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10:0610:06, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,633 N Brahma said, "In my blindness I was considering myself a competitor to You, the SPG. But, even though I'm accepted as the creator of this universe, I'm eternally Your servant. Therefore, kindly always be compassionate toward me and excuse me in that way" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In my blindness I was considering myself a competitor to You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But, my dear Lord, even thou..."
10:0210:02, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,516 N Lord Brahma says, "O infallible one! I am born in the modes of passion, and therefore I have been falsely proud of being the creator of this material world. My false pride was just like dense darkness, and in this darkness I had become blind" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O infallible one! I am born in the modes of passion, and therefore I have been falsely proud of being the creator of this mate..."
09:5909:59, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,426 N Uttara said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), kindly save my child! I do not mind if I myself must be killed by the brahmastra of Asvatthama." This is an instance of humility caused by fear Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, kindly save my child! I do not mind if I myself must be killed by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā"|"This is an..."
09:5709:57, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,449 N When Uttara was attacked by the brahmastra of Asvatthama, she became afraid of losing her child, Maharaj Pariksit, who was still within the womb. She immediately surrendered to Krsna and said Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Uttarā was attacked by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā, she became afraid of losing her child, Mahārāj Parīkṣit, w..."
09:5409:54, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,870 N O supreme protector, O supreme soul! O supreme controller! Kindly give me Your protection. I am so much embarrassed - This statement by Mucukunda is an instance of humility resulting from a severely miserable condition of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O supreme protector, O supreme soul! O supreme controller! Kindly give me Your protection. I am so much embarrassed"|"This sta..."
09:5109:51, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,738 N Mucukunda said, "Somehow or other I am, by Your (Krsna's) grace, now in a peaceful condition because I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, which are always free from all lamentation, fear and death" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Somehow or other I am, by Your grace, now in a peaceful condition because I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, which are a..."
09:4809:48, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,835 N King Mucukunda said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), because of my bad deeds in the past I am everlastingly aggrieved. I am always suffering from my desires, but still my senses are never satisfied with material enjoyments" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, because of my bad deeds in the past I am everlastingly aggrieved. I am always suffering from my desires, but sti..."
09:4509:45, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,748 N A sense of weakness caused by distress, fearfulness or offensiveness is called humility. In this condition one becomes talkative, small in heart, dirty in mind, full of anxiety and inactive Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sense of weakness caused by distress, fearfulness or offensiveness is called humility. In this condition one becomes talkati..."
09:4309:43, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,428 N This statement by Brahma is an instance of lamentation caused by committing an offense Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement by Brahmā is an instance of lamentation caused by committing an offense"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{c..."
09:4209:42, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,940 N Just as a simple spark from a fire can't harm the fire, so my bewildering potency was completely unsuccessful in thwarting Your (Krsna's) superior illusory power. Therefore I find myself to be most insignificant & think of myself as a most useless person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as a simple spark from a fire cannot do any harm to the fire, so my bewildering potency was completely unsuccessful in th..."
09:3809:38, 9 May 2017 diff hist +4,049 N Brahma said, "Just see my impudence! I wanted to supersede You (Krsna) by my own personal power, and I was very puffed up with this tiny power of mine" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"just see my impudence! I wanted to supersede You by my own personal power, and I was very puffed up with this tiny power of mi..."
09:3509:35, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,906 N Brahma said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), just see my impudence! You are unlimited, the original Personality of Godhead, the supersoul - and You rule over the most perfect illusory energies" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, just see my impudence! You are unlimited, the original Personality of Godhead, the supersoul—and You rule over..."
09:3309:33, 9 May 2017 diff hist +2,884 N This is an instance of lamentation caused by reversed conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is an instance of lamentation caused by reversed conditions"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2..."
09:3209:32, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,316 N Nanda Maharaj said, "Unfortunately, I have brought Him (Krsna) to Mathura, and now I see that He's embarrassed by this giant elephant named Kuvalaya. It is as though the moon of Krsna is eclipsed by the shadow of the earth" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, I have brought Him to Mathurā, and now I see that He's embarrassed by this giant elephant named Kuvalaya. It i..."
09:2809:28, 9 May 2017 diff hist +3,223 N When Nanda Maharaj saw his foster son, Krsna, embarrassed in the sacrificial arena of Kamsa, he said, "How unfortunate I am that I did not keep my son bolted within a room" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Nanda Mahārāj saw his foster son, Kṛṣṇa, embarrassed in the sacrificial arena of Kaṁsa, he said"|"How unfortuna..."

17:4117:41, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,410 N This statement is an instance of lamentation resulting from nonfulfillment of one's duties Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement is an instance of lamentation resulting from nonfulfillment of one's duties"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}}..."
17:4017:40, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,855 N One devotee said, "This night I was dreaming of collecting various flowers from the garden, and I was thinking of making a garland to offer to Krsna. But I am so unfortunate that all of a sudden my dream was over, & I could not achieve my desired goal!" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This night I was dreaming of collecting various flowers from the garden, and I was thinking of making a garland to offer to K..."
