Whenever there is disease in any part of the body, the whole body takes care of the ailing part. Similarly, a devotee's oneness is manifested in His compassion for all conditioned souls
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"Whenever there is disease in any part of the body, the whole body takes care of the ailing part. Similarly, a devotee's oneness is manifested in His compassion for all conditioned souls"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
SB 4.7.53, Translation and Purport:
A person with average intelligence does not think the head and other parts of the body to be separate. Similarly, My devotee does not differentiate Viṣṇu, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, from any thing or any living entity.
Whenever there is disease in any part of the body, the whole body takes care of the ailing part. Similarly, a devotee's oneness is manifested in His compassion for all conditioned souls. Bhagavad-gītā (5.18) says, paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ: those who are learned see everyone's conditional life equally. Devotees are compassionate to every conditioned soul, and therefore they are known as apārakya-buddhi. Because devotees are learned and know that every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, they preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everyone so that everyone may be happy. If a particular part of the body is diseased, the whole attention of the body goes to that part. Similarly, devotees care for any person who is forgetful of Kṛṣṇa and therefore in material consciousness. The equal vision of the devotee is that he works to get all living entities back home, back to Godhead.
- Whenever
- There Is
- Disease
- Parts of the Body
- Whole Body
- Take Care
- Part
- Similarly
- Compassion of a Devotee of God
- Devotees of God and Conditioned Souls
- Devotees of God's Oneness Are Manifest in Their Compassion for All Conditioned Souls
- Compassion for a Conditioned Soul
- Prabhupada's Analogies
- Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 04 Chapter 07 Purports - The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa
- Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 04 Purports
Page Title: | Whenever there is disease in any part of the body, the whole body takes care of the ailing part. Similarly, a devotee's oneness is manifested in His compassion for all conditioned souls |
Compiler: | Krsnadas |
Created: | 18 of Dec, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |