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16:0616:06, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,369 N Maharaja Dhrtarastra was placed in that position according to his past deeds; he had already suffered or enjoyed the benefits accrued to him in the past, but due to his good luck Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra was placed in that position according to his past deeds; he had already suffered or enjoyed the..."
15:5915:59, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,506 N Only the foolish man says that there is no God. Maharaja Yudhisthira was being convinced of this naked truth because he was greatly overwhelmed by the sudden departure of his old uncles and aunt Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only the foolish man, therefore, says that there is no God. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was being convinced of this naked truth..."
15:4615:46, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,541 N Brahma, Siva, Indra, Candra, Maharaja Yudhisthira or, in modern history, Napoleon, Akbar, Alexander, Gandhi, Shubhash & Nehru all are servants of the Lord, and they are placed in and removed from their respective positions by the supreme will of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, Candra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira or, in modern history, Napoleon, Akbar, Alexander, Gandhi, Shubhash..."
15:3315:33, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,213 N The foolish living being, especially man, artificially rebels against the law of the Supreme and thus becomes chastised as an asura, or lawbreaker Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The foolish living being, especially man, artificially rebels against the law of the Supreme and thus becomes chastised as an..."
14:5714:57, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,594 N Beginning from Brahmaji, the leader of this universe, down to the insignificant ant, all are abiding by the order of the Supreme Lord. Thus the constitutional position of the living being is subordination under the control of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Beginning from Brahmājī, the leader of this universe, down to the insignificant ant, all are abiding by the order of the Sup..."
14:5114:51, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,442 m Every living being, either in this material world or in the spiritual world, is under the control of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead Angela moved page Every living being, either in this material world or in the spiritual world, is under the control of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Beginning from Brahmaji, the leader of this universe, down to the insignificant ant... current
14:4714:47, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,850 N Devarsi Narada used to visit the palace of Maharaja Yudhisthira because the Pandavas were all pure devotees of the Lord, and the Devarsi was always ready to give them good counsel whenever needed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devarṣi Nārada used to visit the palace of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira because the Pāṇḍavas were all pure devotees of t..."
14:4314:43, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,251 N A pure devotee of the Lord can give us direction towards the other end of nescience Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee of the Lord can give us direction towards the other end of nescience"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{comple..."
14:3914:39, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,787 One must be very faithful, learned and renounced, otherwise one cannot be a pure devotee No edit summary current
14:3714:37, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,628 N Unless one has become a sufficiently learned philosopher by hearing the Vedanta philosophy from a bona fide spiritual master, one cannot be a learned philosopher devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one has become a sufficiently learned philosopher by hearing the Vedānta philosophy from a bona fide spiritual master,..."
14:3214:32, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,701 N Among all such pure devotees of the Lord, Devarsi Narada is the chief, and therefore he has been described herein (SB 1.13.40) as the greatest of all philosopher devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Among all such pure devotees of the Lord, Devarṣi Nārada is the chief, and therefore he has been described herein as the gr..."
14:2414:24, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,789 N There are different types of philosophers, and the greatest of all of them are those who have seen the Personality of Godhead and have surrendered themselves in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different types of philosophers, and the greatest of all of them are those who have seen the Personality of Godhead..."
14:1914:19, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,084 N She (Gandhari) was an ideal woman as mother, wife and ascetic, and in the history of the world such character in a woman is rarely found Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"She was an ideal woman as mother, wife and ascetic, and in the history of the world such character in a woman is rarely found"..."
14:1214:12, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,060 N Queen Gandhari is a typical example of an ascetic because of her marvelous character in many trying situations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Queen Gāndhārī is a typical example of an ascetic because of her marvelous character in many trying situations"}} {{notes|}..."
14:0714:07, 16 February 2020 diff hist +2,131 N Maharaja Yudhisthira, as a good soul and devotee of the Lord, was always conscious of the great loss of his aunt (Gandhari) and her sufferings as an ascetic Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, as a good soul and devotee of the Lord, was always conscious of the great loss of his aunt and her..."
13:5913:59, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,192 N Personalities as Narada must be offered all due respects, like those offered to the Personality of Godhead Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such personalities as Nārada must be offered all due respects, like those offered to the Personality of Godhead Himself"}} {{..."
13:5213:52, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,110 N The confidential devotees of the Lord treat such illusioned living beings, and they are most pleasing in the eyes of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The confidential devotees of the Lord treat such illusioned living beings, and therefore they are most pleasing in the eyes of..."

