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11 April 2024
- 12:0912:09, 11 April 2024 diff hist +2,679 Arjuna can see from the Garbhodakasayi Visnu up to the topmost part of the universe on the lotus-flower planet where Brahma, the first creature of the universe, resides. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:0612:06, 11 April 2024 diff hist +15 A lotus flower is also an insignia in the hand of Lord Visnu as well as in the hand of the goddess of fortune. The worshipers of the goddess of fortune and Lord Visnu together are certainly very opulent in all respects, even in material life No edit summary current
10 April 2024
- 17:0617:06, 10 April 2024 diff hist +4,391 Sukadeva Gosvami said: Lord Visnu, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, appeared as Vamanadeva in the sacrificial arena of Bali Maharaja. Then He extended His left foot to the end of the universe and pierced a hole in its covering with the nail of His big toe No edit summary current
9 April 2024
- 16:1516:15, 9 April 2024 diff hist +2,640 May Lord Narayana, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Visnu, who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day No edit summary current
7 April 2024
- 16:3416:34, 7 April 2024 diff hist +4,195 Visnu's eight hands held a conchshell, wheel, club, lotus flower, arrow, bow, shield and sword, and they were decorated with golden ornaments such as bangles and bracelets No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 7 April 2024 diff hist +10,955 The four arms of Lord Visnu have different purposes. The hands holding a lotus flower and conchshell are meant for the devotees, whereas the other two hands, holding a disc and mace, or club, are meant for the demons No edit summary current
5 April 2024
- 11:0511:05, 5 April 2024 diff hist +2,322 Some yogis think of the Lord within their hearts as measuring about six inches. The Lord has four hands, in which He holds a conchshell, club, disc and lotus flower. Those who worship this form of Visnu within the heart are called sagarbha-yogis No edit summary current
- 11:0111:01, 5 April 2024 diff hist +3,453 Regardless of what you (the Yamadutas) have done this time, henceforward you should not approach such devotees; otherwise you will be killed by the club of Lord Visnu. This is my (Yamaraja's) warning No edit summary current
- 11:0011:00, 5 April 2024 diff hist +38,105 One who worships the salagrama-sila can also be relieved of offenses. In the Brahmanda Purana it is said that one who worships Lord Visnu, whose four hands bear a conchshell, disc, lotus flower and club, can be relieved from the above offenses No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 5 April 2024 diff hist +1,350 Lord Visnu holds the club, lotus, conch and disc. Lord Madhusudana holds the disc, conch, lotus and club No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 5 April 2024 diff hist +15,507 Lord Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, and all the other Visnu forms - with four hands decorated with conch, lotus, club & wheel - are plenary expansions of Krsna. In Bhagavad-gita it is recommended that one meditate upon the form of the Lord No edit summary current
4 April 2024
- 18:2318:23, 4 April 2024 diff hist +8,056 In His Visnu form, the Lord carries four weapons in His four hands - a lotus flower and a conchshell in two hands, and in the other two hands a club and a disc No edit summary current
3 April 2024
- 18:4218:42, 3 April 2024 diff hist +4,848 Certainly Lord Visnu is very beautiful with His necklace of kaustubha jewels, His four hands holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower and His dazzlingly beautiful jewelry No edit summary current
- 18:3618:36, 3 April 2024 diff hist +2,961 All together, accompanied by the conchshell, wheel, club, lotus flower, bow, arrows, shield and sword in His hands, these presented a grand and beautiful audience for Lord Visnu which captivated all the demigods No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 3 April 2024 diff hist +9,560 Their legs were decorated with bells, Their waists with golden belts, & Their fingers with jeweled rings. Brahma also saw that upon the whole body of each Visnu, from the lotus feet up to the top of the head, fresh tulasi leaves and buds had been thrown No edit summary current
- 18:2218:22, 3 April 2024 diff hist +5,812 I shall therefore sever Lord Visnu's head from His trunk by my trident, and with the profuse blood from His body I shall please my brother Hiranyaksa, who was so fond of sucking blood. Thus shall I too be peaceful No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 3 April 2024 diff hist +3,998 In the Puranas it is found that Siva appears sometimes from the heads of Brahma and sometimes from the head of Visnu No edit summary current
2 April 2024
- 18:1218:12, 2 April 2024 diff hist +5,605 As for rudhira, or the blood of Lord Visnu, since there is no possibility of severing Lord Visnu's head from His body, there is no question of blood. But the garland that decorates Visnu's body is as red as blood No edit summary current
