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8 August 2023

• 13:3713:37, 8 August 2023 diff hist +2,485‎ Maharaja Pariksit was very much eager to hear about Krsna's activities in Vrndavana ‎No edit summary
• 13:3613:36, 8 August 2023 diff hist +6,917‎ Maharaja Pariksit was very eager to hear more about Krsna, and so, after finishing the narration of Arjuna's kidnapping Subhadra, Sukadeva Gosvami began to narrate another story, as follows ‎No edit summary
• 13:3513:35, 8 August 2023 diff hist +4,160‎ Maharaja Pariksit was thus encouraged by the great Sukadeva Gosvami, even though he had only seven days left in his life to execute the prime duty of hearing the glories of the Lord in the form of Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎No edit summary
• 13:3413:34, 8 August 2023 diff hist +3,602‎ Maharaja Pariksit was involved in politics, but because at the end of his life he heard Srimad-Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami, he attained perfection very easily ‎No edit summary
• 13:3213:32, 8 August 2023 diff hist +4,527‎ Maharaja Pariksit was cursed by a brahmin that he would die within seven days. So he simply heard this Srimad-Bhagavatam for seven days very seriously, and he was fully conscious of Krsna ‎No edit summary
• 13:3013:30, 8 August 2023 diff hist +1,690‎ Maharaja Pariksit said: O most powerful brahmana, why was this place so empowered, and who made it so powerful? Kindly answer this question, for I am very eager to hear about this ‎No edit summary
• 13:2913:29, 8 August 2023 diff hist +1,900‎ Maharaja Pariksit said: My dear lord, you have already spoken about the pumsavana vow. Now I want to hear about it in detail, for I understand that by observing this vow one can please the Supreme Lord, Visnu ‎No edit summary
• 13:2813:28, 8 August 2023 diff hist +8,243‎ Maharaja Pariksit said, "I therefore wish to hear about other pastimes of His which you (Sukadeva Gosvami) may not have described as yet" ‎No edit summary
• 13:2713:27, 8 August 2023 diff hist +4,217‎ Maharaja Pariksit knew perfectly well that Lord Visnu, being transcendental, has nothing to do with material qualities, but to confirm his conviction he wanted to hear from the authority Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 13:2513:25, 8 August 2023 diff hist +3,920‎ Maharaja Pariksit heard that some of the people of the state had already taken to those symptoms, and he wanted to take immediate steps against such causes of unrest ‎No edit summary

7 August 2023

• 14:5014:50, 7 August 2023 diff hist +7,278‎ Maharaja Pariksit heard Sukadeva Gosvami explain the situation of the gopis who assembled with Krsna in the rasa dance ‎No edit summary
• 14:4914:49, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,120‎ Maharaja Pariksit had no more than seven days to live, but for others Maharaja Pariksit personally recommends that one hear Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly, nityam, always by one's own effort and with serious devotion also ‎No edit summary
• 14:4814:48, 7 August 2023 diff hist +9,885‎ Maharaja Pariksit did not ask his spiritual master, Sukadeva Gosvami, to narrate Lord Krsna's pastimes in Vrndavana; he wanted to hear first about the creation of the Lord ‎No edit summary
• 14:4714:47, 7 August 2023 diff hist +2,934‎ Maharaja Pariksit attained the highest perfection, shelter at Lord Krsna's lotus feet, simply by hearing about Lord Visnu. Sukadeva Gosvami attained perfection simply by reciting SB. Prahlada Maharaja attained perfection by remembering the Lord ‎No edit summary
• 14:4514:45, 7 August 2023 diff hist +7,163‎ Maharaja Pariksit attained salvation by hearing only, and Sukadeva Gosvami attained salvation only by reciting ‎No edit summary
• 14:4214:42, 7 August 2023 diff hist +2,663‎ Maharaja Pariksit, to fulfill his desire to hear about Krsna, requested Sukadeva Gosvami to describe these activities (of Krsna) in full detail ‎No edit summary
• 14:3814:38, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,265‎ Krsna's appearance on this planet like a human being makes us more fortunate than the demigods in the higher planets, and therefore Maharaja Pariksit was very much interested in hearing about Him ‎No edit summary
• 14:3714:37, 7 August 2023 diff hist +8,496‎ King Pariksit was hearing the narrations of the pastimes of Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama from Sukadeva Gosvami. These pastimes are all transcendentally pleasurable to hear, and Maharaja Pariksit addressed Sukadeva Gosvami as follows ‎No edit summary
