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13:2413:24, 14 February 2022 diff hist +2,648 For instance, some of the wives of the brahmanas who were performing sacrifices gave up their lives in the presence of their husbands for the sake of Krsna No edit summary current
13:2113:21, 14 February 2022 diff hist +33,378 Formerly, the brahmanas well conversant in Vedic mantras could show the potency of the mantras, but in this age, because there are no such brahmanas, all such sacrifices are forbidden No edit summary current
13:2013:20, 14 February 2022 diff hist +9,691 Formerly, the brahmanas used to ignite the fire of sacrifice not with matches or any other external fire but with their powerful mantras, called arani No edit summary current
05:0005:00, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,903 Even brahmanas, who perform different types of sacrifice, sometimes must kill animals because sometimes animals are sacrificed in such ceremonies. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
03:0603:06, 14 February 2022 diff hist +5,562 But Krsna replied, "My dear father, don't delay. The sacrifice you propose for Govardhana and the local brahmanas will take much time" No edit summary current
03:0503:05, 14 February 2022 diff hist +2,136 Being thirsty one night, the King entered the arena of sacrifice, and when he saw all the brahmanas lying down, he personally drank the sanctified water meant to be drunk by his wife No edit summary current
03:0503:05, 14 February 2022 diff hist +3,380 Being fully satisfied, he (Janamejaya) most munificently gave charities to the brahmanas present at the sacrifice No edit summary current

14:5414:54, 13 February 2022 diff hist +4,709 A person born in a brahmana family cannot perform Vedic sacrifices until he is properly purified and has attained his sacred thread No edit summary current
14:5314:53, 13 February 2022 diff hist +11,102 A person born into a family of dog-eaters is generally not fit for performing yajna, or sacrifice. The priestly caste in charge of performing these ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the Vedas is called the brahmana order No edit summary current
14:5214:52, 13 February 2022 diff hist +5,338 A devotee automatically attains the qualifications of an expert brahmana authorized to perform sacrifices, even though the devotee may not have taken his birth in a brahmana family. Such is the omnipotence of the Lord No edit summary current
14:3814:38, 13 February 2022 diff hist +4,774 A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be detached, humble and tolerant. He must not envy anyone, and he must be expert in performing sacrifices and giving whatever he has in charity No edit summary
14:2814:28, 13 February 2022 diff hist +4,757 A brahmana, when he's offering sacrifice, sometimes animals are sacrificed; so that does not mean that he is committing sin. This animal sacrifice was made not for eating the animals. It was for testing the Vedic mantra No edit summary current
14:2714:27, 13 February 2022 diff hist +1,785 At that time, all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena - the priests, the chief of the sacrificial performance, and the brahmanas and their wives - wondered where the darkness was coming from No edit summary current
14:1614:16, 13 February 2022 diff hist +6,759 At home (during the birth of Krsna), the brahmanas, who were accustomed to offering sacrifices in the fire, found their homes very pleasant for offerings No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 13 February 2022 diff hist +6,738 At home, the brahmanas, who were accustomed to offer sacrifices in the fire, found their homes very pleasant for offerings - at the time of Krsna's birth No edit summary current

