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• This statement (of SB 6.16.58) is confirmed in Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Adi 9.41). Lord Caitanya said: Everyone born in India, especially as a human being, can achieve the supreme success through the Vedic literature and its practical application in life  + (14:01:54, 24 November 2020)
• Even though the Supreme Personality of Godhead is endowed with all possessions and is self-sufficient, He depends on His devotees  + (14:04:03, 24 November 2020)
• When one is perfect, he can render a service for the self-realization of the entire human society. This is the best way to perform humanitarian work  + (14:06:07, 24 November 2020)
• The relationship of the Lord with His devotees is extremely confidential. Only the devotee can perceive how the Lord, although full in Himself, depends on His devotee for some particular work  + (14:08:21, 24 November 2020)
• One who engages in unalloyed devotional service to Vasudeva, Krsna, automatically becomes aware of this material world, and therefore he is naturally detached. This detachment is possible because of his high standard of knowledge  + (14:11:23, 24 November 2020)
• The speculative philosopher tries to understand that this material world is false by cultivating knowledge, but this understanding is automatically manifested in the person of a devotee, without separate endeavor  + (14:22:32, 24 November 2020)
• Modern science is trying to generate living entities in test tubes by processing semen, but even long, long ago it was possible for semen kept in a pot to develop into a child  + (14:24:13, 24 November 2020)
• As the Lord (Krsna) says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.6): "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form"  + (14:29:53, 24 November 2020)
• When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called maya  + (14:37:29, 24 November 2020)
• They (the jnanis) simply think of becoming free from the contamination of the material world, but because they do not take shelter at the lotus feet of Vasudeva their knowledge is impure. When they become pure they surrender to the lotus feet of Vasudeva  + (14:40:07, 24 November 2020)
• The Absolute Truth is easier to understand for a devotee than for jnanis who simply speculate to understand Vasudeva. Lord Siva confirms this statement  + (14:45:09, 24 November 2020)
• Even the demons can be transformed into demigods, as the statement of this verse (SB 6.18.19) proves  + (14:47:56, 24 November 2020)
• Lord Siva places himself as one of the nondevotees, who cannot understand the identity of the Supreme Lord  + (14:50:23, 24 November 2020)
• The Lord, being ananta, has an unlimited number of forms. Therefore, how is it possible for an ordinary, common man to understand Him  + (14:55:41, 24 November 2020)
• Maharaja Pariksit's question was very much appreciated by Sukadeva Gosvami because although it was composed of a small number of words, it contained meaningful inquiries about how the sons of Diti, although born as demons, became demigods  + (14:59:06, 24 November 2020)
• Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura stresses that even though Diti was very envious, her heart was purified because of a devotional attitude  + (15:02:28, 24 November 2020)
• Siva is above the ordinary human beings, yet be is unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Siva is not among the ordinary living entities, nor is he in the category of Lord Visnu. He is between Lord Visnu and the common living entity  + (15:06:24, 24 November 2020)
• All these questions (how the sons of Diti, although born as demons, became demigods) were posed in a small number of words, and therefore Sukadeva Gosvami very much appreciated Maharaja Pariksit's inquiry  + (15:08:40, 24 November 2020)
• The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His second feature, is the Supersoul of all living entities. As one's self is extremely dear, the Superself of the self is still more dear. No one can be the enemy of the friendly Superself, who is equal to everyone  + (15:14:58, 24 November 2020)
• Relationships of dearness or enmity between the Supreme Lord and the living beings are due to the intervention of the illusory energy  + (15:21:26, 24 November 2020)
• Because the three modes of material nature intervene between the Lord and the living beings, these different relationships appear  + (15:25:32, 24 November 2020)
• The living entity in his pure condition is always very near and dear to the Lord, and the Lord is dear to him. There is no question of partiality or enmity  + (15:31:59, 24 November 2020)
• The Lord tells Arjuna, O Arjuna, merely be an instrument in the fight. Lord Krsna had the competence to win the Battle of Kuruksetra, but nonetheless He induced His devotee Arjuna to fight and become the cause of victory  + (15:36:20, 24 November 2020)
• Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was quite competent enough to spread His name and mission all over the world, but still He depended upon His devotee to do this work  + (15:41:28, 24 November 2020)