19:3019:30, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,647 N Confidential devotees of the Lord are very much dear to Him because they travel everywhere to preach His glories in different capacities & try their utmost to convert the nondevotees into devotees in order to bring them to the platform of sanity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"confidential devotees of the Lord are very much dear to the Lord because they travel everywhere to preach the glories of the L..."
19:2219:22, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,010 N Devarsi Narada is described herein (SB 1.13.38) as bhagavan due to his being the most confidential devotee of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devarṣi Nārada is described herein as bhagavān due to his being the most confidential devotee of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
19:1419:14, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,325 N We also had the same opportunity to cheat the family members and leave home to engage in the service of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Such cheating was necessary for a great cause, and there is no loss for any party in such transcendental fraud Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We also had the same opportunity to cheat the family members and leave home to engage in the service of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam...."
19:0219:02, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,267 N Sanatana Gosvami also cheated the keeper of the prison house while going away to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and similarly Raghunatha dasa Gosvami also cheated his priest and left home for good to satisfy the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sanātana Gosvāmī also cheated the keeper of the prison house while going away to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and simila..."
18:5618:56, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,363 N Sanjaya never thought that Dhrtarastra could perform any act without consulting him. But Dhrtarastra's going away from home was so confidential that it could not be disclosed even to Sanjaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sañjaya never thought that Dhṛtarāṣṭra could perform any act without consulting him. But Dhṛtarāṣṭra's going aw..."
18:4518:45, 15 February 2020 diff hist +2,929 N The Lord wanted it (that Yudhisthira told a lie to Dronacarya), and therefore it was a great cause Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord wanted it, and therefore it was a great cause"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-02-15T1..."
18:2518:25, 15 February 2020 diff hist +2,892 N He (Sanjaya) was fully compassionate toward Dhrtarastra because in the game of the Battle of Kuruksetra, King Dhrtarastra had lost everything, men and money, and at last the King and the Queen had to leave home in utter frustration Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was fully compassionate toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra because in the game of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, King Dhṛtarāṣṭr..."
17:5217:52, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,648 N Maharaja Yudhisthira could not find in the palace his two uncles, namely Dhrtarastra and Vidura, along with Gandhari, the daughter of King Subala. He was anxious to see them and therefore asked Sanjaya, the private secretary of Dhrtarastra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, however, could not find in the palace his two uncles, namely Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Vidura, along..."
17:4417:44, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,246 N Like Dhrtarastra, the materialistic person may take lessons from a sadhu like Vidura and thus be cleansed of the effects of modern life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Like Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the materialistic person may take lessons from a sādhu like Vidura and thus be cleansed of the effec..."
17:1717:17, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,070 N The householders are required to 2) at last offering to the elderly members due respects and obeisances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"at last offering to the elderly members due respects and obeisances"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first..."
17:1317:13, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,687 N The householders are required to rise early in the morning, and after bathing they should 1) offer respects to the Deities at home by prayers, by offering fuel in the sacred fire, by giving the brahmanas in charity land, cows, grains, gold, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The householders are required to rise early in the morning, and after bathing they should offer respects to the Deities at hom..."
17:0117:01, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,295 N Maharaja Yudhisthira was the most pious king because he personally practiced daily the pious duties for the householders Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the most pious king because he personally practiced daily the pious duties for the householders..."
16:5616:56, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,176 N Maharaja Dhrtarastra was advised to follow the dhiras because at that stage it was difficult for him to become a narottama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra was advised to follow the dhīras because at that stage it was difficult for him to become a nar..."
16:4816:48, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,318 N The Mayavadi sannyasis are ekadandi-svamis, whereas the Vaisnava sannyasis are known as tridandi-svamis, or more distinctly, tridandi-gosvamis, in order to be distinguished from the Mayavadi philosophers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs are ekadaṇḍi-svāmīs, whereas the Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs are known as tridaṇḍi-svāmī..."
16:4016:40, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,096 N The sannyasis accept a rod as the sign of the renounced order of life. There are two types of sannyasis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sannyāsīs accept a rod as the sign of the renounced order of life. There are two types of sannyāsīs"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current
16:3516:35, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,237 N Maharaja Dhrtarastra did not deny his faithful wife (Gandhari), and she followed her husband at her own risk Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra did not deny his faithful wife, and she followed her husband at her own risk"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
16:2716:27, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,498 N He (Dhrtarastra) was no longer attracted to so-called wife or relatives, and he decided to start alone, but as a chaste lady Gandhari decided to follow her husband till the last moment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was no longer attracted to so-called wife or relatives, and he decided to start alone, but as a chaste lady Gāndhārī dec..."