17:4717:47, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,374 Animal sacrifices are impossible in this age due to the scarcity of expert brahmanas or rtvijah who are able to take the responsibility. In the absence of these, the sankirtana-yajna is recommended. After all, sacrifices are executed to please the SPG No edit summary current
17:3417:34, 12 February 2022 diff hist +2,481 All the twice-born (brahmanas) were forbidden henceforward to perform any sacrifice, and they were also forbidden to give charity or offer clarified butter. Thus King Vena sounded kettledrums throughout the countryside No edit summary current
17:1917:19, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,142 All these wives (of the brahmanas) were very much devoted to Lord Krsna in spontaneous love, and as soon as they heard the request of the cowherd boys and understood that Krsna wanted some food, they immediately left the place of sacrifice No edit summary current
15:4415:44, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,022 After the sacrificial ceremony the brahmanas are invited to eat the remnants of the offered food. When the brahmanas eat the food, it is to be considered directly eaten by the Supreme Lord. Thus no one can be compared to qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
15:0115:01, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,493 After Maharaja Dusmanta's death, Bharata, the son of Sakuntala, was enthroned. He performed many great sacrifices, in which he gave great riches in charity to the brahmanas No edit summary current
09:0509:05, 12 February 2022 diff hist +1,828 Practically all the brahmanas residing in Nadia were dependent on the charity of Hiranya and Govardhana, who gave them money, land and villages No edit summary current
09:0109:01, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,964 The prostitute (vesya) had earned money by questionable means, and therefore Haridasa Thakura advised her to distribute to the brahmanas whatever she possessed No edit summary current
09:0009:00, 12 February 2022 diff hist +1,794 The revenue of the government is more sacred than the property of a brahmana. One who misappropriates the government's money and uses it to enjoy sense gratification is most sinful No edit summary current
08:4808:48, 12 February 2022 diff hist +5,445 Everything belongs to the brahmanas, but the ksatriya government and the mercantile people keep everything in custody, like bankers, and whenever the brahmanas need money, the ksatriyas and vaisyas should supply it No edit summary current
08:4308:43, 12 February 2022 diff hist +2,253 Although Navadvipa was very opulent & populous during Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s time, practically all the brahmanas depended on the charity of Hiranya & Govardhana. Because the brothers highly respected the brahmanas, they very liberally gave them money No edit summary current
07:4607:46, 12 February 2022 diff hist +5,183 Whenever the brahmanas need money, the ksatriyas and vaisyas should supply it. It is like a savings account with money which the depositor can draw out at his will No edit summary current
06:1506:15, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,796 The grhastha cannot accept charity. But a grhastha-brahmana, he can accept charity, but he will not, I mean to say, accumulate money by taking charity. Whatever he gets, he must spend No edit summary current
05:2505:25, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,793 The brahmana had no money nor any means of worshiping the Deity, but within his mind he arranged everything nicely. He had gold pots to bring water from the sacred rivers to wash the Deity, & he offered the Deity very sumptuous food, including sweet rice No edit summary current
05:2405:24, 12 February 2022 diff hist +5,649 The brahmana accepts all kinds of contributions (pratigraha) from his followers - namely, the ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras. But he does not keep all the money. He keeps only as much as required and gives the balance to others in charity - dana No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 12 February 2022 diff hist +1,316 Raghunatha dasa did not accept the money and men sent by his father. Therefore the brahmana and one of the servants stayed there with the money No edit summary current
04:0604:06, 12 February 2022 diff hist +6,620 One must collect money for the temple expenditures, or if one is a householder he must go to work in accordance with the prescribed duties of a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra No edit summary current
03:5903:59, 12 February 2022 diff hist +7,110 Money is the criterion, not family. Formerly, there was family, respectable family, aristocratic family, brahmana family, ksatriya family. All these things are gone now. If you accumulate some money some way or other, then you are respectable No edit summary current
03:5203:52, 12 February 2022 diff hist +6,409 Money given in charity to a suitable person is guaranteed bank balance in the next life. Such charity is recommended to be given to a brahmana No edit summary current
03:1803:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,379 Jagannatha Misra was a brahmana; therefore people would send him all bodily necessities - money, cloth, grain and so on No edit summary current
02:5502:55, 12 February 2022 diff hist +6,354 If the money is given in charity to a learned & fully qualified brahmana, the money is returned a hundred & a thousand times, if the money is given to a veda-paraga (one who has realized the path of the Vedas) it is returned by unlimited multiplication No edit summary current

17:1017:10, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4,917 Charity should actually be given to brahmanas and sannyasis because whatever money they get they spend for Krsna. Whatever charity one gives to a brahmana goes to Krsna No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 11 February 2022 diff hist +2,021 Although born of a brahmana family, this rascal, bereft of intelligence because of the prostitute's association, earned money somehow or other, regardless of whether properly or improperly, and used it to maintain the prostitute's sons and daughters No edit summary current
13:3013:30, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,987 Nahusa, however, blinded and maddened by power and opulence, made undesirable proposals to Indra's wife with a desire to enjoy her. Thus Nahusa was cursed by a brahmana and later became a snake No edit summary current
13:3013:30, 11 February 2022 diff hist +5,526 Maharaja Vena went astray from the path of righteousness, and the brahmanas chastised him by the thunderbolt curse. By this King Vena was burnt with his good deeds and opulence and was en route to hell No edit summary current
05:1405:14, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4,143 A brahmana may receive much opulence from his disciples, he should not utilize the rewards of his priesthood for his personal benefit; he must use them for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current

16:4916:49, 10 February 2022 diff hist +1,644 Brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras are distinguished by the qualities born of their own natures in accordance with the material modes No edit summary current
16:4816:48, 10 February 2022 diff hist +7,425 The four castes (the brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras) are created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the material modes of nature and the particular duties discharged in those modes No edit summary current

16:2916:29, 8 February 2022 diff hist +4,912 Only the dvijas (the brahmanas) and the devas (the demigods) can be delivered from material existence by the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current

11:4911:49, 7 February 2022 diff hist +5,723 He (Sudama) was a qualified brahmana, unattached to all sorts of material sense enjoyment, and at the same time he was a great devotee of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
11:4711:47, 7 February 2022 diff hist +8,238 Sukadeva Gosvami said, "There was a very nice brahmana friend of Lord Krsna. As a perfect brahmana, he was very elevated in transcendental knowledge, and because of his advanced knowledge, he was not at all attached to material enjoyment" No edit summary current
11:4711:47, 7 February 2022 diff hist +1,728 Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami beg a little food from the houses of brahmanas. Giving up all kinds of material enjoyment, they take only some dry bread and fried chickpeas No edit summary current

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