• The material body, even if possessed by a great king, is ultimately transformed into stool, worms or ashes. When one is too attached to the bodily conception of life, he is certainly not very intelligent  + (15:46:41, 24 November 2020)

• One who is in the bodily conception of life is compared in the sastras to animals like cows and asses. Diti wanted to punish Indra, who had become like a lower animal  + (15:49:26, 24 November 2020)

• Qualitatively, they are one and the same - God and His devotees  + (15:52:53, 24 November 2020)
• When the husband is pleased with his wife, the wife can receive all necessities, ornaments and full satisfaction for her senses. Herein (SB 6.18.27-28) this is indicated by the behavior of Diti  + (15:54:44, 24 November 2020)
• It is clear that the devotees of the Lord are always extremely dear to Him (God). In effect, Lord Siva told Parvati, "Both Citraketu and I are always very dear to the Supreme Lord  + (15:58:56, 24 November 2020)
• This entire universe is going on under the spell of sexual attachment, which was created by Lord Brahma to increase the population of the entire universe, not only in human society but also in other species  + (16:08:07, 24 November 2020)
• Both he and I (Siva) are on the same level as servants of God. We are always friends and sometimes we enjoy joking words between us. When Citraketu loudly laughed at my behavior, he did so on friendly terms, and therefore there was no reason to curse him  + (16:08:07, 24 November 2020)
• Siva tried to convince his wife, Parvati, that her cursing of Citraketu was not very sensible  + (16:12:15, 24 November 2020)
• This illusion (the attraction between men and women) acted upon Kasyapa Muni, although he was very learned and advanced in spiritual knowledge  + (16:16:10, 24 November 2020)
• Here is a difference between male and female that exists even in the higher statuses of life-in fact, even between Lord Siva and his wife. Lord Siva could understand Citraketu very nicely, but Parvati could not  + (16:20:21, 24 November 2020)
• The words ekanta-bhutani, which are used here (SB 6.18.30), indicate that to avoid sexual desires one should avoid the company of women as far as possible  + (16:22:55, 24 November 2020)
• Even in the higher statuses of life there is a difference between the understanding of a male and that of a female  + (16:24:45, 24 November 2020)
• Citraketu wanted to criticize the behavior of his friend Lord Siva because Lord Siva was sitting with his wife on his lap  + (16:38:39, 24 November 2020)
• Lord Siva wanted to criticize Citraketu for externally posing as a great devotee but being interested in enjoying with the Vidyadhari women. These were all friendly jokes; there was nothing serious for which Citraketu should have been cursed by Parvati  + (16:45:33, 24 November 2020)
• BG 9.23: "Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for Me (Krsna) alone, but it is offered without true understanding." The demigods are various assistants who act like the hands and legs of the SP of Godhead  + (16:45:45, 24 November 2020)
• The demigods are various assistants who act like the hands and legs of the Supreme Personality of Godhead  + (16:49:51, 24 November 2020)
• Upon hearing the instructions of Lord Siva, Parvati must have been very much ashamed for cursing Citraketu to become a demon  + (16:50:42, 24 November 2020)
• Mother Parvati could not appreciate Citraketu's position, and she cursed him, but when she understood the instructions of Lord Siva she was ashamed  + (16:55:42, 24 November 2020)
• One who is not in direct touch with the Supreme Lord and cannot conceive of the exalted position of the Lord is sometimes advised to worship the demigods as various parts of the Lord  + (16:57:59, 24 November 2020)
• Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that the word santa-dhih means sviya-purva-svabhava-smrtya  + (17:00:18, 24 November 2020)
• When Parvati remembered her former behavior in cursing Citraketu, she became very much ashamed and covered her face with the skirt of her sari, admitting that she was wrong in cursing Citraketu  + (17:05:33, 24 November 2020)
• Ajamila was concerned with his son, but because of his attachment to the name of Narayana, he attained salvation simply by chanting that name  + (17:08:52, 24 November 2020)
• Upon being informed by Lord Siva, mother Parvati could understand that she was wrong in cursing Citraketu  + (17:10:10, 24 November 2020)
• In India a husband is still called pati-guru, the husband spiritual master. If husband and wife are attached to one another for advancement in Krsna consciousness, their relationship of cooperation is very effective for such advancement  + (17:14:24, 24 November 2020)
• King Citraketu was so exalted in his character that in spite of being wrongly cursed by Parvati, he immediately descended from his airplane and bowed his head before the mother, accepting her curse  + (17:16:25, 24 November 2020)
• Citraketu very sportingly felt that since the mother wanted to curse him, he could accept this curse just to please her. This is called sadhu-laksanam, the characteristic of a sadhu, or a devotee  + (17:23:17, 24 November 2020)
• The word indra-hanam means "one who can kill Indra," but it also means "one who follows Indra"  + (17:24:50, 24 November 2020)