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21 June 2021

• 19:0119:01, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,722 N He (Krsna) tells Arjuna that He is relating this supreme secret to him because he is His devotee and His friend. The purport of this is that Bhagavad-gita is a treatise which is especially meant for the devotee of the Lord. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He tells Arjuna that He is relating this supreme secret to him because he is His devotee and His friend. The purport of this i..."
• 18:5518:55, 21 June 2021 diff hist +78,017 N By disciplic succession, one speaker after another, this yoga system has been coming down. in the course of time it has become lost. Consequently the Lord has to speak it again, this time to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by disciplic succession, one speaker after another, this yoga system has been coming down. But in the course of time it has be..."
• 18:5318:53, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,799 N The Lord informs Arjuna that this system of yoga, the Bhagavad-gita, was first spoken to the sun-god, and the sun-god explained it to Manu, and Manu explained it to Iksvaku. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord informs Arjuna that this system of"|"yoga"|"was first spoken to the sun-god, and the sun-god explained it to Manu, an..."
• 18:4418:44, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,567 N We should take Bhagavad-gita as it is directed by the Personality of Godhead Himself. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as it is directed by the Personality of Godhead Himself"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-0..." current
• 18:4118:41, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,935 N The Lord Himself also establishes Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Bhagavad-gita, & He is accepted as such in the Brahma-samhita & all the Puranas, especially the Srimad-Bhagavatam, known as the Bhagavata Purana. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord Himself also establishes Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in"|"He is accepted as such"|"Brahma-saṁhit..." current
• 18:3318:33, 21 June 2021 diff hist +78,250 N Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as is confirmed by all great acaryas (spiritual masters) like Sankaracarya, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka Svami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and many other authorities of Vedic knowledge. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we should know that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as is confirmed by all great"|"ācāryas"|"s..."
• 18:2718:27, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,916 N The word "bhagavan" sometimes refers to any powerful person or any powerful demigod, and certainly here (in Bhagavad Gita ) Bhagavan designates Lord Sri Krsna as a great personality. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sometimes refers to any powerful person or any powerful demigod, and certainly here"|"designates Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as a g..."
• 18:2018:20, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,968 N The speaker of Bhagavad-gita is Lord Sri Krsna. He is mentioned on every page of Bhagavad-gita as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The speaker"|"is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is mentioned on every page"|"as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān"}} {..."
• 18:1318:13, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,971 N It (medicine) must be taken according to the directions on the label or the directions given by a physician. Similarly, Bhagavad-gita should be taken or accepted as it is directed by the speaker himself. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It must be taken according to the directions on the label or the directions given by a physician. Similarly"|"should be taken..." current
• 18:0518:05, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,702 N If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the directions written on the label. We cannot take the medicine according to our own whim or the direction of a friend. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the directions written on the label. We cannot take the medic..."
• 18:0018:00, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,358 N The spirit of Bhagavad-gita is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita itself. It is just like this. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is just like this"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-06-21T18:00:11Z}} {{last|2021-06-21T..."
• 17:5517:55, 21 June 2021 diff hist −11 Not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the commentator has expressed his own opinions without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-gita as it is. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 21 June 2021 diff hist +78,015 N Not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the commentator has expressed his own opinions without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-gita as it is. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of th..."
• 17:4917:49, 21 June 2021 diff hist +78,098 N An American lady asked me (Prabhupada) to recommend an English translation of BG. in America there are so many editions of BG available in English, but as far as I have seen, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"an American lady asked me to recommend an English translation of"|"Of course in America there are so many editions of"|"availa..." current
• 17:4017:40, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,738 N There are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and one may question the necessity for another one. This present edition can be explained in the following way. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gītā, and one may question the necessity for another one. This presen..."
• 17:3517:35, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,654 N Bhagavad-gita is also known as Gitopanisad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanisads in Vedic literature. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā is also known as Gītopaniṣad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upaniṣad..."
• 17:3117:31, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,428 N I offer my obeisances to Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and all others in the line of devotion. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others..." current
• 17:2817:28, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,681 N I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaisnava devotees of the Lord who can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and who are full of compassion for the fallen souls. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord who can fulfill the desires of everyone, just..."
• 17:2417:24, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,651 N I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vrndavana. You are the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, and You are very dear to Lord Krsna. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vrndavana. You are the d..." current
• 17:1417:14, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,716 N I offer my respectful obeisances to Srimati Radharani and Sri Krsna along with Their associates Sri Lalita and Visakha. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with Their associates Śrī Lalitā..." current
• 17:1117:11, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,671 N I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna Caitanya and Lord Nityananda along with Advaita Acarya, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and other associates. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda along with Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara, Ś..." current
• 17:0817:08, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,858 N I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami along with his elder brother Sanatana Gosvami, as well as Raghunatha Dasa and Raghunatha Bhatta, Gopala Bhatta, and Srila Jiva Gosvami. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī along with his elder brother Sanātana Gosvām..."
• 17:0517:05, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,626 N I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaisnavas. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaiṣṇavas"}} {{notes|..." current
• 16:5616:56, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,944 I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 21 June 2021 diff hist +77,551 N When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet? BG 1972 Introduction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desir..."
• 14:4214:42, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,437 N The 2nd weakness of the heart is that as one increases the propensity of lording it over material nature, he becomes attached to matter & possession of matter. The problems of material existence are due to these weaknesses of the heart. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The second weakness of the heart is that as one increases the propensity of lording it over material nature, he becomes attach..."
