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13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m With great love and affection she (Sudama's wife) bowed down before her husband (Sudama), and within herself she thought of embracing him Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m While the learned brahmana (Sudama) was considering this, a group of beautiful men and women with features resembling those of the demigods, accompanied by musical chanters, approached to welcome him Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,686 m All the way home he (Sudama) simply remembered the dealings of Lord Krsna, and he felt very happy to have seen the Lord Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,758 m Sudama thought, "How can I appreciate my obligation to Him? When I was tired, Rukminidevi, the goddess of fortune, began to fan me, holding the camara whisk in her own hand. She never considered her exalted position as the first queen of Lord Krsna" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +10,780 m He (Sudama) enjoyed varieties of food by offering it to the Lord and then taking it as prasadam Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +11,446 m A devotee in an immature position of devotional service may, if offered great opulence, fall from his position due to being in the material world, the Lord (Krsna) does not offer opulence to him Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m In those parks there were nice lakes full of lotus flowers and beautiful lilies, and there were flocks of multicolored birds Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,243 m By constant association with Lord Krsna, whatever darkness of material contamination remained within his (Sudama) heart was completely cleared away, and very shortly he was transferred to the spiritual kingdom Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m When the brahmana (Sudama) saw his position suddenly changed to one of opulence, and when he could not determine the cause for such a sudden change, he began to consider very gravely how it had happened Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +3,791 m Lord Krsna engaged for a long time in talking with Sudama Vipra about their past association. Then, just to enjoy the company of an old friend, Lord Krsna began to smile and asked Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Sudama thought, "Without disturbing the cultivator with rain during the day, the cloud brings liberal rain at night just to satisfy him. And yet when the cultivator wakes up in the morning, he thinks that it has not rained enough" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m There were many whisks hanging from golden rods, and many golden thrones with sitting cushions as soft as lotus flowers. In various places there were velvet and silken canopies with laces of pearls hanging all around Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +6,631 m What the devotee actually offers the Lord (Krsna) is not needed by the Lord, for He is self-sufficient Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +6,757 m Lord Krsna, the Supersoul, knows everything in everyone’s heart. He knows everyone’s determination and everyone’s want. He knew, therefore, the reason for Sudama Vipra’s coming to Him Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +8,315 m Sudama thought, "The Lord (Krsna) was so kind to me that He did not give me even a farthing, knowing very well that I am a poverty-stricken man who, if I got some money, might become puffed up and mad after material opulence and so forget Him" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,924 m The unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, knows that many great personalities have fallen from their positions because of extravagant opulence Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +7,381 m Lord (Krsna) does not offer opulences to His devotee unless the devotee is thoroughly tested. Rather, if a neophyte devotee serves the Lord very sincerely and at the same time wants material opulence, the Lord keeps him from obtaining it Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Many other members of the Yadu dynasty who had come there with a view to atone for sinful activities accrued in the course of discharging their respective duties Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,914 m When food is offered to Krsna with love and devotion and He is pleased and accepts it from the devotee, Rukminidevi, the goddess of fortune, becomes so greatly obliged to the devotee that she has to go personally to the devotee’s home Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m The structure of the building stood on excellent transparent marble, with engravings made of emerald stones. All the women in the palace carried lamps made of valuable jewels Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Sudama thought, "If it is the same place where I used to live, then how has it so wonderfully changed?" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m She (Sudama's wife) was fully decorated with a gold necklace and ornaments, and while standing among the maidservants she appeared like a demigod’s wife just alighting from an airplane Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Material opulence can be the cause of degradation and also the cause of elevation, according to the purposes for which it is used Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m When the brahmana (Sudama) entered his personal apartment in the palace, he saw that it was not an apartment but the residence of the King of heaven. The palace was surrounded by many columns of jewels Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3713:37, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,455 m Actually he was living in Vaikuntha, because wherever Lord Krsna, the original Narayana, and Rukminidevi, the goddess of fortune, live is not different from the spiritual planets, Vaikunthaloka Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 81 - The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +9,236 m The goddess