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13:2913:29, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,604 N From the hair on Hiranyakasipu's head there emanated an effulgent light as brilliant and intolerable as the rays of the sun at the time of dissolution Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the hair on Hiranyakasipu's head there emanated an effulgent light as brilliant and intolerable as the rays of the sun at..."
13:2413:24, 3 September 2018 diff hist +2,812 N Narada Muni said to Maharaja Yudhisthira: The demoniac king Hiranyakasipu wanted to be unconquerable and free from old age and dwindling of the body. He wanted to gain all the yogic perfections like anima and laghima, to be deathless Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Narada Muni said to Maharaja Yudhisthira: The demoniac king Hiranyakasipu wanted to be unconquerable and free from old age and..."
13:0213:02, 3 September 2018 diff hist +3,179 N Sri Narada Muni continued: Diti, the mother of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa, heard the instructions of Hiranyakasipu along with her daughter-in-law, Rusabhanu, Hiranyaksa's wife Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sri Narada Muni continued: Diti, the mother of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa, heard the instructions of Hiranyakasipu along wit..."
12:5812:58, 3 September 2018 diff hist +5,441 N Therefore none of you should be aggrieved for the loss of the body - whether your own or those of others. Only in ignorance does one make bodily distinctions, thinking "Who am I? Who are the others? What is mine? What is for others?" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore none of you should be aggrieved for the loss of the body"|"whether your own or those of others. Only in ignorance do..."
12:5512:55, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,644 N After instructing all the foolish relatives of Suyajna, Yamaraja, in the form of a boy, disappeared from their vision. Then the relatives of King Suyajna performed the ritualistic funeral ceremonies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After instructing all the foolish relatives of Suyajna, Yamaraja, in the form of a boy, disappeared from their vision. Then th..."
06:1706:17, 3 September 2018 diff hist +3,635 N Hiranyakasipu said: While Yamaraja, in the form of a small boy, was instructing all the relatives surrounding the dead body of Suyajna, everyone was struck with wonder by his philosophical words Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiranyakasipu said: While Yamaraja, in the form of a small boy, was instructing all the relatives surrounding the dead body of..."
06:1306:13, 3 September 2018 diff hist +2,946 N Afflicted by a poor fund of knowledge, you do not know that even if you lament for your dead husband for hundreds of years, you will never get him back alive, and in the meantime your lives will be finished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Afflicted by a poor fund of knowledge, you do not know that even if you lament for your dead husband for hundreds of years, yo..."
06:0906:09, 3 September 2018 diff hist +2,761 N Thus Yamaraja, in the guise of a small boy, told all the queens: You are all so foolish that you lament but do not see your own death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus Yamaraja, in the guise of a small boy, told all the queens: You are all so foolish that you lament but do not see your ow..."
06:0206:02, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,698 N Meanwhile, following the dictations of mature time, the hunter, who was very carefully hidden in the distance, released his arrow, which pierced the body of the kulinga bird and killed him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Meanwhile, following the dictations of mature time, the hunter, who was very carefully hidden in the distance, released his ar..."
05:5705:57, 3 September 2018 diff hist +3,972 N The unfortunate baby birds, bereft of their mother, are waiting in the nest for her to feed them. They are still very small and have not yet grown their wings. How shall I be able to maintain them? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unfortunate baby birds, bereft of their mother, are waiting in the nest for her to feed them. They are still very small an..."
05:5405:54, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,668 N If unkind Providence takes away my wife, who is half my body, why should He not take me also? What is the use of my living with half of my body, bereaved by loss of my wife? What shall I gain in this way? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If unkind Providence takes away my wife, who is half my body, why should He not take me also? What is the use of my living wit..."
05:5005:50, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,707 N Alas, how merciless is Providence! My wife, unable to be helped by anyone, is in such an awkward position and lamenting for me. What will Providence gain by taking away this poor bird? What will be the profit? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Alas, how merciless is Providence! My wife, unable to be helped by anyone, is in such an awkward position and lamenting for me..."
05:4105:41, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,787 N O queens of Suyajna, the male kulinga bird, seeing his wife put into the greatest danger in the grip of Providence, became very unhappy. Because of affection, the poor bird, being unable to release her, began to lament for his wife Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O queens of Suyajna, the male kulinga bird, seeing his wife put into the greatest danger in the grip of Providence, became ver..."
05:3105:31, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,316 N While wandering in the forest, the hunter saw a pair of kulinga birds. Of the two, the female was captivated by the hunter's lure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While wandering in the forest, the hunter saw a pair of kulinga birds. Of the two, the female was captivated by the hunter's l..."
05:2705:27, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,614 N There was once a hunter who lured birds with food and captured them after spreading a net. He lived as if appointed by death personified as the killer of the birds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There was once a hunter who lured birds with food and captured them after spreading a net. He lived as if appointed by death p..."
