User contributions for Shaalini
15 April 2022
- 02:3202:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word mahatma to describe the qualifications of Daksa is used sarcastically No edit summary current
- 02:3202:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,762 The word maha-purusa refers to advanced devotees and also to the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 02:3002:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +10,610 The word kecit means "a few people but not all." Not everyone can become Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 02:3002:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +1,647 The word kama-liptena (in SB 6.1.61) indicates that the sudra was decorated with turmeric smeared on his body No edit summary
- 02:2902:29, 15 April 2022 diff hist −46 The word harsa means "jubilation," and soka means "lamentation'' No edit summary current
- 02:0402:04, 15 April 2022 diff hist +7,013 The word grhnatah (in SB 10.8.13) indicates that Krsna is free to make His choice. In other words, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and may therefore do whatever He desires No edit summary
- 02:0202:02, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,788 The word gavah (SB 7.2.12) indicates that cows should be given protection No edit summary
- 02:0202:02, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,400 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 No edit summary current
- 02:0202:02, 15 April 2022 diff hist +6,263 The word drsy-adibhih is significant. According to Jiva Gosvami, drsi means jnana, philosophical research No edit summary current
- 02:0202:02, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word diyatam means that knowledge of Krsna consciousness should be offered by the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 02:0102:01, 15 April 2022 diff hist −46 The word dhirah, meaning "those who are undisturbed under all circumstances," is very significant No edit summary current
- 02:0002:00, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,217 The word daivam indicates a demigod or one who accepts worship from a dependent No edit summary current
- 01:5901:59, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,287 The word bhutyai means "for increasing opulence," and the word sreyase refers to ultimately returning home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 01:5701:57, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word Bhagavan directly refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is full of six opulences: wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. He is the Personality of Godhead in different spiritual skies No edit summary current
- 01:5601:56, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word bahir jata-viragaya means a person who has developed detachment from external and internal material propensities No edit summary current
- 01:5601:56, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,364 The word avivesa signifies that the Lord appeared within the mind of Vasudeva. There was no need for a discharge of semen. That is the opinion of Sripada Sridhara Svami and Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura No edit summary current
- 01:5501:55, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,428 The word atma-jyotih is significant. The brahma-jyotir, which is greatly appreciated by jnanis, or monistic philosophers who desire to enter it for liberation, is nothing but the rays of the Lord's body No edit summary current
- 01:5501:55, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,574 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 No edit summary current
- 01:5501:55, 15 April 2022 diff hist +7,310 The word asan (in SB 10.8.13) indicates that He is always present. Whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in His full feature, He is understood to be krsna-varnam, although He appears in different colors No edit summary
- 01:5401:54, 15 April 2022 diff hist +6,274 The word asamsrti is very important. Samsrti refers to continuing on the path of birth & death. Asamsrti, on the contrary, refers to nivrtti-marga, or the path of liberation, by which one's birth and death cease and one gradually progresses to Brahmaloka No edit summary current
14 April 2022
- 16:0016:00, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,322 The word anumimamsate means that he (Yamaraja) can decide in consultation with the Supersoul. Anu means - following No edit summary current
- 16:0016:00, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,570 The word amrtyum indicates that Diti wanted a son who would be equal in status to the demigods No edit summary current
- 15:5915:59, 14 April 2022 diff hist +5,334 The word amrta is also an important reference to the moon, and the word ambuja means "lotus." The pleasing moonshine and pleasing fragrance of the lotus combined to bring pleasure to everyone hearing krsna-katha from the mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 15:5915:59, 14 April 2022 diff hist −46 The word aja means maya, or mystic power. Everything mysterious is in full existence in Visnu No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,432 The word adrtah is significant because it indicates that Vidura had a natural inclination for hearing the transcendental message of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he was never fully satisfied though continuing to hear those topics No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 14 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word adhoksajalambham refers to keeping the mind always engaged in the Absolute Truth, who is beyond the mind and material speculation. Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh (SB 9.4.18). This is the result of Deity worship No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,281 The word adhipunyam indicates that there are certainly many other pious men throughout the world, but the people of Bharata-varsa are even more pious No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 14 April 2022 diff hist +6,345 The word acyutamsam is used because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is Sad-aisvarya-purna, full in the opulences of wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty and renunciation. The Supreme Godhead is never separated from His personal opulences No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 14 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word "separatist" must be understood carefully. The Sanskrit words in this connection are bhinna-drk and prthag-bhavah. A separatist is one who sees his interest as separate from that of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 14 April 2022 diff hist +4,833 The very word satya-krt is used (in SB 7.1.11) to establish that everything created by the Lord is factual, never false. The creation may be temporary, but it is not false No edit summary
- 15:5515:55, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,620 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 No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 14 April 2022 diff hist +5,336 The specific words used in Srimad-Bhagavatam are yogamayam upasritah, which mean that this dancing with the gopis is on the platform of yogamaya, not mahamaya No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,245 The Sanskrit word maha is derived from the affix mahat. This affix is used when there is a great number or quantity, so maha-yoga indicates that there were many great yogis and devotees meditating on the form of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 14 April 2022 diff hist +1,690 The King began to recite verses about the rasa-lila from Srimad-Bhagavatam. He recited the chapter beginning with the words "jayati te 'dhikam" No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,212 The distance indicated by the word sadhikani is panca-vimsati-sahasradhikani, or 25,000 yojanas. That plus two and a half crores and twelve and a half laksa of yojanas is the distance the sun travels between each two cities - from Devadhani to Samyamani No edit summary
- 14:3014:30, 14 April 2022 diff hist +12,464 The demigods offered their prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He had now appeared in the womb of His devotee Devaki to protect all the devotees harassed by Kamsa and his lieutenants. Thus the Lord acts as satyavrata No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 14 April 2022 diff hist +12,361 The culture of vidya is summarized in Srimad-Bhagavatam in the following words: "Therefore, with one-pointed attention one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees" No edit summary
- 14:2814:28, 14 April 2022 diff hist +8,728 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has very nicely explained the word bhayena (in SB 7.1.26), which means "by fear" No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,397 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that the word ojasa means by dint of devotional service No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 14 April 2022 diff hist +7,395 Sri Sukadeva says that the word mahima means that the devotee attains the qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called sadharma, or the same quality No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,423 Since He (God) is transcendental, His speech is also transcendental, as is His activity; everything in relation to Him is transcendental. The word amrta refers to one who does not meet with death No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 14 April 2022 diff hist +9,229 Simply by expert cooking, hundreds and thousands of palatable dishes can be prepared from agricultural produce and milk products. This is indicated here (in sb 10.7.13-15) by the words annam maha-gunam No edit summary
- 14:2414:24, 14 April 2022 diff hist −2 One who disobeys the orders of the spiritual master is also considered a pasandi. The word pasandi has been described in many places in Srimad-Bhagavatam, including 4.2.28, 30 and 32, 5.6.9, and 12.2.13 and 3.43 No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 14 April 2022 diff hist −2 Mayavadis interpret this word "separatist" in a different way. They say that while worshiping the Lord, one should think himself one with the Supreme Lord. This is another adulterated form of devotion within the modes of material nature No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 14 April 2022 diff hist +1,955 Maharaja Rantideva's words were like amrta, or nectar, and therefore, aside from rendering bodily service to an aggrieved person, by his words alone the King could save the life of anyone who might hear him No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,504 Lord Brahma, being especially empowered, is infallible in doing whatever he wants. This is the meaning of the word amogha radhasa - in SB 7.3.22 No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 14 April 2022 diff hist +3,029 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 No edit summary
- 14:1814:18, 14 April 2022 diff hist +4,032 It is mentioned that Brahma washed the feet of Krsna with his tears, and here (in SB 10.13.62) the word sujalaih indicates that his tears were purified No edit summary
- 14:1814:18, 14 April 2022 diff hist +2,545 It is clearly stated here (in SB 3.32.30) that this (perfect knowledge) is not possible to understand for one who has not developed devotional service in full faith. The words samahitatma and samadhi are synonymous No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 14 April 2022 diff hist −2 It is clearly mentioned here (in SB 3.28.12) that one has to meditate upon the expansion of Visnu. The word kastham refers to Paramatma, the expansion of the expansion of Visnu. Bhagavatah refers to Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current