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• 11:22, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Grief in separation exists even in the Absolute, but such feelings of separation in the spiritual world are transcendentally blissful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Grief in separation exists even in the Absolute, but such feelings of separation in the spiritual world are transcendentally b...")
• 11:19, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the spiritual world also there are feelings of separation, but such feelings are considered spiritual bliss (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world also there are feelings of separation, but such feelings are considered spiritual bliss"}} {{notes|}} {...")
• 10:49, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It was impossible for Sītādevī to live in separation from Lord Rāmacandra. Therefore, after entrusting her two sons to the care of Vālmīki Muni, she entered into the earth (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was impossible for Sītādevī to live in separation from Lord Rāmacandra. Therefore, after entrusting her two sons to the...")
• 10:41, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Aspiring to possess more and more for personal sense gratification is simply ignorance, and this ignorance is conspicuous by its absence from the heart of a brahmana or Vaisnava (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Aspiring to possess more and more for personal sense gratification is simply ignorance, and this ignorance is conspicuous by i...")
• 10:36, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The brahmanas and Vaisnavas are not greedy for material wealth. An example of this was given by Vamanadeva. Acting as a brahmacari, Lord Vamanadeva wanted only three paces of land (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An example of this was given by Vamanadeva. Acting as a brahmacari, Lord Vamanadeva wanted only three paces of land"}} {{notes...")
• 09:02, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Brahmanas are always enlightened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the heart - sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca - BG 15.15 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmanas are always enlightened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the heart"|"sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto matta...")
• 08:59, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who becomes a devotee for some material profit is not a pure devotee (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who becomes a devotee for some material profit is not a pure devotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL...")
• 08:50, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When Prahlada Maharaja was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, he refused to accept it and instead declared that a devotee should not be like a vanik, a mercantile man who gives something in exchange for some profit (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered a benediction by Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, he also refused to accept it and instead declared...")
• 08:47, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When Dhruva Maharaja was offered a benediction by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he replied, - O my Lord, I am fully satisfied. I do not need any material benediction (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Dhruva Mahārāja was offered a benediction by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he replied"|"O my Lord, I am fully sat...")
• 08:38, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A ksatriya's duty is to give charity, & a brahmana's duty is to accept charity, but not more than needed to maintain body & soul together. Therefore, when the brahmanas were given so much land by Lord Ramacandra, they returned it to Him & were not greedy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A kṣatriya's duty is to give charity, and a brāhmaṇa's duty is to accept charity, but not more than needed to maintain bo...")
• 08:32, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The word data refers to one who gives charity very liberally. The kings always kept a large quantity of food grains in stock, and whenever there was any scarcity of grains, they would distribute grains in charity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word dātā refers to one who gives charity very liberally. The kings always kept a large quantity of food grains in stock...")
• 08:29, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Danam isvara-bhavah. On one hand, ksatriyas have the propensity to rule, but on the other they are very liberal with charity. When Maharaja Yudhisthira gave charity, he engaged Karna to take charge of distributing it. Karna was very famous as Data Karna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dānam īśvara-bhāvaḥ. On one hand, kṣatriyas have the propensity to rule, but on the other they are very liberal with c...")
• 06:33, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Visvamitra blessed the obedient sons to become the fathers of sons. Otherwise they too would have been cursed to be sonless mlecchas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"blessed the obedient sons to become the fathers of sons. Otherwise they too would have been cursed to be sonless mlecchas"}} {...")
• 06:29, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Of the one hundred sons, half disobeyed Visvamitra by not accepting Sunahsepha as their eldest brother, but the other half accepted his order. Therefore the father blessed the obedient sons to become the fathers of sons (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of the one hundred sons, half disobeyed Visvamitra by not accepting Sunahsepha as their eldest brother, but the other half acc...")
• 06:21, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page At that time (at the end of Kali-yuga) the incarnation Kalki will appear. Mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi kara-balam. He will kill all the mlecchas indiscriminately with his sword (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time the incarnation Kalki will appear. Mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi kara-bālam. He will kill all the mlecchas ind...")
• 06:16, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This is only the beginning of Kali-yuga, but at the end of Kali-yuga the entire population will consist of mlecchas because no one will follow the Vedic principles (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is only the beginning of Kali-yuga, but at the end of Kali-yuga the entire population will consist of mlecchas because no...")