17:3717:37, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,284 N This statement is an instance of lamentation due to one's being unable to achieve his desired goal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement is an instance of lamentation due to one's being unable to achieve his desired goal"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Is..."
17:3617:36, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,626 N One old aged devotee of Krsna said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), You are just like the moonlight, and my only real regret is that for want of any taste for Your pleasant shining I did not advance myself in Krsna consciousness" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"my dear Lord, You are just like the moonlight, and my only real regret is that for want of any taste for Your pleasant shining..."
17:3317:33, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,367 N One aged devotee of Krsna addressed Him in this way: "Dear Krsna, O killer of the demon Agha, my body is now invalid due to old age. I cannot speak very fluently, my voice is faltering, my mind is not strong, and I am often attacked with forgetfulness" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One aged devotee of Kṛṣṇa addressed Him in this way"|"My dear Kṛṣṇa, O killer of the demon Agha, my body is now in..."
17:2917:29, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,142 N In this condition of lamentation one becomes questioning, thoughtful, tearful, regretful and heavy-breathed. His bodily color changes, and his mouth becomes dry Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this condition of lamentation one becomes questioning, thoughtful, tearful, regretful and heavy-breathed. His bodily color..."
17:2717:27, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,872 N When one is unsuccessful in achieving his desired goal of life, when one finds no fulfillment in his present occupation, when one finds himself in reversed conditions and when one feels guilt - at such a time one is said to be in state of lamentation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is unsuccessful in achieving his desired goal of life, when one finds no fulfillment in his present occupation, when..."
17:2417:24, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,890 N According to Bharata Muni, this disappointment is inauspicious. But there are other learned scholars who have accepted such disappointment as being in the mood of neutrality and as being a preservative for ecstatic love Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Bharata Muni, this disappointment is inauspicious. But there are other learned scholars who have accepted such di..."
17:2017:20, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,524 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam there is this statement: "My dear Krsna, I cannot say that it is only other people who are implicated in material existence, because I too am much entangled with the bodily concept of life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Tenth Canto, 51st Chapter, 29th verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is this statement"|"My dear Kṛṣṇa, I cannot s..."
17:1817:18, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,714 N Rukmini and Satyabhama were co-wives, and because Krsna was husband of both, there naturally was some feminine envy between them. So when Satyabhama heard the glories of Rukmini, she was envious of her and thus became disappointed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rukmiṇī and Satyabhāmā were co-wives, and because Kṛṣṇa was husband of both, there naturally was some feminine envy..."
17:1517:15, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,196 N There is a statement in the Hari-vamsa wherein Satyabhama, one of the queens of Krsna in Dvaraka, tells her husband: "My dear Krsna, since I heard Narada glorifying Rukmini before You, I can understand that there is no need of any talking about myself" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a statement in the Hari-vaṁśa wherein Satyabhāmā, one of the queens of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā, tells her husba..."
17:1017:10, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,475 N Radharani tells Her friend, "I am now unable to see Him, it would be good for Me to be a blind woman." This is another instance of disappointment due to separation from Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And because I am now unable to see Him, it would be good for Me to be a blind woman"|"This is another instance of disappointme..."
17:0517:05, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,533 N The analogy is given that, as the bees go away from a flower that has no honey, so Subala left Vrndavana when he found there was no longer any relishable transcendental pleasure there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The analogy is given that, as the bees go away from a flower that has no honey, so Subala left Vṛndāvana when he found ther..."
17:0317:03, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,898 N When Krsna left Vrndavana, Subala, His intimate friend, decided to leave also. While leaving, Subala was contemplating that without Krsna there was no longer any pleasure to be found in Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana, Subala, His intimate friend, decided to leave also. While leaving, Subala was contemplatin..."
17:0017:00, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,517 N Nanda said to Yasoda, "Krsna has gone deep into the water, so there is no need to maintain our bodies, which are so full of sinful activities! Let us also enter into the poisonous water of the Yamuna and compensate for the sinful activities of our lives" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear wife, Kṛṣṇa has gone deep into the water, and so there is no longer any need to maintain our bodies, which are s..."
16:5716:57, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,288 N When Krsna, in punishing the Kaliya serpent, appeared to have drowned Himself in the poisonous water of the Yamuna, Nanda Maharaj addressed Yasoda Devi thusly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa, in punishing the Kāliya serpent, appeared to have drowned Himself in the poisonous water of the Yamunā, Na..."
16:5116:51, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,455 N Bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love: bashfulness, concealment, remembering, argumentativeness, anxiety, thoughtfulness, endurance, happiness, eagerness, haughtiness, envy, impudence, dizziness and alertness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"bashfulness, concealment, remembering, argumentativeness, anxiety, thoughtfulness, endurance, happiness, eagerness, haughtines..."