05:2405:24, 3 September 2018 diff hist +2,987 N Those who have full knowledge of self-realization, who know very well that the spirit soul is eternal whereas the body is perishable, are not overwhelmed by lamentation. But persons who lack knowledge of self-realization certainly lament Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who have full knowledge of self-realization, who know very well that the spirit soul is eternal whereas the body is peri..."
05:1905:19, 3 September 2018 diff hist +3,799 N It is fruitless to see and talk of the material modes of nature and their resultant so-called happiness and distress as if they were factual Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is fruitless to see and talk of the material modes of nature and their resultant so-called happiness and distress as if the..."

08:3508:35, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,327 N The spirit soul is connected with the material energy and must accordingly suffer material conditions and reversals, continually, life after life because of this covering (subtle body) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of this covering, the spirit soul is connected with the material energy and must accordingly suffer material condition..."
08:3108:31, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,220 N As long as the spirit soul is covered by the subtle body, consisting of the mind, intelligence and false ego, he is bound to the results of his fruitive activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as the spirit soul is covered by the subtle body, consisting of the mind, intelligence and false ego, he is bound to t..."
08:2908:29, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,856 N The living entity comes in contact with his material bodies, whether high or low, and later gives them up by his personal prowess. This strength can be perceived in a living entity's personal power to possess different types of bodies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity comes in contact with his material bodies, whether high or low, and later gives them up by his personal prow..."
08:2508:25, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,524 N The five material elements, the ten senses and the mind all combine to form the various parts of the gross and subtle bodies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The five material elements, the ten senses and the mind all combine to form the various parts of the gross and subtle bodies"}..."
08:2308:23, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,955 N In the body the most important substance is the life air, but that also is neither the listener nor the speaker. Beyond even the life air, the soul also can do nothing, for the Supersoul is actually the director, in cooperation with the individual soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the body the most important substance is the life air, but that also is neither the listener nor the speaker. Beyond even t..."
08:1608:16, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,171 N Previously he heard you and replied to you, but now, not finding him, you are lamenting. This is contradictory behavior, for you have never actually seen the person within the body who heard you and replied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Previously he heard you and replied to you, but now, not finding him, you are lamenting. This is contradictory behavior, for y..."
08:1008:10, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,174 N Yamaraja continued: O lamenters, you are all fools! The person named Suyajna, for whom you lament, is still lying before you and has not gone anywhere. Then what is the cause for your lamentation? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yamarāja continued: O lamenters, you are all fools! The person named Suyajña, for whom you lament, is still lying before you..."
08:0708:07, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,434 N As fire, although situated in wood, is perceived to be different from the wood, so the living entity, although now encaged within the material body, of which it is the source, is separate from it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As fire, although situated in wood, is perceived to be different from the wood"|"so the living entity, although now encaged wi..."
08:0108:01, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,802 N This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and fire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in the course of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to do with this creation and dissolution of the body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and fire, and when the earth, water and fire are trans..."
07:5807:58, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,730 N Just as a householder, although different from the identity of his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the conditioned soul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, although the body is actually different from the soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as a householder, although different from the identity of his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the co..."
07:5207:52, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,508 N Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and gross material bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them, for he is always understood to be completely different from the manifested body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and gross material bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them,..."
07:4907:49, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,258 N Every conditioned soul receives a different type of body according to his work, and when the engagement is finished the body is finished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every conditioned soul receives a different type of body according to his work, and when the engagement is finished the body i..."
07:4407:44, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,676 N Sometimes one loses his money on a public street, where everyone can see it, and yet his money is protected by destiny and not seen by others. Thus the man who lost it gets it back Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes one loses his money on a public street, where everyone can see it, and yet his money is protected by destiny and not..."
07:3207:32, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,919 N This material creation, consisting of the moving and nonmoving, is exactly like His plaything. Being the Supreme Lord, He is completely competent to destroy and protect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material creation, consisting of the moving and nonmoving, is exactly like His plaything. Being the Supreme Lord, He is c..."
07:2907:29, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,192 N The boy addressed the women: O weak women! Only by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never diminished, is the entire world created, maintained and again annihilated. This is the verdict of the Vedic knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The boy addressed the women: O weak women! Only by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never diminished, is..."
07:2507:25, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,386 N We have a firm belief that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given us protection even in the womb of the mother, will protect us everywhere Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus we have a firm belief that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given us protection even in the womb of the mother..."
07:2207:22, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,680 N Indeed, we are most fortunate, for although we are children and have been left to struggle in material life, unprotected by father and mother, and although we are very weak, we have not been vanquished or eaten by ferocious animals Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indeed, we are most fortunate, for although we are children and have been left to struggle in material life, unprotected by fa..."
07:1507:15, 2 September 2018 diff hist +5,430 N Thus they should understand that they also are apt to die, yet still they are bewildered. The conditioned soul comes from an unknown place and returns after death to that same unknown place Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus they should understand that they also are apt to die, yet still they are bewildered. The conditioned soul comes from an u..."