16:1916:19, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,322 N He (Dhrtarastra) did not ask her (Gandhari) to follow him because he was at that time fully determined, like a great warrior who faces all kinds of dangers in the battlefield Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But he did not ask her to follow him because he was at that time fully determined, like a great warrior who faces all kinds of..."
16:1116:11, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,174 N Instructions for the renounced order of life were imparted to Dhrtarastra by Vidura, and Gandhari was by the side of her husband Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Instructions for the renounced order of life were imparted to Dhṛtarāṣṭra by Vidura, and Gāndhārī was by the side of..."
16:0316:03, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,125 N Laksmiji Sitadevi was also a daughter of a great king, but she followed her husband, Lord Ramacandra, into the forest Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lakṣmījī Sītādevī was also a daughter of a great king, but she followed her husband, Lord Rāmacandra, into the forest"..."
15:5515:55, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,531 N Saubalini, or Gandhari, daughter of King Subala and wife of King Dhrtarastra, was ideal as a wife devoted to her husband. The Vedic civilization especially prepares chaste and devoted wives, of whom Gandhari is one amongst many mentioned in history Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Saubalinī, or Gāndhārī, daughter of King Subala and wife of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was ideal as a wife devoted to her hu..."
15:4915:49, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,367 N Foolish living beings are attracted by the temporary cloud, but intelligent men are more concerned with the eternal sky with all its variegatedness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Foolish living beings are attracted by the temporary cloud, but intelligent men are more concerned with the eternal sky with a..."
15:4415:44, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,643 N The sky remains, and the varieties of sky or luminaries also remain forever. Similarly, the Absolute Truth, which is compared to the sky, remains eternally, and the temporary cloudlike illusion comes and goes away Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the sky remains, and the varieties of sky or luminaries also remain forever. Similarly, the Absolute Truth, which is compa..."
15:2915:29, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,697 N Despite his life of failure, he (Dhrtarastra) achieved the greatest of all success in self-realization by the forceful instructions of a pure devotee of the Lord (Vidura), who is the typical emblem of a sadhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"despite his life of failure, he achieved the greatest of all success in self-realization by the forceful instructions of a pur..."
15:2315:23, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,510 N He (Dhrtarastra) did everything in his power to achieve so-called success in his planned projects, but he was frustrated from the beginning to the end so far as his material activities were concerned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he did everything in his power to achieve so-called success in his planned projects, but he was frustrated from the beginning..."
15:1515:15, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,303 N Here is another practical example by the action of Vidura's association with Dhrtarastra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"here is another practical example by the action of Vidura's association with Dhṛtarāṣṭra"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..." current
15:0915:09, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,327 N Without seeing him (His Divine Grace Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja) at that opportune moment never would we have been able to 2) be engaged in the factual service of the Lord under instructions of His Divine Grace Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"be engaged in the factual service of the Lord under instructions of His Divine Grace"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{compl..."
15:0215:02, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,440 N Without seeing him (His Divine Grace Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja) at that opportune moment, we could have become a very great business magnate, but never 1) would we have been able to walk the path of liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without seeing him at that opportune moment, we could have become a very great business magnate, but never would we have been..."
14:5114:51, 15 February 2020 diff hist +5,192 Were we not favored by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, by our first meeting for a few minutes only, it would have been impossible for us to accept this mighty task of describing Srimad-Bhagavatam in English No edit summary current
14:4214:42, 15 February 2020 diff hist +4,442 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the great preacher of the principles of Srimad-Bhagavatam, has stressed the importance of association with sadhus, pure devotees of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the great preacher of the principles of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, has stressed the importance of..."
14:3514:35, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,592 The sannyasa stage is the preparatory stage of paramahamsa, or the first-grade devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
14:2814:28, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,473 N It is stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.28) that a person who is completely relieved of all taints of sinful acts can alone depend on the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.28) that a person who is completely relieved of all taints of sinful acts can alone depe..."
14:2414:24, 15 February 2020 diff hist +3,289 N To become narottama, or a first-class human being depending completely on the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna, is not possible for any ordinary man Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To become narottama, or a first-class human being depending completely on the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is not possible..."

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