ananda-maya to be the state of being merged in the Supreme. To them, ananda-maya means that the Supersoul and the individual soul become one
- The Mayavadis are very proud of their grammatical knowledge, but any person who has actual knowledge of grammar can understand that aham means "I" and that "I" refers to a personality
- The Mayavadis call themselves Vedantists but do not at all understand the purport of Vedanta philosophy. Not being properly educated, people in general think that Vedanta means the Sankarite interpretation
- The meaning of Labangalatika is delicate, sometimes Radharani is addressed as Labangalatika
- The meaning of niraham is "without material designations." This word cannot possibly be twisted to mean that the Paramatma has no ahankara, no "I-ness" or identity. He has His transcendental identity as the Supreme. This is explained by Jiva Gosvami
- The meaning of sampradaya is that the acarya of the sampradaya does not talk nonsense. He speaks whatever he has heard through the guru-parampara
- The mind is described here (SB 5.11.7) as para-avara, para means transcendental, and avara means material. When the mind is engaged in the Lord's service (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh (SB 9.4.18)), it is called para, transcendental
- The miserable conditions of material life have been pointed out by Sri Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita. Krsna says that the problem of life is janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi (BG 13.9), meaning that birth, death, old age and disease
- The mother material nature, or Durga-devi. Durga means the superintendent of this prison house, material, Durga. Dur-ga: "You cannot go out." That is called durga. Durga means fort also. Very difficult, dur-ga, to go out
- The mukti means to go out of this ignorance of the darkness of this material world
- The name Samba indicates a son who is very much his mother's pet. Amba means "mother," and sa means "with." So this special name was given to him because he always remained with his mother
- The next important phrase is mita-medhyadanam, which means that one should eat very frugally. It is recommended in the Vedic literatures that a yogi eat only half what he desires according to his hunger
- The original dharma is to follow the varnas and asramas, and these are created, according to Bhagavad Gita, to please Vishnu. So sampradaya means one of the four original Vishnu sampradayas
- The Paramatma is always distinguished from the embodied soul as well as the material world. Therefore He has been described as para. That para, or Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eka, meaning "one."
- The particular use of the word anativelam ("without delay") is very significant because simply by serving brahmanas and Vaisnavas one can get liberation. There is no need to undergo severe penances and austerities
- The pasu-ghatam means they were being implicated in innumerable sinful activities by this process
- The perfection of one's execution of his appointed duties is the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. The word kama-sandohah means "achievement of the desired result
- The Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan, is paratah parat, beyond Brahman and Paramatma realization. In this connection, Srila Jiva Gosvami points out that paratah parat means "better than the best."
- The phrase man-mana bhava mad-bhakto (in BG 18.65) means "just be always conscious of Me." This then is Krsna consciousness. In Bhagavad-gita Krsna is repeatedly saying that we should worship Him, offer obeisances unto Him and then come to Him
- The planet earth is also called vasundhara. The word vasu means "wealth," and dhara "one who holds." All creatures within the earth fulfill the necessities required for human beings, & all living entities can be taken out of the earth by the proper means
- The population in this age, almost all of them, are manda - means bad or very slow - they do not understand what is the aim of life; therefore they are called manda. Because they do not understand their real interest of life, they can be called very bad
- The present population, godless population, is the cause of all disturbances. In the Bhagavad-gita you'll find varna-sankara. Varna-sankara means unwanted population
- The principle abhadrani means illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating, and gambling. These are the four pillars of abhadrani. So by Krsna consciousness, Krsna helps
- The professions of a qualified brahmana are pathana, pathana, yajana, yajana, dana and pratigraha. The words yajana and yajana mean that a brahmana becomes the priest of the populace for the sake of their elevation
- The purifying potency of devotional service is very strong, and it is called pavitram uttamam, the purest. Uttamam means transcendental. BG 1972 purports
- The real education is life. The gurukula means it is a way of life training. It is said that brahmacari gurukule vasan danta. This is the way of life: how to learn controlling the senses
- The real purpose is that we should give up this asat-patha. Asat-patha and sat-patha. Sat-patham means our permanent goal of life. We are now interested with nonpermanent goal of life
- The result is that, without their (demoniac men's) knowledge, they are gliding toward hell. Here (in BG 16.16) the Sanskrit word mohajala is very significant. Jala means net; like fishes caught in a net, they have no way to come out. BG 1972 purports
- The sacred ceremony, upanayana, means he has now come nearer to understand Vedic knowledge. Then he studies Vedas, dvija
- The sadhu will speak only on the authority of sastra. And sastra means the description given by the sadhu. They are correlative
- The sanatana-dharma means this bhakti-yoga. Because we have forgotten. Everyone is trying to become God. Now practice here how to become a servant of God
- The Sanskrit statement anartha-nivrtti indicates that this body is unwanted. We are spirit soul, and there was never any need of this material body
- The Sanskrit word dehi means embodied. Although one is within this material body, by his advancement in spiritual knowledge he can be free from the influence of the modes of nature. BG 1972 purports
- The Sanskrit word for man is manusya, which means "descendant of Manu." Not only is Dhruva Maharaja the glory of the family of Svayambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society
- The Sanskrit word for son, putra means that the son is expected to deliver the forefathers from the hellish condition of life. Sometimes due to our sinful activities, we become ghost. That is very hellish condition
- The Sanskrit word guna means "quality" or "mode," as well as "string" or - rope
- The Sanskrit word mamsa means “meat.” It is said, mam sah khadati iti mamsah. That is, “I am now eating the flesh of an animal who will some day in the future be eating my flesh”
- The Sanskrit word moha-jala is very significant. Jala means "net"; like fish caught in a net, they have no way to come out
- The Sanskrit word vibhu means the Supreme Lord who is full of unlimited knowledge, riches, strength, fame, beauty and renunciation. He is always satisfied in Himself, undisturbed by sinful or pious activities
- The Sanskrit word vibhuh means the Supreme Lord who is full of unlimited knowledge, riches, strength, fame, beauty and renunciation. He is always satisfied in Himself, undisturbed by sinful or pious activities. BG 1972 purports
- The sastra says that controller or ruler is the same, and the Sanskrit synonym is isvara. Isvara means controller or ruler. So there are different kinds of controllers according to time, sphere
- The sastra says, tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreyah uttamam. One should accept guru when he is inquisitive, jijnasuh. What about? Sreyah uttamam. The Absolute or the auspicity beyond this material world. Uttamam. Tamah means darkness, ignorance
- The science of Krsna is very difficult to understand. Durbodham. Durbodham. Durbodham means very, very difficult to understand. Therefore you have to approach the mahajanas
- The seed of the tree is sown by the cultivator, and the tree or creeper in due course becomes manifested with so many fruits. Nothing can take place without a cause. The Karana Ocean is therefore called the Causal Ocean. Karana means "causal"
- The six further meanings of the verse are based on the following meanings of the word atmarama: (1) mental speculators (vide verse 165), (2) those engaged in different types of endeavor (vide verse 168), (3) those who are patient and sober
- The six further meanings of the verse are based on the following meanings of the word atmarama: (4) those who are intelligent and learned scholars (vide verse 187), (5) those who are intelligent but illiterate and foolish (vide verse 187)
- The six further meanings of the verse are based on the following meanings of the word atmarama: (6) those who are conscious of their eternal servitorship to Krsna (vide verse 201)
- The smell is creation of God, or Krsna, punyo gandhah prthivyam ca. Therefore the smell should be used for Krsna's pleasure. This is bhakti, not for my pleasure. This is called tyaga. Tyaga means that actually it should be used for Krsna
- The so-called learned scholars, Vedantists, so-called Vedantists . . . one who is actual Vedant . . . knower of Vedanta, he understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. Because veda means knowledge, and anta, "The last phase." Knowledge
- The speaking is very pleasing when there are many persons here. I cannot speak alone here. That is not ananda. I can speak here at night, dead of night, nobody here. That is not ananda. Ananda means there must be others
- The specific meaning of sruta means this knowledge has to be received through the ear, through the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. Sruta-grhitaya. It is never explained in the Vedic literature that the science of God can be understood by the eyes
- The spiritual concept of life, as it is described before: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam (SB 1.2.11). Tattvam means truth. The truth is spirit, not this matter. Matter is truth, subordinate to spirit
- The spiritual master's mercy is described, mukham karoti vacalam. Mukham means dumb, one who cannot speak. He becomes a great lecturer or speaker
- The Srimad-Bhagavatam offers bhagavata-dharma, or the process leading to scientific knowledge about God. Bhagavata means - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and dharma means - regulative principles
- The statement of the Bhagavad-gita, yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama, is also confirmed herewith. Param means transcendental Brahman. Therefore, the abode of the Lord is also Brahman, nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The student is called sisya. Sisya, the Sanskrit word sisya, this word comes from the root sas. Sas means ruling. From sas, the sastra. Sastra means authoritative books. They have been derived. And sastra. Sastra means weapons, armaments
- The sudras means the lowest class of men, who have no culture. But the higher classes, the brahmins, the ksatriyas, they are considered highly cultured. And how they are called highly cultured? Because they are twice-born
- The sun is considered to be the eye of the Supreme Lord. That is confirmed here by the words yac-caksur asit and in the Brahma-samhita by the words yac-caksur esa savita. The word savita means the sun-god
- The Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, is the master of both pradhana and purusa. Pradhana means subtle matter, such as ether. Purusa means the spiritual spark living entities who are entangled in that subtle material existence
- The Supreme Lord is described as mahat-pada, which means that the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva, is lying at His lotus feet
- The Supreme Lord is very beautiful. The word sasvat is significant. It is not that He appears beautiful to the devotees but is ultimately impersonal. Sasvat means "ever existing." That beauty is not temporary. It is ever existing - He is always youthful
- The Supreme Lord, being the supreme possessor of spiritual senses, is the master of the senses, Hrsikesa. Hrsika means the senses, and isa means the master. The Lord is not the servant of the senses
- The Supreme Lord, Personality of Godhead, is the oldest of all, but whenever you'll find, you'll find just like a young man. Adyam purana purusam nava-yauvanam ca. Nava-yauvanam means just a fresh youth
- The Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is analyzed in two characteristics. What are they? The, the personal characteristics and tatastha characteristics. Tatastha means they are sometimes manifested and they are not sometimes manifested
- The Supreme Person is described herein (SB 4.21.38) as brahmanya-deva. Brahmanya refers to the brahmanas, the Vaisnavas or the brahminical culture, and deva means "worshipable Lord."
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramatma feature is always present within the hearts of all living entities and from Him come memory, knowledge and forgetfulness. This is indicated here (in SB 8.1.11) by the word suparnam, which means "friend"
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as Vasudeva because He lives everywhere. The word vas means "to live."
- The symptom of Kali-yuga is disagreement, fight, quarrel. Kali means this quarreling, fighting, unnecessarily fighting
- The symptoms of birth, one can understand, of course, through abhijna, those who are abhijna. By the gunas, one can - guna means quality - one can understand the past and future
- The symptoms of mahatma, great soul. So the first symptom is that he is equal to everyone, sama-cittah. And the next qualification is prasanta. Prasanta means pacified. He's not disturbed by any material anxiety
- The tattvavit says that the Supreme Absolute Truth is recognized in three aspects: impersonal Brahman, and Paramatma, the localized Supersoul, and Bhagavan. Bhagavan means the Personality of Godhead. So they are three angles of vision
- The third class, vaisya. Vaisya means produce food grain, krsi, agriculture, not produce food in the slaughterhouse. No. Slaughterhouse, even the sixth-class, seventh-class men. . . They did not know how to produce food, how to live
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (1) sadhaka, the neophyte performer; (2) brahma-maya, one absorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (11) nigarbha-yogarudha, an impersonal yogi on the platform of perfection
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (12) sagarbha-prapta-siddhi, one who has attained the perfectional stage by meditating on the Visnu form
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (13) nigarbha-prapta-siddhi, one who has attained perfection by practicing impersonal meditation
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (3) prapta-brahma-laya, one who has actually attained Brahman perfection; (4) mumuksu, one who desires liberation
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (5) jivan-mukta, one who is liberated in this life; (6) prapta-svarupa, one who has attained his original constitutional position
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (7) nirgrantha-muni, a completely liberated saint
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (8) sagarbha-yogaruruksu, a yogi meditating upon the four-handed Visnu form and desiring yogic perfection
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (9) nigarbha-yogaruruksu, one who is trying for perfection in impersonal meditation
- The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: sagarbha-yogarudha, one who has been elevated to the platform of yogic perfection by meditating on the Visnu form
- The three further meanings of the verse are understood when (1) the word ca is taken to mean “in due course,” (2) the word ca is taken to mean eva and the word api to mean “censure”
- The Tirupati is a Vaisnava temple, so they should encourage.... Vaisnavism means real religion. All other, bogus, cheating religions
- The topmost planet is called Goloka, or Krsnaloka. Go means cows. Krsna is very much fond of cows. Therefore that planet is called also Goloka, the planet full of cows
- The two words combined in the word Vedanta are veda and anta. Veda means "knowledge," and anta means "goal" or "end." so Vedanta means the end of all knowledge, or veda
- The Vedanta is the medium of philosophical interpretations, and thus the Vedanta cannot be the absolute property of any Particular class of philosopher. A sincere seeker of the Absolute Truth is called a Vedantist. Veda means "knowledge"
- The Vedanta-sutra confirms this: aprayanat tatrapi hi drstam. This means that after liberation the process of devotional service continues. BG 1972 purports
- The Vedas, there are three kandas; therefore Vedas' name is trayi. Trayi means there are three different phases of activities - karma-kanda, jnana-kanda and upasana-kanda. That is the teachings of the Vedic literature
- The Vedic information is that tamasi ma jyotir gama: "Don't remain in the darkness. Just go out to the light." Jyotir gama. Jyoti means light. So Vedic injunction is that, Don't remain in the darkness. Go to the light
- The Vedic knowledge is given in codes. That is called Brahma-sutra. Sutra means code, and Brahman means the Supreme Absolute Truth. Understanding of the Absolute Truth in code words, and the explanation
- The Vedic language is called sruti. Sruti means hearing. It is not reading. Simply, pious students will hear from the right source. Evam parampara praptam imam rajarsayo viduh (BG 4.2). Simply by hearing, they will understand everything
- The Vedic literature is meant for to find out Krsna, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah . . . (BG 15.15). All knowledge . . . vedic, veda means knowledge. So any department of knowledge you may pursue, the business is how to find out Krsna
- The Vedic understanding is different. It is sruti. Sruti means to hear from authoritative source. That is real knowledge
- The Vedic version sarvam khalv idam brahma means that since both the energies have emanated from the Supreme Brahman, everything we experience is nondifferent from Brahman
- The Vedic version tat tvam asi, "Thou art the same," means not that everyone is God but that everyone is qualitatively of the same nature as God
- The Vedic version that the whole cosmic creation is nothing but Brahman means that since everything is emanating from the Supreme Brahman, nothing is apart from Him
- The Vedic voice, transcendental voice, says, "O humanity, O living entity, you are sleeping. Please get up." Uttistha. Uttistha means "Please get up"
- The very name Krsna, which is nonsectarian, means "the greatest pleasure." Krs means "greatest," and na means "pleasure." Krsna is the epitome of pleasure, and being part and parcel of Him, we hanker for pleasure
- The very name Narada suggests that he can deliver the Supreme Lord. Nara means the "Supreme Lord," and da means "one who can deliver"
- The very word "Krsna" means all-attractive, but Radharani is so great that She attracts Krsna. If Krsna is always attractive to everyone, and Radharani is attractive to Krsna, how can we imagine the position of Srimati Radharani
- The visitor must chant “Jaya Sri Radha-Govinda!” or “Jaya Sri Radha-Madhava!” when he rings the bell. In either case, the word jaya must be uttered
- The Vrndavana... Vana means forest, and vrnda means tulasi. Mostly there are tulasi plants and other trees also, but all the trees are living desire trees, spiritual
- The water of Bindu-sarovara is described here (in SB 3.21.38-39) as sivamrta jala. Siva means "curing." Anyone who drinks the water of Bindu-sarovara is cured of all material diseases
- The whole dog is burned, and then they relish that roasted dog. Roasted pig I have seen. There is a class, they roast the pig and they eat. So this class of men, they roast dog, and it is called dog cake - kukur-pita. Pita means cake kukur means dog
- The whole Vedic literature is meant for achieving the highest perfection of life. Vedic literature, you will get all kinds of knowledge. Veda means knowledge, and the Vedic literature is full of knowledge
- The whole Vedic literature is meant for how to control the senses. yoga. yoga indriya-samyama. That is yoga. yoga means not to show some magic
- The whole world, nirvisesa-sunyavadi . . . nirvisesa . . . means the impersonalists and voidists, that's all. They have no understanding what is Personality of Godhead
- The wife says: "I want so many, so much, so many dollars for my this purpose." "All right, take it." Therefore in the Bhagavata they are called svajanakhya-dasyu. Dasyu means burglars. So the wife and children, they are legitimate burglars
- The woman's name is kamini. Kamini...Kama means lust. So they invoke one's lust. Therefore by nature, women are beautiful, they dress themselves beautifully. This is nature, to invoke the lusty desire of man
- The word abhavah means "not to take birth again in this material world." A devotee doesn't care whether he is going to be reborn or not. He is simply satisfied with the Lord's service in any condition. That is real mukti
- The word advaita means "nondual," and His name is such because He is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord - CC Intro
- The word advaita means nondual, and his name is such because he is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord
- The word agastya indicates that the senses do not act independently, and the word muni means mind
- The word agraha means “not to accept.” We should not follow regulative principles without an effect, nor should we fail to accept the regulative principles. What is required is a special technique according to country, time and candidate
- The word ahaituki means "without reason." A pure devotee does not render loving service to the Personality of Godhead for any cause or for any benefit, material or spiritual. This is the first symptom of unalloyed devotion
- The word ajohavit means "calling them again and again." "Krsna and Balarama," she (mother Yasoda) called - please come back. You are late for Your lunch. You have played sufficiently. Come back
- The word aksauhini refers to a military phalanx consisting of 21,870 chariots and elephants, 109,350 infantry soldiers and 65,610 horses
- The word amrtyum refers to the demigods, who do not die like ordinary human beings because they have extremely long durations of life
- The word anapavarga-virya is significant in this verse (SB 4.30.43). The word ana means "without," pavarga means "the materialistic way of life," and virya means - prowess
- The word anapeksa means that one should not be concerned with mundane people and should not depend upon them. One should depend solely on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and be free from material desires
- The word anatha-varga is very significant in this verse (SB 4.25.42). Natha means "husband," and a means "without." A young woman who has no husband is called anatha, meaning "one who is not protected"
- The word anatmya is significant. Atmya means "the life of the soul," so this word indicates that although Daksa appeared to be living, actually he was a dead body, otherwise how could he neglect Sati, who was his own daughter?
