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13:1913:19, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,478 N The Lord appeared in order to release the world from the undue burden of the nonbelieving asuras, and after doing this, He disappeared from the world's eyes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord appeared in order to release the world from the undue burden of the nonbelieving asuras, and after doing this, He dis..."
13:1413:14, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,853 N Those persons who were unable to see God as He is remained attached to material hankerings & were not able to go back home, back to Godhead. When the Lord passed beyond the vision of all, He did so in His original eternal form, as stated here - SB 3.2.11 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But those persons who were unable to see the Lord as He is remained attached to material hankerings and were not able to go ba..."
13:0613:06, 8 July 2020 diff hist +5,003 N Only by a transcendental vision are one's material hankerings fully satisfied. When the Lord was present, persons who were able to satisfy their material hankerings by seeing Him in true perspective were thus able to go back with Him to His kingdom Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only by such a transcendental vision are one's material hankerings fully satisfied"|"When the Lord was present, persons who we..."
12:5112:51, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,829 N By strict adherence to prescribed principles for all orders of social life, one can attain the qualities of truthfulness, control the mind, control the senses, forbearance, etc., & can be elevated to the plane of rendering pure devotional service to God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By strict adherence to prescribed principles for all orders of social life, one can attain the qualities of truthfulness, cont..."
12:4812:48, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,364 N The entire Vedic way of ritualistic performances is to put every conditioned soul on the path of piety Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The entire Vedic way of ritualistic performances is to put every conditioned soul on the path of piety"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current
12:4212:42, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,851 N For want of sufficient piety, the onlookers are not attracted by such pastimes of God. In Bhagavad-gita it is said that only those who have completely surpassed the way of sinful reaction can engage themselves in the transcendental loving service of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for want of sufficient piety, the onlookers are not attracted by such pastimes of the Lord. In Bhagavad-gītā it is said that..."
12:3612:36, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,665 N The Lord Himself comes to display His transcendental pastimes, typically represented at Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka. He appears just to attract the conditioned souls back to Godhead, back home to the eternal world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord Himself comes to display His transcendental pastimes, typically represented at Vṛndāvana, Mathurā and Dvārakā...."
12:2412:24, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,351 N The spirit soul can be happy only in the association of the supreme living being, the Personality of Godhead, and nowhere else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The spirit soul can be happy only in the association of the supreme living being, the Personality of Godhead, and nowhere else..." current
12:2112:21, 8 July 2020 diff hist +4,661 N The example of the fish on land is very appropriate (for SB 3.2.11). If one takes a fish from the water and puts it on the land, it cannot be made happy by any amount of offered pleasure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The example of the fish on land is very appropriate. If one takes a fish from the water and puts it on the land, it cannot be..."

17:1117:11, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,016 N Those who are disturbed by the statements of the asuras are also condemned. That is what Uddhava meant in this verse - SB 3.2.10 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who are disturbed by the statements of the asuras are also condemned. That is what Uddhava meant in this verse"}} {{note..."
17:0617:06, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,387 N According to the atheistic point of view, Lord Krsna's family, the Yadu dynasty, was vanquished due to being cursed by the brahmanas for the sins committed by Krsna in killing the sons of Dhrtarastra, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the atheistic point of view, Lord Kṛṣṇa's family, the Yadu dynasty, was vanquished due to being cursed by t..."
16:5716:57, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,222 N Such persons (atheists) have no faith in the statement of the Bhagavad-gita that the Lord (Krsna) is unaffected by the reactions of work: na mam karmani limpanti - BG 4.14 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such persons have no faith in the statement of the Bhagavad-gītā that the Lord is unaffected by the reactions of work: na m..."
16:5016:50, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,673 N They (atheists) are always very eager to establish that Lord Krsna was an ordinary man who was killed by a hunter due to His (Krsna's) many impious acts in plotting to kill the sons of Dhrtarastra and Jarasandha, the demoniac kings of the earth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are always very eager to establish that Lord Kṛṣṇa was an ordinary man who was killed by a hunter due to His many i..."
16:3616:36, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,428 N The illusory energy acts very powerfully on them because in spite of their elevated mundane education, such persons are faithless and are infected by the mentality of atheism Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The illusory energy acts very powerfully on them because in spite of their elevated mundane education, such persons are faithl..."
16:0216:02, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,448 N The Yadavas and other devotees of the Lord (Krsna) are different from those who wrongly calculated Him to be an ordinary human personality. Such persons are certainly bewildered by the illusory energy. They are hellish and are envious of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Yādavas and other devotees of the Lord are different from those who wrongly calculated Him to be an ordinary human person..."
15:3315:33, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,179 N In the First Canto we have already discussed the lamentation of Arjuna and Yudhisthira, to whom the disappearance of Lord Krsna was almost intolerable up to the end of their lives Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the First Canto we have already discussed the lamentation of Arjuna and Yudhiṣṭhira, to whom the disappearance of Lord..."