07:1107:11, 2 September 2018 diff hist +5,483 N Sri Yamaraja said: Alas, how amazing it is! These persons, who are older than me, have full experience that hundreds and thousands of living entities have taken birth and died Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sri Yamaraja said: Alas, how amazing it is! These persons, who are older than me, have full experience that hundreds and thous..."
07:0307:03, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,993 N While the queens were lamenting for the dead body of the King, their loud cries were heard even from the abode of Yamaraja. Assuming the body of a boy, Yamaraja personally approached the relatives of the dead body and advised them as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While the queens were lamenting for the dead body of the King, their loud cries were heard even from the abode of Yamaraja. As..."
06:5806:58, 2 September 2018 diff hist +4,337 N The time was appropriate for the body to be burned, but the queens, not allowing it to be taken away, continued lamenting for the dead body, which they kept on their laps. In the meantime, the sun completed its movements for setting in the west Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The time was appropriate for the body to be burned, but the queens, not allowing it to be taken away, continued lamenting for..."
06:5206:52, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,274 N O King, O hero, you were a very grateful husband and the most sincere friend of all of us. How shall we exist without you? O hero, wherever you are going, please direct us there so that we may follow in your footsteps and engage again in your service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O King, O hero, you were a very grateful husband and the most sincere friend of all of us. How shall we exist without you? O h..."
06:4506:45, 2 September 2018 diff hist +1,877 N O lord, you have now been removed by cruel providence to a state beyond our sight. You had previously sustained the livelihood of the inhabitants of Usinara, and thus they were happy, but your condition now is the cause of their unhappiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O lord, you have now been removed by cruel providence to a state beyond our sight. You had previously sustained the livelihood..."
06:3506:35, 2 September 2018 diff hist +1,687 N Their hair became disarrayed, their ornaments fell, and in a way that evoked sympathy from the hearts of others, the queens began lamenting their husband's death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their hair became disarrayed, their ornaments fell, and in a way that evoked sympathy from the hearts of others, the queens be..."
06:2306:23, 2 September 2018 diff hist +1,618 N As the queens loudly cried, their tears glided down their breasts, becoming reddened by kunkuma powder, and fell upon the lotus feet of their husband Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the queens loudly cried, their tears glided down their breasts, becoming reddened by kunkuma powder, and fell upon the lotu..."
06:1706:17, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,351 N When the queens of the King of Usinara saw their husband lying in that position, they began crying, "O lord, now that you have been killed, we also have been killed." Repeating these words again and again, they fell down, pounding their breasts Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the queens of the King of Uśīnara saw their husband lying in that position, they began crying"|"O lord, now that you ha..."
06:1406:14, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,779 N When he died he had wanted to show his prowess, and thus he had bitten his lips, and his teeth remained in that position. His beautiful lotuslike face was now black and covered with dust from the battlefield Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he died he had wanted to show his prowess, and thus he had bitten his lips, and his teeth remained in that position. His..."
06:1106:11, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,975 N His golden, bejeweled armor smashed, his ornaments and garlands fallen from their places, his hair scattered and his eyes lusterless, the slain King lay on the battlefield, his entire body smeared with blood, his heart pierced by the arrows of the enemy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His golden, bejeweled armor smashed, his ornaments and garlands fallen from their places, his hair scattered and his eyes lust..."
06:0806:08, 2 September 2018 diff hist +1,742 N In the state known as Usinara there was a celebrated King named Suyajna. When the King was killed in battle by his enemies, his kinsmen sat down around the dead body and began to lament the death of their friend Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the state known as Usinara there was a celebrated King named Suyajna. When the King was killed in battle by his enemies, hi..."
05:5705:57, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,029 N In this regard, an example is given from an old history. This involves a discourse between Yamaraja and the friends of a dead person. Please hear it attentively Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this regard, an example is given from an old history. This involves a discourse between Yamaraja and the friends of a dead..."
05:5105:51, 2 September 2018 diff hist +2,193 N The conditioned soul thus situated must take birth in different species and work in various types of consciousness, thus creating new bodies. This continued material life is called samsara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned soul thus situated must take birth in different species and work in various types of consciousness, thus creat..."
05:4305:43, 2 September 2018 diff hist +4,062 N O my gentle mother, when the mind is agitated by the movements of the modes of material nature, the living entity, although freed from all the different phases of the subtle and gross bodies, thinks that he has changed from one condition to another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the same way, O my gentle mother, when the mind is agitated by the movements of the modes of material nature, the living en..."
05:3805:38, 2 September 2018 diff hist +3,116 N The trees on the bank of a river, when reflected on the water, seem to move because of the movements of the water. Similarly, when the eyes move because of some mental derangement, the land appears to move also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of the movements of the water, the trees on the bank of a river, when reflected on the water, seem to move. Similarly,..."

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