• 14:3414:34, 7 August 2023 diff hist +1,931‎ King Pariksit said: O my lord, my spiritual master, now I have fully heard from Your Grace about the dynasty of Svayambhuva Manu. But there are also other Manus, and I want to hear about their dynasties. Kindly describe them to us ‎No edit summary
• 14:3314:33, 7 August 2023 diff hist +1,596‎ King Pariksit said: My lord, Badarayani, we wish to hear from you in detail how the King of the elephants, when attacked by a crocodile, was delivered by Hari ‎No edit summary
• 14:2514:25, 7 August 2023 diff hist +5,749‎ It is understood that one must be very fortunate to hear krsna-katha as seriously as Maharaja Pariksit did. He was especially intent on the subject matter because he was expecting death at any moment ‎No edit summary
• 14:2414:24, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,146‎ It is only possible in devotional service. Attachment for family affairs and devotional service are incompatible. Pariksit was somewhat surprised to hear that Maharaja Priyavrata was simultaneously attached to devotional service and to family life ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 7 August 2023 diff hist +24,947‎ In Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.1.5) Sukadeva Gosvami advises Pariksit: O best of the Bharatas, it is the prime duty of persons who want to become fearless to hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and to chant about Him and always remember Him ‎No edit summary
• 14:1814:18, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,859‎ In pursuance of this eternal truth, Srimad-Bhagavatam was heard by Emperor Pariksit, and it was recited by the able Sukadeva Gosvami. And both the speaker and the receiver of the messages of Bhagavatam were duly delivered by the same medium ‎No edit summary
• 14:1714:17, 7 August 2023 diff hist +5,820‎ In order to assure Sukadeva Gosvami that by hearing krsna-katha he would not feel tired, Maharaja Pariksit expressed himself very frankly ‎No edit summary
• 14:1214:12, 7 August 2023 diff hist +5,107‎ Intelligent persons like Maharaja Pariksit do not recognize mental speculators, however great they may be, but hear from the authorities like Sukadeva Gosvami, who is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the parampara system ‎No edit summary
• 14:1114:11, 7 August 2023 diff hist +6,385‎ His (Rukmi) daughter married Krsna's son, and his granddaughter married Krsna's grandson Aniruddha. This fact appeared a little astonishing to Maharaja Pariksit when he heard it from Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 14:0714:07, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,930‎ He informed Pariksit that hearing & chanting the pastimes of Krsna are so auspicious that the processes purify the three varieties of men involved: he who recites the transcendental topics of Krsna, he who hears such topics & he who inquires about Him ‎No edit summary
• 14:0514:05, 7 August 2023 diff hist +4,931‎ He (Pariksit) was a chaste devotee of the Lord, and when he further heard from Srila Sukadeva Gosvami that one should worship the Lord only and no one else, even though full of all desires or desireless, his natural affection for Krsna was strengthened ‎No edit summary
• 14:0414:04, 7 August 2023 diff hist +4,717‎ Hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam from the professional men, (an audience) can derive some material benefit as they desire, but that does not mean that such a pretense of hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam for a week is as good as the hearing of Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 7 August 2023 diff hist +16,200‎ Hearing and chanting of the science of God is the basic principle of devotional life. The complete Bhagavatam was heard by Maharaja Pariksit and chanted by Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 13:3713:37, 7 August 2023 diff hist +2,749‎ For seven days continuously he (Pariksit) heard Srimad-Bhagavatam from the right source, and thus he got shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord by that opportunity ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 7 August 2023 diff hist +11,149‎ Everyone can accept Krsna in so many ways. We can love Krsna as Arjuna did, or as Mother Yasoda did. Similarly, Pariksit Maharaja simply heard about Krsna and developed love ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3413:34, 7 August 2023 diff hist +13,617‎ Emperor Pariksit attained the spiritual platform simply by hearing from such an authority as Sri Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 13:3213:32, 7 August 2023 diff hist +2,708‎ During all the days Pariksit Maharaj heard Bhagavatam, he did not take food or drink, nor did he sleep a moment. So everything about him is wonderful, and his activities are worth hearing attentively. Desire is expressed herein to hear about him in detail ‎No edit summary
