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== Bhagavad-gita As It Is ==

=== BG Chapters 1 - 6 ===

'''All good counsel was available to Arjuna in the matter of executing the battle. In such auspicious conditions, arranged by the Lord for His eternal devotee, lay the signs of assured victory'''

'''[[Vanisource:BG 1.20|BG 1.20, Purport]]:''' Now both Rāma and Hanumān were present on the chariot of Arjuna to help him. Lord Kṛṣṇa is Rāma Himself, and wherever Lord Rāma is, His eternal servitor Hanumān and His eternal consort Sītā, the goddess of fortune, are present. Therefore, Arjuna had no cause to fear any enemies whatsoever. And above all, the Lord of the senses, Lord Kṛṣṇa, was personally present to give him direction. Thus, all good counsel was available to Arjuna in the matter of executing the battle. In such auspicious conditions, arranged by the Lord for His eternal devotee, lay the signs of assured victory.

== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==

=== SB Canto 1 ===

'''Kṛṣṇa means Kṛṣṇa and His eternal devotees, as the king means the king and his confidential associates'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 1.16.13-15|SB 1.16.13-15, Purport]]:''' Kings and great personalities of the state are presented with welcome addresses. This is a system from time immemorial, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit, since he was one of the well-known emperors of the world, was also presented with addresses of welcome in all parts of the world as he visited those places. The subject matter of those welcome addresses was Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa means Kṛṣṇa and His eternal devotees, as the king means the king and his confidential associates.

=== SB Canto 2 ===

'''The Lord is in audience to His eternal devotees at yoga-pitha'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.9.16|SB 2.9.16, Purport]]:''' In the Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, there is a full description of the yoga-pīṭha, or the particular place where the Lord is in audience to His eternal devotees. In that yoga-pīṭha, the personifications of religion, knowledge, opulence and renunciation are all seated at the lotus feet of the Lord.

=== SB Canto 3 ===

'''Those who were eternal devotees of the Lord did not leave but remained in Dvārakā'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.3.25|SB 3.3.25, Purport]]:''' A few months passed, and then, bewildered by Kṛṣṇa, all the descendants of Vṛṣṇi, Bhoja and Andhaka who were incarnations of demigods went to Prabhāsa, while those who were eternal devotees of the Lord did not leave but remained in Dvārakā.

== Sri Caitanya-caritamrta ==

=== CC Adi-lila ===

'''The Lord accepts the service rendered by His eternal devotees in a reverential mood'''

'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.28|CC Adi 4.28, Purport]]:''' There are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual sky, and in all of them the Lord accepts the service rendered by His eternal devotees in a reverential mood. Therefore Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa presents His most confidential pastimes as He enjoys them in His transcendental realm. Such pastimes are so attractive that they attract even the Lord, and thus He relishes them in the form of Lord Caitanya.

=== CC Antya-lila ===

'''The dog got the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and was immediately promoted to Vaikuṇṭha to become an eternal devotee'''

'''[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.24|CC Antya 1.24, Purport]]:''' As will be evident from the following verses, the dog got the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and was immediately promoted to Vaikuṇṭha to become an eternal devotee. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has therefore sung, tumi ta’ ṭhākura, tomāra kukkura, baliyā jānaha more (Śaraṇāgati 19). He thus offers to become the dog of a Vaiṣṇava. There are many other instances in which the pet animal of a Vaiṣṇava was delivered back home to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, back to Godhead. Such is the benefit of somehow or other becoming the favorite of a Vaiṣṇava.

== Other Books by Śrīla Prabhupada ==

=== Nectar of Devotion ===

'''Prahlāda did not accept any material benediction and simply asked the favor of the Lord to remain His eternal devotee'''

'''[[Vanisource:NOD 4|Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 4]]:''' In the same Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra, after Nṛsiṁhadeva wanted to give benedictions to Prahlāda Mahārāja, Prahlāda did not accept any material benediction and simply asked the favor of the Lord to remain His eternal devotee. In this connection, Prahlāda Mahārāja cited the example of Hanumān, the eternal servitor of Lord Rāmacandra, who also set an example by never asking any material favor from the Lord. He always remained engaged in the Lord's service. That is the ideal character of Hanumān, for which he is still worshiped by all devotees.

'''Eligibility for Spontaneous Devotional Service is to follow in the footsteps of eternal devotees'''

'''[[Vanisource:NOD 16|Nectar of Devotion 16]]:''' Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the Vṛṣṇis and Vṛndāvana denizens are called rāgānugā devotees, which means that they are trying to attain to the perfection of those devotees. These rāgānugā devotees do not follow the regulative principles of devotional service very strictly, but by spontaneous nature they become attracted to some of the eternal devotees such as Nanda or Yaśodā, and they try to follow in their footsteps spontaneously. There is a gradual development of the ambition to become like a particular devotee, and this activity is called rāgānugā.

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