User contributions for Madana Mohana

29 July 2023

• 09:4909:49, 29 July 2023 diff hist +1,817 The millennium following the Brahma-kalpa is known as the Padma-kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Padma-kalpa is also called the Pitr-kalpa in certain Puranas No edit summary current
• 09:4309:43, 29 July 2023 diff hist +2,272 The different millenniums known as the Brahma, Padma and Varaha kalpas appear a little puzzling for the layman. There are some scholars who think these kalpas to be one and the same No edit summary current
• 09:3909:39, 29 July 2023 diff hist +4,983 The creation during the day of Brahma is called kalpa, and the creation of Brahma is called vikalpa. When vikalpas are made possible by the breathing of Maha-Visnu, this is called a maha-kalpa No edit summary current
• 09:2809:28, 29 July 2023 diff hist +3,552 These twenty-five Personalities of Godhead (Catuhsana, Narada, Varaha, Matsya, Yajna, Nara-Narayana etc.) are known as lila-avataras. Because they appear in each day of Brahma, or in each kalpa (millennium), they are sometimes known as kalpa-avataras No edit summary current
• 09:2609:26, 29 July 2023 diff hist −10 There is no contradiction between the Varaha and the Padma-kalpa of Brahma No edit summary current
• 08:5808:58, 29 July 2023 diff hist +2,350 In the beginning of the first half of Brahma's life, there was a millennium called Brahma-kalpa, wherein Lord Brahma appeared. The birth of the Vedas was simultaneous with Brahma's birth No edit summary current

27 July 2023

• 14:2914:29, 27 July 2023 diff hist +1,451 The brahmana then began to pray, "O my Lord, Your lotus feet are meditated upon by Lord Brahma, and these very lotus feet have come into my home" No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 27 July 2023 diff hist +4,413 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahma, by meditating on the virat-rupa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was able to rebuild the creation as it was before No edit summary current
• 14:0714:07, 27 July 2023 diff hist +3,998 Prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahma, by meditating on the virat-rupa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 27 July 2023 diff hist +2,848 Lord Brahma, sitting on his lotus seat in his own abode, always meditates on Him and worships Him with the mantra consisting of eighteen syllables No edit summary current
• 13:5413:54, 27 July 2023 diff hist +5,398 I (Srila Rupa Gosvami) know that even big demigods like Brahma do not see the rays of the nails of Your lotus feet, even though they are engaged in deep meditation for years together No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 27 July 2023 diff hist +4,163 Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahma, by meditating on the virat-rupa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was able to rebuild the creation as it was before No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 27 July 2023 diff hist +4,027 I think that devotees of Lord Krishna in India should come forward and cooperate with my missionary activities No edit summary current