- The word anidram, meaning "always awake and free from ignorance," is very important in this verse (of SB 8.5.27). As stated in BG 15.15, mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca: it is the Lord who gives intelligence to everyone and who causes everyone to forget
- The word anuja, meaning "the younger sister," is significant. When Visnu, or Krsna, took birth from Devaki, He must have simultaneously taken birth from Yasoda also. Otherwise how could Yogamaya have been anuja, the Lord's younger sister
- The word anukara means - imitating, and anusara means - trying to follow in the footsteps. We should not try to imitate the activities of a maha-bhagavata or Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
- The word apadaka, meaning "without legs," refers to serpents
- The word apratipurusam, used in this verse (SB 4.4.2), means "one who has no equal." Lord Siva has no equal in the material world in regard to equality towards everyone. His wife, Sati, knew that her husband was equal towards everyone
- The word asat means bad or temporary, and sat means permanent and good
- The word asteyam is also very important for a yogi. Asteyam means "to refrain from theft." In the broader sense, everyone who accumulates more than he needs is a thief
- The word atma also includes all kinds of personalities known as Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that Krsna has unlimited expansions
- The word atma also means patience and perseverance. By patience and perseverance one can achieve the highest stage of devotional service
- The word atma refers to the living entity. From Lord Brahma down to an insignificant ant, everyone is considered a living entity
- The word atmaupamyena refers to thinking others to be like oneself
- The word avadhuta means "most free." A person is not under the rules and regulations of any injunction when he has attained the stage of avadhuta. In other words, he can act as he likes
- The word avadhuta means “rambling, agitating, moving, absorbed, defeated.” In some readings of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, it is said: yahara sravane citta-mala haya dhuta
- The word ayah (iron) is very significant. Whereas the nectarean soma was put in a golden pot, the liquors and beers were put in an iron pot
- The word ayajayan indicates that all the brahmanas induced Bali Maharaja to perform such sacrifices
- The word ayana means "path" or "going." The six months when the sun moves toward the north are called uttarayana, or the northern path, and the six months when it moves south are called daksinayana, or the southern path. These are mentioned in BG 8.24-25
- The word baddha-sauhrdah - "bound in friendship" - is particularly used here. Karmis, jnanis and yogis cannot be bound in devotional service. Karmis fully engage in the activities of the body. Their aim of life is to give comfort to the body only
- The word bahir jata-viragaya means a person who has developed detachment from external and internal material propensities
- The word bahu-pada refers to those creatures who have more than four legs. There are many insects, such as the centipede, and also many aquatic animals that have many legs
- The word bhagavad-gunanukathana-sravana-vyagra-cetasah, meaning "always eager to find the place where the glories of the Lord are being heard and chanted," is significant in this verse - SB 4.29.39-40
- The word bhuja-lata-upagudha, meaning "being embraced by beautiful arms which are compared to creepers," describes the way the conditioned soul is bound within this material world. The products of sex life - sons and daughters - certainly follow
- The word bija-nirharanam refers to burning the root cause of material life to ashes
- The word brahma-satra means "cultivation of spiritual knowledge." Actually, both the Vedas and severe austerity are known as brahma. Vedas tattvam tapo brahma. Brahma also means "the Absolute Truth."
- The word ca is significant, for it indicates the total number of bodies. That is the opinion of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana: Krsna is the Supersoul present in each and every body apart from the individual soul. BG 1972 purports
- The word daksayani means "the daughter of King Daksa." Sometimes, when there was relaxed conversation between husband and wife, Lord Siva used to call Sati "the daughter of King Daksa"
- The word daksayani means "the daughter of King Daksa." Sometimes, when there was relaxed conversation between husband and wife, Lord Siva used to call Sati: the daughter of King Daksa
- The word danda means “rod,” and vat means “like.” To offer obeisances to the spiritual master, one must fall flat exactly as a rod falls on the ground. This is the meaning of the word dandavat
- The word darsaniyatamam, which is used in this verse (SB 3.28.16), means that the Lord is so beautiful that the devotee-yogi does not wish to see anything else. His desire to see beautiful objects is completely satisfied by the sight of the Lord
- The word dharma is meant for human beings and is never used in connection with beings inferior to human beings, such as animals
- The word dharma-patni also refers to a chaste wife
- The word dhira means "sober," and vira means "hero." One who is struggling against maya is a hero, and one who is sober enough to understand his position is a dhira. Without becoming sober or heroic, one cannot attain spiritual salvation
- The word diyatam means that knowledge of Krsna consciousness should be offered by the spiritual master
- The word drsy-adibhih is significant. According to Jiva Gosvami, drsi means jnana, philosophical research
- The word durga-pala is significant. The word durga means "that which does not go very easily." Generally durga refers to a fort, which one cannot very easily enter. Another meaning of durga is "difficulty"
- The word durmada means "wrongly directed," and nirrti means "sinful activity"
- The word durmadena may be analyzed in this way: dur means dusta, or "sinful," and mada means "madness." Every living entity who is in contact with material nature is called mada, or mad
- The word durvibhavya means "inconceivable by our tiny brain," and vibhakta-viryah means "divided in varieties of potencies." This is the right explanation of the display of creative energies in the material world
- The word dvi-pada, meaning "biped," refers to human beings. When he is old and invalid, the human being is supposed to be a triped, or three-legged, because he walks with the help of a stick or some kind of cane
- The word eka-pada, "one-legged," refers to ghosts, for it is said that ghosts walk on one leg
- The word ekam means “one,” Krsna. On this platform, there are no different religious systems. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.1.2), dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra. On the material platform, religious systems are different
- The word gata-vyathāḥ, used in this connection, means "without fear." Satī did not care that she was going alone; therefore she was almost fearless
- The word goloka means "planet of the cows." Because Krsna is very fond of cows, His abode is known as Goloka. Goloka Vrndavana is larger than all the material and spiritual planets put together
- The word Govinda means "He who gives pleasure to the senses." We perceive pleasure through our senses, and therefore Krsna, who is the reservoir of pleasure, is called Govinda
- The word guru may be translated as "heavy," or "the supreme"
- The word hari conveys various meanings, but the chief import of the word is that He (the Lord) vanquishes everything inauspicious and takes away the mind of the devotee by awarding pure transcendental love
- The word hari has different meanings, of which two are foremost. Hari means that He takes away all inauspicious things from the devotee's life and that He attracts the mind of the devotee by awarding him transcendental love of Godhead
- The word hari means "one who takes away all miserable conditions," and hari-medhase means that the Lord is always planning ways to deliver the conditioned soul from the clutches of maya
- The word indra-ha refers to an asura who is always eager to kill Indra. An enemy of Indra is naturally a friend to the asuras, but the word indra-ha also refers to one who follows Indra or who is obedient to him
- The word indra-hanam means "one who can kill Indra," but it also means "one who follows Indra"
- The word isvara means controller. So everyone is controller. All of you are present here, to some extent, every one of us is a controller to a limited extent
- The word isvarah means controller, and the word paramah means supreme
- The word jagad-anda-natha means Lord Brahma. There are innumerable jagad-anda-natha Brahmas, and thus we can calculate the many Manus. The present age is under the control of Vaivasvata Manu
- The word jata-vedah means "fire which is produced by rubbing wood." In Vedic times, learned sages could bring forth fire from wood. Jata-vedah also indicates the fire in the stomach, which digests everything we eat and which produces an appetite
- The word jiva-himsa (envy of other living entities) actually means stopping the preaching of Krsna consciousness
- The word jnana means knowledge, and vairagyam means detachment. Both knowledge and detachment are required in this human form of life
- The word juhuvuh means that the chanters of the holy name have already performed all kinds of sacrifices. Sasnuh means that they have already traveled to all the holy places of pilgrimage and taken part in purificatory activities at those places
- The word kaivalyat means that God has no competitor. There is only one God
- The word kalatra means wife, and adi means beginning. Because a man feels alone, he accepts a wife, and immediately there are children and then grandchildren. In this way there is expansion
- The word kali means "quarrel." Kali-yuga is compared to the rainy season because many difficulties in life are experienced during this damp season
- The word kama-rupinah indicates that the demigods, the inhabitants of the heavenly planets, can assume any form they desire. Thus it was not at all difficult for them to remain incognito before the eyes of the demons
- The word kamala-nabhaya indicates that Lord Visnu is the origin of the material creation
- The word kriyarthaih means "by performing ritualistic ceremonies to satisfy the demigods." The word vipascitah is explained in the Taittiriya Upanisad as follows: satyam jnanam anantam brahma. yo veda nihitam guhayam parame vyoman
- The word kriyasu, meaning "by manual labor" or "by work," is important in this verse (of SB 10.2.37). One should engage in practical service to the Lord
- The word Krsna is derived from the root krs, meaning - that which attracts
- The word kuksi-gatah, meaning "within the womb of Devaki," has been discussed by Sri Jiva Gosvami in his Krama-sandarbha commentary
- The word kusalam refers to that which is auspicious. One can make his home perfectly auspicious when he engages in devotional service to Lord Visnu
- The word kuta-stha, meaning "without change," is also very significant. There are two kinds of living entities-nitya-mukta and nitya-baddha. A nitya-mukta never forgets his position as the eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The word kuti-nati means "duplicity"
- The word mad-vyapasrayah means under the protection of the Supreme Lord. To be free from material contamination, a pure devotee acts under the direction of the Supreme Lord or His representative, the spiritual master. BG 1972 purports
- The word maitra, “friendly,” indicates that one who is able to preach the bhakti cult all over the world should be equally friendly to everyone
- The word mangala ("auspicious") in this verse (SB 4.21.42) is very significant. Srila Sridhara Svami quotes that to do what is good and to reject what is not good is called mangala, or auspicious
- The word mangalah is significant. Mangala means one who is elevated in every respect in the opulences of religious performances, ruling power, cleanliness and all other good qualities
- The word matra is explained in the Medini dictionary as follows: matra karna-vibhusayam vitte mane paricchade. The word matra, in its different imports, is used to indicate the decoration of the ear, possession, respect, and the possession of a covering
- The word mayamayam means "spiritual knowledge." This is explained by Madhvacarya. Mayamayam jnana-svarupam
- The word mayamayam, describing the Lord's form, should not be taken to mean illusion. Rather, the Lord's form is factual, and seeing this form is the result of perfect knowledge
- The word moha means the false understanding that one is rich or poor. In this material world, the conception that one is very rich or very poor - or any such consciousness in connection with material existence - is false
- The word muni is very significant. Muni means one who is very expert in mental speculation or in thinking, feeling and willing. He is not mentioned here (in SB 3.28.20) as a devotee or yogi
- The word muni means one who can agitate his mind in various ways for mental speculation without coming to a factual conclusion. BG 1972 purports
- The word naksatra means "the stars," the word tara in this context refers to the planets, and adyah means "the first one specifically mentioned." Among the planets, the first is Surya, the sun, not the moon
- The word naraka means "hell." Similarly, everyone who exists in this material world is called naraka because this material existence itself is known as a hellish condition of life
- The word natah is significant. An actor changes dress to play different parts, but is always the same man. Similarly, the Lord assumes many thousands and millions of forms (advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam adyam purana-purusam)
- The word nirantara, meaning - without cessation, continuously, constantly - is very important in this verse (CC Madhya 16.72). The word antara means - interval. If one has desires other than a desire to perform devotional service
- The word nirguna is important. The Mayavadi philosophers accept the Absolute Truth as nirguna or nirakara. The word nirguna refers to one who possesses no material qualities
- The word nirupita, meaning "concluded," is very significant in this verse (SB 4.30.22). No one has to conduct research work to find God or make progress in spiritual knowledge. Everything is conclusively there in the Vedas
- The word nispidyamanam ("being crushed") is very significant. Every living entity in the material condition is actually being crushed again and again, and to be saved from this position one must take shelter of the SP of Godhead. Then one will be happy
- The word nr-loke, meaning "within the material world," indicates that before the Pandavas there had been many, many devotees, such as the descendants of the Yadu dynasty and Vasistha, Marici, Kasyapa, Brahma and Siva, who were all extremely fortunate
- The word nrnam indicates that lower animals are not expected to engage in the devotional service of the Lord. But in perfect human society everyone should engage in the ds of the Lord. It does not matter whether one is born poor or rich, black or white
- The word padam means "abode," and bhagavat means "the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Thus the destination of the devotees is the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The word pancami means "the fifth day" and is used because this (the Hera-pancami festival in the Gundica temple, five days after the Ratha-yatra festival) takes place on the fifth day of the moon
- The word papa-yonayah means - born into a lower class
- The word paramam is explained thus by Parasara Muni: one who is full in six opulences, who has full strength, full fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty and renunciation, is paramam, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- The word paramesthinam is sometimes used in connection with Brahma. Paramesthi means "the supreme person." As Brahma is the supreme person within this universe, Krsna is the Supreme Personality in the spiritual world
- The word paratma-nistha means being a devotee of Lord Krsna. Paratma, the Supreme Person, is Krsna. Isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah - BS 5.1
- The word praja refers to one who takes birth. Therefore Prthu Maharaja guaranteed protection for prajanam - all living entities who took birth in his kingdom. Praja refers not only to human beings but also to animals, trees and every other living entity
- The word prajvarah is very significant, for it means "the fever sent by Lord Visnu." Such a fever is always set at 107 degrees, the temperature at which a man dies
- The word prarabdhe ("past deeds") is important in this verse (CC Madhya 17.95). Since Candrasekhara was a devotee, he was always eager to hear about Krsna and His transcendental pastimes