15:2515:25, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,320 N Generally, persons who had faith in the revealed scriptures accepted the Lord (Krsna) as He is, and all of them merged into great bereavement when the Lord disappeared from the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally, persons who had faith in the revealed scriptures accepted the Lord as He is, and all of them merged into great bere..."
15:1915:19, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,227 N When He (Krsna) was present in the world, different classes of men accepted Him differently, and therefore their calculations of the Lord were also different Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when He was present in the world, different classes of men accepted Him differently, and therefore their calculations of the L..."
15:1215:12, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,156 N Lord Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to all the evidences of the Vedas. He is accepted by all acaryas, including Sripada Sankaracarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to all the evidences of the Vedas. He is accepted by al..."
14:4814:48, 7 July 2020 diff hist +3,275 N The Yadus, or the residents of Dvaraka, however, could know Lord Krsna as Vasudeva, or the Supersoul living everywhere, but not as the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Yadus, or the residents of Dvārakā, however, could know Lord Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva, or the Supersoul living everywher..." current
14:4014:40, 7 July 2020 diff hist +3,642 N In Vrndavana, however, Krsna was not even known as the Paramatma because the residents of Vrndavana were pure unconventional devotees of the Lord and could think of Him only as their object of love. They did not know that He is the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vṛndāvana, however, the Lord was not even known as the Paramātmā because the residents of Vṛndāvana were pure uncon..."
14:3314:33, 7 July 2020 diff hist +3,108 N This lack of knowledge (knowing that Krsna is the Supersoul but not the Original Personality of Godhead) was not due to their (the Yadavas) insufficient erudition; it was due to their misfortune Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This lack of knowledge was not due to their insufficient erudition; it was due to their misfortune"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ni..."
13:4913:49, 7 July 2020 diff hist +3,432 N In the Vedas it is said that the Supreme Lord or the Paramatma cannot be understood simply by the strength of one's erudition or power of mental speculation: nayam atma pravacanena labhyo na medhaya na bahuna srutena - Katha Upanisad 1.2.23 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedas it is said that the Supreme Lord or the Paramātmā cannot be understood simply by the strength of one's eruditio..."
11:0911:09, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,931 N The Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.11) confirms such foolish persons (who do not reconize Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead) to be most unfortunate: avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.11) confirms such foolish persons to be most unfortunate: avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ..."
11:0411:04, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,167 N The fish took the moon to be one of them or maybe something illuminating, but nothing more. The unfortunate persons who do not recognize Krsna are like such fish. They take Him to be one of them, although a little extraordinary in opulence, strength, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fish took the moon to be one of them or maybe something illuminating, but nothing more. The unfortunate persons who do not..."
10:5710:57, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,791 N From this ocean of milk the moon was born, but the fish in the milk ocean could not recognize that the moon was not another fish and was different from them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From this ocean of milk the moon was born, but the fish in the milk ocean could not recognize that the moon was not another fi..."
10:4910:49, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,377 N Men who have experience only of this tiny planet where the saltwater ocean exists may take information from the revealed scriptures that there is also an ocean of milk, although we have never seen it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"men who have experience only of this tiny planet where the saltwater ocean exists may take information from the revealed scrip..."
10:4410:44, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,234 N Patients may not have any experience of the cow's milk because milk is never given to liver patients. But the liver patient may know that the cow has milk also, although he has never tasted it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"patients may not have any experience of the cow's milk because milk is never given to liver patients. But the liver patient ma..."
10:3810:38, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,240 N Those who do not believe in the existence of the ocean of milk because they have experience only of the salty water in the ocean should know that the world is also called the go, which means the cow Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who do not believe in the existence of the ocean of milk because they have experience only of the salty water in the oce..."
10:1310:13, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,056 N The pure devotee of the Lord thinks himself most unfortunate. That is due to excessive love for the Lord and is one of the transcendental perceptions of viraha, the suffering of separation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotee of the Lord thinks himself most unfortunate. That is due to excessive love for the Lord and is one of the tra..."
10:0710:07, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,214 N Uddhava lamented his own fortune also because although he knew Krsna to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he could not properly use the opportunity to render devotional service to the Lord. He regretted everyone's misfortune, including his own Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Uddhava lamented his own fortune also because although he knew Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he could..."
10:0210:02, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,741 N Members of the Yadu Dynasty were always in company with the Lord (Krsna) but were unable to recognize Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"who were always in company with the Lord but were unable to recognize Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}}..."
09:5909:59, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,944 N Foolish persons might have thought Him (Krsna) an extraordinary historic figure because they had no intimate touch with the Lord, but more unfortunate were the family members of the Lord, the members of the Yadu dynasty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"oolish persons might have thought Him an extraordinary historic figure because they had no intimate touch with the Lord, but m..."
