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2 August 2020

• 14:1614:16, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,307 m O Maharaja Pariksit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by Lord Indra Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 06 - The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1614:16, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m Although his commanders and captains were agitated and were about to kill the demigods, Maharaja Bali, seeing that the demigods were coming to him without a militant attitude, forbade his commanders to kill them Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 06 - The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1614:16, 2 August 2020 diff hist +1,640 m My dear Lord, who are always fully independent, this entire cosmic manifestation arises from You, rests upon You and ends in You Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 06 - The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1614:16, 2 August 2020 diff hist +1,943 m The mountain known as Mandara, which was extremely heavy, being made of gold, fell and smashed many demigods and demons Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 06 - The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1614:16, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m The proposals submitted by King Indra were immediately accepted by Bali Maharaja and his assistants, headed by Sambara and Aristanemi, and by all the other residents of Tripura Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 06 - The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,537 m For the sake of creation, maintenance and annihilation according to time, He accepts different forms as incarnations either in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion or the mode of ignorance Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +4,529 m Activities dedicated to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even if performed in small measure, never go in vain. The SPG, being the supreme father, is naturally very dear and always ready to act for the good of the living entities Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m Fire, which is born for the sake of accepting oblations in ritualistic ceremonies, is the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,690 m The sun-god marks the path of liberation, which is called arciradi-vartma Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +4,553 m He does not have a material body subject to the reactions of previous activities, and He is free from the ignorance of partiality and materialistic education Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:1314:13, 2 August 2020 diff hist +4,716 m I therefore take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, who is eternal, all-pervading and as great as the sky and who appears with six opulences in three yugas (Satya, Treta and Dvapara) Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 05 - The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +6,454 m I (Gajendra) offer my respectful obeisances unto You (God), who are the shelter of the Vedic knowledge contained in the sastras like the Pancaratras and Vedanta-sutra, which are Your representations, and who are the source of the parampara system Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,874 m Gajendra uttered the following words: "O my Lord, Narayana, master of the universe, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You" Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,545 m He is the supreme knower of everything in this world, the Supersoul of the universe. He is the unborn, supremely situated Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +4,866 m I offer my respectful obeisances to Vasudeva, who is all-pervading, to the Lord's fierce form as Lord Nrsimhadeva, to the Lord's form as an animal (Varahadeva), to Dattatreya, who preached impersonalism, to Lord Buddha, & to all the other incarnations Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +4,205 m An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,381 m He is different from the cause and the result. I surrender unto Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is self-sufficient in everything Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,085 m The King of the elephants, Gajendra, said: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Person, Vasudeva (om namo bhagavate vasudevaya) Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,415 m None of them approached him. However, because Lord Hari is the Supersoul, Purusottama, the Personality of Godhead, He appeared before Gajendra Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,887 m Neither the demigods and sages nor the unintelligent can understand the features of the Lord, nor can they express in words His actual position. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,441 m He is not a material quality, a fruitive activity, a manifestation or nonmanifestation. He is the last word in the discrimination of "not this, not this," and He is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,939 m Unalloyed devotees, who have no desire other than to serve the Lord, worship Him in full surrender and always hear and chant about His activities, which are most wonderful and auspicious Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0814:08, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,184 m The SPG has no material birth, activities, name, form, qualities or faults. To fulfill the purpose for which this material world is created and destroyed, He comes in the form of a human being like Lord Rama or Lord Krsna by His original internal potency Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 03 - Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0714:07, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m The sounds of the waterfalls on the mountain create a pleasing vibration. In this way the mountain stands, increasing the beauty of all directions Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 02 - The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0614:06, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,299 m I therefore surrender unto Him, the great and powerful supreme authority who is the actual shelter of everyone Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 02 - The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0614:06, 2 August 2020 diff hist +6,600 m Everyone should worship the Supersoul, who always stays with the individual soul as a friend Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 01 - The Manus, Administrators of the Universe' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0614:06, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,159 m The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no beginning, no end and no middle. Nor does He belong to a particular person or nation. He has no inside or outside Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 01 - The Manus, Administrators of the Universe' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0614:06, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,168 m The universe, which emanates from Him, is another feature of the Lord. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the ultimate truth, and He is complete in greatness Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 01 - The Manus, Administrators of the Universe' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0514:05, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,254 m The son of Agni named Svarocisa became the second Manu. His several sons were headed by Dyumat, Susena and Rocismat Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 01 - The Manus, Administrators of the Universe' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 14:0514:05, 2 August 2020 diff hist +6,797 m Unless one begins by performing activities as recommended in the sastras, one cannot reach the stage of liberation, or activities that produce no reactions Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 01 - The Manus, Administrators of the Universe' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +6,404 m Transcendentalists who are advanced in knowledge compare the body, which is made by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to a chariot Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m On his path of ascent, the progressive living entity enters the different worlds of fire, the sun, the day, the end of the day, the bright fortnight, the full moon, and the passing of the sun in the north, along with their presiding demigods Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +1,989 m When suitable food prepared with ghee is offered to saintly persons, the function is pleasing to the forefathers and the Supreme Lord, who are never pleased when animals are killed in the name of sacrifice Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m O King Yudhisthira, because of your service to the Supreme Lord, all of you Pandavas defeated the greatest dangers posed by numerous kings and demigods Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,659 m Once there was a sankirtana festival to glorify the Supreme Lord in an assembly of the demigods, and the Gandharvas and Apsaras were invited by the prajapatis to take part in it Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m When the ultimate goal and interest of one's self, one's wife, one's children, one's relatives and all other embodied living beings is one, this is called dravyadvaita, or oneness of interest Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,841 m When the yogi regularly practices in this way, in a short time his heart becomes fixed and free from disturbance, like a fire without flames or smoke Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5513:55, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m Those who are intelligent in regard to sacrifice, who are actually aware of religious principles and who are free from material desires, control the self in the fire of spiritual knowledge, or knowledge of the Absolute Truth Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 15 - Instructions for Civilized Human Beings' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5413:54, 2 August 2020 diff hist +7,186 m A grhastha must associate again and again with saintly persons, and with great respect he must hear the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Lord and His incarnations as these activities are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Puranas Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 14 - Ideal Family Life' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations'
• 13:5313:53, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m Prahlada Maharaja, you are certainly a self-realized soul and a devotee of the Supreme Lord. You do not care for public opinion or so-called scriptures. For this reason I have described to you without hesitation the history of my self-realization Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 13 - The Behavior of a Perfect Person' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5313:53, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m To cover my body I use whatever is available, whether it be linen, silk, cotton, bark or deerskin, according to my destiny, and I am fully satisfied and unagitated Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 13 - The Behavior of a Perfect Person' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5313:53, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m The sannyasi should always try to see the Supreme pervading everything and see everything, including this universe, resting on the Supreme Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 13 - The Behavior of a Perfect Person' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5313:53, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,944 m A peaceful, equipoised person who's factually advanced in spiritual consciousness doesn't need to accept the symbols of a sannyasi, such as the tridanda & kamandalu. According to necessity, he may sometimes accept those symbols and sometimes reject them Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 13 - The Behavior of a Perfect Person' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5213:52, 2 August 2020 diff hist +2,550 m By practicing in this way, whether one be in the brahmacari-asrama, grhastha-asrama, vanaprastha-asrama or sannyasa-asrama, one must always realize the all-pervading presence of the Supreme Lord, for in this way it is possible to understand the AT Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 12 - The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5213:52, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m Chaste women should collect the household paraphernalia and keep the house always aromatic with incense and flowers and must be ready to execute the desires of her husband Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 11 - The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5213:52, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m If one acts in his profession according to his position in the modes of nature and gradually gives up these activities, he attains the niskama stage Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 11 - The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5213:52, 2 August 2020 diff hist +5,812 m These thirty qualifications must be acquired in the human form of life. Simply by acquiring these qualifications, one can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 11 - The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5013:50, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m My dear King Yudhisthira, because of these three dwellings the commanders of the demons remained invisible to the demigods. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the demons, remembering their former enmity, began to vanquish the three worlds Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 10 - Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5013:50, 2 August 2020 diff hist +73 m My dear King Yudhisthira, long, long ago in history, a demon known as Maya Danava, who was very expert in technical knowledge, reduced the reputation of Lord Siva. In that situation, Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, saved Lord Siva Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 10 - Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current
• 13:5013:50, 2 August 2020 diff hist +3,840 m O my worshipable Lord, because the seed of lusty desires, which is the root cause of material existence, is within the core of everyone's heart, You have sent me to this material world to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee Moved from category 'Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 10 - Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees' to category 'Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations' current