- The word pri means "woman." Purusa, or spirit, is the subject, and prakrti, or nature, is the object. The enjoyment, however, is participated in both by the husband and the wife
- The word priyatama (dearmost) is very significant in this verse (SB 5.18.29). Each devotee regards a particular form of the Lord as most dear
- The word projjhita (from CC Adi 1.91) is significant. Pra- means - complete, and ujjhita indicates rejection
- The word purah means "family," and hita means "benefit." Thus the word purohita indicates that the priest is the well-wisher of the family. Another meaning of the word purah is "first"
- The word purusarcanam in this verse (SB 3.28.4) means worshiping Supreme Personality of Godhead, especially the form of Lord Krsna. In Bhagavad-gita it is confirmed by Arjuna that Krsna is the original purusa, or Personality of Godhead, purusam sasvatam
- The word rasa means "taste." Actually all rasas are tastes within the earth, and as soon as seeds are sown in the ground, various trees sprout up to satisfy our different tastes
- The word rasmi (rope) indicates the mind. The word nida is also significant, for nida indicates the nest where a bird takes rest. In this case nida is the heart, where the living entity is situated. The living entity sits in one place only
- The word sagarbha-yogi refers to a yogi who worships the Supersoul in the Visnu form. The nigarbha-yogi worships the Supersoul without form
- The word salya means "piercing thorns"
- The word sama means controlling the mind and keeping it from being diverted in various ways by fixing it on the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The word samadhina is very important. Samadhi means complete absorption with an undiverted mind
- The word samprasanne, which is used in this verse, means "being satisfied." A person should act in such a way that the Lord is satisfied by the activity; it is not that he himself is to be satisfied
- The word samvatsara, meaning "the progress of time," is significant. Day after day, week after week, fortnight after fortnight, month after month, year after year, the living entity becomes entangled in the chariot's progress
- The word sarva-bhava means that one can love the Supreme Personality of Godhead in different transcendental modes of mellows, beginning with dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya
- The word sarva-loka means "all three worlds," and the word mahesvara means "the supreme proprietor." Krsna is the proprietor of both the material and the spiritual world
- The word sarva-loka-namaskrtam means that He (God) is worshipable by everyone on every planet
- The word sarva-mantra-vicarana in the present verse of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta means “considering all different types of mantras.” There are different kinds of mantras for different kinds of devotees
- The word sarva-papebhyah indicates four kinds of sinful activities. As soon as the devotee surrenders unto Krsna’s lotus feet, he is certainly relieved from all sinful activities and their results
- The word sarva-samuccaye is significant here. It includes all classes of men - atmaramas, munis and nirgranthas
- The word sati means "the most chaste." Whenever there is consideration of chastity, Sati, this wife of Lord Siva and daughter of Daksa, is considered first
- The word saukra janma means "taking birth by seminal discharge." Animals can take their birth in this way too. However, a human being can be reformed from the saukra janma, as recommended in the Vedic civilization
- The word stabdham means obstinate. A devotee does not care for the instructions of the asuras. When they give instructions, he remains silent
- The word sthanu means - a dry tree without leaves. From a distance one may mistake such a tree for a person. This is called sthanu-purusa
- The word striya, meaning "along with the wife," is significant. The male and female living together constitute the sum and substance of material existence. The attraction between male and female in this material world is very strong
- The word subha-da (of BRS 1.1.17) indicates that devotional service bestows all good fortune, and the word krsna-akarsini indicates that ds gradually attracts Krsna toward the devotee. Consequently a devotee is not subject to any sinful reaction
- The word sucaye means one who is cleansed both externally and internally. To become actually cleansed externally and internally, one should chant the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krsna, or Visnu, constantly
- The word sukapolam ("nice forehead") indicates a clear brain capable of understanding things as they are. By intelligence one can set things in order. The earrings set upon the two ears are placed there by the work of the intelligence
- The word suklah refers to a person in the mode of goodness. If one wants to receive spiritual knowledge, he must approach a bona fide brahmana-guru, either in the disciplic succession or in a family of learned brahmanas
- The word sukra means "semen"
- The word sunah means "of a dog," and sepa means "tail"
- The word sunah means "of a dog," and sepa means "tail." The example is ordinary. However one may try to straighten a dog's tail, it is never straight but always curved
- The word sura-dvisam, which in this verse (SB 6.7.39) means "of the enemies of the demigods," also refers to the atheists
- The word surya-dvarena means "by the illuminated path," or through the sun planet. The illuminated path is devotional service. It is advised in the Vedas not to pass through the darkness, but to pass through the sun planet
- The word susamahitah means "very attentive" or "fully fixed." The ability to fix the mind in this way is a result of yoga-siddhi, mystic perfection. As it is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 12.13.1), dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah
- The word suvismita, meaning "astonished," is significant in this verse - SB 10.3.23
- The word sva-sthah, meaning situated in one's original position, is very significant in this verse - SB 4.28.64
- The word svaminam is significant. Svami means "caretaker" or "master." Devayani was cared for by Sukracarya before her marriage, and after her marriage she was cared for by Yayati
- The word svapna means "dreams," maya means "illusion," and manoratha means - mental creations
- The word svarat is very significant here (in SB 3.32.29). Svarat means "independent." The Supreme Lord is independent, and the individual soul is also independent
- The word svasmat means "from one's self"
- The word tattva-darsi refers to one who has perfectly realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person can become a guru and propound Vaisnava philosophy all over the world. The paragon of bona fide preachers and guru is King Pratiha
- The word tattvatah, meaning "in reality," is very important. Tato mam tattvato jnatva. Unless one understands Krsna in truth by the mercy of the spiritual master, one is not free to give up his material body
- The word tirthanam is sometimes interpreted to mean the places of pilgrimage, but Srila Jiva Gosvami says that it means the reception of the Vedic transcendental knowledge. The propounders of the Vedic knowledge are also known as the tirthas
- The word tri-veni refers to a confluence of three rivers. This confluence is still visited by many hundreds of thousands of people who go there to bathe, especially during the Magha-mela, which occurs during the month of January
- The word trih-saptabhih means seven multiplied by three
- The word try-adhisvara means “proprietor of the three worlds.” There are three worlds, and Krsna is the supreme proprietor of them all
- The word ucchrnkhala, meaning - whimsical, is significant in this verse - CC Madhya 17.121
- The word ucitaharah used in this verse (SB 4.26.11) is important. Ucita means "appropriate." One must eat appropriately and not take after food as hogs take after stool
- The word upakuryat means para-upakara, helping others. Of course, in human society there are many institutions to help others, but because philanthropists do not know how to help others, their propensity for philanthropy is ineffectual
- The word urdhva-retasah especially indicates the Mayavadi sannyasis, who undergo strict principles of austerity
- The word used in this connection is yatha, which means "as much as deserved." The outcastes should not be given money with which to indulge in more than they need, for otherwise they will misuse it
- The word utpatita-loka-salyah indicates that Maharaja Prthu completely uprooted all the miseries of his citizens. The word salya means "piercing thorns."
- The word uttamasloka means "one who is famous as the best of those who are good." The Lord is good in all circumstances. That is His natural reputation. His goodness is unlimited, and He uses it unlimitedly
- The word vaidagdhya means that one is very expert, learned, humorous, cunning, beautiful and skilled in manifesting caricatures
- The word vana means - forest. Vrndavana is the name given to the forest where Srimati Vrndadevi (Tulasidevi) grows profusely. Actually it is not a forest as we ordinarily consider a forest, because it is very thick with green vegetation
- The word veda means "book of knowledge." There are many books of knowledge, which vary according to the country, population, environment, etc. In India the books of knowledge are referred to as the Vedas
- The word veda means - knowledge. Supreme knowledge consists of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead and our relationship with Him and acting according to that relationship
- The word vibudhayusa indicates that even if one gets a long life-span, his life-span is useless if he is not a devotee
- The word vidhuta, meaning "cleansed," is very significant. Everyone in this material world is contaminated (karanam guna-sango 'sya). Because we are in a material condition, we are contaminated either by sattva-guna, by rajo-guna or by tamo-guna
- The word vimuktidat is also significant. There are different types of liberation, such as sayujya, salokya, sarupya, sarsti and samipya (CC Madhya 6.266), but vimukti means - special mukti
- The word vipralabdhah is very significant in this verse (SB 4.25.62). Vi means "specifically," and pralabdha means - obtained
- The word virya means "very heroic." By reading Srimad-Bhagavatam, we can come to understand that Krsna's activities, His fame, His associates and everything else about Him are all heroic
- The word visvasa means - faithful, and a visvasi is a person in whom one can place faith. Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura states that during the Muslim reign in Bengal, there was a secretariat entitled visvasa-khana
- The word vivigna-cetah, "very anxious," is significant. It is not that Lord Visnu was afraid of Hiranyakasipu; rather, because of compassion, Lord Visnu was in anxiety about how to act for his welfare
- The word vrddha-sevakah is very significant. Vrddha means "old men." There are two kinds of old men: one is old by age, and another is old by knowledge. This Sanskrit word indicates that one can be older by the advancement of knowledge
- The word yantra means "carriage."
- The word yavana means - meat-eater. Anyone from a meat-eating community is called a yavana. One who does not strictly observe the Vedic regulative principles is called a mleccha. These words do not refer to any particular man
- The word yoga means "to link up," and the yoga systems are meant to enable us to link with the transcendental world
- The word yoga means connecting or linking with that original source. Yoga is the Sanskrit word meaning "connection," and viyoga means - disconnection
- The words adhoksaja-dhiyah, meaning "Krsna consciousness," are very important in this verse (SB 4.21.25). The king and citizens should both be Krsna conscious, otherwise both of them will be doomed to lower species of life after death
- The words arabdhan eva mean "as if achieved by past deeds," but in the case of Prthu Maharaja there was no question of reaction to past deeds, and thus the word eva is used here (SB 4.21.11) to indicate comparison to ordinary persons
- The words bhakti-yogena caiva hi mean that whatever is to be performed whether yoga or sacrifice or fruitive activity or study of Vedic literature or philosophical research or acceptance of the renounced order of life, is to be executed in bhakti-yoga
- The words bhave bhave are very significant here MM 3. They mean "birth after birth." Unlike the jnanis, who aspire to merge with the impersonal Absolute & thereby stop the process of repeatedly taking birth, a pure devotee is never afraid of this process
- The words bhusa-vasah paricchadan also appear here (in SB 3.22.23) Bhusa means "ornaments," vasah means "clothing," and paricchadan means "various household articles"
- The words caksur yasya na risyati mean that although we cannot see Him (The Supreme Personality of Godhead), this does not mean that He cannot see us. Nor does He die when the cosmic manifestation is annihilated
- The words dhirah sarva-bhavena do not mean "in whichever way you like." Bhava is the preliminary condition of love of Godhead. The bhava stage is the final division before one reaches love of Godhead
- The words grhamedhisu karmasu mean "in household duties." Another word is also used: sarvatmananurupam. The purport is that a wife should not only be equal to her husband in age, character and qualities, but must be helpful to him in his household duties
- The words hiranmayena patrena indicate that this soma beverage is not an ordinary intoxicating liquor. The demigods would not touch any kind of liquor. Nor is soma a kind of drug. It is a different kind of beverage, available in the heavenly planets
- The words manunam adyam are significant here because they mean a philosopher, or one who is thoughtful and can think very nicely. Such a man is called manu. Lord Siva is described in this verse (SB 4.6.39) as the chief of all thinkers
- The words mrtyum amrtam, "death and immortality," are significant. In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, "I am ultimate death, who takes away everything from the demons"
- The words param bhavam, or transcendental nature, can never be compared to the material conception
- The words parasya para-cintakah mean - always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - or being always Krsna conscious. When we speak of Krsna, this refers to the complete category of visnu-tattva
- The words parasya para-cintakah mean those who are fully Krsna conscious
- The words prathame yuge mean "in the beginning of the first millennium," that is to say, in the beginning of the Vaivasvata manvantara
- The words purusam visvato-mukham mean the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-perfect. All living entities other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead are very small, although they may be big by our calculation
- The words sadhunam hrsikesanuvartinam are very significant. Sadhu means "a saintly person." But who is a saintly person? A saintly person is he who follows the path of rendering service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hrsikesa
- The words samprapede harim mean that in various ways Kardama Muni satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, by his devotional service. Devotional service is also expressed by the word kriya-yogena
- The words sarvarambha-parityagi indicate that one should not be interested in the so-called smarta-vidhi of pious and impious activities
- The words satam prasangan mama virya-samvidah (SB 3.25.25) mean that glorification of the Lord is potent when uttered from the mouth of a pure devotee
- The words sevya bhagavan in this verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta are important. Bhagavan indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Lord Visnu alone is worshipable. There is no need to worship demigods
- The words snigdha ("very peaceful") and su-snigdha ("affectionate") are used in verses fourteen and fifteen (CC Madhya 17.14-15) respectively, and they are also found in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.8): bruyuh snigdhasya sisyasya guravo guhyam apy uta
- The words srutena bhuyasa, "by constantly hearing," are very important in this verse. By constantly hearing about devotional service, one can check the force of anger, which is detrimental to the process of devotional service
- The words strinam asatinam indicate that womanly love is just to agitate the mind of man. Actually, in the material world there is no love. Both the woman and the man are interested in their sense gratification
- The words tvat paratah are very significant in this verse. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is paratah parat. The word para means "transcendental, beyond this material world."
