User contributions for Visnu Murti
1 May 2024
- 14:4814:48, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Another ceremony takes place after the birth of the child: the family members take baths, cleanse themselves & decorate themselves with ornaments and nice garments; then they come before the child & the astrologer to hear of the future life of the child No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 All the demigods are also worshiped on this occasion (of the birth ceremony), as well as the forefathers of the family No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 1 May 2024 diff hist +6 After the end of the battle, Krpacarya again became a member of the royal assembly, and he was called during the birth of Maharaja Pariksit for recitation of auspicious Vedic hymns to make the ceremony successful No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 After the birth ceremony, Nanda Maharaja decided to go to Mathura to pay the annual tax to the government of Kamsa. Before leaving, he called for the able cowherd men of the village and asked them to take care of Vrndavana in his absence No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 After having qualified brahmanas recite auspicious Vedic hymns, he (Nanda Maharaja) arranged to have the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child according to the rules and regulations - SB 10.5.1-2 No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 According to the Vedic system, the garbhadhana-samskara, or the ceremony for giving birth to a child, is observed. When the parents engage their minds in the lotus feet of the Lord & in such a state the child is born, naturally good devotee children come No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Nanda Maharaja also arranged for worship of the demigods and forefathers (for the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child) - SB 10.5.1-2 No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 King Citraketu was especially pleased. After purifying himself by bathing and by decorating himself with ornaments, he engaged learned brahmanas in offering benedictions to the child and performing the birth ceremony No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 It is enjoined, you'll find in the Bhagavata, that any family, the brahmins, the ksatriyas & vaisyas, if they give up this garbhadhana-samskara, I mean to say, birth-giving ceremony, then that family turns immediately to the classification of the sudras No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Vermilion, kha-i (fused rice), bananas, coconuts and turmeric mixed with oil are all auspicious gifts for such a ceremony - birth ceremony No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 You have got tendency for sex life - make it regulated by marriage ceremony. This is Vedic civilization, not that like cats and dogs you meet together and have sex life. No. That is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Vivaha-yajna, the marriage ceremony, is meant to regulate the human mind to become peaceful for spiritual advancement. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Today we have got two functions. One function is initiation of a brahmacari, and another function is marriage ceremony of our one disciple Satsvarupa brahmacari and Jadurani brahmacarini No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 This sort of fight was very common, especially during marriage ceremonies, when everyone was in a challenging spirit. In that challenging spirit, a fight was sure to occur, and in such fights there was commonly killing and misfortune No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 This is sastra. Five thousand years ago, what was written, that is now becoming true. Now there is no marriage as it was taking formerly, Vedic marriage. The father-mother will select the bride, bridegroom, and there will be gorgeous ceremony & marriage No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 They (the marriage party) reached the town of Bhojakata, and the marriage ceremony was peacefully performed No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Thereafter, seeing that Visvarupa was a grown-up youth, Jagannatha Misra wanted to find a girl and arrange a marriage ceremony for Him No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Then the five brothers were detected at the marriage ceremony of Draupadi, so another rumor spread that the Pandavas and their mother were not dead No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 The most important ceremony for sense gratification is marriage because sexual intercourse is one of the principal necessities of the material body. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham - SB 7.9.45 No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 The marriage ceremony, for example, is considered to be one of the sacrifices. It is called vivaha-yajna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 The King, (Dusmanta) who knew the laws of marriage, immediately married her (Sakuntala) by chanting the Vedic pranava (omkara), in accordance with the marriage ceremony as performed among the Gandharvas No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 The dvija-bandhus are classified with the sudras and the woman class, who are by nature less intelligent. The sudras and the woman class do not have to undergo any samskara save and except the ceremony of marriage No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 1 May 2024 diff hist −4 The bhatas are a class of brahmanas who go to such ceremonies (marriages and birth ceremonies) to offer blessings by composing poems with references to the Vedic scriptures No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Speaking of "your sister" was an appeal to identity. Speaking about killing a woman raises questions about fame and welfare, and arousing fear of the sinful act of killing one's sister during her marriage ceremony is an aspect of bheda No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kanda activities. Sometimes, not knowing the Vaisnava philosophy, an outsider criticizes such activity No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Sometimes we are criticized because although I am (Srila Prabhupada) a sannyasi, I have taken part in the marriage ceremonies of my disciples No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Should a sannyasi, who is in the renounced order of life and who has given up his family relations, encourage the marriage ceremony? The Lord says here (in BG 18.5) that any sacrifice which is meant for human welfare should never be given up. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Sannyasis should never associate with women, but that does not mean that one who is in the lower stages of life, a young man, should not accept a wife in the marriage ceremony. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 1 May 2024 diff hist −30 Rukminidevi, replied, "As is usual, all the princes present during the marriage ceremony were prepared with their armor and weapons to fight with any rival who dared to stop the marriage" No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 1 May 2024 diff hist +17 Rukminidevi, replied, "As is usual, all the princes present during the marriage ceremony were prepared with their armor and weapons to fight with any rival who dared to stop the marriage" No edit summary
- 14:0314:03, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Regarding using our Temple for marriage ceremonies for the Hindu community, if they contribute something to the Temple they can use the Temple and perform the marriage with their own priest No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Perhaps it is a new thing I have introduced, that I take part in the marriage ceremony of my disciples. Actually, I do it because I want to see them without any anxiety No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 One should not misunderstand when a sannyasi takes part in a marriage ceremony. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu took great pleasure in hearing about the marriage ceremony between the young brahmana and the daughter of the elderly brahmana No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Marriage arrangements and ceremonies belong to ordinary material karma-kanda sections of the scriptures. The Vaisnavas, however, are not interested in any kind of karma-kanda dealings No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 1 May 2024 diff hist −23 Lord Brahma is worshiped in marriage ceremonies. In India even today, wedding invitations are still issued with a picture of Lord Brahma on the face of the card No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Just as we sometimes perform a marriage ceremony in the temple. What is this marriage ceremony? It is the combination of man & woman, boy & girl. They are already there they are living like friends - what is the use of this marriage ceremony? It is Vedic No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Just as Baladeva knocked out the teeth of Dantavakra, the King of Kalinga, during the gambling match at the marriage ceremony of Aniruddha, Virabhadra knocked out the teeth of both Daksa, who had shown them while cursing Lord Siva No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 It is mentioned in the Padma Purana, Maharaja Nanda & the cowherd boys of Vrndavana joined the marriage ceremony. Kings from the kingdoms of Kuru, Srnjaya, Kekaya, Vidarbha, Kunti all came to Dvaraka on this occasion & met with one another very joyfully No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 In the Vedic system of marriage, the bride's father receives the large party of the bridegroom and accommodates them in a suitable place for two or three days until the marriage ceremony is performed No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 In the second part of the Gopala-campu, known as Uttara-campu, the following subject matters are discussed: (35) the marriage ceremony of Srimati Radharani and Krsna; (36) the meeting of Srimati Radharani and Krsna; and (37) entering Goloka No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 In the case of Satadruti, however, she was so beautiful that she attracted the whole universe at her marriage ceremony. Indeed, she attracted all the learned and exalted demigods simply by the tinkling of her ankle bells No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 In household life one is ordered to execute many yajnas and fruitive activities, especially the vivaha-yajna (the marriage ceremony for sons and daughters) and the sacred thread ceremony No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 In flattering a woman, in joking, in a marriage ceremony, in earning one's livelihood, when one's life is in danger, in protecting cows and brahminical culture, or in protecting a person from an enemy's hand, falsity is never condemned No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 In every civilized human society there is a ceremony called marriage. And that is also Vedic system, that one should not have any illicit sex life, but one should be combined according to religious rite and live peacefully and execute Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 I like this marriage ceremony because it has given practical proof of my ideas that boys and girls of this country better be married and engaged in preaching work No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 I have full sanction for the marriage of Naranarayana, and you can perform the ceremony on my behalf No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 Everyone, at least all the presidents, should be experienced in performing marriage ceremonies No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 1 May 2024 diff hist −13 Buddhimanta Khan personally defrayed all the expenditures for the marriage (between Lord Caitanya and Visnupriya) ceremony No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 At one marriage ceremony in N.Y. Rupanuga had the boy and girl both sign documents saying that they promised never to separate under any circumstances. So you can correspond with him and do likewise No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 1 May 2024 diff hist +9 As there are professional singers, dancers and reciters of prayers in the heavenly planets, so in India still there are professional dancers, blessers and singers, all of whom assemble together during householder ceremonies, especially marriages & birth No edit summary