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14:5314:53, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,993 N Materialists, who are especially interested in sense gratification, are given permission or license to enjoy sense gratification by executing the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. That is called traigunya-visaya vedah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"materialists, who are especially interested in sense gratification, are given permission or license to enjoy sense gratificati..."
14:4914:49, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,109 N The Vedic ritualistic ceremonies are certainly meant to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. However, by such activities one does not factually satisfy the Lord. Rather, with the sanction of the Lord, one tries to satisfy one's own senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic ritualistic ceremonies are certainly meant to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu. However, by..."
14:3814:38, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,711 N The activities Arjuna was advised to perform were the transcendental activities of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The activities Arjuna was advised to perform were the transcendental activities of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..." current
14:3614:36, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,849 N The ritualistic performances recommended in the Vedas mainly depend on the three modes of material nature. Consequently Arjuna was advised to transcend the Vedic activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ritualistic performances recommended in the Vedas mainly depend on the three modes of material nature. Consequently Arjuna..." current
14:3214:32, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,984 N Lord Visnu informed Prthu Maharaja that although the sacrificial performances set an example for ordinary people, there was no need for such sacrificial performances as far as his personal self was concerned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu informed Pṛthu Mahārāja that although the sacrificial performances set an example for ordinary people, ther..."
14:2614:26, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,173 N Another kind of illusion is to think that one will become happy by trying to satisfy the desires that arise from the illusory body or by attaining elevation to the higher planets or by performing various types of Vedic rituals. This is all illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another kind of illusion is to think that one will become happy by trying to satisfy the desires that arise from the illusory..."
14:2214:22, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,630 N In the bodily conception, when we think that sense gratification will help us, we are in illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the bodily conception, when we think that sense gratification will help us, we are in illusion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nir..."
14:2014:20, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,960 N As stated in a previous verse (SB 4.20.4), those with good intellect (sudhiyah) do not accept themselves to be the body. Being a creation of nescience, the body has two types of activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in a previous verse, those with good intellect"|"sudhiyaḥ"|"do not accept themselves to be the body. Being a creat..."
14:0714:07, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,748 N Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line (of parampara); therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a conception of bodily existence, is always bewildered by the modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordi..."
14:0214:02, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,202 No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the parampara system No edit summary current
14:0114:01, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,326 N In this verse (SB 4.20.4) the word vrddha-sevaya is very significant. Vrddha means "old." Sevaya means "by service." Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word vṛddha-sevayā is very significant. Vṛddha means"|"old"|"Sevayā means"|"by service"}} {{notes|}} {..."
13:4713:47, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,987 N One who is both devoted and highly advanced in intelligence does not take action against the soul or the body. If there is any discrepancy, he forgives. It is said that forgiveness is a quality of those who are advancing in spiritual knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is both devoted and highly advanced in intelligence does not take action against the soul or the body. If there is any..."
13:4313:43, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,594 N Advanced transcendentalists are called sudhiyah. Sudhi means "intelligence," sudhi means "highly advanced," and sudhi means "devotee." Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Advanced transcendentalists are called sudhiyaḥ. Sudhī means"|"sudhī means"|"highly advanced"|"and sudhī means"|"devotee"..."
13:3013:30, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,508 The body is only a superficial covering, and consequently an advanced transcendentalist will not make a distinction between one self and another No edit summary current
11:3111:31, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,255 N Daksa was very influential and opulent. In his own turn, Daksa engaged other Prajapatis, headed by Marici. In this way the population of the universe increased Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dakṣa was very influential and opulent. In his own turn, Dakṣa engaged other Prajāpatis, headed by Marīci. In this way t..."
11:2911:29, 19 October 2020 diff hist +2,067 N Daksa became almost as powerful as Lord Brahma. Consequently, Lord Brahma engaged him in generating population Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dakṣa became almost as powerful as Lord Brahmā. Consequently, Lord Brahmā engaged him in generating population"}} {{notes|..." current
11:1711:17, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,515 N The controversy of the Daksa-yajna took place in the Svayambhuva manvantara period. As a result, Daksa was punished by Lord Siva, but by virtue of his prayers to Lord Siva he became eligible to regain his former opulence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The controversy of the Dakṣa-yajña took place in the Svāyambhuva manvantara period. As a result, Dakṣa was punished by L..."