- The words used in this regard (in SB 6.16.25) are sakala-satvata-parivrdha. The word satvata means "devotees," and sakala means "all together."
- The worms have been described here (in SB 3.31.10) as sodara. Sodara means born of the same mother
- Then there is pranamaya; this means that after realizing the Supreme Absolute Truth in foodstuff, one can realize the Absolute Truth in the living symptoms, or life forms. BG 1972 purports
- There (in the spiritual sky) all the planets are eternal, & the lives of all the beings on them are eternal. In this verse (BG 8.20) the word bhavah means "nature," and here another nature is indicated. In this world we have experience also of two natures
- There are also thirty-two subtle meanings. Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (4) a personal beloved, (5) a servant elevated by spiritual cultivation
- There are Aryans and non-Aryans. Aryan means who follow the varnasrama-dharma. They are Aryans. In India they were following strictly this varnasrama-dharma; therefore they are Aryans. Not now; formerly they were
- There are different divisions of life, or activity. They are called karma, jnana, yoga and bhakti. Jnana means knowledge
- There are different kinds of yogis, but the yogi means the person who wants to connect himself with the eternal happiness
- There are five kinds of direct asakti. Asakti means attachment. And there are seven kinds of indirect attachment. Indirect attachment is not bhakti, but direct attachment is called bhakti
- There are four principles in the human society, namely dharma, artha, kama and moksa. Means first of all become religious, and then you solve your economic problem, and then satisfy your senses, and then become one with God
- There are karma, vikarma and akarma. So one should know. Vikarma means criminal activities
- There are many devotees who don't even . . . drink even a drop of water. Whole day and night they fast and observe ekadasi-vrata. And the night is called harivasara. Harivasara means the whole night they would chant Hare Krsna
- There are many persons who are very moral and following the rules and regulation of the sastra or an ideal brahmin. That is sattvika-bhava. Ye caiva sattvika bhava rajasah. Rajasah means the ksatriya spirit consciousness, and tamasas ca ye matta eveti
- There are many religious sects or faiths all over the world. But our this Krsna consciousness movement, which is called bhagavata-dharma . . . means relationship with God and execution of our duties in that relationship. That is called bhagavata-dharma
- There are many scriptures, many religious scriptures, especially the Vedas. Sruti means Veda. Sruti is learned by hearing, not by reading. You can understand Vedic principle even though you are illiterate, provided you hear them, aural reception
- There are things which are beyond our experience, beyond our reasoning, beyond our, I mean to say, conception. Those things are called acintya. Acintya means inconceivable. Inconceivable
- There are three classes of men. Akama, without kama, without any desire, that is devotees. And sarva-kama means the karmis, and moksa-kama - the jnanis. So whatever you may be, you can engage yourself in devotional service
- There are three classes of men. One class of men, karmis, they are trying to enjoy the material resources. Another class, they are rather frustrated. That is called nirvidya. And another class is akuto-bhayam, means one who does not fear
- There are three kinds of evidences - pratyaksa, anumana and aitihya. Pratyaksa means that you can directly perceive. Anumana means you can conjecture, make an . . . "It may be like this. Perhaps." Aitihya means to take evidences from the authority
- There are three kinds of evidences accepted by the learned scholars in Vedic culture. Pratyaksa - means direct perception, anumana or hypothesis, and sabda-pramana. Sabda, sabda-brahman. That means Veda
- There are three kinds of evidences. Out of that, sruti-pramana, evidence from higher authorities, that is the first-class evidence. What are those evidence? Pratyaksa, aitihya and sruti. Pratyaksa means direct perception
- There are three kinds of miserable condition: daiva, bhuta, atma. Daiva means adhidaivika, and bhuta means adhibhautika, and atma means adhyatmika. Three kinds of miseries
- There are three kinds of women: kamini, svairini, and pumscali. Pumscali. Svairini means free, freedom. Nobody is controller. That is called svairini. And kamini means to attract, very much attract
- There are three kinds, jare tapa-traya, three kinds of miserable condition. One is called adhyatmika, another is called adhidaivika, another is called adhibhautika. Adhyatmika means pertaining to the body and mind
- There are three tapas, three kinds of miserable condition, this material world. That also can be taken tapa. Tapa means suffering. Excessive heat and cold, that is called tapa. So hrt-tapopasamani ca
- There are twenty-six qualifications. So we have to develop these qualification. Vaisnava does not means idle fools. No. Vaisnava means expert in everything. Whatever Krsna orders, there is. Very good
- There are two classes men, dhira and adhira. So adhira means busy fool, and dhira means lazy intelligent. But our, this movement is meant both for the dhira and adhira
- There are two kinds of human being all the time: asura and deva. Deva means human beings who are connected with the Supreme Lord. Their life is for realization of the Supreme Truth. They are called deva
- There are two kinds of men - dhira and adhira. Adhira means senseless, crazy, and dhira means with sense. He's not bewildered
- There are two kinds of men: anarya and arya. Aryan. Aryan means advanced in knowledge. He's called Aryan. And anarya means uncivilized
- There are two kinds of religious performances. One is called pravrtti-dharma, which means the religious activities performed by the grhamedhis for elevation to higher planets or for economic prosperity, the final aim of which is sense gratification
- There are two things: daya and seva. Seva means to give service to the superior, and daya means to give service to the inferior. Both of them are service
- There are two things: sat and asat. Sat means what is eternal, perpetual - no beginning, no end. Sanatana. And asat means just the opposite: "which is temporary." So sastra means it must give you knowledge of the eternal world. That is sastra
- There are two ways, because there are two kinds of people in this world. One is called dhira, and the other is called adhira. Adhira means almost animal
- There are two words, grhamedhi and grhastha, in Vedic language. Grhastha means those who are householder, living for convenience - wife, children
- There are two words, vani and vapuh. Vani means words, and vapuh means this physical body. So vani is more important than the vapuh. Vapuh will be finished. This is material body. It will be finished. That is the nature
- There are two words: grhamedhi and grhastha. Grhastha means . . . that is called asrama, grhastha-asrama, to live with wife and children, but the business is how to develop Krsna consciousness. That is grhastha-asrama, as we recommend
- There are words in Vedic language, mleccha, yavana. Yavana means meat-eaters. Yavana. It does not mean only Europeans are yavana, and Americans, not . . . Indians are not yavana. No. Anyone who eats meat, he's a yavana
- There is a Bengali proverb that says: sakuni sape gorumarana. The word sakuni means vulture. Vultures enjoy dead animal carcasses, especially the carcass of the cow. Sometimes a vulture may go for days without a carcass
- There is a church in the United Nations, and we tried to get a room there for making our propaganda. The church unity denied to give us. So their crippled mind is not expanded. Sa mahatma... Mahatma means broad-minded
- There is a class of men akin to Mayavadi philosophers who misinterpret the aham brahmasmi and so'ham Vedic mantras to mean, "I am the Supreme Brahman" and "I am identical with the Lord"
- There is a class of men who are called svapaca. Svapaca means dog-eaters. So the dog-eater is called candala, pancama
- There is a nice verse describing the relationship of mutual beneficial interest between the brahmana and the ksatriya (ksatram dvijatvam). Ksatram means "the royal order," and dvijatvam means "the brahminical order." The two were meant for mutual interest
- There is a philosophy which is called karma-mimamsa. Karma-mimamsa means there is no need of making your relationship with God. God is Supreme, accepted, but He is bound to give you the result of your honest work
- There is a second process (for moving in outer space) also called kapota-vayu. Kapota means "pigeon." One can train pigeons to carry one into outer space. The third process is very subtle. It is called akasa-patana
- There is a word, atmarama, in Sanskrit. Atmarama means one who is satisfied with his self. He is called atmarama. Because self is the basic principle of this body, the soul
- There is another affix: "dasa." "Gaurasundara dasa," "Vamana dasa." Dasa means servant. He also remembers that "I am servant of Gaura, Lord Gauranga," "I am servant of Lord Vamana," - I am maidservant of Govinda
- There is another meaning of maya - that is, "causeless mercy." There are two kinds of maya-yogamaya and mahamaya. Mahamaya is an expansion of yogamaya, and both these mayas are different expressions of the Lord's internal potencies
- There is another position which is beyond this sinful activity and pious activity. That is called akarma, akarma. Akarma means there is no result, either sinful or pious
- There is consideration, desa-kala-patra: desa means situation, and kala, time, and patra, and the subject
- There is injunction in the Vedic literature: to live in the city is rajasika; to live in the forest is sattvika, goodness. Sattvika quality means to live in goodness is to live in a forest. Therefore formerly, all the sages, they used to live in a forest
- There is never any deterioration of the Supreme Lord's original transcendental quality. Therefore the word sattvaya is used here (SB 5.18.25), meaning pure goodness on the transcendental platform
- There is no difference between brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasi. Simply grhastha means that he lives outside the temple with wife, that is the only difference
- There is no difference between the disciplic succession from Brahma or disciplic succession from Arjuna. Because the message is the same. Here, nasta means that parampara is nasta. The disciplic succession was broken. It is not found
- There is no difference between the holy name and Mantra. Man means mind and tra deliverance. That which delivers one from mental speculation is called "Mantra"
- There is no difficulty to understand what is God. Here is Krsna, the Supreme Lord - directly. I do not know why people are searching after God, why they do not know what is God. Just see. That means mudha
- There is no meaning of giving up spiritual cultivation & taking to or imitating something. This is called anartha. Anartha means unnecessarily you are inclined. So Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for guiding us. Anartha-upasamam saksad bhakti-yogam adhoksaje
- There is one planet within this universe which has got ocean of milk. And in that milk ocean there is another Visnu, who is called Ksirodakasayi Visnu. Ksira means milk, and udaka means water
- There is specific mention of the word gurum, which indicates the Supreme Personality as caitya-guru
- There should be no duplicity. Sato vrtteh means plain dealing, straight dealing
- There was no swastika on Arjuna's chariot. Kapidhbaja means whose flag is marked with a picture of Hanuman. So Arjuna's chariot had the flag of Hanuman on it
- There's suri and asuri, or sura or asura. Asura means demons, and sura, just the opposite. Or Aryans and non-Aryans
- These are four divisions: brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. Sudra means laborer class, but they are also obedient to the other three classes. And less than that, they have been described as candalas, pancamas, or untouchable as you say
- These are the very prominent program for sense gratification. What is that? Vyavaya. Vyavaya means sex life. Amisa. Amisa means eating fish and meat. Amisa. And madya-seva, intoxication. This is the general tendency of anyone who is in the material world
- These divisions are required. Mukha means brahmana, bahu means ksatriya, and uru means the vaisya, and pada means sudra. The body can be maintained when four things are properly maintained
- These few days we passed together were very pleasing, and our only aim is how to preach Krsna consciousness. The Vaisnava's business is para-duhkha-duhkhi. Para means others, and duhkha means unhappy
- These Gosvamis were studying so many books, Vedic literature, and found out the cream, how to establish sad-dharma, not cheating dharma. Dharma means religion. Real religion, sad-dharma
- These jivas are products of this marginal energy, bhedabheda prakasa. Bheda means different, and abheda means one. So jiva is one and different simultaneous. He is one in quality; he is different in quantity
- These particular duties are mentioned in the sastra, and particularly in Bhagavad-gita. Sva-dharmacaranam means that one must discharge the prescribed duties of his particular division of society faithfully and to the best of his ability
- These people in New York City, they are working day and night. And karma means work and get some profit. That is called karma
- These rascals say nirakara. Nirakara means there is no God. Say frankly that there is no God. Why do you say, "Yes, there is God, but He has no head, no tail, no leg, no hand"? So what is there? So this is another cheating
- These senses, present ten senses, cannot realize. Atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih. Indriya means sense. Then how to realize? Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. When you begin service with your tongue, then gradually God reveals
- These two things are there: sat-patha and asat-patha. Asat means it will not stay. So if you remain engaged in this bodily business, that is asat
- These two things required in human life: jnanam vairagyam. Jnanam means "I am not this body." And vairagya means renunciation - If I am not this body, then what I have got to do with this material world?
- These two words are used frequently in Vedic literature - brahmana and krpana. Krpana means "miser" and brahmana refers to a liberal, broad-minded person
- They (Sanatana Gosvami & Rupa Gosvami) are not accepted in the society. They changed their name, Sakara Mallika and Dabira Khasa. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu picked them up and made them gosvamins. Gosvamins means they are great teachers, guru
- They (the people) do not know what is the aim of life. Simply by false hopes they are trying to adjust things with material effects. That will never be done. Durasaya. Durasaya means it is useless hope
- They are decrying Me, neglecting. - Why? Param bhavam ajanantah. "They do not know the real constitutional position of Me." Param bhavam means "the supreme truth about Me."
