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12:3612:36, 18 February 2022 diff hist +1,808 King Yayati performed various sacrifices, in which he offered abundant gifts to the brahmanas to satisfy the Supreme Lord, Hari, who is the reservoir of all the demigods and the object of all Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
12:3312:33, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,001 It is actually better to be a sudra than to be a brahmana and not develop the service attitude, because that attitude alone satisfies the Lord No edit summary current
12:2812:28, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,237 In this connection, there is a story in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana that in the city of Pratisthanapura in South India there was once a brahmana who was not very well-to-do, but who was nevertheless satisfied in himself No edit summary current
12:2712:27, 18 February 2022 diff hist +39,543 In the city of Pratisthana-pura, long ago, there resided a brahmana who was poverty-stricken but innocent and not dissatisfied. One day he heard a discourse in an assembly of brahmanas concerning how to worship the Deity in the temple No edit summary current
12:2612:26, 18 February 2022 diff hist +2,274 In that sacrifice, King Indra became intoxicated by drinking a large quantity of soma-rasa. The brahmanas received ample contributions, and therefore they were satisfied No edit summary current
12:2412:24, 18 February 2022 diff hist +2,121 If the brahmana Vamanadeva is not satisfied by whatever gifts one has given, why not please Him with the riches one is destined to lose at death? No edit summary current
12:2112:21, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,655 He (the brahmana) was not very satisfied with the offering because the sweet rice had been prepared recently and it was still very hot No edit summary current
12:1812:18, 18 February 2022 diff hist +14,587 From the beginning of creation, the three syllables om tat sat have been used to indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth (Brahman). They were uttered by brahmanas while chanting Vedic hymns and during sacrifices for the satisfaction of the Supreme No edit summary current
11:5211:52, 18 February 2022 diff hist +7,570 Duryodhana knew his (Durvasa Muni's) mystic powers, and he knew also that the mystic brahmana, if dissatisfied, could cause some havoc, and thus he designed to engage the brahmana to show his wrath upon his enemy cousins, the Pandavas No edit summary current
11:3111:31, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,800 By your vaisya-vrtti, krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam, you can satisfy Krsna. By your brahmana-vrtti you can satisfy Krsna. Even by your sudra-vrtti you can satisfy Krsna. That possibility is here, that Krsna says sva-karmana tam abhyarcya No edit summary current
08:4808:48, 18 February 2022 diff hist +4,846 By regular service to the brahmanas and Vaisnavas, one can clear the dirt from his heart and thus enjoy supreme peace and liberation from material attachment and be satisfied No edit summary current
08:3008:30, 18 February 2022 diff hist +6,819 Being very much satisfied by these transcendental pastimes with the Lord, the brahmana narrated the whole story of his mission in coming to see Krsna. He got out the letter Rukmini had written to Krsna No edit summary current
08:2808:28, 18 February 2022 diff hist +2,131 A brahmana who is satisfied with whatever is providentially obtained is increasingly enlightened with spiritual power, but the spiritual potency of a dissatisfied brahmana decreases, as fire diminishes in potency when water is sprinkled upon it No edit summary current
07:1907:19, 18 February 2022 diff hist +3,363 A brahmana is strictly prohibited from becoming a servant of anyone else, for that is the business of dogs and sudras. A dog must satisfy his master, but a brahmana does not have to satisfy anyone; he is simply meant to satisfy Krsna No edit summary
07:1007:10, 18 February 2022 diff hist +5,167 A brahmana is not supposed to improve his economic condition. He's not interested. He's simply satisfied: "By the grace of God, whatever I have got, that is sufficient." God is supplying everyone, even birds and beasts and cats and dogs No edit summary current
07:0107:01, 18 February 2022 diff hist +3,404 An actual brahmana is very much satisfied to see anyone, not to speak of his disciple, become a devotee of Lord Krsna. Such brahmanas are meant to satisfy the supreme master No edit summary current