11:1311:13, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,398 N Each Manu lives 4,320,000 years multiplied by 71. The present Manu has already lived for 4,320,000 years multiplied by 28. All these long life-spans are ultimately ended by the laws of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Each Manu lives 4,320,000 years multiplied by 71. The present Manu has already lived for 4,320,000 years multiplied by 28. All..."
11:0311:03, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,272 N The word jagad-anda-natha means Lord Brahma. There are innumerable jagad-anda-natha Brahmas, and thus we can calculate the many Manus. The present age is under the control of Vaivasvata Manu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word jagad-aṇḍa-nātha means Lord Brahmā. There are innumerable jagad-aṇḍa-nātha Brahmās, and thus we can calcu..."
10:5410:54, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,030 N All these Manus come and go simply by the breathing process of Maha-Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these Manus come and go simply by the breathing process of Mahā-Viṣṇu"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|AL..." current
10:5110:51, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,457 N Brahma has to live for one hundred years; consequently, the total of Manus appearing and disappearing during the life of one Brahma is 504,000. This is the calculation for one universe, and there are innumerable universes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā has to live for one hundred years; consequently, the total of Manus appearing and disappearing during the life of one..."
10:4210:42, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,031 N There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahma. In a year there are 5,040 Manus Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus there are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahmā. In a year there are 5,040 Manus"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{compl..."
10:3810:38, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,697 N The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahma are as follows: (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Savarni, (9) Daksasavarni, (10) Brahma-savarni, ( 11) Dharma-savarni, (12) Rudra-savarni, (13) Deva-savarni and (14) Indra-savarni Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahmā are as follows"|"(7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣasāvarṇi,..."
10:3610:36, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,529 N The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahma are as follows: (1) Svayambhuva, (2) Svarocisa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tamasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Caksusa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahmā are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tām..."
10:3410:34, 19 October 2020 diff hist +4,705 N Brahma's one day consists of one thousand cycles of the four yugas - Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. In that one day there are fourteen manvantaras, and out of these manvantaras this Caksusa manvantara is the sixth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā's one day consists of one thousand cycles of the four yugas—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. In that one day there..."
10:0610:06, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,676 N It is said in Bhagavatam (1.1.10): mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah. The total population in this age of Kali-yuga is very bad, lazy, unfortunate and disturbed by material conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is said in Bhāgavatam"|"mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ. The total population in this age of Kali-..."
10:0310:03, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,850 N Unfortunately, people in this modern age do not know how these laws are working. Having no knowledge of the eternity of the spirit soul and its transmigration, the population of the present age is in the greatest ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, people in this modern age do not know how these laws are working. Having no knowledge of the eternity of the sp..."
09:3709:37, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,830 N Although he (Daksa) had to give up his body and take birth from the womb of a woman impregnated by the semen of a ksatriya, he received all opulence by the grace of Lord Siva. These are the subtle laws of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although he had to give up his body and take birth from the womb of a woman impregnated by the semen of a kṣatriya, he recei..."
09:3209:32, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,390 N At the end of the Daksa-yajna and the disastrous incidents there, Daksa offered his prayer to Lord Siva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the end of the Dakṣa-yajña and the disastrous incidents there, Dakṣa offered his prayer to Lord Śiva"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
09:2509:25, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,657 N In the Daksa-yajna arena, he (Daksa) was once killed by Lord Siva's servant, Virabhadra. Because that was not sufficient, he again took birth, from the womb of Marisa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Dakṣa-yajña arena, he was once killed by Lord Śiva's servant, Vīrabhadra. Because that was not sufficient, he agai..."
09:1709:17, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,732 N He (Daksa) became the son of the Pracetas. Not only that, but because of his disrespecting Lord Siva, he had to undergo the tribulation of taking birth from within the womb of a woman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he became the son of the Pracetās. Not only that, but because of his disrespecting Lord Śiva, he had to undergo the tribulat..."
09:1209:12, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,886 N King Daksa was the son of Lord Brahma; therefore in a previous birth he was a brahmana, but because of his behaving like a non-brahmana (abrahmana) by insulting or disrespecting Lord Mahadeva, he had to take birth within the semen of a ksatriya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"King Dakṣa was the son of Lord Brahmā; therefore in a previous birth he was a brāhmaṇa, but because of his behaving like..."
09:0809:08, 19 October 2020 diff hist +3,225 N In this connection (SB 4.30.48) the word mahad-avajnanat is significant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this connection the word mahad-avajñānāt is significant"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-..." current

23:1923:19, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,294 N The Pracetas were engaged in burning all the trees to ashes, and they considered the trees their enemies. To pacify the Pracetas, the predominating deity of the trees, under the advice of Lord Brahma, delivered the daughter Marisa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Pracetās were engaged in burning all the trees to ashes, and they considered the trees their enemies. To pacify the Prace..."