- They are not educated themselves, but their education is by hearing from the authority. Iti susruma. This is real education. Therefore Vedas' another name is sruti. Sruti means the knowledge which you receive by hearing
- They are thinking very happy, husband, wife, living together, enjoying. But that is grha andha-kupam. Andha-kupam means if you are thrown into the dark well, it is like that
- They are thinking, those who have no vision for self-realization, they are thinking, deha apatya-kalatra adi. Deha means "this body," and apatya means "children."Kalatra means "wife."Adi, because we begin our lives with these things
- They bow down like stick. This is called dandavat. Danda means "stick"; vat means "like." When you fall down, just like a stick falls, before superior, that is called dandavat. Not by simply saying dandavat... Eh, one must fall down
- They can be purified by association of Vaisnava. Yad-apa, yad-apasrayasrayah. Upasraya means just like a person who is a devotee of Krsna and if anyone takes shelter of such devotee, he can be purified. This is called parampara system
- They have no brain that this material body is klesada, is simply miserable. That they understood. So dull brain. That is tamo-guna. Tamo-guna means completely darkness. Just like animals
- They're (Karmis) described in the sastra as sarva-kamo. Akamah sarvo-kama, moksa-kama udara-dhih (SB 2.3.10). So when Krsna says that sarva-dharman patityajya, sarva means, all
- This (how an ordinary human can serve God) is clearly explained by Prthu Maharaja by the use of the word yathadhikara, "according to one's ability." If one sincerely executes his occupational duty, that will be sufficient
- This (SB 6.1.37) gives an idea of the meaning of ananta, unlimited. What is to be said of the unlimited potency and existence of the Lord
- This (seeing God's form is the result of perfect knowledge) is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate (BG 7.19). The word jnanavan refers to one who is perfectly in knowledge
- This (that without the protection of Gaura-Nitai one cannot get out of the dark well of ignorance in material existence) is indicated here (in SB 7.15.46) by the word nocet, which means that one will always remain in the dark well of material existence
- This (vag-datta) means that the father, brother or guardian of a girl has given his word that she will be married to a certain man. Consequently, that daughter cannot be married to anyone else. She is reserved by virtue of the honest words of the father
- This age is called, according to the Vedic language, Kali. Kali-yuga means the age of disagreement and dissension
- This age is so polluted there is no other, alternative method. Nasty eva. Nasty means that there is nothing like this, nothing like this. So this Krsna consciousness movement is scientific, authorized according to the Vedic sanction
- This Bhagavata-dharma is not a cheating dharma. Bhagavata-dharma means in relation with the Supreme Lord. Bhagavati bhaktih. Bhakti can be applied only to Bhagavan. Bhakti means the business between Bhagavan and bhakta
- This bhagavata-dharma means that how to get out of these four defects of material life, or four miserable condition of material life - birth, death, old age and disease - and get eternal, blissful life of knowledge
- This blunt material eyes, he cannot see Krsna, or cannot hear Krsna's name, namadi. Nama means name. Nama means name, form, quality, pastime. These things cannot be understood by your material blunt eyes or senses
- This body is to be annihilated, but I am not to be annihilated. Nityasyoktahsaririnah. Saririnah means "one who possesses." He is nitya
- This is a very important verse. Bhave asmin. Asmin means "this," and bhave, "the material world." Bhava means to grow; means . . . grow means which has taken birth. That requires grow
- This is bhakti-marga, means simply to satisfy Krsna. That is bhakti-marga, no other desire, no other motive
- This is brahminical qualification, to practice how to fix up the mind at the lotus feet of Krsna & that is the perfection of yoga. Yoga means not to show some magical feats. No. Real perfection of yoga means to fix up the mind at the lotus feet of Krsna
- This is false claim that brahma-bhutah means one becomes God. No. That means that you come to the light of God
- This is four principle: dharma, artha, kama, moksa. And moksa, by the impersonalist, their moksa and real moksa . . . real moksa means liberation
- This is human life. But they are so much embarrassed with this uncontrollable senses that they are going to the darkest region of material existence. Adanta-gobhih. Adanta means uncontrolled
- This is karma-kanda vicara, means for one sinful activities, another pious activity, counteraction
- This is Mayavada philosophy, try to understand: impersonal, making everything zero, without any varieties. Nirvisesa-sunyavadi. Nirvisesa means without any varieties, and sunyavadi means zero, voidist
- This is the atheistic theory, asatyam. They say that this material world is false. Brahma satyam jagan mithya. Jagat, jagat means this cosmic manifestation which is gacchati, going. In the material world, everything is going
- This is the highest philosophy of life, highest perfection of life, how to learn to love Krsna. The Vrndavana means simply loving Krsna. The cowherds boy, the gopis, the Nanda Maharaja, Yasodamayi, Radharani - the only focus is to love Krsna. That's all
- This is the order. Guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya. Now citta means consciousness or heart. "I shall do this only, bas. My Guru Maharaja told me; I shall do this." Cittete koriya aikya, ar na koriho mane asa
- This is the purport of sanatana-dharma. Sanatana means nitya, or "eternal," and krsna-dasa means "servant of Krsna." The eternal occupational duty of the human being is to serve Krsna. This is the sum and substance of the Krsna consciousness movement
- This is very important verse in Bhagavad-gita. It is a turning point of life. Karpanya-dosa. Miserly. Dosa means fault When one does not act according to his position, that is fault, and that is called miserly
- This is very important verse. It says that urukramanghrim. Urukramanghrim is the name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Uru, uru means big, and krama means activity: one whose activities are very great
- This is yoga system: bhakti-yoga. Yoga means to connect, to add, yoga. So at the present moment we are almost disconnected. Not exactly disconnected; forgotten our relationship with Krsna, or God
- This kind of difficulty always exists when a devotee preaches KC to persons like Hiranyakasipu (they become increasingly angry), who are interested in money and women - The word hiranya means "gold," and kasipu refers to cushions or good bedding
- This Krsna consciousness movement is for nistara. Nistara means to be liberated from the capture of maya. That is called nistara, release, release from the capture of maya
- This Krsna consciousness movement is not Hinduism. It is Vaisnavism. Vaisnava means Visnu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and one who loves Visnu or loves God, he is Vaisnava. So Hinduism is not like that
- This Krsna consciousness movement is to revive the Vedic culture. And the Vedic culture, another name of Vedic culture is sanatana-dharma. Sanatana means eternal, and dharma means characteristic
- This Krsna consciousness understanding is very easy, at the same time very difficult also. So therefore here it is said kevala bhaktya. Kevala means only bhakti, without any jnana, karma, yoga. That is kevala bhakti. That is pure devotion, bhakti
- This Maha-visnu is a plenary portion of a portion of Visnu, Govinda (yasya kala-visesah). The word kala refers to a plenary portion of a plenary portion
- This mahatma I have already described. Mahatma means devotee. Mahatma does not mean a politician. Mahatma means simply, mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah, bhajanty ananya-manaso
- This material energy means the three modes of passion, ignorance and goodness. Tan-maya-mohita. This is the moha. Moha means illusion
- This material manifestation is compared to a tree because a tree is ultimately cut off in due course of time. A tree is called vrksa. Vrksa means that thing which will be ultimately cut off
- This material time, it is called kala. Kala means death. Or kala means the black snake. The black snake destroys. As soon as touches anything, it is destroyed
- This material universe, is called devi-dhama. Devi-dhama means under the protection, or supervision, of mother nature
- This material world is called maya, means it is not factually in existence, but it is working, hallucination
- This material world is certified by the Supreme Lord, the creator, as duhkhalayam. Duhkhalayam means "the place of miseries." And how you can make it comfortable? Can you make it comfortable by your so-called advancement of science? No
- This material world is just like that blind well. If somebody falls down in it, it is very difficult to get out of it. Therefore it is atma-ghatam. Atma-ghatam means killing the soul
- This material world is pavarga, means here we have to labor very hard. Sometimes by laboring, as you have seen in animals, bulls and horses, they produce foam in the mouth, that is pha
- This material world is the tatastha characteristics, and the spiritual world is the personal characteristics. So our effort is to get out of this tatastha, or, tatastha means marginal, marginal characteristics to the permanent characteristics
- This passage parallels the statement krsna-sakti vina nahe tara pravartana, which means that unless empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, one cannot spread the holy name of the Lord throughout the entire world (CC Antya 7.11)
- This person who is born in the sva-paca family, candala family, he is called papa-yoni. Yoni means mother, and bija means father. Bija may be nice, but if the yoni is not nice, that is called varna-sankara
- This prayer (Bs. 5.37) says that Krsna expands His internal energy of bliss and knowledge, ananda-cinmaya. Ananda means bliss, happiness. Ananda
- This purification of my existence, is possible. It is simply jnana. Jnana means knowledge
- This rascal (elephant) washed so nicely his body, and immediately, coming out of the tank, he throws dust. Saucye manye kunjara-saucavat. Very appropriate. In Sanskrit it is called hasti-snana. Snana means bathing and hasti means elephant
- This river (the causal ocean) is free from the influence of the three modes of material nature; therefore it is called Viraja. The prefix vi means vigata (completely eradicated), and rajas means - the influence of the material world
- This spiritual platform, to reach, requires gradually process of cultivation, and there is no difficulty to reach the spiritual platform. But first of all, the training of the mind is practiced by the yoga system. Yoga means to control the mind
- This sraddha, as it grows and becomes firmly fixed up, that is devotion. Sraddha means, devotion means, gradually making the sraddha more and more fixed up
- This Srimad-Bhagavata . . . Sri means very beautiful. So every sloka you'll find very, very beautiful. Five thousand years ago these verses were written. There is no comparison. Nobody can write such verses even up to date. It was written by Vyasadeva
- This Valmiki Muni was also. So he was given this mantra, "Rama." He could not chant it. Then he was advised to just the opposite, mara. Mara means dead body. So mara mara mara. Three mara means one "Rama" is there
- This verse (bharata-bhumite haila) means that anyone who has taken birth as a human being in the land of Bharat Varsa must make his life a success by preaching this cult for the welfare activities of the human society
- This verse is very important: iti susruma dhiranam (ISO 10). Susruma means heard. The word meaning is there. "It is heard." In the Vedic disciplic succession, it is never said, "It is experienced." That is the secret of Vedic understanding
- This verse uses the word prasantah. A devotee is always sober. He is never disturbed by any conditions
- This whole Vedic civilization is made just to train how you can be detached from this so-called family affection. This is Vedic training. First of all brahmacari. Brahmacari means to lead the life of austerity
- This world of maya is called durasraya, which means "false or bad shelter." One who puts his faith in durasraya becomes a candidate for hoping against hope
- Those so-called yogis who manufacture a circle or target are engaged in nonsense. Actually, a yogi must meditate upon the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that has been experienced by the Lord's pure devotees. Yogi means devotee
- Those who are conversant with Vedic language, they know: asrama means something in connection with God. That is called asrama. So grhastha-asrama means one may live with family, children, wife, children, friends - that's all right
- Those who are devotees, they have no kama. Anyabhilasita-sunyam (Brs. 1.1.11). Anya. Anya means other than Krsna's service. They have made all, everything zero. We don't want all these things. We simply want to serve Krsna
- Those who are duskrtina. . . Duskrtina means very intelligent, but the intelligence is being misused in mischief-mongering. They are called duskrtina. Krti. Krti means very nice brain, but duskrti - the brain is used for creating misgivings
- Those who are engaged in the service of Krsna, he is sadhu. It is not simply by changing dress. Sadhu means sadhavah sadhu-bhusanam. Sadhu means honest, sadacari, good character
- Those who are inquisitive, brahma-jijnasa, jijnasuh sreya uttamam. Sreya means the ultimate benefit, goal of life. People are very much attached to the immediate benefit
- Those who are too much addicted to this karma, activities, when those activities are done with yoga - yoga means linking with the Supreme - that is called karma-yoga
- Those who are too much bodily attached, for them this yoga system is controlling the senses, yoga indriya samyamah. Yoga does not mean to increase the power of sense gratification. Yoga means controlling the senses
- Those who do believe in the value of these things (the scriptures and the existence of God) are known as arya, a word denoting those who believe in advancing in spiritual life
- Those who have got brain, they will worship Visnu. Yajna means to satisfy Visnu. Yajnaih sankirtana-prayaih. Visnur aradhyate pumsam nanyat tat-tosa . . . the whole aim is to satisfy Visnu
- Those who know the Absolute Truth describe Him in this way ... Tattva means "truth." The truth is explained by the tattva-vit, one who knows the truth. How? Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate
- Three classes of men. Sarva-kama, who are simply desiring material comforts. Akama, one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, KC. Moksa-kama means one who is disgusted with these material desires & aspires after something void, impersonal
- Throughout Bhagavad-gita we find this word mam stressed. Mam means "unto Me," meaning unto Krsna. But there are many miscreants who are interpreting this mam to mean - everyone
- Throughout the whole history there are civilization, Aryan civilization, Aryan and non-Aryan. What is the difference? Aryan means progress. One who is progressing towards the perfection of life
- To be directly attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in conjugal love is technically called keli. This keli performance means to directly join with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- To become a brahmana means to become a first-class prisoner, that's all. Our point of view is not to become a first-class prisoner, but to get out of the prison: that is Vaisnava vision
- To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence
- To go to our original position, that is called tapasya. Tapasya means to revive our original normal life of Krsna consciousness. That is called tapasya
- To increase the life of knowledge means ananda. Ananda means pleasure. We want pleasure. So you will get more and more pleasing life. In the material way of life we are experienced only unpleasure, difficulties, the just opposite
- To observe Ekadasi-vrata and Dvadasi-vrata means to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those interested in advancing in Krsna consciousness must observe Ekadasi-vrata regularly
- To plant trees on the public roads, to construct public temples and places of worship of God, to establish places of charity where the poor destitutes can be provided with foodstuff, and similar activities are called purta
- To remain in ignorance, that is the greatest sin. Tamasi ma: "Don't remain in darkness." That is Vedic injunction, "Enlighten yourself." Jyotir gama: Go to the light
- To return home, back to Godhead, one must be completely free from material attachment. Therefore, bhakti-yoga means vairagya-vidya, the art that can help one develop a distaste for material enjoyment
- To support the word adbhutam, meaning "wonderful," the decorations and opulences of the newborn child are fully described - herein SB 10.3.9-10
- To understand Brahman is not the business of teeny brain. Alpa-medhasam (BG 7.23). There are two Sanskrit words: alpa-medhasa and su-medhasa. Alpa-medhasa means having little brain substance
- To understand Krsna superficially, that is not sufficient. That is also good, but you must have tattvatah, what is Krsna actually. That knowledge can be achieved - bhaktya, by this krsna-yoga
- To work hard like an ass for sense gratification, that is not siddhi. Siddhi is different thing. Siddhi means to understand the spiritual identification and work for it. That is called siddhi
- Too much of an external view of the world gives rise to an overly large-scale and difficult type of industry and trade, known as ugra-karma. The word ugra means "hard" or "difficult," and karma means - task
- Trai-vidhya means three classes of men, and next first class, three, the men in goodness, men in passion, men in ignorance and men in mixed
- Try to understand what is karma. Karma means anyone who is working very hard day and night for his own benefit. That is called karma
- Tvam adyah purusah. Purusa means enjoyer. God is not female. Sometimes they worship a female as God, like Durga, Kali, and so many others. But God is purusa. Everyone is prakrti. Prakrti means female. Everyone knows it
- Tvasta intended to chant the word indra-satro, meaning, "O enemy of Indra." In this mantra, the word indra is in the possessive case (sasthi), and the word indra-satro is called a tat-purusa compound - tatpurusa-samasa
- Two classes of living beings, dvau. Dvau means two. One class is called daiva, or divine, divine nature, and the other class is called demonic nature, asura
- Two significant words used in this verse (SB 4.18.3) are asmin and amusmin. Asmin means "in this life," and amusmin means - in the next life
- Two words the revealed scriptures often apply to the Lord - saguna ("with qualities") and nirguna ("without qualities") - are very important
