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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2>
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<div id="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 1 - 6"><h3>BG Chapters 1 - 6</h3>
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<div id="BG14_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="4" link="BG 1.4" link_text="BG 1.4">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 1.4 (1972)|BG 1.4, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Here in this army are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bhīma and Arjuna: great fighters like Yuyudhāna, Virāṭa and Drupada.</p>
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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_1" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 1"><h3>SB Canto 1</h3>
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<div id="SB1915_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="331" link="SB 1.9.15" link_text="SB 1.9.15">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.9.15|SB 1.9.15, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">O how wonderful is the influence of inevitable time. It is irreversible-otherwise, how can there be reverses in the presence of King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of the demigod controlling religion; Bhīma, the great fighter with a club; the great bowman Arjuna with his mighty weapon Gāṇḍīva; and above all, the Lord, the direct well-wisher of the Pāṇḍavas?</p>
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<div id="SB11221_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="456" link="SB 1.12.21" link_text="SB 1.12.21">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.12.21|SB 1.12.21, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Amongst great bowmen, this child will be as good as the Arjunas. He will be as irresistible as fire and as unsurpassable as the ocean.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>In history there are two Arjunas. One is Kārttavīrya Arjuna, the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child. Both the Arjunas are famous for their bowmanship, and the child Parīkṣit is foretold to be equal to both of them, particularly in fighting. A short description of the Pāṇḍava Arjuna is given below:</p>
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<div id="SB11221_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="456" link="SB 1.12.21" link_text="SB 1.12.21">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.12.21|SB 1.12.21, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Droṇācārya accepted him as a first-grade scholar and loved heartily to bestow upon him all the blessings of military science. He was so ardent a student that he used to practice bowmanship even at night, and for all these reasons Professor Droṇācārya was determined to make him the topmost bowman of the world. He passed very brilliantly the examination in piercing the target, and Droṇācārya was very pleased. Royal families at Maṇipur and Tripura are descendants of Arjuna's son Babhruvāhana. Arjuna saved Droṇācārya from the attack of a crocodile, and the Ācārya, being pleased with him, rewarded him with a weapon of the name brahmaśira. Mahārāja Drupada was inimical toward Droṇācārya, and thus when he attacked the Ācārya, Arjuna got him arrested and brought him before Droṇācārya. He besieged a city of the name Ahichhatra, belonging to Mahārāja Drupada, and after taking it over he gave it to Droṇācārya.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
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<div id="SB4108_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="440" link="SB 4.10.8" link_text="SB 4.10.8">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.10.8|SB 4.10.8, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Dhruva Mahārāja, who was a great charioteer and certainly a great bowman also, immediately began to kill them by simultaneously discharging arrows three at a time.</p>
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<div id="SB_Cantos_1014_to_12_Translations_Only" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)"><h3>SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)</h3>
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<div id="SB10687_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="2134" link="SB 10.68.7" link_text="SB 10.68.7">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.68.7|SB 10.68.7, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Determined to capture him, the angry bowmen led by Karṇa shouted at Sāmba, 'Stand and fight! Stand and fight!' They came straight for him and showered him with arrows.</p>
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<div id="SB1068910_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="2136" link="SB 10.68.9-10" link_text="SB 10.68.9-10">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.68.9-10|SB 10.68.9-10, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Twanging his wonderful bow, heroic Sāmba struck with arrows the six warriors headed by Karṇa. He pierced the six chariots with as many arrows, each team of four horses with four arrows, and each chariot driver with a single arrow, and he similarly struck the great bowmen who commanded the chariots. The enemy warriors congratulated Sāmba for this display of prowess.</p>
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<div id="SB10761415_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="2469" link="SB 10.76.14-15" link_text="SB 10.76.14-15">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.76.14-15|SB 10.76.14-15, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The chief commanders of the chariot warriors—Sātyaki, Cārudeṣṇa, Sāmba, Akrūra and his younger brothers, along with Hārdikya, Bhānuvinda, Gada, Śuka and Sāraṇa—went out of the city with many other eminent bowmen, all girded in armor and protected by contingents of soldiers riding on chariots, elephants and horses, and also by companies of infantry.</p>
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<div id="SB10893031_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="3023" link="SB 10.89.30-31" link_text="SB 10.89.30-31">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.89.30-31|SB 10.89.30-31, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The brāhmaṇa said: Neither Saṅkarṣaṇa; Vāsudeva; Pradyumna, the best of bowmen; nor the unequaled warrior Aniruddha could save my sons. Then why do you naively attempt a feat that the almighty Lords of the universe could not perform? We cannot take you seriously.</p>
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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAntya1195_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="194" link="CC Antya 1.195" link_text="CC Antya 1.195">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.195|CC Antya 1.195, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"What is the use of a bowman"s arrow or a poet's poetry if they penetrate the heart but do not cause the head to spin?’</p>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonBG145LondonJuly101973_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="6" link="Lecture on BG 1.4-5 -- London, July 10, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 1.4-5 -- London, July 10, 1973">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 1.4-5 -- London, July 10, 1973|Lecture on BG 1.4-5 -- London, July 10, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc):</p>
:atra śūrā maheṣvāsā
:bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi
:yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca
:drupadaś ca mahā-rathaḥ
:([[Vanisource:BG 1.4 (1972)|BG 1.4]])
<p>Translation: "Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bhīma and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhāna, Virāṭa and Drupada."</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So all these heroes are mentioned not only in this verse, in several other verses also. So people may ask that "By mentioning these great fighter, what spiritual progress we make? Because we are meant for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, so by chanting the names of these great fighters, what do we gain?" The question may be raised there. But the thing is that nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe, whenever there is connection with Kṛṣṇa, that also becomes Kṛṣṇa. This is a subtle form of philosophical understanding. Nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe. If there is relationship with Kṛṣṇa... Therefore the sahajiyās, they do not read Bhagavad-gītā.</p>
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<div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<div id="1968_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1968 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1968 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div id="RoomConversationaboutMarriageSeptember241968Seattle_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="18" link="Room Conversation about Marriage -- September 24, 1968, Seattle" link_text="Room Conversation about Marriage -- September 24, 1968, Seattle">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation about Marriage -- September 24, 1968, Seattle|Room Conversation about Marriage -- September 24, 1968, Seattle]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: She likes this... (microphone noise) But also marriage problem, one must have a choice. So if we force something, that is not (chuckling) good. At least, in your country it is not... Of course, in your country, the husband...the boys and girls are, I mean to say, not major, whatever the parents force, that is another thing. When the boys and girls are grown up, it is not possible. Just like in India, there was svayaṁvara. Svayaṁvara means the girl will select her own bridegroom. That was allowed to princess. Princess, highly qualified princess. So the father would make a challenge, that "This is the condition. One who can fulfill this condition, I'll offer my daughter to him." So this was generally amongst the princes. So there was great fight. (laughs) Just like Arjuna. Arjuna married Draupadī. You know the condition? Her father made condition: there was a fish on the ceiling and one wheel was circling. So one has to pierce the eyes of the fish through the hole of the circle. And he cannot see directly. He has to see down. There is a reflection in waterpot. In this way, he had to pierce. (laughs) "In this way, he has to fix, and in one stroke the eye will be pierced. One who is successful, my daughter is for him." So nobody could, except only Arjuna. He was such expert bowman that he... Similarly, Lord Rāmacandra also made... In the palace there was a big bow. It was all hardened, made of iron. So long standing it was there.</p>
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