User contributions for Madana Mohana

12 August 2023

• 10:0210:02, 12 August 2023 diff hist +4,062‎ A sannyasi must not stay anywhere more than three days. That is the principle. But in a temple he can stay for more than three days provided there is business ‎No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 12 August 2023 diff hist +3,440‎ A sannyasi is forbidden to stay anywhere else, but in a temple he can stay for more than three days provided there is business. Otherwise, there is no necessity ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 12 August 2023 diff hist +3,473‎ A pure devotee does not desire the company of a personality as great as Brahma, but he prefers the association of a petty living being, provided he is a devotee of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 12 August 2023 diff hist +1‎ A person born a sudra is not barred from such spiritual initiation, provided he is approved by the spiritual master, who is duly authorized to award a disciple the right to be a brahmana if he finds him perfectly qualified ‎No edit summary
• 09:5709:57, 12 August 2023 diff hist +1‎ A disciple always inquires from the spiritual master, and the spiritual master answers the question, provided the disciple is very gentle and devoted ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5609:56, 12 August 2023 diff hist +6,742‎ A devotee, a Krsna conscious person, remains free always, provided he's fully engaged in Krsna conscious activities for pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5409:54, 12 August 2023 diff hist +1‎ A devotee who is actually advanced is not afraid of anything, provided he has the opportunity to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 09:5309:53, 12 August 2023 diff hist +1‎ A devotee who is actually advanced is not afraid of anything, provided be has the opportunity to execute the order of the Supreme. This is the proper explanation of why Priyavrata engaged in worldly affairs although he was a liberated person ‎No edit summary
• 09:5209:52, 12 August 2023 diff hist +39,000‎ Krsna is always ready to help us provided we are eager to take His help ‎No edit summary current