- Tyaga means to give up the result to Krsna. That is sannyasa. Sat-nyasa. Sat means the Supreme. And anyone who renounces everything for Krsna, the Supreme, he is sannyasi
- Tyagat means one must be disgusted with this material way of life. That is tyaga. But they are being educated to be more attached to this material world
- Tyagena means charity. Not that you starve. No. That kind of starvation . . . you keep yourself fit to execute Krsna consciousness, but don't keep much money. Immediately give in charity to Krsna
- Tyagi means, Oh, this is all material. Why shall I touch? Aham brahmasmi. I'm Brahman. I am nothing
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- Udara-dhih means one who has a broader outlook. People with desires for material enjoyment worship small demigods, and such intelligence is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita as hrta jnana, the intelligence of one who has lost his senses
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (1) a servant of the Lord as His personal associate, (2) a personal friend, (3) personal parents or similar superiors
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (11) a mature devotee as a parent and superior, (12) a mature devotee as a wife and beloved
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (13) an immature devotee as a servant, (14) an immature devotee as a friend
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (15) an immature devotee as a father or superior, and (16) an immature devotee as a beloved
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (6) a friend by spiritual cultivation, (7) parents and superior devotees by cultivation of devotional service
- Under the heading of regulative devotional service, there are sixteen meanings based on understanding the word atmarama to mean (8) a beloved wife or female friend by cultivation of devotional service, (9) a mature devotee as a servant
- Understanding of the Supreme person is called atma-tattva-avabodhena, which means "understanding of one's real constitutional position"
- Unfortunately, Bhagavad-gita has been misinterpreted by so many commentators that people have misunderstood the Bhagavad-gita. Actually, Bhagavad-gita means to develop Krsna consciousness, and we are trying to do that
- Unfortunately, instead of chanting the mantra short, Tvasta chanted it long, and its meaning changed from "the enemy of Indra" to "Indra, who is an enemy"
- Unfortunately, we are very, very slow, manda. Manda means bad, fallen, abominable. The whole population in this age, they are very, very fallen, manda. Why manda? They have advanced so much in material comforts. That is not required
- Unless one gives up these four sinful activities it is not possible to approach Krsna. Krsna clearly says in the Bhagavad-gita, yesam anta-gatam papam. Papam means sin. One who has finished the sinful activity & these are four pillars of sinful activity
- Upadhi means designation. Neither I am Indian nor American nor cat nor dog. But as soon as I get a particular type of body, I think that I am cat, I am dog, I am Indian, I am America, I am black, I am white. This is our position
- Upadhi means designation. So somebody, if gives me title, Sir Anatole, or this or that, oh, I become very happy: "Oh, I have got this 'sir' title." But I forget that this is my designation. It will exist so long I have got this body
- Upadrasta means witness, overseer
- Upakara, you can understand - it is very common word - to do something good to others. Upakara. And apakara means to do something harm to others. At the present moment, throughout the whole world, the design is how to do something harmful to others
- Upalabdha-paratma-kasthah. Upalabdha means "realization." Realization necessarily indicates individuality. In the perfectional, liberated stage, there is actual realization
- Upasrita means "taking shelter of Me." Unless you take shelter of Krsna or His representative, there is no possibility of being detached from this material enjoyment
- Urukrama means one who acts very wonderful things which is not possible for ordinary human being. So He wanted to show the real path of life
- Utsahan. This kind of utsaha required. Utsaha means enthusiasm. Utsahan dhairyat. So do it enthusiastically... It is a new peaceful revolution throughout the whole world
- Utsahat means you must be very much enthusiastic that "In this life, in this human form of life, I must complete my spiritual consciousness, or God consciousness, so that in the next life I may not have this material body"
- Uttama means "the knowledge which is beyond this material darkness." This material world is called darkness, and when the knowledge surpasses this material world, material knowledge, that is really called uttama
- Uttama means transcendental subject matter. You cannot learn it. Just like if you purchase one pharmacology book from the bookseller's shop, and if you read, at home, do you mean that you become a medical practitioner, pharmacist
- Uttama-sloka means the Supreme Lord who is described by transcendental literature or very fine, scholarly language. He's called Uttama-sloka
- Uttama-sloka means the Supreme Lord who is described by transcendental literature or very fine, scholarly language. He's called Uttama-sloka. Uttama-slokasya urukramasya. That will save all conditioned souls from being implicated in the clutches of maya
- Uttamam refers to that which is above material knowledge. Tama means "the darkness of this material world," and ut means "transcendental"
- Uttamasloka means the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is prayed by selected poems. Uttama, transcendental poetry, transcendental songs. He's worshiped by transcendental vibration of sound
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- Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam (SB 1.2.11). Tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means one who has realized the Supreme Truth. He is called tattva-vit. Tattva means Supreme Truth, and vit means one who knows
- Vaidagdhi means cunningness, humor, beauty, expertise, learning, tricky behavior, and indications
- Vairagya means if you are not interested in this material world, then your real interest is spiritual life; that makes your life successful
- Vairagya means no more working for sense gratification, that is vairagya. That is renouncement. Only for working Krsna, for the satisfaction of Krsna, that is called vairagya. And to attain this vairagya, renouncement, one requires sufficient knowledge
- Vairagya means when you are not addicted to sinful life. That is vairagya. People have got attachment for sinful activities
- Vairagya-vidya means to teach people how to become unattached to this material world
- Vairagyam means knowledge by which one becomes detached from this material allurement. That is called vairagya
- Vaisnava means he is always feeling for the distress of the others. Just like Lord Jesus Christ. What is the necessity of being crucified? Because he was a Vaisnava
- Vaisnava means sadhu. Sannyasi means sadhu. Titiksavah karunikah . . . ajata-satravah santah sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah (SB 3.25.21). This is a sadhu. So sadhu, they are very titiksavah, arjavam
- Vaisnava means that when others see him, they will also chant Hare Krsna
- Vaisnava means the servant of God or the devotee of God
- Vaisnava philosophers do not accept sayujya-mukti to be within the category of mukti. According to them, mukti means transferal to the loving service of the Lord from one's position of serving maya
- Vaisnavas, they chanted with a numerical strength, sankhya-purvaka. Sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih. Nama means chanting of the holy name. Gana means also prayer
- Vanam gato yad dharim asrayeta (SB 7.5.5). Sannyasa means accepting unalloyed engagement in the service of the Lord
- Vanaprastha means prior to accepting the renounced order of life. The husband and wife goes out of home and travels in many holy places to associate with holy man and take his instruction just to prepare for sannyasa
- Vanaprastha means the husband and wife, they give up the affection. Not give up, go away from home, and they travel in the holy places just to purify, and again, when the affection draws, they come to the family. Again remain for one or two months
- Vanete means vanaprastha, sannyasi. "Wherever he may be, if he's actually a perfect devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I want his association. Never mind." Grhe va vanete thake ha gauranga bale dake narottama mage tara sanga
- Vani means words, and vapuh means physical presence. Physical presence is sometimes appreciable and sometimes not, but vani continues to exist eternally
- Varna means a caste or classification. So Caitanya is in the classification of the Supreme Lord, Krsna. Or if you don't take that meaning, then krsna-varnam means He is always chanting "Krsna." Krsnam varnayati
- Varna means four classification of the society, and asrama means four division of spiritual life. The society, it is not meant for any particular nation or particular community. It is meant for the whole human society
- Varna means four social division: Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaisya, Sudra; and asrama means four spiritual division: brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha . . . so accepting these four spiritual and four material principles of life, that is humanity
- Varna means this social order, and asrama means spiritual division. Therefore those who are following strictly the Vedic principle, that family life is called grhastha asrama. Asrama. Whenever you add this word asrama there is spiritual significance
- Varna-sankarah means unwanted population. Actually all over the world this is happening, and therefore, the problems of the world becoming very serious and grave
- Varnasrama college especially meant for the brahmana, ksatriya and vaisya. Those who are not fit for education, they are sudras. That's all. Or those who are reluctant to take education - sudra means. That's all. They should assist the higher class
- Vasudeva was Prsni in his former life, and Devaki was Sutapa. Sutapa. Sutapa means one who can perform austerities and penance very nicely. Su means nicely, and tapah
- Vasudeva-parayana, means Krsna conscious person, they solve all questions by one thing: Krsna consciousness
- Vasudeva-parayana-agham. Agham means sin, sinful reaction of life. Dhunvanti, "one washes." Just like dirty thing, if you bring bucket of water and wash it, everything cleansed immediately. So this process of chanting is so nice that it cleanses the heart
- Vasudeva-parayanah. Those who are advanced in Krsna consciousness. Vasudeva means Krsna. Narayana parayana, vasudeva-parayanah, these words are there in the Vedic language
- Vasudevo va idam agra asin na brahma na ca sankarah. The meaning of this mantra is that before creation there was no existence of Brahma or Siva, for only Visnu existed. Visnu exists in His abode, the Vaikunthas
- Vatsa-padam means the impression by the hoof of a calf and the water contained in it. The whole ocean becomes like a spot, a small spot, created by the impression of the hoof. That is called vatsa-padam
- Veda means "knowledge." Any department of knowledge is called a part of the Vedic knowledge, and vedanta means the ultimate conclusion of all branches of knowledge
- Veda means knowledge and there are two kinds of knowledge - one mundane and another transcendental. Vedas are considered to be originally transcendental because they are coming from the platform which existed before the creation
- Veda means knowledge and what is that supreme knowledge? Knowledge, there are different departmental knowledge but what is the ultimate knowledge? The ultimate knowledge is to understand God. Yasmin vijnate sarvam evam vijnatam bhavati
- Veda means knowledge, and anta means last stage, or end. Everything has got some end. So you are being educated. You are taking education. Where it shall end? That is called Vedanta. Where the ultimate point
- Veda means knowledge, and anta means the end. In other words, proper understanding of the ultimate purport of the Vedas is called Vedanta knowledge
- Veda means knowledge, and anta means the last. That Krsna explains, Vedanta explains. Bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate (BG 7.19). This is Vedanta
- Veda means knowledge. Knowledge means truth. Unless you come to the knowledge of truth, your knowledge is not perfect
- Veda means not religion, Veda means knowledge. So if you can trace out the history of knowledge, then you can trace out what is the date of Veda
- Vedanta means "the ultimate knowledge." And what is that knowledge? Krsna explains in the Bhagavad-gita (7.19): bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate. After many births, one who is actually in knowledge at last surrenders unto Me
- Vedanta means self-realization, and bhakti means realization of the Personality of Godhead, to some extent
- Vedanta means the essence of cream of Vedic knowledge. That is Vedanta. That cream of Vedanta knowledge is further explained in the Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Vedas accept that cow dung is pure; we accept it. Cow dung is pure. This is called sruti-pramana. Sruti-pramana means the real knowledge, perfect knowledge, is coming from the supreme perfect, Krsna
- Vedas are called sruti. Sruti means this is not experimental knowledge. This knowledge is acquired by hearing, that's all. If you have got nice receptive power through the ear, then your life can be successful. You don't require to use any other sense
- Vedas are not sometimes understood by three classes of men - stri-sudra-dvijabandhu, three classes of men: women . . . women and sudra and dvijabandhu. Dvijabandhu means the friends of the twice-born
- Vedas means knowledge, this knowledge, is meant for the human beings. Vedic... Therefore Indian civilization, based on Vedic knowledge, is estimated so high, perfect. Perfect scheme system for human society, based on Vedic civilization
- Vedic civilization is so nice that you accept the platform which is suitable for you: brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, sannyasa. These are called asrama. Asrama means where spiritual culture is practiced
- Vedic knowledge means the instruction given by Krsna to the first living being, Lord Brahma. Janmady asya yatah. From Krsna everything is born, everything is emanated
- Vedic language is so difficult. It is sometimes very difficult to understand. So Purana, another meaning of purana means "supplement." So they are explanation of the Vedic knowledge in a supplementary way by taking references from the history
- Vedic literature means four Vedas: Sama, Atharva, Yajur and Rk. And from the Vedas, there are Upanisads. There are 108 Upanisads. And there are Puranas. Puranas means those who will not understand the Vedic aphorism
- Vedic scripture, advises you manusyam artha-dam apiha dhirah. But if you are dhira - dhira means sober, intelligent - then how you shall utilize it? You should try to utilize your this human form of life to achieve the highest substance very soon
- Veri means lamb or sheep. If you can push one of them in the slaughterhouse, all of them enter. This is called veriya dasan. You haven't got to endeavor to push others. You just push one only. 'Fut, fut, fut, fut, fut, fut, fut', they all enter
- Vicara means you just try to understand the gift of Lord Caitanya by logic, vicara. Don't follow blindly
- Victory flag. Victory flag. That means Krsna. Hare Krsna. (japa) Madira. Madira means intoxication. So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Krsna
- Vidarbha Kanya means the daughter of king of Vidarbha country, and she was married with Krishna
- Vidhi means law and order, and one who executes the law and order, they are called vidhi-kara. So all the demigods, they are appointed by the Supreme Lord to execute the law and order
- Vidhi-marga is called bhakti-yoga. Vidhi-marga means by following the regulative principles of sastra, orders of the spiritual master, when we engage ourself in devotional service, that is called vidhi-marga
- Vidura again wanted to hear about Pracinabarhi's sons, and he was especially inquisitive to know what they achieved by satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here the words siddhim apuh, or "achieved perfection," are very important
- Vidvamsam api karsati means that even the most learned also become victims of the sensuous urge
- Vigata-bhir means without any fear. And brahmacari-vrate sthitah, without any sex life. A yogi cannot indulge in sex life. That is the first principle
- Vigraha means "form." Thus the Complete Whole is not formless
- Vigraha means "form." Thus the Complete Whole is not formless. If He were formless, or if He were less than His creation in any other way, He could not be complete
- Vigraha means form. Avyaktam vyaktim apannam manyante mam abuddhayah. People with less intelligence, they consider the Supreme Truth as impersonal, but He is a person, a transcendental person. This is confirmed in all Vedic literature
- Vijsanam means practical knowledge. So Krsna says, jsanam. Jsanam te 'ham sa-vijsanam (BG 7.2): I am just speaking to you the exact knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with practical demonstration
- Vikarma means activities which are prohibited. We see, for these three things, amisa-mada-sevaya, for sex life, for meat-eating, for drinking, people are working. Not only working; dishonestly working
- Vikarmanah means forbidden. This is the human life's business. He should know what is actual work and what is forbidden work. Just like a good citizen knows what is lawful work and what is unlawful work
- Vikhyata means "celebrated." Svayambhuva Manu was celebrated for all good qualities and opulences
- Vimarsana means that think over the matter, that "Why I am doing this?" This is called brahma-jijnasa. This is called brahma-jijnasa. Means when a person becomes inquisitive about this "Why?" "Why I am suffering?" then he becomes intelligent
- Vimarsanam means to become sober and think that "Why I cannot check my desire to do sinful activities?" Then he suggested to come to that understanding he requires good brain
- Vimrsta means - clean, and vidheyamsa means - predicate. It is a general rule of composition to establish a subject first and then give its predicate
- Vimukta-maninah means he is simply falsely thinking that he is liberated. Maninah. Just like you think yourself, just like so many rascals, he is thinking, "I am God." You see? - I am God
- Vimukta-maninah means they (impersonalists) are simply falsely thinking that they have surpassed the clutches of maya. Falsely
- Vipra means one who is fully conversant with Vedic knowledge. He is called vipra. For spiritual elevation there are gradual evolutionary stages. So vipra stage is just before becoming a qualified brahmana