16:3016:30, 17 February 2022 diff hist +9,779 Although the brahmana friend of Lord Krsna was a householder, he was not busy accumulating wealth for very comfortable living; he was satisfied by the income which came according to his destiny. This is the sign of perfect knowledge No edit summary current
11:2911:29, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,532 Visnu lives wherever there are religious principles, traditional culture, the Vedas, cows, brahmanas, austerities, and sacrifices with proper remuneration No edit summary current
10:1710:17, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,032 Whatever a brahmana speaks cannot be changed. It must act. The learned sages who were priests at Maharaja Nabhi's sacrifice were not only brahmanas but were so qualified that they were like devas, demigods, or God Himself No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 17 February 2022 diff hist +7,593 When the brahmanas' wives returned, the sacrifice was duly and nicely executed. One of the brahmanas' wives, however, who had been forcibly checked from going to see Krsna, began to remember Him as she heard of His bodily features No edit summary current
10:1410:14, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,781 When the Lord heard that Bali Maharaja was performing asvamedha sacrifices under the patronage of brahmanas belonging to the Bhrgu dynasty, the Supreme Lord, who is full in every respect, proceeded there to show His mercy to Bali Maharaja No edit summary current
10:1410:14, 17 February 2022 diff hist +7,137 When the Vedic followers, the brahmanas, inspire rich men like kings and members of the wealthy mercantile community to give charity in the performance of great sacrifices, the distribution of such wealth is also nectarean No edit summary current
10:1310:13, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,824 Whether or not the brahmanas were uttering the Vedic hymns correctly was tested by sacrifice in the arena. On the whole, the animals thus sacrificed were not at all the losers No edit summary current
08:1308:13, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,735 Ksatriyas killed in the battlefield attain the heavenly planets as do the brahmanas who attain them by offering sacrifice. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
08:1208:12, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,229 Lord Krsna, the enjoyer of all sacrifices and penances, is very fond of a brahmana like Sudama Vipra, and we have seen by the actual behavior of Lord Krsna how much He adores such a brahmana No edit summary current
07:4607:46, 17 February 2022 diff hist +3,145 My dear lord, by your form as the Vedas personified and through knowledge relating to the activities of all the yajnic brahmanas, you spread the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies of the seven kinds of sacrifices, headed by agnistoma No edit summary current
07:4307:43, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,064 Our lord, Bali Maharaja, is always fixed in truthfulness, and this is especially so at present, since he has been initiated into performing a sacrifice. He is always kind and merciful toward the brahmanas, and he cannot at any time speak lies No edit summary current
07:4007:40, 17 February 2022 diff hist +4,607 Once some of the gopis went to the place where the brahmanas were performing sacrifices and said, "My dear wives of the brahmanas, you must know that not even a slight smell of distress can touch Krsna" No edit summary current
07:3907:39, 17 February 2022 diff hist +3,239 Once the great King Anga arranged to perform the great sacrifice known as asvamedha. All the expert brahmanas present knew how to invite the demigods, but in spite of their efforts, no demigods participated or appeared in that sacrifice No edit summary current
07:3407:34, 17 February 2022 diff hist +2,830 Only sacrifice recommended in this age is the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra because in this age it is not possible to accumulate the needed funds for performing sacrifices, not to speak of finding expert brahmanas who can chant the mantras perfectly No edit summary current

14:3014:30, 15 February 2022 diff hist +14 The brahmana descendants of Bhrgu decided that although Bali was situated on the throne of Indra, he would not be able to stay there unless he performed such sacrifices. Therefore they advised Bali to perform at least as many asvamedha-yajnas as Indra No edit summary current
14:0914:09, 15 February 2022 diff hist +5,431 Jarasandha never refused charity to any brahmana, and he performed many sacrifices also, yet he was not on a par with devotional service No edit summary current
06:1006:10, 15 February 2022 diff hist +9,123 It is said that out of thousands of brahmanas, one is qualified to perform sacrifices, and out of many thousands of such qualified brahmanas expert in sacrificial offerings, one learned brahmana may have passed beyond all Vedic knowledge - Garuda Purana No edit summary current
05:5505:55, 15 February 2022 diff hist −29 In this age it is very difficult to find qualified brahmanas who can perform sacrifices as prescribed in the Vedas No edit summary current

16:1816:18, 14 February 2022 diff hist +3,916 In conditioned life, all work is contaminated by the material modes of nature. Even if one is a brahmana, he has to perform sacrifices in which animal killing is necessary. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
16:1716:17, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,447 Instead of offering fire sacrifices, one should offer foodstuffs to brahmanas and Vaisnavas, for that process is more effective than fire yajna No edit summary current
16:1516:15, 14 February 2022 diff hist +11,450 If even a person born in a family of dog-eaters hears & repeats the chanting of Your glories (God's), he is immediately greater than a brahmana & is therefore eligible to perform sacrifices. Therefore, what is to be said of one who has seen You directly No edit summary current
13:3213:32, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,611 Generally brahmanas are puffed up with false prestige because they belong to the aristocracy and perform many Vedic sacrifices. In South India especially, this fastidious position is most prominent. At any rate, this was the case five hundred years ago No edit summary
13:3213:32, 14 February 2022 diff hist +9,350 Great learned brahmanas who are expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices can extract the fire dormant within wooden fuel by chanting the fifteen Samidheni mantras, thus proving the efficacy of the Vedic mantras No edit summary current
13:2813:28, 14 February 2022 diff hist +7,106 Generally, only a person who is born in a family of brahmanas, who has been reformed by the ten kinds of purificatory processes and who is learned in Vedic literature is allowed to perform the Vedic sacrifices No edit summary current
13:2613:26, 14 February 2022 diff hist +4,453 From the beginning of creation, the three words om tat sat were used to indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth. These three symbolic representations were used by brahmanas while chanting the hymns of the Vedas and during sacrifices No edit summary current

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