9 August 2023

• 14:4114:41, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,374‎ Your Majesty Maharaja Pariksit, know that all that I (Sukadeva Gosvami) have described in reply to your proper inquiry is just according to the version of the Vedas, and it is eternal truth ‎No edit summary
• 14:4014:40, 9 August 2023 diff hist +16,391‎ While hearing of the transcendental pastimes of Krsna in Vrndavana, Maharaja Pariksit inquired from his spiritual master, Sukadeva Gosvami, as to why the inhabitants of Vrndavana were so much attached to Krsna ‎No edit summary
• 14:3814:38, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,574‎ When Pariksit Maharaja inquired how a human being could free himself from sinful activities so as not to be forced to go to hellish planetary systems after death, Sukadeva Gosvami answered that the process of counteracting sinful life is atonement ‎No edit summary
• 14:3714:37, 9 August 2023 diff hist +34‎ When Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami in this way, Sukadeva Gosvami, immediately remembering subject matters about Krsna within the core of his heart, externally lost contact with the actions of his senses - SB 10.12.44 ‎No edit summary
• 14:3514:35, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,246‎ When Maharaja Pariksit heard this incident of Kalayavana's being burned to ashes, he inquired about the sleeping man from Sukadeva Gosvami, "Who was he? Why was he sleeping there" ‎No edit summary
• 14:3414:34, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,218‎ Those who are of the opinion that the devotees of the Lord are satisfied with mere sentiments can find in the inquiries of Maharaja Pariksit good lessons as to how inquisitive a pure devotee is to know things in their true perfection ‎No edit summary
• 14:3314:33, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,386‎ This was the subject of Pariksit Maharaja's inquiry. As a devotee of Lord Krsna, he knew very well that Krsna cannot be partial to anyone, but when he saw that Krsna acted as the enemy of the demons, he was somewhat doubtful ‎No edit summary
• 14:3214:32, 9 August 2023 diff hist +8,226‎ This is strictly prohibited for brahmacaris, and what to speak of a brahmacari like Sukadeva Gosvami. But because the circumstances of the rasa dance were very suspect, Maharaja Pariksit inquired for clarification from Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 14:3114:31, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,591‎ The purpose of Maharaja Pariksit's inquiry was to determine whether an ordinary human being can attain the position of mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,901‎ The purpose of King Pariksit's inquiry was to ascertain from Sukadeva Gosvami whether the Vedas ultimately describe the Absolute Truth as impersonal or as personal ‎No edit summary
• 14:2714:27, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,932‎ The fortunate King Pariksit, inquiring further, said, "O brahmana, please describe in full detail how and where the mind has to be applied and how the conception can be fixed so that the dirty things in a person's mind can be removed" ‎No edit summary
• 14:2514:25, 9 August 2023 diff hist +16,383‎ The complete Bhagavatam was heard by Maharaja Pariksit and chanted by Sukadeva Gosvami. Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva because Sukadeva was a greater spiritual master than any great yogi or transcendentalist of his time ‎No edit summary
• 14:2314:23, 9 August 2023 diff hist −9‎ There is no comparison to the fortune of mother Yasoda, and Pariksit Maharaja naturally inquired, yasoda ca maha-bhaga ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,726‎ Suta Gosvami said: When Pariksit Maharaja thus inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord's incarnation as a fish ‎No edit summary
• 14:0814:08, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,529‎ Suta Gosvami said: O great sages (assembled at Naimisaranya), after the great yogi Sukadeva Gosvami heard King Pariksit's inquiry, he praised it and thus replied ‎No edit summary
• 14:0714:07, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,635‎ Sukadeva Gosvami is praying from the Lord by dint of being inspired from within by the Lord so that he could rightly explain the facts and figures of creation as inquired by Maharaja Pariksit. A spiritual master is not a theoretical speculator ‎No edit summary
• 14:0014:00, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,133‎ Sukadeva Gosvami answered (the inquiry of Maharaja Pariksit about the end of Krsna and the Yadu dynasty) that Krsna, by His own energy, destroyed the entire family and then thought of making His own body disappear ‎No edit summary
• 13:5813:58, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,298‎ Sri Suta Gosvami explained: I shall now explain to you the very subjects explained by the great sage in answer to King Pariksit's inquiries. Please hear them attentively ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,927‎ Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said, " Maharaja Pariksit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you" ‎No edit summary
• 13:5613:56, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,031‎ Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: O best of devotees, most fortunate Pariksit, you have inquired very nicely, for although constantly hearing the pastimes of the Lord (Krsna), you are perceiving His activities to be newer and newer - SB 10.13.1 ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5513:55, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,339‎ Since the Lord says that He is suhrdam sarva-bhutanam (BG 5.29), the well-wisher of all living entities, how could He act with partiality by killing demons? These questions arose in the heart of Pariksit Maharaja, and he inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
• 13:5313:53, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,989‎ Satisfaction in the service of the Lord is called akama, freedom from desire, and this is the ultimate satisfaction. Therefore Maharaja Parīksit inquired, How could one who was fully satisfied on the highest platform be satisfied with family life ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 9 August 2023 diff hist +7,551‎ Replying to King Pariksit’s inquiry, Sukadeva Gosvami said that Lord Siva is the master of the material energy ‎No edit summary
• 13:4713:47, 9 August 2023 diff hist +13,999‎ Ramananda quoted a verse from (SB 10.8.46) wherein Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami about the magnitude of righteous activity performed by Yasoda, the mother of Krsna, enabling her to be called "mother" & her breasts be sucked by the SPG ‎No edit summary
• 13:4513:45, 9 August 2023 diff hist +12,966‎ Pariksit now inquired from all the great sages present there: "You are all learned sages; please just prescribe for me." So someone said to practice yoga, some said to practice jnana, the cultivation of knowledge; there were different opinions ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 9 August 2023 diff hist +12,744‎ Pariksit now inquired from all the great sages present there: "What is my duty? I am going to die within seven days; now what is my duty ‎No edit summary
• 13:4213:42, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,722‎ Pariksit Maharaja questioned to Sukadeva Gosvami, "What is my duty? Now I am going to die within seven days, what is my duty?" So he inquired about Krsna ‎No edit summary
• 13:4113:41, 9 August 2023 diff hist +3,327‎ Pariksit Maharaja naturally inquired, What kind of pious activities did Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda perform in their past lives by which they achieved such a stage of perfection ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 9 August 2023 diff hist +7,224‎ Pariksit Maharaja had inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how one can be saved from falling into the various conditions of hellish life. Sukadeva Gosvami answers that a soul who has surrendered to Krsna certainly cannot go to naraka, hellish existence ‎No edit summary
• 13:3613:36, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,268‎ Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: Why did the spiritual master of the demigods, Brhaspati, reject the demigods, who were his own disciples? What offense did the demigods commit against their spiritual master? Please describe to me this incident ‎No edit summary
• 13:3513:35, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,198‎ Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: What was the offense that the ksatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Parasurama, the incarnation of the S P of God, for which the Lord annihilated the ksatriya dynasty again and again? ‎No edit summary
• 13:3313:33, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,987‎ Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O learned brahmana, demons are generally sinful, being obsessed with the modes of passion and ignorance. How, then, could Vrtrasura have attained such exalted love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana? ‎No edit summary
• 13:3213:32, 9 August 2023 diff hist +6,900‎ Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva, "How had he achieved so much power that instantly, by his glance, Kalayavana was burned to ashes? How did he happen to be lying down in the cave of the hill?" He put many questions before Sukadeva ‎No edit summary
• 13:2913:29, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,473‎ Pariksit inquired: My dear brahmana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, being everyone's well-wisher, is equal and extremely dear to everyone. How, then, did He become partial like a common man for the sake of Indra and thus kill Indra's enemies? ‎No edit summary
• 13:2713:27, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,998‎ O great sage (Sukadeva Gosvami), who know everything about Krsna, please describe in detail all the activities of which I (King Pariksit) have inquired and also those of which I have not, for I have full faith & am very eager to hear of them - SB 10.1.12 ‎No edit summary
• 13:2613:26, 9 August 2023 diff hist +2,399‎ Not only is Maharaja Pariksit inquisitive concerning all he has inquired about, but he is also anxious to know about what he has not been able to inquire ‎No edit summary
• 13:2413:24, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,611‎ My dear King Pariksit, you inquired from me how Vrtrasura, a great devotee, took birth in a demoniac family. Thus I have tried to explain to you everything about this ‎No edit summary
• 13:2013:20, 9 August 2023 diff hist +1,896‎ My dear King Pariksit, I (Sukadeva Gosvami) have replied as far as possible to the questions you have asked me, especially in regard to this pure, auspicious narration about the Maruts. Now you may inquire further, and I shall explain more ‎No edit summary
• 13:1913:19, 9 August 2023 diff hist +4,808‎ Maharaj Pariksit inquires from Sukadeva Gosvami, "I am astonished that Vrtrasura has become such a devotee" ‎No edit summary
• 13:1713:17, 9 August 2023 diff hist +5,849‎ Maharaj Pariksit inquires from Sukadeva Gosvami, "How did he develop to such a perfectional stage of devotional service to Narayana" ‎No edit summary
• 13:1613:16, 9 August 2023 diff hist +10,227‎ Maharaja Pariksit wanted to know the process of creation. The origin of creation was known to him; otherwise he would not have inquired how the Personality of Godhead, by His different energies, creates this phenomenal world ‎No edit summary