- Viraha means separation. "On account of separation." So this should be the only cause, that you cannot tolerate the separation of Govinda. That is love
- Viraraghava Acarya has indicated that this word mahatma means "steady in heart." That is to say that Daksa was so stronghearted that even when his beloved daughter was prepared to lay down her life, he was steady and unshaken
- Virinca means Lord Brahma and the followers. Just like we, Gaudiya-sampradaya, means we belong to the Brahma-sampradaya. Our sampradaya begins from Lord Brahma
- Visa-kanya means a girl, from the childhood, is injected poison, little by little. When she is grown up, whole body is poisonous. So the politician used to engage such girl to kill his opponent politician
- Visate means that one can enter into the abode of the Supreme Lord in his individuality to engage in His association and render service unto Him. BG 1972 purports
- Visesa-jnanam. Jnanam, ordinary knowledge, and vi, when the this word is added, vi, meaning visesata, particularly, for practical application... This vijnanam
- Visesanam means qualities. Therefore nir added to it means that he has no material qualities or variegatedness
- Visnu means the Maha-visnu, who is lying on the Causal Ocean. By His breathing only all the universes are generated in seeds and gradually develop into gigantic forms with innumerable planets within each and every universe
- Visuddha-sattva means goodness where no other quality can contaminate. Here even one man is very good man, sometimes he is tinged with passion or ignorance. Just like I told you that Gandhi, he was a recognized good man, but he committed so many mistakes
- Visuva, or Visuva-sankranti, means Mesa-sankranti, or the day on which the sun enters the sign Aries. Tula-sankranti is the day on which the sun enters the sign Libra. Both of these days occur only once within a year
- Visvam means the whole universal creation. Because it is creation of God - God has created - therefore the whole universe, the whole creation is also God, although it appears different from God
- Vit means stool. Sva-vid-varaha-ustra. Ustra means camel, and khara means ass. So these grhamedhis they have been described as the sva, vid-varaha, ustra, khara. Bhagavata is very strong (laughs) in criticizing
- Vivasvan means the present predominating deity of the sun globe. Just like we have got a president, similarly, but he has got a particular name, similarly, the president of the sun globe is called Surya, Suryadeva. But he has got a particular name
- Vivasvan means the president of the sun globe, and his son is Manu. This is the time. This time is going on. It is called Vaivasvata Manu period. Vaivasvata means from Vivasvan, the son of Vivasvan. He is called Vaivasvata Manu
- Vratam means that one should take a vow as explained in Bhagavad-gita, amanitvam adambhitvam, without hankering for personal respect and without being proud of one's material position
- Vrndavana means that Krsna is the center. He is the lovable object of everyone
- Vyasa means guru, because he's our original guru. When spiritual master's birthday is observed, it is called vyasa-puja. This vyasa-puja means a spiritual master is representative of Vyasa
- Vyasadeva found it that directly to understand Vedic knowledge will be difficult for three classes of men. Trayi na sruti-gocara. Trayi means Vedas, dealing with the three gunas
- Vyasadeva has given the symptoms of Kali-yuga. One thing, there will be no rain, scarcity of rain. And naturally there will be scarcity . . . Durbhiksa. Durbhiksa means you will not be able to get anything by begging also. Bhiksa
- Vyasadeva is the original acarya; therefore the birthday of guru is called vyasa-puja. Vyasa-puja means original guru. Guru is the representative of Vyasadeva
- Vyasadeva specifically means here, bhagavan uvaca. He does not say krsna uvaca, because sometimes Krsna is misunderstood by the fools. So bhagavan uvaca, this word, means whatever He says, there is no defect or deficiencies
- Vyasasana means...the preacher's seat is Vyasadeva's asana; it is the seat of Vyasadeva
- Vyaya means which is destroyed
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- We accepted the tridandi - you will have seen in my name "tridandi." Tri means three. Three. What is that three? What that three? The mind, the body and the words
- We advise everyone to address one another as Prabhu. Prabhu means master, so how the master should be disobeyed? Others, they are also pure devotees. All of my disciples are pure devotees
- We are all brahma. Brahma means spirit soul. You are brahma, I am brahma, everyone. Or you can say we are all God. But the greatest God is different. He is different. That is Krsna
- We are asking, following the footsteps of predecessor, Rupa Gosvami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction to Rupa Gosvami. Rupanuga. Therefore we are called rupanuga. Anuga. Anuga means following. Going, following the footsteps of Rupa
- We are different from this body. We have several times discussed this point. So in Sanskrit word there are two implications in the understanding of our existence. One is deha. Deha means this body. And dehi means the proprietor of the body
- We are discussing about the characteristics of the demons. So they have lost their intelligence. Etam drstim avastabhya nastatmanah alpa-buddhayah (BG 16.9). Nastatmanah. Atmanah means spirit soul. So they have lost the sense of spirit soul
- We are hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is knowledge also. And when you see there are three kinds of receiving knowledge . . . One is sruti. Sruti means hearing. So our Vedic process is that we hear the Vedic information, and we become perfect
- We are interested - those who are followers of real Vedanta - to see the result. Phalena pariciyate. Phalena means "by the result." So what is the result? The result is by executing one's particular type of religious system, he must develop KC or GC
- We are interested - those who are followers of real Vedanta - to see the result. Phalena pariciyate. Phalena means - by the result
- We are not absolute controller. We are relative controller. But about Krsna it is said, isvarah paramah krsnah (Bs. 5.1). Paramah means supreme. He controls everyone or everything, but He is not controlled by anyone
- We are opening many centers all over the world. Why? To give people chance of having this association of a Vaisnava, mahat, mahatma. Therefore those who are in charge of such centers, they must be ideal mahatmas. Mahatma means devotees
- We are seeing here in this material world, this apartment is better than the down apartment. So it is param. Param means better, superior quality
- We are taken up this mission, to preach Bhagavad-gita as it is to solve all the problems of the world. That is Aryan civilization. Aryan civilization means following the principles of Bhagavad-gita
- We are taught to address others as Prabhu. Prabhu means master; and the leader of the masters is called Prabhupada
- We are teaching sad-acara, rise early in the morning, take your bath, change your cloth, wash your mouth, and then go to the Deity room and have mangala arotika, then study, so many, simply sad-acara. Sat means "that will exist," and acara means behavior
- We are trained up to say my brother, that "prabhu," "such and such prabhu." Prabhu means master. Nobody think himself that he is master. He should always think that everyone is his master because he's serving the master. This is our philosophy
- We artificially exhibit our propensity to enjoy this material world. So purusa means the enjoyer. Therefore sometimes we are called purusa. Here the living entities as a whole is called purusa. Even the woman, she is also purusa. Because the same spirit
- We become in touch with Krsna by chanting His name, Hare Krsna. That is the beginning of our connection with Krsna. Namadi. So sastra says, atah sri-krsna-namadi. Adi means beginning
- We can understand higher knowledge. And that is called Veda. So Veda does not mean it is meant for the cats and dogs. Vedas means knowledge, this knowledge, is meant for the human beings
- We can utilize the tongue properly and get out of these clutches. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. So seva, seva means service - jihva adau, beginning from the tongue
- We Gaudiya Vaisnava, we are known as rupanuga. Rupanuga means the followers of Rupa Gosvami. So why we should become followers of Rupa Gosvami? Because sri-caitanya-mano 'bhistam sthapitam yena bhu-tale: he wanted to establish the mission of Sri Caitanya
- We have already explained that we accept the authoritative statement of sastra. Now, Brahma's life is stated there. Arhat means his one day is equal to our four yugas
- We have become non-Aryan practically, because we do not give importance to the spiritual side of life. The Aryan means one who gives importance to the spiritual side of life
- We have come to this material world for sense gratification. This is pravrtti. Pravrtti means that is our natural propensity, inclination. We are simply making plans how to satisfy our senses. That is material life
- We have discussed this point, that either brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, especially dvijottama . . . The brahmanas are called dvijottama. Dvija means twice-born, one birth by the father and mother and the other birth by Vedic knowledge and spiritual master
- We have forgotten real position, sanatana-dharma. We have forgotten. Sanatana-dharma means a living entity is meant for serving the whole. Living entity's a part, part of the whole. So the living entity's business is to serve the whole
- We have got a conception of Golden Age. So take it for granted that krte, krte means in the age when everyone was pure. Cent percent people were pure. That is called Krta-yuga
- We have material senses, but how can we see the Supreme Lord? He is called adhoksaja, which means that He cannot be seen by the material senses. Aksaja means "knowledge perceived by material senses"
- We have passed only five thousand years of this age, Kali-yuga. Before that, there was Dvapara-yuga. Dvapara-yuga means 800,000's of years. And before that, there was Treta-yuga, which continued for twelve hundred thousands of years
- We have purposely denoted dharma as occupation because the root meaning of the word dharma is "that which sustains one's existence"
- We have tasted this material world. Everyone has tasted. It is full of miseries. Tri-tapa yantrana. Tri means three, and tapa means miserable condition of life
- We have to accept sastra, how things are going on beyond our experience. Without that, we cannot have knowledge. That is called Vedic process. Sruti-jnanam. Sruti means hearing from authorities. That is real knowledge. Srotra-pantha
- We have to approach to a guru, tattva-darsi. Tattva-darsi. Tattva-darsi means . . . what is tattva? Tattva means truth. One who has seen the truth. We have to approach such tattva-darsi
- We have to learn from authorized sources, and we can be informed perfectly about paravara: para and avara. Avara means this inferior nature, and para means superior nature
- We have to practice. This arcana-marga means practice. Immediately you cannot expect that your mind is completely fixed up with Krsna. But if we follow the regulative principles, then it will mature
- We prohibit these four kinds of sinful life: killing of animals and illicit sex . . . striya, suna and . . . panca-suna. Yes . . . striya-suna-pana. Pana means intoxicants, and dyuta means gambling. So these are four kinds of sinful activities
- We receive so many letters from our foreign student how they're feeling. Because they have taken seriously, they're feeling obliged that "We have got life pratyaksavagamam.'' Pratyaksa means direct
- We recommend the students to chant Hare Krsna. Atah sri-krsna-namadi. Nama means after you understand or realize nama, then you'll understand His qualities, transcendental qualities
- We see in your New York City. Everyone is busy with karma. Karma means you do something, there is some result and you enjoy or suffer. That is called karma
- We should always offer our prayers to Lord Nrsimhadeva, who killed Hiranyakasipu, the personification of material desire. Hiranya means "gold," and kasipu means "a soft cushion or bed"
- We should give everyone chance how to serve Krsna. Then he will remain on the upper platform. Samatitya. Atitya mean transcending
- We should not eat more, nor less. And nirasih. Nirasih means desireless of extravagance. Now we are desiring for sense gratification more and more. That is not wanted
- We should try to understand what is the meaning of Hrsikesa. Hrsika means indriya, and isa means Lord
- We spirit soul, we are as pure as God. God is pure. In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna is addressed as param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan (BG 10.12). Pavitram means the purest. So we are part and parcel of God; we are also purest
- We understand from the Bhagavad-gita, that it was first instructed to Surya. Imam vivasvate proktam (BG 4.1): "I first of all spoke this science to Vivasvan, Surya." Surya means sun-god. So nobody can trace out history when sun-god took the lessons
- We, according to our Vedic system, we do not accept any other system of religion, because we consider them nastika. That is the primary principle. Nastika means one who does not believe in the Vedas. He is called nastika
- What (is) that anyatha rupam? Anyatha means "otherwise." Every one one of us acting otherwise. Somebody is acting that "I am Pakistani," "I am East Pakistani," "I am West Pakistani. Let us fight." Anyatha rupam
- What I am speaking before you from Srimad-Bhagavatam or Bhagavad-gita, that is also chanting. This is also kirtana. Kirtana means describing
- What is that buddhi-yoga? Krsna says, tesam satata-yuktanam: "Persons who are twenty-four hours engaged," satata... Satata means always. Engaged. What kind of engagement? Bhajatam priti-purvakam
- What is that? Urukramasya. Each word is meaningful. Urukrama. Uru means uncommon. Uru. Uru means great. And krama. Krama means activities. So who is Urukrama? Urukrama is Krsna, God
- What is the difference between manava-dharma and pasu-dharma? Manava-dharma means what Krsna teaches - sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66). This is manava-dharma. Except this, anything, that is pasu-dharma
- What is the nature of the Absolute Truth? So that is replied, janmady asya yatah anvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah (SB 1.1.1). Abhijnah means cognizant, living. The Absolute Truth is not dead; it is living. We are pushing forward this theory
- What is the proof that he has come under the disciplic succession? Brahma-nistham. Brahma-nistham means he is fully convinced about the Supreme Absolute Truth. So there you have to surrender. Pranipata
- What is the sun? The sun is also coming from Him. Sarvam. Sarvam means including everything. Sarvam aham sarvasya prabhavah. He is the origin of Brahma. Generally, we think Brahma has created. Brahma is also created by Him
- What should be our occupational duty? Sad-dharma. Sad-dharma means . . . sat means eternal. Real occupational duty
- What should be the purpose of life? This opportunity, this nice intelligence, nice education, nice beautiful body, nice economic condition - that should be utilized for tapasya. Tapasya means austerity, restriction
- What we have to make an asura a deva. That is our process. Krsna consciousness means that it is not that if a man is born in an asura family he cannot be deva. No. He can be deva
- What we mean by the exact word, Sanskrit word, corresponding to religion is dharma. That dharma is different thing from the word religion
- Whatever books we have got, it should be studied. Bhakti-sastri means Nectar of Devotion, Bhagavad-gita, Nectar of Instruction, Beyond Death -- in this way we select some ten books. That is bhakti-sastri
- Whatever is changeable, that is not sanatana-dharma. Sanatana, try to understand sanatana. Sanatana means eternal, and the living entity, being eternal, he must have some eternal engagement. That is called sanatana-dharma
- Whatever is going on throughout the whole world in the name of religion, Bhag . . . according to Bhagavata, they're all cheating. They're all cheating. Bhagavata kahe taha paripurna chale. Chale means cheating
- Whatever Krsna says, we accept it. That is mat-parah. Mat-parah means whatever Krsna says, accept it. That's all
- When Bhagavata says, yad-apasrayasrayam means a devotee is already under the protection of God, and if one takes protection of a devotee, he also becomes a devotee and becomes purified
- When Brahma saw the form of the Lord - not exactly outside, but from within. And He educated him from within. Tene brahma hrda. Hrda means through the heart He transmitted the knowledge, bhagavat-tattva
- When he (Arjuna) did not like to fight He (Krsna) chastised him, "Non-Aryan." "You're talking like non-Aryan." Aryan means advanced
- When Lord Vamanadeva was offered three steps of land, He expanded His three steps by covering the entire universe. In this way the three worlds trembled, & therefore Sri Vamanadeva is referred to as Urukrama
- When one becomes above the gunas by devotional service . . . guna means quality. A devotee is on the position of first-class human society because a devotee is engaged in devotional service
- When one becomes budha - budha means well aware of everything - then he understands Krsna is the source of everything. He's the Supreme
- When one does not touch the direct meaning but tries to divert attention by misinterpretation, he engages in chala. The word nigraha also means always trying to refute the arguments of the other party
- When one falls down before a superior just like a stick, one's offering of obeisances is called dandavat. Danda means "stick," and vat means "like"
- When one gives up voluntarily for higher status of life, that is called nivrtti-marga. Pravrtti-marga and nivrtti-marga. Pravrtti-marga means to fulfill these desires. But when one is trained up to give up these habits, that is called nirvrtti-marga
- When one is free from all ten of these offenses in chanting the holy name of God, he develops the ecstatic bodily features called pulakasru. Pulaka means "symptoms of happiness," and asru means "tears in the eyes"
- When one is situated in his original constitutional position, that is called mukti. Mukti does not mean that you get a big head or big hand. No. Mukti means knowledge
- When one is situated in pure, transcendental knowledge, one is situated in kaivalya. Therefore vasudeva also means kaivalya, a word which is generally used by impersonalists
- When one is trained up in the matter of real knowledge - Veda means real knowledge - by the guidance of the spiritual master, he is supposed to be twice-born
- When the mind is engaged in meditation on the lotus feet of the Lord, the senses are controlled. This system of control is called yama, and this means "subduing the senses."
