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| <div id="BG310_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="120" link="BG 3.10" link_text="BG 3.10"> | | <div id="BG310_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="120" link="BG 3.10" link_text="BG 3.10"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 3.10|BG 3.10, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord says that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said: patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram. Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord as pati in so many ways:</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 3.10 (1972)|BG 3.10, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord says that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said: patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram. Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord as pati in so many ways:</p> |
| :śriyaḥ patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patir | | :śriyaḥ patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patir |
| :dhiyāṁ patir loka-patir dharā-patiḥ | | :dhiyāṁ patir loka-patir dharā-patiḥ |
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| <div id="BG416_1" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="169" link="BG 4.16" link_text="BG 4.16"> | | <div id="BG416_1" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="169" link="BG 4.16" link_text="BG 4.16"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.16|BG 4.16, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One must follow in the footsteps of great authorities like Brahmā, Śiva, Nārada, Manu, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Bhīṣma, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja, Janaka, and Bali Mahārāja.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.16 (1972)|BG 4.16, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One must follow in the footsteps of great authorities like Brahmā, Śiva, Nārada, Manu, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Bhīṣma, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja, Janaka, and Bali Mahārāja.</p> |
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| <div id="BG118_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="140" link="BG 11.8" link_text="BG 11.8"> | | <div id="BG118_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="140" link="BG 11.8" link_text="BG 11.8"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 11.8|BG 11.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The playmates of Kṛṣṇa, the friends of Kṛṣṇa and the parents of Kṛṣṇa never want Kṛṣṇa to show His opulences. They are so immersed in pure love that they do not even know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In their loving exchange they forget that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that the boys who play with Kṛṣṇa are all highly pious souls and after many, many births they are able to play with Kṛṣṇa. Such boys do not know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They take Him as a personal friend. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī recites this verse:</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 11.8 (1972)|BG 11.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The playmates of Kṛṣṇa, the friends of Kṛṣṇa and the parents of Kṛṣṇa never want Kṛṣṇa to show His opulences. They are so immersed in pure love that they do not even know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In their loving exchange they forget that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that the boys who play with Kṛṣṇa are all highly pious souls and after many, many births they are able to play with Kṛṣṇa. Such boys do not know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They take Him as a personal friend. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī recites this verse:</p> |
| :itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā | | :itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā |
| :dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena | | :dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.16.4|SB 5.16.4, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The great ṛṣi Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is no limit to the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's material energy. This material world is a transformation of the material qualities (sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa), yet no one could possibly explain it perfectly, even in a lifetime as long as that of Brahmā No one in the material world is perfect, and an imperfect person could not describe this material universe accurately, even after continued speculation. O King, I shall nevertheless try to explain to you the principal regions, such as Bhū-goloka (Bhūloka), with their names, forms, measurements and various symptoms.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.16.4|SB 5.16.4, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The great ṛṣi Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is no limit to the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's material energy. This material world is a transformation of the material qualities (sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa), yet no one could possibly explain it perfectly, even in a lifetime as long as that of Brahmā No one in the material world is perfect, and an imperfect person could not describe this material universe accurately, even after continued speculation. O King, I shall nevertheless try to explain to you the principal regions, such as Bhū-goloka (Bhūloka), with their names, forms, measurements and various symptoms.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>The material world is only one fourth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's creation, but it is unlimited and impossible for anyone to know or describe, even with the qualification of a life as long as that of Brahmā, who lives for millions and millions of years. Modern scientists and astronomers try to explain the cosmic situation and the vastness of space, and some of them believe that all the glittering stars are different suns. From Bhagavad-gītā, however, we understand that all these stars (nakṣatras) are like the moon, in that they reflect the sunshine ([[Vanisource:BG 15.12|BG 15.12]]). They are not independent luminaries. Bhūloka is explained to be that portion of outer space through which the heat and light of the sun extend. Therefore it is natural to conclude that this universe extends in space as far as we can see and encompasses the glittering stars. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī admitted that to give full details of this expansive material universe would be impossible, but nevertheless he wanted to give the King as much knowledge as he had received through the paramparā system.</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>The material world is only one fourth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's creation, but it is unlimited and impossible for anyone to know or describe, even with the qualification of a life as long as that of Brahmā, who lives for millions and millions of years. Modern scientists and astronomers try to explain the cosmic situation and the vastness of space, and some of them believe that all the glittering stars are different suns. From Bhagavad-gītā, however, we understand that all these stars (nakṣatras) are like the moon, in that they reflect the sunshine ([[Vanisource:BG 15.12 (1972)|BG 15.12]]). They are not independent luminaries. Bhūloka is explained to be that portion of outer space through which the heat and light of the sun extend. Therefore it is natural to conclude that this universe extends in space as far as we can see and encompasses the glittering stars. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī admitted that to give full details of this expansive material universe would be impossible, but nevertheless he wanted to give the King as much knowledge as he had received through the paramparā system.</p> |
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