of fortune Rukminidevi personally began to fan him with the camara fan, but the other women in the palace were astonished at Lord Krsna's behavior in receiving the brahmana in that way Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m The brahmana entered one palace which was very gorgeously decorated. When he entered this beautiful palace, he felt that he was swimming in the ocean of transcendental pleasure. He felt himself constantly diving and surfacing in that transcendental ocean Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +6,506 m Krsna said, "We passed the whole night in that way, and early in the morning, when our absence became known to our gurudeva, he sent his other disciples to search us out" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,025 m Sudama said, "You (Krsna) played the role of a student and lived with us in the house of the guru" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,465 m Sudama said, "You (Krsna) adopted all these pastimes for Your pleasure only; otherwise there was no need for Your playing the role of a human being" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +8,143 m If one is able to do nothing more, he can simply bow down before the Lord and His representative and drink the caranamrta, the water which has washed the lotus feet of the Lord (Krsna) or His devotee Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,899 m Krsna said, "With great compassion our gurudeva said, "My dear boys, it is very wonderful that you have suffered so much trouble for me" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,600 m There are two kinds of transcendentalists, namely the impersonalists and the personalists. Visesa-jna refers to the personalists, who are interested in transcendental variegatedness Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m The amount of happiness and distress is already predestined for every living entity. No one can increase or decrease the happiness of the materialistic way of life Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,576 m Krsna said, "On account of the dust storm and the heavy rain, we began to feel greatly pained, and in whichever direction we turned we were bewildered" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +9,256 m Lord Sri Krsna is the supreme pure, but because He was playing the role of an ordinary human being, He immediately washed the brahmana’s feet and, for His own purification, sprinkled the water onto His head Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,295 m The Gurudeva said, "I am greatly pleased by your (Krsna and Sudama) acts, and I bless you: May all your desires and ambitions be fulfilled" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90'
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,367 m Krsna continued to talk with His brahmana friend, "My dear friend, I think you remember our activities during the days when we were living as students. You may remember that once we went to collect fuel from the forest on the order of the guru's wife" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +8,235 m The second-class devotee can consider the Vaisnavas, or the devotees of the Lord, to be representatives of Krsna, and the devotee who is just beginning Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +9,846 m It was of course very difficult to reach the palaces of the kings of the Yadu dynasty, but brahmanas were allowed to visit. When the brahmana friend of Lord Krsna went there, he, along with other brahmanas, had to pass through three military encampments Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,110 m Krsna said, "You (Sudama) may remember that heavy rainfall - it was not actually rainfall but a sort of devastation" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3613:36, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,045 m The Gurudeva said, "Thus you (Krsna and Sudama) will never be disappointed in this life or the next" Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krsna with Sudama Brahmana' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Lord Balarama next came to the bank of the river Narmada, the biggest river in central India. On the bank of this sacred Narmada is a pilgrimage spot known as Mahismati-puri Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +6,352 m At the point of the cape (known today as Cape Comorin) is a big temple of goddess Durga, who is known there as Kanyakumari Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +3,840 m The demon Balvala was flying in the sky, and at the first opportunity Lord Balarama dragged him down with His plow and angrily smashed the demon's head with His club Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m Both of them (Bhimasena and Duryodhana) then became like madmen in remembering the strong accusations and ill behavior they had exchanged with each other Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +5,903 m He (Balarama) then proceeded toward Malaya Hill. This hill is very great, and it is said to be one of seven peaks called the Malaya Hills Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m The mischievous demon Balvala began to shower torrents of stool and urine and other impure substances on the arena of sacrifice. After this onslaught, the demon himself appeared with a great trident in his hand Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +4,729 m He (Balarama) descended exactly like a human being and behaved in that way for His own purposes; we can only explain His activities as the Lord's pastimes Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current
13:3513:35, 16 July 2020 diff hist +42 m They (sages of Naimisaranya) understood that Lord Balarama, although a ksatriya, was now retired from the fighting business. The brahmanas and sages, who were always for peace and tranquillity, were very much pleased at this Moved from category 'Krsna Book Chapter 79 - The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarama's Touring the Sacred Places' to category 'Krsna Book Chapters 01 to 90' current

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