- When the sense gratificatory processes are executed by pious activity, they are called su-visaya. The word su means - good, and visaya means - sense objects
- When the word natata (“dancing on the stage”) is linked with the moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word natata is linked with Krsna, this type of introduction is called udghatyaka
- When things are done for one’s personal satisfaction, the form is called atmane-pada
- When things are done for others, the verb form changes to kurvanti. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu informed Sanatana Gosvami that in the atmarama verse the verb kurvanti means that things should be done only for the satisfaction of Krsna
- When this (material) consciousness is purified, tat-paratvena nirmalam . . . nirmalam means completely cleanse. That is the bhakti platform
- When we become free from these designations, sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam. And you become purified, nirmala. Mal means dirt and nirmala means without any dirt, without any dirty things, simply spiritual
- When we come to that position to understand our intimate relationship with God, or Krsna, that is called svarupa-siddhi. Svarupa-siddhi. Svarupa-siddhi means realization of perfection
- When we forget Krsna and want to lord it over the material nature, this is called maya. Maya means which has no factual existence
- When we forget our duty, that is called dharmasya glanih. Glanih means deterioration of our real occupational duty
- When we speak of sanatana-dharma, don't think that sanatana-dharma is meant for the Hindus. Sanatana means eternal, and dharma means occupation
- When you add this word yoga, that means bhakti. Yoga means bhakti
- Whenever there is an argument between a devotee and a nondevotee, the pure, strong devotee comes out victorious. The word pandya comes from the word panda, meaning "knowledge." Unless one is highly learned, he cannot conquer nondevotional conceptions
- Whichever position one can find himself suitable, he can accept that. But the main business is krsna-tattva-vetta, and preach the cult all over the world, sei guru haya. Guru means preacher, to enlighten. One who can enlighten, he is guru
- While describing the system of protection for the creeper of devotional service, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has especially stressed protection from offenses unto the lotus feet of Vaisnavas. Offenses are called vaisnava-aparadha. Aparadha means "offense."
- Who are sadhava, sadhu? Niskama, those who have no desire for material enjoyment. He is called sadhu. And that niskama means those who are devotee
- Who can chant Hare Krsna very nicely? Trnad api sunicena. Trnad api sunicena means who thinks himself lower than the straw in the street, "I am lower than." Humble, very humble
- Who has seen the Absolute Truth, they are called tattva-darsi. The tattva means the Absolute Truth, the spirit whole. The spirit whole is realized in three features. That is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam
- Who is acarya? Acarya means one who has received the Vedic knowledge through the parampara system. He is acarya. Acarya cannot be manufactured, self-made. No. He must come down from the disciplic succession
- Who is following the acarya? Nobody is following. Acarya is there, but nobody is following acarya. Acarana. Acarana means behavior. Acarya that, "This man is ideal. One should follow him." That is called acarya
- Who is mahajana? Mahajana. In India, a mahajana is accepted who can give you loan, money. He's called mahajana. Not that, that all. It is, it is a perverted word. But mahajana means a, one who is pure devotee of the Lord
- Who is saintly personality? That is given here, mahantas te sama-cittah. Sama-cittah means they are equipoised, means they're not agitated by the worldly activities
- Why do you take the trouble of learning Sanskrit? Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mam hi partha vyapasritya ye 'pi syuh papa-yonayah. Papa-yoni means low-grade birth. So anyone can be purified if they take to the shelter of Krsna
- Why I say, "cheating religion"? Because it is said in the beginning of SB, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra (SB 1.1.2). Kaitava means cheating. You cannot make people happy by presenting some cheating religion. That is the injunction of SB
- Why one should interpret that kuru-ksetra means this body and Pandavas means these panca-indriyas, so many things? There is no question of interpretation
- Why should I give me away to the animal life? Visayah khalu sarvatah syat. Visaya means the four necessities of material life. That is called visaya
- Why should we interpret it that "This Kuruksetra means this body, dharmaksetra, this body"? Why? Why mislead people? Stop this misleading. And Kuruksetra is still there. Kuruksetra station, railway station, is there
- Why studying so many books? For the sake of establishing real religious life. Sad-dharma. There are two kinds of dharmas, religious, religions: pravrtti-marga, nivrtti-marga. Pravrtti-marga means materialism, and nivrtti-marga means spiritualism
- Why you are giving so much importance to the man, even if he is born in a lower family? He (Prahlada Maharaja) says, manye tad-arpita-mano-vacana iha. Iha means endeavor
- Wife is called dharma-patni. Dharma-patni. Dharma-patni means a religious wife, or husband and wife should execute religious life, spiritual cultivation
- With great austerity, penances and vairagya, they can go up to the param padam. Param padam means Brahman. Nirvisesa-brahman. Not in the material existence, but in the spiritual existence. Aruhya. They can rise up to that
- With the blessings of the Lord, all things are possible. The Lord especially blessed the girl (Pramloca's and Kandu's daughter) to surrender equally to all brothers. Aprthag-dharma, meaning "occupational duty without difference of purpose
- Within this material world there is one Siddhaloka. Siddha, carana. They are called siddha, means all the yogic mystic powers they have got naturally
- Without becoming intelligent, nobody can worship God. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said, krsna yei bhaje sei bada catura. Catur means very intelligent. Unless one is first-class intelligent, he cannot worship God
- Without being bhakta, nobody will understand Bhagavad-gita. It is not possible. Bhagavad-gita means to understand Krsna. So although everything is explained there, but it is on the bhakti line, not in any other line
- Without following the rules and regulation of these scriptures, if one poses himself as devotee of Krsna, aikantiki harer bhaktih-harer means Lord, bhakti, devotional service - he is a disturbance to the society
- Woman is the basic principle of material enjoyment. Therefore in Sanskrit the word for woman is stri, which means "one who expands the field of material enjoyment"
- Woman's name is pramada, pramada because as soon as one woman comes before a man, he becomes agitated. Therefore woman's name is pramada. Pramada. Pramada means agitates. Kamini. Agitates
- Word kama-mudha, meaning one who has lost his sense or is infatuated by lust of attraction for sense gratification, is used. Kama-mudhas are bereft of Krsna consciousness and devotional service and are infatuated by a strong desire for sense gratification
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- Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata (BG 4.7). The words dharmasya glanih mean - pollution of one's existence
- Yajna means for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, whatever you do, you are not implicated with sinful activities. And bhunjate te tv agham papa ye pacanty atma-karanat
- Yajna means Lord Visnu, for all yajna is meant to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Since the demigods automatically become very pleased with the performance of sacrifice, they bestow benediction upon the executors of yajnas
- Yajna means Lord Visnu, or sacrificial performances. All sacrificial performances also are meant for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu. BG 1972 purports
- Yajna means satisfying the Lord. Just like we are chanting this Hare Krsna mantra. It is yajna, sacrifice. At least we are sacrificing little time
- Yajna means to sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Supreme Person. That is called yajna
- Yajna means to satisfy the Supreme. That is sacrifice. I sacrifice my own convenience. I take all kinds of troubles... There is no trouble; it is pleasure. Just like the mother takes all kinds of trouble for the little child
- Yajna means Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Bhagavad-gita, karma is described as yajnartha. Yajnartha-karma means "work done only for the satisfaction of Visnu"
- Yajna means Visnu. In the Second Chapter of Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated that one should only work for satisfying Yajna or Visnu. BG 1972 purports
- Yajna means we have to satisfy the Supreme Person. That is called yajna. And this process can be executed when the human society is very regulated. Regulated means there must be division of these varnas and asramas
- Yantra means a machine, such as an automobile. The driver of the machine of the body is the individual soul, who is also its director or proprietor, but the supreme proprietor is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Yasyantahsthani means that everything is sustained by Him (Krsna), whether it be spiritual or material energy. BG 1972 purports
- Yatharcih. Arcih means "flame." When a lamp is broken or the oil is finished, we see that the flame of the lamp goes out. But according to scientific understanding, the flame is not extinguished; it is conserved. This is conservation of energy
- Yei krsna-tattva-vetta sei guru haya (CC Madhya 8.128). Tattva-vetta means one who knows about the science of Krsna. That means fully Krsna conscious. Sei guru haya. Sei means "he." Guru means - spiritual master
- Yoga is a means to understand the Supreme Soul
- Yoga means God conscious, or Krsna conscious. Everything, anything, any attempt, which we perform, which we do for spiritual realization is called yoga
- Yoga means which connects, and viyoga means which disconnect
- Yoga siddhis, they are simply material arts. Just like one example is given, that anima siddhi, anima siddhi means to enter into the stone. So we see in the Western countries they are boring big, big hills and entering in the stone
- Yoga system means again connecting the link. That is called yoga. Yoga, the Sanskrit word, means connect, and viyoga means disconnect
- Yoga-bhrasta means one who falls down from the path of spiritual advancement. For them, the facility is that they are given another chance to take birth in the human society. Not only in human society; sucinam srimatam gehe, in very rich & pure family
- Yoga-siddhi means you can become smaller than the smallest. Our actually magnitude is very, very small. So by yoga-siddi, in spite of having this material body, one yogi can come to the smallest size, and anywhere you keep him packed, he will come out
- Yoga-sthah means that you remain in spiritual consciousness, but at the same time, you go on with your usual work. You remain in spiritual consciousness and go on with your work. It is very difficult? I am working with bodily conception of life
- Yogesvara means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures - that is called yoga
- Yogi especially means bhakta-yogi. They also enjoy. Ramante yoginah anante. That is unlimited enjoyment, without any stoppage. Anandambudhi-vardhanam (CC Antya 20.12). Simply increasing, increasing. There is no decrease
- Yogi means spiritually advanced, and bhogi means materialistic, and rogi means diseased. It is a common saying. A yogi evacuates only once. That is yogi
- Yogi means that he has no other business. The sannyasi and yogi is the same because yogi has no other business. He is simply trying to concentrate his mind on the Visnu
- Yogi means that. Yogi does not mean to play some magic. Magician also can play some magic. A devotee is not interested to show any magic, but he is interested to see the magician, supreme, who is playing so much magic
- Yogi means those who are trying to focus all attention to the Supersoul which is within our heart. That is called yoga system
- Yoni means the source of birth. Just like we take our birth, the source is the mother. From the mother's womb we come out. That is called yoni, the source
- Yoni means the source of birth. Mother is called yoni, and father is called bija. Yatha yoni yatha bijam. According to bijam and according to yoni, we get body
- Yoni means the source of birth. So there are two kinds of yoni, pious and impious. Those who are pious, they are getting chance of birth, in very aristocratic, high family, educated, learned brahmana family. Janma. Then aisvarya, opulence, riches
- You are chanting, you are, the mantras, because it is not your language, so sometime it appears broken. Just like "guru." Sometimes you say: "goru." Goru means cow, and guru means spiritual master. So the difference of meaning is vast
- You are one, and as soon as you get your wife, you become three, four, five. So stri means that helps me expanding. That is the root meaning
- You can dress with so many outward coverings. But we spirit soul, we do not require this material dress, but somehow or other we have got it. This is anartha. Anartha means unwanted
- You can go to the higher planetary system, you can go to the lower planetary system, and you can go to the kingdom of God also, in the spiritual world. Therefore the living entity's another name is sarva-gah: he can go anywhere
- You can perceive also by consciousness where there is presentation of soul, but if you want to measure by experiment, that is not possible. Therefore it is called aprameya. Prameya means direct perception. I can see or I can touch, I can handle
- You cannot question the statement or instruction of Bhagavan. Bhaga means opulence. There are six kinds of opulences. Bhagavan means one who is full with six kinds of opulences
- You have to first of all place yourself in a platform which is free of all anxiety. Evam prasanna-manaso. Prasanna means full of joy, full of life
- You haven't got to find out who is mahajana. The mahajana means who is following another mahajana, say follow Arjuna. He is mahajana
- You know there are six kinds of philosophies in India; the mimamsaka philosophy; and Sankhya philosophy; and nyaya - nyaya means logic - nyaya philosophy; then Mayavada philosophy; then Patanjali, yoga system, Patanjali & at last, this Vedanta philosophy
- You may put him (one dog) on the throne; that's doesn't matter. But the doggish quality, you cannot change. Similarly this svabhava. Svabhava means the material nature
- You must be detached. Vairagyam. Anabhisvangah. Putra-dara-grhadisu, family life. Putra means children. Dara means wife. Grha means home. In this way you have to be situated on the devotional service. Devotional service is not sentiment
- You see the sky is just like egglike, within that. They are called baddha-jiva. Baddha-jiva means entrapped
- You should give up this dark well and go to the forest, vanam. Come to Vrndavana. Vanam means forest. We have constructed very nice temple. Come there
- You should go to a guru who has complete knowledge from the sruti. Sruti means Vedas. Acaryavan puruso veda. Veda means you have to approach acarya. He knows everything
- You simply work. You simply wash this temple and sweep this temple regularly with heart and soul - you become perfect. You don't require even to read. So dasyam. Dasyam means simply work as menial servant of Krsna
- You supposing that it is your proprietorship, you are the proprietor of everything, but you sacrifice, yajnarthe. Yajnarthe means "for the Supreme Lord." So many sacrifices are recommended in various scriptures
- You'll simply hankering after, but there will be no satisfaction. Therefore Narottama says, visaya-visanale. Visaya means these material demands, eating, sleeping, mating, these are called visaya. They are just like poison, fire. So everyone is burning
- Your name is Jivan-Krsna dasa, it means one who has made his life Krsna
- Your spiritual name is Surananda. Sura, this word, it, it becomes, sura means "liquor" and sura means "the demigods or the devotees" Asura means demons. So your name is Surananda. Ananda means pleasure, so it can bear two meanings
- Yukta Vairagya, means that we should simply accept the bare necessities of our material part of life, & try to save time for spiritual advancement. This should be the motto of New Vrindaban, I am always at your service to help you by practical suggestion
- Yuyutsavah means when two parties are fighting, they are called yuyutsavah, - Desiring to fight, they prepared
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- Zero means sunya. Sunya means nothing. So how you can speak on nothing? If you can speak on nothing, then nothing is no more nothing. It is something. Just see. But you are so proud. "Oh, he spoke on zero for four hours"
- Zero, nirvana, means make these material activities zero. That hint is given by Sankaracarya. Lord Buddha said that everything is zero & Sankaracarya gave further improvement that - It is not zero. Brahman is fact, brahma satyam. Not zero. Jagan mithya