21 July 2023

• 15:0615:06, 21 July 2023 diff hist +40 When he (Lord Siva) is in touch with tamo-guna he appears contaminated by the material modes of nature. This is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam and the Brahma-samhita No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 21 July 2023 diff hist +3,184 This example (of a burning lamp lighting up other lamps in the second line of the purport of CC Adi 2.89) also explains the appearance of qualitative incarnations like Lord Siva and Lord Brahma No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 21 July 2023 diff hist +4,162 He is in the paramahamsa stage, the highest perfectional stage of life. The transcendental position of Lord Siva is also explained in Bhagavad-gita - 2.52-53 No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 21 July 2023 diff hist +3,750 While watching the rasa dance performed by Lord Krsna and the gopis, Lord Siva beheld the beautiful face of Krsna and immediately began to dance and beat upon his small dindima drum. While Siva was dancing in ecstasy, his eldest son, Ganesa, joined him No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 21 July 2023 diff hist +5,270 Long ago, when Lord Siva was dancing in his celebrated fashion called tandava-nrtya, for which he is known as Nataraja, Banasura helped Lord Siva in his dancing by rhythmically beating drums with his one thousand hands No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 21 July 2023 diff hist +3,032 In the last phase of dissolution, all the planets become inundated with water, and that inundation is caused by the dancing of Lord Siva. This dance is called the pralaya dance, or dance of dissolution No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 21 July 2023 diff hist +7,190 Although the devastated battlefield appeared like the dancing place of Lord Siva at the time of the dissolution of the world, the warriors on the side of Krsna were very much encouraged by seeing this, and they fought with greater strength No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,445 You have excluded Lord Siva from taking part in the sacrificial results, and therefore you are all offenders at his lotus feet. Still, if you go without mental reservations and surrender unto him and fall down at his lotus feet, he will be very pleased No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 21 July 2023 diff hist +5,685 The demon Vrkasura therefore went to Kedaranatha and ignited a sacrificial fire to please Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 21 July 2023 diff hist +6,232 Ravana was made a very powerful man by worshiping Lord Siva, and he used to offer severed heads to please Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 14:1314:13, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,939 O King Pariksit, Lord Siva was pleased with Vasistha. Therefore, to satisfy him and to keep his own word to Parvati, Lord Siva said to that saintly person, "Your disciple Sudyumna may remain a male for one month and a female for the next" No edit summary current
• 13:5913:59, 21 July 2023 diff hist +5,386 Lord Siva is well known as Asutosa ("very easily pleased"), and he is also very affectionate to his devotees. He is a great protector for persons who take shelter of him and is the master of all living entities in this material world No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 21 July 2023 diff hist +6,010 Lord Siva is known as Asutosa. Asutosa means very quickly, very easily he becomes pleased. That is Lord Siva's great qualification No edit summary current
• 13:4213:42, 21 July 2023 diff hist +4,513 Lord Siva is a celebrated demigod who awards gifts to beggars. His name is therefore Asutosa, or one who is pleased very easily No edit summary current
• 13:3013:30, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,806 Lord Siva became very pleased with the Pracetas because generally Lord Siva is the protector of pious persons and persons of gentle behavior. Being very much pleased with the princes, he began to speak as follows No edit summary current
• 10:1110:11, 21 July 2023 diff hist +7,814 Hindus, they also pray, go to some demigod, or Krsna. Mostly they go to demigod, especially to Lord Siva, because Lord Siva's name is Asutosa. If you please Lord Siva, it is very easy. He's very easily satisfied No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 21 July 2023 diff hist +6,587 He (Garga Muni) pleased Lord Siva and received from him the benediction of a son. He begot this son, Kalayavana, in the wife of a Yavana king. This Kalayavana inquired from Narada, "Who are the most powerful kings in the world" No edit summary current
• 09:5609:56, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,024 For the benefit of the three worlds, Lord Siva, who is known as Tripurari, once set fire to the three kingdoms of Maya, but later, being pleased with him, he returned his kingdom No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 21 July 2023 diff hist +12,667 Being so insulted, he (Jayadratha) went to Gangotri in the Himalayas and undertook a severe type of penance to please Lord Siva. He asked his benediction to defeat all the Pandavas, at least one at a time No edit summary current
• 09:4409:44, 21 July 2023 diff hist +5,475 Being pleased with Banasura, he (Siva) said, "Whatever you desire you can have from me, for I am very much pleased with you." Banasura replied, "My dear lord, if you please, you can remain in my city just to protect me from the hands of my enemies" No edit summary current
• 09:2609:26, 21 July 2023 diff hist +4,021 Amongst all the demigods, Lord Siva can be pacified even by the lowest class of men, who need only offer him obeisances and leaves of a bael tree. Thus his name is Asutosa, which means that he is pleased very quickly No edit summary current
• 09:2309:23, 21 July 2023 diff hist +10,615 After igniting the fire in the name of Lord Siva, to please him Vrkasura began to offer his own flesh by cutting it from his body No edit summary current
• 09:1909:19, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,471 After fighting and defeating Lord Siva in the dress of a hunter, Arjuna pleased the Lord and received as a reward a weapon called pasupata-astra. Everyone knew that he was a great warrior. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:4408:44, 21 July 2023 diff hist +2,662 As if harassed by an enemy in the form of lusty desires, Lord Siva followed the path of Lord Visnu, who acts very wonderfully and who had taken the form of Mohini No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 21 July 2023 diff hist +3,754 Worship of demigods is discouraged herein because even the greatest demigods like Brahma and Siva only represent part of the opulence of the Supreme Lord. He is the origin of everyone born, and no one is greater than Him. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 21 July 2023 diff hist +29 Within this universe, only Brahma has got four heads. And Lord Siva sometimes exhibits five heads No edit summary current

17 July 2023

• 14:3114:31, 17 July 2023 diff hist +4,044 Vedic literature states that a person who puts Lord Narayana on the level with Lord Siva or Lord Brahma immediately becomes a pakhandi No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 17 July 2023 diff hist +5,671 This material body acts due to the presence of spirit because of Him, & He is therefore the root cause of everyone. He is worshipable for such exalted persons as Brahma & Siva, and He has entered the heart of every living being. Let me meditate upon Him No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 17 July 2023 diff hist −9 This Krsna consciousness movement is very great movement, more valuable than the conception of Lord Siva or Lord Brahma, because it is given by Krsna personally, Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 17 July 2023 diff hist +2,161 This Citraketu is the lowest of ksatriyas, for he has impudently overridden Brahma and the other demigods by insulting Lord Siva, upon whose lotus feet they always meditate No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 17 July 2023 diff hist −9 The Vedic literature, which is sung by Lord Brahma or Siva or a devotee, even that is broken language presented, tad grnanti srnvanti sadhavah: "They'll be accepted by saintly person. They'll sing it and they'll accept it." That is the secret of success No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 17 July 2023 diff hist +4,138 The supreme powerful is Govinda, Lord Krsna. He is the Transcendence, and His transcendental attributes cannot be measured even by such powerful isvaras as Siva and Brahma No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 17 July 2023 diff hist +6,092 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described herein (in SB 4.21.38) as mahattama-agranih. Within this material world, the mahattamas, or great personalities, are Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, but He is above them all No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,516 The Supreme Personality of Godhead controls all the most important demigods - especially Lord Brahma and Lord Siva - exactly as the owner of a bird controls it by binding it with a rope. Sometimes vultures are controlled in this way No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,449 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is always situated within the core of the heart of the pure devotee, and He is always offered prayers by such worshipable personalities as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva - SB 10.6.37-38 No edit summary current
• 13:4113:41, 17 July 2023 diff hist −9 The Supreme Lord, being the Supersoul in every living entity, including Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, is directing everyone in the activities of the material modes of nature No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 17 July 2023 diff hist +5,158 The root is the same both for the real tree and the false, but the false tree is only the perverted reflection of the real tree. The Lord, being the real tree, is here offered obeisances by Brahma on his own behalf and also on behalf of Lord Siva No edit summary current