23:1723:17, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,956 N In Vedic literatures we find that there is a controlling deity of the water; similarly, there is a controlling deity of the trees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vedic literatures we find that there is a controlling deity of the water; similarly, there is a controlling deity of the tr..."
23:1523:15, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,186 N It was the predominating deity of the trees that delivered the daughter (Marisa). In this connection, Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada states, vrksah tad-adhisthatr-devatah: "The 'trees' means the controlling deity of those trees." Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was the predominating deity of the trees that delivered the daughter. In this connection, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhupā..."
23:1123:11, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,297 N This child (of Pramloca and Kandu) was cared for by the trees, and when she grew up, by the order of Lord Brahma, she was delivered to the Pracetas as their wife. The name of the girl was Marisa, as the next verse (SB 4.30.47) will explain Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This child was cared for by the trees, and when she grew up, by the order of Lord Brahmā, she was delivered to the Pracetās..."
23:0723:07, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,842 N The daughter of the trees is referred to in text 13 of this chapter (SB 4.30). This daughter was born of Kandu and Pramloca Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The daughter of the trees is referred to in text 13 of this chapter. This daughter was born of Kaṇḍu and Pramlocā"}} {{no..."
22:5822:58, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,244 N Brahma pacified the sons of King Barhisman (the Pracetas) with good logic Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He consequently pacified the sons of King Barhiṣmān with good logic"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..." current
22:4922:49, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,636 N A king controls and rules in various ways among citizens; similarly, one who can control his senses is the king of his senses. He is a svami or gosvami. The svamis and gosvamis are therefore sometimes addressed as maharaja, or king Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A king controls and rules in various ways among citizens; similarly, one who can control his senses is the king of his senses...." current
22:4322:43, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,318 N Advanced devotees can control their senses; therefore a devotee can be addressed as rajan - king Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Advanced devotees can control their senses; therefore a devotee can be addressed as rājan"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {..."
22:4022:40, 18 October 2020 diff hist +2,756 N In this verse (SB 4.30.45) Vidura is addressed as rajan, which means "O King." In this regard, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that a dhira never becomes angry because he is always situated in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse Vidura is addressed as rājan, which means"|"O King"|"In this regard, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākur..."
22:3122:31, 18 October 2020 diff hist +4,406 In this way (one need only work to produce grains and take care of the cows. The wood found in the jungles may be used for constructing cottages) the economic problem of humanity can be solved No edit summary current
22:2722:27, 18 October 2020 diff hist +4,064 N The sons (King Pracinabarhisat), the Pracetas, were ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to come out of the water and go to the kingdom of their father in order to take care of that kingdom Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sons, the Pracetās, were ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to come out of the water and go to the kingdom of..."
22:2222:22, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,876 N King Pracinabarhisat left his kingdom before his sons arrived after their execution of penance and austerity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"King Prācīnabarhiṣat left his kingdom before his sons arrived after their execution of penance and austerity"}} {{notes|}}..."
22:0722:07, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,175 N Although the Supreme Lord has unlimited kindness for His devotees, He is not attached to anyone. He is equally kind to His innumerable devotees all over the creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although the Supreme Lord has unlimited kindness for His devotees, He is not attached to anyone. He is equally kind to His inn..."
22:0222:02, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,604 N Although the Pracetas desired to see the Lord to their full satisfaction, the Lord left. According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, this is an exhibition of His kindness to innumerable other devotees. Although He was being attracted by the Pracetas, He left Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Pracetās desired to see the Lord to their full satisfaction, the Lord left. According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī..."
21:5821:58, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,076 N The prowess of the Supreme Personality of Godhead always contains six basic opulences, one of which is renunciation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prowess of the Supreme Personality of Godhead always contains six basic opulences, one of which is renunciation"}} {{notes..." current
21:5621:56, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,128 N The word anapavarga-virya is significant in this verse (SB 4.30.43). The word ana means "without," pavarga means "the materialistic way of life," and virya means - prowess Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word anapavarga-vīrya is significant in this verse. The word ana means"|"pavarga means"|"the materialistic way of life"|"..."
21:3521:35, 18 October 2020 diff hist +3,343 N One should not think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a material body, like ours Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a material body, like ours"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}}..." current

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