16:4916:49, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,287 N Bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love: disappointment, lamentation, humility, guilt, fatigue, intoxication, pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness, disease, confusion, death, laziness, inertness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are some bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love. They are counted at thirty-one as follows: disappoint..."
16:4616:46, 8 May 2017 diff hist +2,336 N There are some bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love. They are counted at thirty-one as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are some bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love. They are counted at thirty-one as follows"}} {{notes|..."
16:3016:30, 8 May 2017 diff hist +2,727 N Although there is no need to describe these reflections of ecstatic love, Rupa Gosvami gives some instances where there is no actual devotional service and such expressions are manifested Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although there is no need to describe these reflections of ecstatic love, Rūpa Gosvāmī gives some instances where there is..."
16:2616:26, 8 May 2017 diff hist +2,473 N This shedding of tears is not actually an ecstatic loving expression, however. It is done simply by practice Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This shedding of tears is not actually an ecstatic loving expression, however. It is done simply by practice"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
16:2516:25, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,037 N Sometimes it is found that a nondevotee who has practically no taste for Krsna and who follows no rules or regulations can, by practice, make a show of devotional symptoms, even crying in an assembly of devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes it is found that a nondevotee who has practically no taste for Kṛṣṇa and who follows no rules or regulations c..."
16:2216:22, 8 May 2017 diff hist +2,764 N Such nondevotees are not actually melted; they are hard-hearted. But the influence of the glories of the Lord is so great that even the nondevotees sometimes shed tears Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such nondevotees are not actually melted; they are hard-hearted. But the influence of the glories of the Lord is so great that..."
16:2016:20, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,935 N One devotee said, "My dear Mukunda, I cannot properly express the glories of Your pastimes. Even when the nondevotees hear of Your glorious pastimes they become affected and shed tears and start to tremble" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Mukunda, I cannot properly express the glories of Your pastimes. Even when the nondevotees hear of Your glorious pasti..."
16:1716:17, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,134 N Sometimes it is found that when staunch logicians, without any trace of devotional service and without actually understanding the transcendental glories of the Lord, sit down to hear the glories of the Lord, they appear to be melting and shedding tears Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes it is found that when staunch logicians, without any trace of devotional service and without actually understanding..."
16:1316:13, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,630 N The chanting of Hare Krsna, is so nice and transcendental that it will eventually melt even the hearts of persons who are impersonalists. Rupa Gosvami says that the impersonalists' symptoms are simply reflections of ecstatic love, not the real thing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, however, is so nice and transcendental that it will eventually melt even the hearts of perso..."
16:1116:11, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,233 N Rupa Gosvami therefore says that even if the reactions to chanting are manifested in the impersonalist's body, they should not be considered to be symptoms of actual attachment, but reflections only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore says that even if the reactions to chanting are manifested in the impersonalist's body, they should..."
16:0816:08, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,966 N Impersonalists also sometimes chant the Hare Krsna mantra and dance, but their aim is not to serve the Lord. It is to become one with the Lord and merge into His existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Impersonalists also sometimes chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and dance, but their aim is not to serve the Lord. It is to be..."
16:0616:06, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,755 N Sometimes in Varanasi, a holy city for impersonalist scholars, there may be seen a sannyasi crying from hearing the glories of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sometimes in Vārāṇasī, a holy city for impersonalist scholars, there may be seen a sannyāsī crying from hearing the glo..."
16:0416:04, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,032 N Sometimes impersonalists who are not actually in devotional service may also exhibit such symptoms of ecstatic love, but this is not accepted as actual ecstasy. It is a reflection only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes impersonalists who are not actually in devotional service may also exhibit such symptoms of ecstatic love, but this..."
15:5315:53, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,390 N Srila Rupa Gosvami further analyzes the ecstatic loving expression into four divisions which are called sattvabhasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī further analyzes the ecstatic loving expression into four divisions which are called sāttvābhāsā"}..."
15:5115:51, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,609 N Sri Rupa Gosvami says in this connection that when the symptoms of ecstatic love become the most bright, that stage is accepted as mahabhava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī says in this connection that when the symptoms of ecstatic love become the most bright, that stage is ac..."
15:4915:49, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,194 N This mahabhava expression was possible only in Radharani, but later on when Sri Krsna Caitanya appeared to feel the mode of love of Radharani, He also expressed all of the symptoms of mahabhava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This mahābhāva expression was possible only in Rādhārāṇī, but later on when Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya appeared to fee..."
15:4615:46, 8 May 2017 diff hist +3,701 N There is a supreme symptom of ecstatic love which is called mahabhava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a supreme symptom of ecstatic love which is called mahābhāva"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..."
15:4515:45, 8 May 2017 diff hist +4,924 N My dear Pitambara, because of separation from You (Krsna) all the residents of Goloka Vrndavana are perspiring. They are lamenting with different words, and their eyes have become moistened with tears. Actually, all of them are in great confusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Pītāmbara, because of separation from You all the residents of Goloka Vṛndāvana are perspiring. They are lamentin..."

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