09:5209:52, 7 July 2020 diff hist +5,176 N Although He (Krsna) exhibited His potencies as the Personality of Godhead in the six opulences of wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, the foolish persons of the world could not understand that He was the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although He exhibited His potencies as the Personality of Godhead in the six opulences of wealth, strength, fame, beauty, know..."
09:3109:31, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,537 N As at sunset the snakes become powerful, thieves are encouraged, ghosts become active, the lotus becomes disfigured and the cakravaki laments, so with the disappearance of Lord Krsna, the atheists feel enlivened, and the devotees become sorry Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As at sunset the snakes become powerful, thieves are encouraged, ghosts become active, the lotus becomes disfigured and the ca..."
09:2409:24, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,620 N As the sunrise takes place once in twenty-four hours, similarly the pastimes of Lord Krsna take place in a universe once in a daytime of Brahma, the account of which is given in the Bhagavad-gita as 4,300,000,000 solar years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the sunrise takes place once in twenty-four hours, similarly the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa take place in a universe once..."
09:1609:16, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,584 N As soon as one pastime is finished here, it is manifested in another universe. And thus His (Krsna's) nitya-lila, or eternal pastimes, are going on without ending Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one pastime is finished here, it is manifested in another universe. And thus His nitya-līlā, or eternal pastimes,..."
09:0909:09, 7 July 2020 diff hist +4,816 N As the sun appears in the morning & rises to the meridian & then again sets in 1 hemisphere while simultaneously rising in the other, so Krsna's disappearance in one universe & the beginning of His different pastimes in another take place simultaneously Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the sun appears in the morning and gradually rises to the meridian and then again sets in one hemisphere while simultaneous..."

18:1618:16, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,354 N The sun is always present either in India or in America, but when the sun is present in India, the American land is in darkness, and when the sun is present in America, the Indian hemisphere is in darkness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sun is always present either in India or in America, but when the sun is present in India, the American land is in darknes..."
18:1318:13, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,291 N The Lord is always present in some universe, just as the sun is present in either the eastern or the western hemisphere Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is always present in some universe, just as the sun is present in either the eastern or the western hemisphere"}} {{n..."
18:0418:04, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,739 N As long as He (Krsna) is present in a particular universe there is all transcendental light in that universe, but the universe from which He passes away is put into darkness. His pastimes, however, are everlasting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as long as He is present in a particular universe there is all transcendental light in that universe, but the universe from wh..."
17:5517:55, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,424 N Lord Krsna's appearance and disappearance are exactly like that of the sun. He appears and disappears in innumerable universes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa's appearance and disappearance are exactly like that of the sun. He appears and disappears in innumerable uni..."
17:4717:47, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,782 N The comparison of Krsna to the sun is very appropriate. As soon as the sun sets, darkness automatically appears. But the darkness experienced by the common man does not affect the sun itself either at the time of sunrise or of sunset Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The comparison of Kṛṣṇa to the sun is very appropriate. As soon as the sun sets, darkness automatically appears. But the..."
17:3417:34, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,531 N Uddhava was as much aggrieved as Vidura, and there was nothing further to be said about their welfare Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Uddhava was as much aggrieved as Vidura, and there was nothing further to be said about their welfare"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
16:5916:59, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,036 N Uddhava could understand Vidura's grief, therefore he first of all wanted to sympathize with him by saying that after sunset everyone is in darkness. Since the entire world was merged in the darkness of grief, neither them nor anyone else could be happy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Uddhava could understand the grief of Vidura, and therefore he first of all wanted to sympathize with him by saying that after..."
16:4216:42, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,950 N The disappearance of the Krsna sun may be explained as follows, according to the commentary of Visvanatha Cakravarti. Vidura was struck with sorrow when he got the hint of the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty as well as his own family, the Kuru dynasty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The disappearance of the Kṛṣṇa sun may be explained as follows, according to the commentary of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakr..."
16:0616:06, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,906 N Uddhava attained this stage (of love of Godhead) is evident from his dealings. He could simultaneously reach the supreme planet and still appear in this world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Uddhava attained this stage is evident from his dealings. He could simultaneously reach the supreme planet and still appear in..."
15:5315:53, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,773 N The devotee-gardener is in touch with the abode of the Lord even from the material plane by dint of performing devotional service to the Lord simply by hearing and chanting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee-gardener is in touch with the abode of the Lord even from the material plane by dint of performing devotional serv..."
15:3915:39, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,692 N The devotee, acting as a gardener, goes on pouring the water (on the seed of taste for devotional service to God) of constant hearing and chanting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotee, acting as a gardener, goes on pouring the water of constant hearing and chanting"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}..."
15:3015:30, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,037 N Taste is the seed of devotional service, and one who is fortunate enough to have received such a seed is advised to sow it in the core of his heart. As one cultivates a seed by pouring water to fructify it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"taste is the seed of devotional service, and one who is fortunate enough to have received such a seed is advised to sow it in..."

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