• 06:10, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Visvamitra Muni cursed his sons to become mlecchas. But in the present age, Kali-yuga, there is no need of cursing, for people are automatically mlecchas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viśvāmitra Muni cursed his sons to become mlecchas. But in the present age, Kali-yuga, there is no need of cursing, for peop...")
• 06:04, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In Vedic literature there are names like mleccha and yavana. The mlecchas are understood to be those who do not follow the Vedic principles. In former days, the mlecchas were fewer, and Visvamitra Muni cursed his sons to become mlecchas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vedic literature there are names like mleccha and yavana. The mlecchas are understood to be those who do not follow the Ved...")
• 06:00, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sunahsepha was sold to Maharaja Hariscandra because he was the middle son, between the oldest and the youngest. It appears that the sacrifice of a man as an animal in yajna has been practiced for a very long time (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śunaḥśepha was sold to Mahārāja Hariścandra because he was the middle son, between the oldest and the youngest. It appe...")
• 05:53, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura quotes this statement from the Vedas: tasya ha visvamitrasyaika-satam putra asuh pancasad eva jyayamso madhucchandasah pancasat kaniyamsah. Visvamitra had 101 sons. Fifty were older than Madhucchanda and fifty younger (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura quotes this statement from the Vedas"|"tasya ha viśvāmitrasyaika-śataṁ putrā...")
• 05:44, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page To know who is a brahmana and who is a ksatriya, one must consider a man's quality and work (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To know who is a brāhmaṇa and who is a kṣatriya, one must consider a man's quality and work"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Shar...")
• 05:24, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One's status does not depend upon birth. As confirmed in SB 7.11.35 by Narada: If one shows the symptoms of being a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, even if he has appeared in a different class, he should be accepted according to those symptoms (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's status does not depend upon birth. As confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"by Nārada"|"If one shows the symptoms of bein...")
• 05:13, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page These histories (of Parasurama and Visvamitra) confirm the statements in sastra that a brahmana may become a ksatriya, a ksatriya may become a brahmana or vaisya, and a vaisya may become a brahmana, by achieving the required qualities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These histories confirm the statements in śāstra that a brāhmaṇa may become a kṣatriya, a kṣatriya may become a brāh...")
• 05:03, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although Visvamitra was born in a ksatriya family, by austerities and penances he achieved the position of a brahmana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Viśvāmitra was born in a kṣatriya family, by austerities and penances he achieved the position of a brāhmaṇa"}...")
• 04:54, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page After finishing Parasurama's work as a ksatriya, he again became a brahmana and returned to Mahendra-parvata (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"after finishing his work as a kṣatriya, he again became a brāhmaṇa and returned to Mahendra-parvata"}} {{notes|}} {{compi...")
• 04:51, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page From the history of Parasurama we can understand that although Parasurama belonged to the brahminical group, he circumstantially had to work as a ksatriya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the history of Parasurama we can understand that although Parasurama belonged to the brahminical group, he circumstantial...")
• 04:48, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Having narrated the history of Lord Parasurama, Sukadeva Gosvami begins the history of Visvamitra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"having narrated the history of Lord Paraśurāma, Śukadeva Gosvāmī begins the history of Viśvāmitra"}} {{notes|}} {{compi...")
• 04:33, 25 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The upper portion of the universe is called the north, and the lower portion is called the south. Even in our ordinary dealings, while studying a map, we regard the upper portion of the map as north (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The upper portion of the universe is called the north, and the lower portion is called the south. Even in our ordinary dealing...")
• 17:47, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We are surrounded by unlimited sins, and therefore it is compulsory that one take to Krsna consciousness and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are surrounded by unlimited sins, and therefore it is compulsory that one take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and chant the H...")
• 17:44, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The performance of sankirtana-yajna is a special concession for human society to save people from being affected by known or unknown sinful activities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The performance of saṅkīrtana-yajña is a special concession for human society to save people from being affected by known...")
• 17:37, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam: although He (Lord Caitanya) is Krsna Himself, He always chants Hare Krsna and preaches Krsna consciousness. One is recommended to worship this incarnation by chanting, the sankirtana-yajna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam"|"although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, He always chants Hare Kṛṣṇa and preach...")
• 17:31, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In this age of Kali, however, there is a great concession given to people in general. Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah: (SB 11.5.32) we may worship Lord Caitanya, the hidden incarnation of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age of Kali, however, there is a great concession given to people in general. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajant...")