• 14:3814:38, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,209 N The first falldown is caused by the desire to lord it over material nature. Thus one gives up the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first falldown is caused by the desire to lord it over material nature. Thus one gives up the transcendental loving servic..." current
• 14:3714:37, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,451 N While performing devotional service in the association of pure devotees in full Krsna consciousness, there are certain things which require to be vanquished altogether. The most important thing one has to surmount is weakness of heart. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While performing devotional service in the association of pure devotees in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there are certain t..." current
• 14:3214:32, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,136 N Devotional service is so pure and potent that once one is engaged in devotional service he automatically comes to the stage of sinlessness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotional service is so pure and potent that once one is engaged in devotional service he automatically comes to the stage of..." current
• 14:2914:29, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,199 N Anagha, O sinless one, means that unless one is free from all sinful reactions, it is very difficult to understand Krsna. One has to become free from all contamination, all sinful activities; then he can understand. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unless one is free from all sinful reactions, it is very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa. One has to become free from all..."
• 14:2714:27, 21 June 2021 diff hist +3,854 N The word anagha (in BG 15.20), by which Arjuna is addressed, is significant. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word"|"anagha"|"by which Arjuna is addressed, is significant"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fir..." current
• 14:2214:22, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,220 N Unless one comes to this position of understanding Krsna and engages in devotional service, however intelligent he may be in the estimation of some common man, he is not perfectly intelligent. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one comes to this position of understanding Kṛṣṇa and engages in devotional service, however intelligent he may b..." current
• 14:2014:20, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,026 N Everyone must take to this consciousness of Krsna and engage in devotional service to become intelligent and purified. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone must take to this consciousness of Kṛṣṇa and engage in devotional service to become intelligent and purified"}}..."
• 14:1514:15, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,176 N Where the sun is present, there is no question of darkness. Therefore, whenever devotional service is present under the proper guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, there is no question of ignorance. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Where the sun is present, there is no question of darkness. Therefore, whenever devotional service is present under the proper..."
• 14:1214:12, 21 June 2021 diff hist +3,857 N The Lord is said to be the sun, and ignorance is called darkness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is said to be the sun, and ignorance is called darkness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fir..." current
• 14:0714:07, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,083 Devotional service to the Lord and the Lord Himself are one and the same because they are spiritual - the internal energy of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,143 Devotional service is a process of spiritual understanding. Wherever devotional service exists, the material contamination cannot coexist. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,190 N By understanding this philosophy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engaging in His transcendental service, everyone can become freed from all contaminations of the modes of material nature. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by understanding this philosophy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engaging in His transcendental service, everyone ca..."
• 13:5413:54, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,282 N The Lord clearly explains that this is the substance of all revealed scriptures. And one should understand this as it is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus one will become intelligent & perfect in transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord clearly explains here that this is the substance of all revealed scriptures. And one should understand this as it is..."
• 13:4913:49, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,683 If anyone, after speculating for hundreds of thousands of lives, does not come to the point that Krsna is the Supreme PG and that one has to surrender there, all his speculation for so many years and lives is a useless waste of time. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,409 N He (one who is engaged in the devotional service) has already come to the post because he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He has ended all preliminary processes of understanding. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He has already come to the post because he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He has ended all preliminary proc..." current
• 13:3213:32, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,091 N If a person is engaged in full Krsna consciousness in devotional service of the Lord, it is to be understood that he has understood all the Vedic knowledge. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a person is engaged in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness in devotional service of the Lord, it is to be understood that he has..." current
• 13:3113:31, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,088 N The word bhajate (in BG 15.19) is very significant. In many places the word bhajate is expressed in relationship with the service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word"|"bhajate"|"is very significant. In many places the word"|"bhajate"|"is expressed in relationship with the service of..." current
• 13:2213:22, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,205 N Anyone who is able to understand this (that the living entities are subordinate to God), according to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, knows the purpose of the Vedas; no one else knows the purpose of the Vedas. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone who is able to understand this, according to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, knows the purpose o..."
• 13:1813:18, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,337 N It is not that one should simply speculate academically. One should submissively hear from Bhagavad-gita that these living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that one should simply speculate academically. One should submissively hear from"|"Bhagavad-gītā"|"that these livi..." current
• 13:1613:16, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,163 N Krsna distinguishes everything very nicely, and one should hear from this source. Simply to hear like the hogs is not sufficient; one must be able to understand from the authorities. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa distinguishes everything very nicely, and one should hear from this source. Simply to hear like the hogs is not su..."
• 13:0513:05, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,326 N Still there are so many stubborn commentators on Bhagavad-gita who consider the Supreme Absolute Truth and the living entities to be one and the same. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"still there are so many stubborn commentators on"|"Bhagavad-gītā"|"who consider the Supreme Absolute Truth and the living en..." current
• 13:0213:02, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,507 N The perfect knower, without wasting his valuable time, engages directly in Krsna consciousness, the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Throughout the whole of Bhagavad-gita, this fact is being stressed at every step. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the perfect knower, without wasting his valuable time, engages directly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the devotional service o..."
• 12:5912:59, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,109 N The imperfect knower goes on simply speculating about the Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The imperfect knower goes on simply speculating about the Absolute Truth"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL..." current
• 12:5512:55, 21 June 2021 diff hist +4,392 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead clearly explains that anyone who knows Lord Krsna as the Supreme Person is actually the knower of everything. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead clearly explains that anyone who knows Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Person is actually t..."