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5 May 2023

• 09:4309:43, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,772 This (Daksa saying that Siva is yaso-ghna, which means "one who spoils name and fame") can also be interpreted to mean that he was so famous that his fame killed all other fame No edit summary current
• 09:4209:42, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,901 The words used against Lord Siva by Daksa can also be understood in a different way, in a good sense. For example, he stated that Siva is yaso-ghna, which means "one who spoils name and fame No edit summary current
• 09:4209:42, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,509 The very name Daksa suggests that he was expert in all material activities, but still, because of his aversion towards such a saintly personality as Siva, he was attacked by these three enemies - anger, lust and passion No edit summary current
• 09:4209:42, 5 May 2023 diff hist −9 The sacrifice was not destroyed for want of Siva and Daksa, and the sages went on with their activities No edit summary current
• 09:4109:41, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4,348 The question may now be raised why a liberated personality like Lord Siva was so unhappy because of the words of Daksa. The answer is given by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura No edit summary current
• 09:2209:22, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,544 The insulting words used by Daksa against Lord Siva were enough to have him thrown perpetually into a hellish life No edit summary current
• 09:2109:21, 5 May 2023 diff hist +1,835 The father of Nabhaga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Daksa-yajna, they offered to Lord Siva as his share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly belongs to Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 09:0409:04, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,174 The curse of Daksa was indirectly a blessing, for Siva would not have to eat or sit with other demigods, who were too materialistic No edit summary current
• 09:0409:04, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,658 They (animals in Daksa's sacrificial arena) should not have been killed, as they were by Lord Siva to replace the head of Daksa with an animal's head . It was pleasing to see an animal sacrificed and rejuvenated, & that pleasing atmosphere had been lost No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 5 May 2023 diff hist +39,437 There is the following statement, spoken by Daksa to Lord Siva: " When I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me and be satisfied with your own exalted qualities No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 5 May 2023 diff hist +39,500 There is the following statement, spoken by Daksa to Lord Siva: "I did not know the glories of your personality, and I committed an offense at your lotus feet in the open assembly. You are so kind that you did not accept my offense No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4,602 Siva was directly in contact with the Supersoul and was honored and given a better sitting place than he (Daksa). There were many other reasons also - for the enmity between Lord Siva and Daksa No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,478 Siva was deprived of his share in the oblations of Vedic sacrifices. It was due to the curse of Daksa, Visvanatha Cakravarti comments in this connection, that Siva was saved from the calamity of taking part with other demigods, who were all materialistic No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,805 Since Daksa was the father-in-law of Lord Siva, it was certainly the duty of Lord Siva to offer him respect. When a learned person stands up or offers obeisances in welcome, he offers respect to the Supersoul, who is sitting within everyone's heart No edit summary current
• 08:5008:50, 5 May 2023 diff hist +9 Prasuti, who appreciated the power and strength of her son-in-law, Lord Siva, is describing what he does at the time of dissolution. This description indicates that strength of Lord Siva is so great that Daksa's power could not be set in comparison to it No edit summary current
• 08:5008:50, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4,128 Narayana said, "He (Siva) had a quarrel with his father-in-law, Daksa, he was cursed to become a pisaca" No edit summary current
• 08:4408:44, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,003 Lord Rudra, Siva, was properly worshiped (by Daksa in his sacrificial ceremony) with his share of the remnants of the yajna No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,373 I did not know your full glories. For this reason, I (Daksa) threw arrows of sharp words at you (Siva) in the open assembly, although you did not take them into account No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4,911 I (Lord Brahma), Lord Siva and all the demigods, accompanied by the prajapatis like Daksa, are nothing but sparks illuminated by You, who are the original fire No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,337 In the Vedas it is prescribed that before performing a brhaspati-sava sacrifice, one should perform the sacrifice named vajapeya. While performing these sacrifices, however, Daksa neglected great devotees like Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,610 In the Padma Purana, it is stated that the best mode of worship is to offer oblations to Visnu, but better than that is to worship the devotees of Krsna. Thus Daksa's determination to neglect Lord Siva in the sacrifices was not fitting No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 5 May 2023 diff hist +5,003 In Daksa's previous life he was also known as Daksa, but in the course of performing sacrifices he offended Lord Siva, and thus his head was replaced with that of a goat No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 5 May 2023 diff hist +1,849 Influenced by his personal bodily luster, all the fire-gods and other participants in that great assembly, with the exceptions of Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, gave up their own sitting places and stood in respect for Daksa No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,898 Indirectly, He (Lord Visnu) indicated that He was not satisfied with Daksa's trying to deny Lord Siva his share No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,926 His eyes became red, and he prepared to curse Daksa and all the brahmanas present there who had tolerated Daksa's cursing Siva in harsh words No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,151 He (Siva) became morose because he knew that these people, both his men and Daksa's, were unnecessarily cursing and countercursing one another, without any interest in spiritual life No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,637 He (Daksa) was born of a great brahmana father, Lord Brahma, but his treatment of Lord Siva was not exactly brahminical; therefore he admitted that he was not a perfect brahmana No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,617 Daksa was first born during the reign of Svayambhuva Manu, but because of offending Lord Siva he was punished by having the head of a goat substituted for his own head No edit summary current
• 06:2306:23, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,591 Anyone who has accepted Daksa as the most important personality and neglected Lord Siva because of envy is less intelligent and, because of visualizing in duality, will be bereft of transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
• 06:2206:22, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,878 Although Prajapati Daksa is not on the same level as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, he is compared to them because he engages in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 06:2206:22, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,434 Although Lord Siva was faultless, Daksa had cursed him in so many harsh words No edit summary current
• 06:2106:21, 5 May 2023 diff hist +5,925 After the yajna was performed by Daksa, all the demigods expected prasada, the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Visnu. Lord Siva is one of the demigods, so naturally he also expected his share of the prasada from the yajna No edit summary current
• 06:2106:21, 5 May 2023 diff hist +5,341 After Lord Siva and, previously, Daksa, left the arena of sacrifice, the sacrifice was not stopped; the sages went on for many years in order to satisfy the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 06:2006:20, 5 May 2023 diff hist +1,784 After everything was executed exactly as directed by Lord Siva, Daksa's body was joined to the head of the animal meant to be killed in the sacrifice No edit summary current
• 06:2006:20, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4,394 Daksa underwent severe penances up to the fifth manvantara. Thus at the beginning of the sixth manvantara, known as the Caksusa manvantara, Daksa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 06:2006:20, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,425 Dakṣa found fault with Lord Siva for not observing all the strict rules and regulations of the Vedas, but Sati asserted that he had no need to observe such rules No edit summary current
• 06:1906:19, 5 May 2023 diff hist +6,081 Daksa, being the father of mankind, was performing yajna, and Lord Siva expected his share. But since Siva was not invited, there was trouble. By the mediation of Lord Brahma, however, everything was settled satisfactorily No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 5 May 2023 diff hist +2,993 Bhinna-setave refers to one who has broken all the regulations for good behavior by not following the Vedic principles. In other words, according to Daksa the entire transaction of the marriage of his daughter with Siva was not in order No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 5 May 2023 diff hist +3,583 A Vaisnava sees the body as a temple of Visnu. Since Lord Siva had already offered respect to the Supersoul in Krsna consciousness, offering respect to Daksa, who identified with his body, was already performed No edit summary current

