User contributions for Madana Mohana

9 August 2023

• 13:1413:14, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,019‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquires about this very important matter for the benefit of all classes of candidates on the path of self-realization and devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,074‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from the learned brahmana Sukadeva Gosvami about the ultimate destination of such great mystics or how they attain such extraordinary powers by their own efforts or by the grace of the Lord ‎No edit summary
• 13:1013:10, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,147‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from the great and learned sage Sukadeva Gosvami about the different activities of such incarnations so that the incarnation of the Lord might be confirmed by His activities in the authoritative scriptures ‎No edit summary
• 13:0913:09, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,210‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami - When all the members of the Yadu dynasty met their end, Krsna also put an end to Himself, and the only member of the family who remained alive was Uddhava. How was this possible ‎No edit summary
• 13:0713:07, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,936‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O great sage, what was the reason for Indra's unhappiness? I wish to hear about this. When he killed Vrtrasura, all the demigods were extremely happy. Why, then, was Indra himself unhappy? ‎No edit summary
• 13:0613:06, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,014‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did the Lord conduct Himself, and how did He behave in relationship with His brothers, who were expansions of His own self? And how did His brothers and the inhabitants of Ayodhya treat Him? ‎No edit summary
• 13:0413:04, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,474‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva correctly, and one should follow his example ‎No edit summary
• 13:0313:03, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,080‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired about the process of creation, maintenance and destruction of the material world, the process of Vedic rituals and the method of executing pious activities in terms of the supplementary Vedas like the Puranas and Mahabharata ‎No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,053‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired: The SPG is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces of land from Bali Maharaja like a poor man, and when He got the gift for which He had begged, why did He nonetheless arrest Bali Maharaja? ‎No edit summary current
• 13:0113:01, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,751‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired: O most opulent Sukadeva Gosvami, please explain to me how Manu and the others in each manvantara are engaged in their respective duties, and by whose order they are so engaged ‎No edit summary
• 12:5912:59, 9 August 2023 diff hist −2‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired: O great sage, how could things done in the past have been described as being done at the present - SB 10.12.41 ‎No edit summary current
• 12:5812:58, 9 August 2023 diff hist +8,546‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired, "During the absence of the original cowherd boys, when Krsna expanded Himself, why is it that the boys' parents became more loving toward Him than toward their own sons?" ‎No edit summary current
• 12:5712:57, 9 August 2023 diff hist +8,168‎ Maharaja Pariksit inquired, "Also, why did the cows become so loving toward the calves, more than toward their own calves?" ‎No edit summary current
• 11:0011:00, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,087‎ Maharaja Pariksit had inquired why Narada Muni was subject to a spirit of revenge (tamah). But this was not tamah, for Narada Muni, in full knowledge of what was for the good of the 2 brothers (Nalakuvara & Manigriva), wisely thought of how to cure them ‎No edit summary current
• 10:5410:54, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,617‎ Maharaja Pariksit, who at the time of death was fortunate to have met Sukadeva Gosvami, inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami about the path of liberation at that crucial time. Sukadeva Gosvami very much appreciated his question and congratulated him ‎No edit summary
• 10:5110:51, 9 August 2023 diff hist +13‎ Maharaja Pariksit, therefore, was astonished to see such a horrible scene. He inquired whether the bull was not a demigod assuming such a wretched condition to indicate the future of the cow and the bull ‎No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,858‎ Maharaja Pariksit's inquiries are on the basis of proportionate actions of goodness which qualify one in this planet to be promoted to the highest regions of the universe ‎No edit summary
• 10:4510:45, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,830‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami about a very important topic in understanding transcendental subject matter ‎No edit summary
• 10:4410:44, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,730‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O great and powerful saint, what was the cause of Nalakuvara's and Manigriva's having been cursed by Narada Muni - SB 10.10.1 ‎No edit summary
• 10:4310:43, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,136‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My lord, kindly explain the Visnu mantra armor that protected King Indra and enabled him to conquer his enemies, along with their carriers, and enjoy the opulence of the three worlds ‎No edit summary
• 10:4010:40, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,132‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear sir, why are the living entities put into different material situations? Kindly explain this to me ‎No edit summary
• 10:3810:38, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,040‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, you have already affirmed the truth that the supremely powerful sun-god travels around Dhruvaloka with both Dhruvaloka and Mount Sumeru on his right ‎No edit summary
• 10:3510:35, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,649‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, are the hellish regions outside the universe, within the covering of the universe, or in different places on this planet? ‎No edit summary
• 10:3010:30, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,715‎ King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did Narada Muni, whose hearers are as fortunate as those instructed by Lord Brahma, explain the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is without material qualities, and before whom did he speak ‎No edit summary
• 10:2910:29, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,133‎ King Pariksit inquired: O great personality, Maharaja Ambarisa was certainly most exalted and meritorious in character. I wish to hear about him. How surprising it is that the curse of a brahmana, which is insurmountable, could not act upon him ‎No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,532‎ King Pariksit inquired: O great brahmana, Sukadeva Gosvami, why and how did Lord Visnu churn the ocean of milk? For what reason did He stay in the water as a tortoise and hold up Mandara Mountain? ‎No edit summary