• 16:00, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Anyone in this world, however careful he may be, must commit some sinful activities, even though he does not want to. For example, one may trample many small ants and other insects while walking on the street and kill many living beings unknowingly (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone in this material world, however careful he may be, must commit some sinful activities, even though he does not want to....")
• 15:52, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although Lord Parasurama was an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he had to account for sinful activities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Lord Paraśurāma was an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he had to account for sinful activities"}...")
• 15:50, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The whole problem of life is this repetition of birth and death. Therefore one is advised to work to perform yajna meant for satisfying Lord Visnu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The whole problem of life is this repetition of birth and death. Therefore one is advised to work to perform yajña meant for...")
• 15:44, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Yajnarthat karmano 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanah: - Work done as a sacrifice for Visnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Karma-bandhanah refers to the repeated acceptance of one material body after another (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ"|"Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed, ot...")
• 14:16, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The tract of land in India between the Himalaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Aryavarta (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The tract of land in India between the Himalaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Āryāvarta"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler...")
• 14:10, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page If the government becomes irresponsible and sinful, not caring for brahminical culture, there will certainly be an incarnation of God like Parasurama to create a devastation by fire, famine, pestilence or some other calamity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if the government becomes irresponsible and sinful, not caring for brahminical culture, there will certainly be an incarnation...")
• 13:59, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Brahminical culture is enjoined in the sastra, especially in Bhagavad-gita - catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah - BG 4.13 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahminical culture is enjoined in the śāstra, especially in Bhagavad-gītā"|"cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇ...")
• 12:20, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The ksatriyas had killed his father was only a plea; the real fact is that because the ksatriyas, the ruling class, had become polluted, their position was inauspicious (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the kṣatriyas had killed his father was only a plea; the real fact is that because the kṣatriyas, the ruling class, had be...")
• 12:03, 24 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Whether one be Kartaviryarjuna, Lord Parasurama, Jamadagni or whoever one may be, one must act very cautiously and sagaciously; otherwise one must suffer the results of sinful activities. This is the lesson we receive from Vedic literature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"whether one be Kārtavīryārjuna, Lord Paraśurāma, Jamadagni or whoever one may be, one must act very cautiously and sagaci...")
• 18:37, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Jamadagni was killed by the sons of Kartaviryarjuna, as described herein (SB 9.16.9). Lord Parasurama was also infected by sin because of killing Kartaviryarjuna, although this was not very offensive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jamadagni was killed by the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna, as described herein. Lord Paraśurāma was also infected by sin becaus...")
• 17:10, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Jamadagni was certainly very powerful due to his austerities, but because of a slight offense by his poor wife, Renuka, he ordered that she be killed. This certainly was a sinful act (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jamadagni was certainly very powerful due to his austerities, but because of a slight offense by his poor wife, Reṇukā, he...")
• 16:09, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Parasurama thought that when his father was pleased, Parasurama would ask the benediction of having his mother and brothers brought back to life. Parasurama was confident in this regard, and therefore he agreed to kill his mother and brothers (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when his father was pleased, Paraśurāma would ask the benediction of having his mother and brothers brought back to life. Pa...")
• 16:05, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Parasurama thought that if he refused to carry out the order he would be cursed, but if he carried it out his father would be pleased (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"thought that if he refused to carry out the order he would be cursed, but if he carried it out his father would be pleased"}}...")
• 15:54, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The word prabhava jnah is significant (in SB 9.16.6). Parasurama knew the prowess of his father, and therefore he agreed to carry out his father's order (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word prabhāva jñaḥ is significant. Paraśurāma knew the prowess of his father, and therefore he agreed to carry out h...")
• 15:36, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This is the Lord's mission (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam). After executing His complete mission, the Lord returned to His home, Goloka Vrndavana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the Lord's mission (paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām). After executing His complete mission,...")
• 15:30, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs deleted page In the human form of life, one must learn these two things - how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life (content was: "#REDIRECT In the human form of life, one must learn these two things—how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life. This is the Lord's mission", and the only contributor was "SharmisthaK" (talk))
• 15:27, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs moved page In the human form of life, one must learn these two things - how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life to In the human form of life, one must learn these two things—how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life. This is the Lord's mission
• 15:22, 23 January 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Finally, Lord Krsna instructed Uddhava about the transcendental life of devotional service, and then, in due course of time, He returned to His abode (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Finally, Lord Kṛṣṇa instructed Uddhava about the transcendental life of devotional service, and then, in due course of t...")