4 May 2023

• 12:2112:21, 4 May 2023 diff hist +3,605 Lord Brahma wanted to be saved from that pitfall of pride, although he was posted in the most exalted position within the universe No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 4 May 2023 diff hist +30,083 Lord Brahma wanted to be perfectly educated by the Personality of Godhead, and here is the answer by the Lord, finished in four nutshell verses, from aham eva to this verse, etavad eva. This is the end of all self-realization processes No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 4 May 2023 diff hist +2,930 It might be that Brahma wanted to warn his subordinates (by being sexually inclined to his own daughter) about human frailties in their dealings with women. This is always very dangerous for persons who are on the path of self-realization No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 4 May 2023 diff hist +5,435 Brahma wanted to bewilder Krsna, who bewilders the entire universe No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 4 May 2023 diff hist +2,849 Such activities (the prescribed duties) gradually cleanse the heart of a mundane man and free him from material contamination. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 4 May 2023 diff hist +4,366 Mundane manufactured sound has no potency, and as such, seemingly transcendental sound received from an unauthorized person also has no potency No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 4 May 2023 diff hist +5,908 As a fully dependent devotee, Sukadeva Gosvami (unlike a mundane man who is proud of his own capability) invokes the pleasure of the Personality of Godhead so that his statements may be successful and be appreciated by the hearers No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 4 May 2023 diff hist +4,629 Activities of the Lord are principally of two varieties. One concerns the mundane manifestation of the material creative force, and the other deals with His pastimes in the form of different incarnations in terms of the time and place No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 4 May 2023 diff hist +29 Because we are so advanced, there are so many hundreds and thousands of men, there is no fixed purpose of life. Even in your rich country we see such men without any purpose, without any aim of life. So they are called manda-bhagyah, most unfortunate No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 4 May 2023 diff hist +4,840 Everything actually belongs to Krsna, but so-called civilized men unfortunately think that everything belongs to them. This is the mistake of materialistic civilization No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 4 May 2023 diff hist +1,734 The unfortunate man, unsuccessful in maintaining his family members, is bereft of all beauty. He always thinks of his failure, grieving very deeply No edit summary current