• 10:2710:27, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,026‎ King Pariksit inquired: My dear lord, due to their birth, the forty-nine Maruts must have been obsessed with a demoniac mentality. Why did Indra, the King of heaven, convert them into demigods? Did they perform any rituals or pious activities? ‎No edit summary
• 10:2510:25, 9 August 2023 diff hist +7,554‎ King Pariksit had inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami why Duryodhana was not satisfied after the termination of the great Rajasuya sacrifice, and thus it was explained by Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 10:1610:16, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,594‎ King Pariksit, after hearing of the chastisement of Kaliya, inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami as to why Kaliya left his beautiful land and why Garuda was so antagonistic to him ‎No edit summary
• 10:1510:15, 9 August 2023 diff hist +12‎ It is the duty of a Vaisnava to go from door to door to try to get unfortunate people to accept good fortune. A Vaisnava thinks, "How can these people be delivered from their hellish life?" That was also Maharaja Pariksit's inquiry ‎No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,292‎ It is recommended that we must follow the great personalities. Sukadeva Gosvami is also one of the great personalities, and his answer to the inquiry of Maharaja Pariksit is authorized ‎No edit summary
• 10:1210:12, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,254‎ In response to the inquiries of Pariksit Maharaja, Sukadeva Gosvami, his guru, could have immediately explained the principle of bhakti, but to test Pariksit Maharaja's intelligence, he first prescribed atonement according to karma-kanda ‎No edit summary
• 10:1010:10, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,955‎ How such actions and reactions take place, what the different procedures are, and in what proportion they act are all subject matters of Maharaja Pariksit's inquiries from the great brahmana Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 10:0810:08, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,986‎ He (Sukadeva) began to reply to the inquiries of Pariksit by saying that the science of the PG was spoken first by the Lord Himself to Brahma when he was first born. SB is the supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the Vedas ‎No edit summary
• 10:0610:06, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,215‎ He (Sukadeva Gosvami) also prepared himself to reply to all that King Pariksit had inquired from him. Maharaja Pariksit was the best in the dynasty of the Pandus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person ‎No edit summary
• 09:5809:58, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,700‎ He (Sukadeva Goswami) appears on the scene while traveling on the earth of his own accord. It appears that upon the inquiry of Maharaja Pariksit, the great sages were not unanimous in their decision as to what was to be done ‎No edit summary
• 09:5509:55, 9 August 2023 diff hist +12‎ He (Pariksit) inquired also about their (great mystics) detachment from the subtle and gross material bodies. He inquired also about the purports of the Vedic knowledge ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5209:52, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,090‎ He (Maharaja Pariksit) inquired after a detailed description of the matter for the benefit of others, who are unable to conceive of the transcendental personal feature of the Lord as the form of eternity, knowledge and bliss ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3909:39, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,709‎ Having heard of the great fortune of mother Yasoda, Pariksit Maharaja inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami What past auspicious activities did she and Nanda Maharaja perform to achieve such perfection in ecstatic love? - SB 10.8.46 ‎No edit summary
• 09:3709:37, 9 August 2023 diff hist −9‎ For the benefit of men who are unable to accept the Lord in His personal eternal form, Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how to fix the mind on Him in the beginning, and the Gosvami replied in detail as follows ‎No edit summary
• 09:3409:34, 9 August 2023 diff hist +7,124‎ A ksatriya king is generally accustomed to accept more than one wife; therefore Maharaja Pariksit also inquired about His (Krsna's) number of wives ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3209:32, 9 August 2023 diff hist +13,100‎ At that time (when Pariksit was inquiring from sages) Sukadeva Gosvami entered the forest, and although Sukadeva was only sixteen, he was so learned and reputed that all the old sages, including his father, Vyasadeva, stood up to show him respect ‎No edit summary
• 09:2909:29, 9 August 2023 diff hist +9,728‎ All inquiries on God which are unknown to the disciple may be made from the qualified spiritual master, and here the practical example is set by Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary
• 09:2109:21, 9 August 2023 diff hist +11,022‎ Pariksit Maharaja was listening, and Sukadeva Gosvami was performing kirtana by describing the glories of the Lord. Prthu Maharaja simply worshiped the Lord, and Laksmidevi massaged Visnu's lotus feet ‎No edit summary
• 09:2009:20, 9 August 2023 diff hist +10,917‎ Kirtana means glorification. Kirtana is preaching, glorifying and speaking about the Lord. Pariksit Maharaja attained perfection simply by listening to Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is sravanam kirtanam ‎No edit summary
• 09:1809:18, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,125‎ In this Kali-yuga, Ksemaka will be the last monarch. Now I (Sukadeva Gosvami) shall describe to you (Maharaja Pariksit) the future of the Magadha dynasty. Please listen ‎No edit summary
• 09:1609:16, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,317‎ While Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak on the transcendental pastimes and characteristics of Lord Krsna, King Pariksit, upon hearing him, became more and more enthusiastic and wanted to hear further ‎No edit summary
• 09:1509:15, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,333‎ While Pariksit Maharaja was hearing these transcendental pastimes, he considered himself to be very fortunate because not only was he hearing Krsna's pastimes but he was doing so from Sukadeva Gosvami, the greatest authority on Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎No edit summary
• 09:1209:12, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,287‎ While describing the history of Lord Ramacandra, Sukadeva Gosvami told Maharaja Pariksit - You have already heard about the activities of Lord Ramacandra ‎No edit summary
• 09:0309:03, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,840‎ When this story was being narrated by Sukadeva Gosvami, Maharaja Pariksit became eager to hear more about Krsna’s childhood pastimes. He inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how Krsna chastised Kaliya, who had been living in the water for many years ‎No edit summary