• 13:2613:26, 7 August 2023 diff hist +32‎ Death is inevitable; no one can surpass the force of death. Therefore Maharaja Pariksit, while fully alive, wanted to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam. He is consequently addressed here (in SB 8.5.24) as arindama ‎No edit summary
• 13:2313:23, 7 August 2023 diff hist +8,858‎ By hearing of the Lord, Maharaja Pariksit, the hero of Srimad-Bhagavatam, attained the desired result ‎No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 7 August 2023 diff hist +4,754‎ By hearing from a bona fide spiritual master (Sukadeva Gosvami), he (Maharaja Pariksit) was perfectly able to concentrate his chaste mind further upon Lord Krsna, as a matter of course ‎No edit summary
• 13:2013:20, 7 August 2023 diff hist +6,395‎ By adopting only one of these nine principles, the following renowned devotees of the Lord were able to achieve the highest perfection: (1) By hearing of the Lord, Maharaja Pariksit, the hero of Srimad-Bhagavatam, attained the desired result ‎No edit summary
• 13:1913:19, 7 August 2023 diff hist +4,317‎ Because you (Maharaja Pariksit) have heard again and again about Lord Ramacandra, the husband of mother Sita, I (Sukadeva Gosvami) shall describe these activities only in brief. Please listen ‎No edit summary
• 13:1613:16, 7 August 2023 diff hist +6,597‎ At the time of death Maharaj Pariksit left all material enjoyment and completely surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord by hearing His messages from the right person, Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary current
• 13:1413:14, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,737‎ At the point of his death, King Pariksit was hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami. When King Pariksit expressed his untiring desire to hear about Krsna, Sukadeva Gosvami was very much pleased ‎No edit summary current
• 13:1213:12, 7 August 2023 diff hist +5,830‎ An instance of astonishment in devotional service by indirect perception occurred when Maharaj Pariksit heard from Sukadeva Gosvami about Krsna's killing Narakasura, who had been fighting Krsna with eleven divisions of aksauhini soldiers ‎No edit summary
• 13:1113:11, 7 August 2023 diff hist +32‎ Although we (Pariksit) are the lowest of ksatriyas, we are glorified and benefited because we have the opportunity of always hearing from you (Sukadeva Gosvami) the nectar of the pious activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - SB 10.12.43 ‎No edit summary current
• 13:0913:09, 7 August 2023 diff hist +8,206‎ Although he (Pariksit) was bereft of his entire kingdom, which spread over all the world, and although he was accepting not even a drop of water in the seven days remaining to him, because he was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord ‎No edit summary
• 13:0013:00, 7 August 2023 diff hist +6,542‎ All the kings in both the soma-vamsa and surya-vamsa were great and powerful, and Maharaja Pariksit praised them very highly. Nonetheless, he wanted to hear more about the soma-vamsa because that was the dynasty in which Krsna had appeared ‎No edit summary
• 12:5912:59, 7 August 2023 diff hist +2,159‎ All that was spoken by the great sages was very sweet to hear, full of meaning and appropriately presented as perfectly true. So after hearing them, Maharaja Pariksit, desiring to hear of the activities of Lord Krsna, the P of G, congratulated the sages ‎No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 7 August 2023 diff hist +27,603‎ After hearing a description of such (hellish and heavenly) planets from Sukadeva Gosvami, Pariksit Maharaja said: "Sir, I have heard from you about the hellish planets. Men who are very sinful are sent to those planets." (SB 6.1.6) ‎No edit summary
• 12:5412:54, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,149‎ After hearing about his (Maharaja Pariksit's) death, which will be caused by the bite of a snake-bird sent by a son of a brahmana, he will get himself freed from all material attachment and surrender unto the Personality of Godhead, taking shelter of Him ‎No edit summary current
• 12:5312:53, 7 August 2023 diff hist +3,559‎ According to the will of the Pandavas, obeying them like a servant and offering obeisances like one younger in years. When he heard this, Maharaja Pariksit became overwhelmed with devotion to the lotus feet of the Lord ‎No edit summary current