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Ojah means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojah

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"Ojaḥ means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojaḥ"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Ojaḥ means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojaḥ. Just like the vulture. The vulture, he can go three, four miles up, but he can see . . . from that four miles away, he can see whether there is a carcass.

So simply by sense power one does not become very great. The example is this: although this creature, vulture, has gone very high . . . we are human being. We cannot see three, four miles away anything. So sense power . . . there are different animals who have got different kinds of sense power. Just like dogs, they can smell . . . from distant place they can smell whether somebody, outsider, is coming, and he will at once begin barking. Similarly, there are fishes. They have got power of touch. The small fishes can understand that a big fish is coming from miles of distance simply by touch, by connection with water.

Because Brahmā and other demigods asked Prahlāda Mahārāja to pray, therefore he is suggesting, he is guessing that "Material qualification is no assessment for approaching the Lord." He says that manye, "I think." Manye, "I think"; dhana. Dhana means wealth. Abhijana. Abhijana means to take birth. Śrīdhara Swami says abhijana means sat-kule janma, to take birth in high family, in brahmin family, in rich family.

And rūpam, sundarya, śrutam, saundarya. Rūpa means beauty, and śrutam means education. Ojaḥ, indriya-naipuṇyam. Ojaḥ means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojaḥ. Just like the vulture. The vulture, he can go three, four miles up, but he can see . . . from that four miles away, he can see whether there is a carcass.

So simply by sense power one does not become very great. The example is this: although this creature, vulture, has gone very high . . . we are human being. We cannot see three, four miles away anything. So sense power . . . there are different animals who have got different kinds of sense power. Just like dogs, they can smell . . . from distant place they can smell whether somebody, outsider, is coming, and he will at once begin barking. Similarly, there are fishes. They have got power of touch. The small fishes can understand that a big fish is coming from miles of distance simply by touch, by connection with water.

Page Title:Ojah means power of sense. A man who can use his senses very nicely, he is called ojah
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Created:2024-01-14, 14:43:22.000
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