- 18:0518:05, 2 April 2024 diff hist +2,573 The Lord (Maha-visnu), although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virat-rupa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc No edit summary current
- 18:0218:02, 2 April 2024 diff hist +1,682 That same Lord Visnu, in the form of Lord Sesa, holds the planets upon His heads, although He does not know where they are, for He cannot feel their existence upon His heads No edit summary current
- 18:0118:01, 2 April 2024 diff hist +6,142 Lord Maha-Visnu's helmet was bedecked with valuable jewels, and His beautiful earrings enhanced the beauty of the curling hair on His head. Lord Maha-Visnu had eight arms, all very long, reaching to His knees No edit summary current
- 18:0018:00, 2 April 2024 diff hist +4,183 It is stated that Lord Visnu snatched two hairs - one white and one black - from His head. These two hairs entered the wombs of Rohini and Devaki, members of the Yadu dynasty. Balarama was born from Rohini, and Krsna was born of Devaki No edit summary current
1 April 2024
- 17:5017:50, 1 April 2024 diff hist +5,930 Sometimes the devotee becomes filled with the same awe and reverence by seeing a picture of Visnu, who is dressed like Krsna and who has a similar complexion. The only difference is that Visnu has four hands No edit summary current
- 17:4517:45, 1 April 2024 diff hist +3,773 One should install the Deity of Lord Visnu or Krsna and worship Him nicely by dressing Him, decorating Him with flower garlands, and offering Him all kinds of fruits, flowers and cooked food, nicely prepared with ghee, sugar and grains No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 1 April 2024 diff hist +7,662 Lord Visnu in the dress of a brahmana appeared as a beggar before Bali and snatched away all of his opulence and his kingdom. He did this for the benefit of Indra, who, having been defeated by Bali Maharaja, was bereft of his kingdom No edit summary current
- 17:4017:40, 1 April 2024 diff hist +3,141 His (Lord Visnu) four hands were decorated with a conchshell, club, lotus and disc, He was dressed in yellow garments, and His eyes appeared like the petals of a blooming lotus No edit summary current
- 17:3117:31, 1 April 2024 diff hist +5,450 Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Siva is whitish, and Brahma is reddish, but according to Srila Sanatana Gosvami in the Vaisnava-tosani-tika, this exhibition of colors is not what is referred to here - in SB 10.3.20 No edit summary current
31 March 2024
- 18:1518:15, 31 March 2024 diff hist +12,666 You (Visnu) are equal to everyone, and Your instructions apply for everyone, for all time. You are the beginning of all truth. Therefore, offering our obeisances, we surrender unto You. Kindly give us protection - SB 10.2.26 No edit summary current
- 18:1118:11, 31 March 2024 diff hist +3,559 Vrtrasura, however, being a Vaisnava, assured Indra that the thunderbolt would not fail, for Vrtrasura knew that it had been prepared in accordance with the instructions of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:1018:10, 31 March 2024 diff hist +34 The Vedas contain nothing besides the instructions of Visnu, and one who follows the Vedic principles is a Vaisnava No edit summary current
30 March 2024
- 18:1218:12, 30 March 2024 diff hist −11 Category:Visnu's Thinking No edit summary current
- 18:0818:08, 30 March 2024 diff hist +28 Category:Visnu's Stopping No edit summary current
- 18:0718:07, 30 March 2024 diff hist +9,551 The puranas say: "Just as the illumination of a fire, which is situated in one place, is spread all over, the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Parabrahman, are spread all over this universe." - Visnu Purana 1.22.53 No edit summary current
- 18:0418:04, 30 March 2024 diff hist +29 Category:Visnu's Spreading No edit summary current
29 March 2024
- 18:3418:34, 29 March 2024 diff hist +3,207 The words aham samadhaya manah indicate that the most important duty at the time of death is to concentrate one's mind. If one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of Krsna, Visnu, Sankarsana or any Visnu murti, his life will be successful No edit summary current
- 18:3118:31, 29 March 2024 diff hist +2,973 This person is puffed up because of his achievements, thinking, "I am the best." He does not deserve to approach the shelter of Lord Visnu's lotus feet, which are worshiped by all saintly persons, for he is impudent, thinking himself greatly important No edit summary
- 18:3018:30, 29 March 2024 diff hist +3,471 Those devotees (who have surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord) are so respectable and exalted that Lord Visnu personally protects them with the club in His hand No edit summary current
- 18:2818:28, 29 March 2024 diff hist +7,248 Throughout the universe there are only these two types (suras and asuras) of human being. In the Rg Veda it is stated that the suras always aim at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Visnu and act accordingly No edit summary current
- 18:2518:25, 29 March 2024 diff hist +7,026 To think that Lord Siva and the other demigods are other forms of God and are therefore equal to Visnu - is blasphemous. This is the second offense at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 29 March 2024 diff hist +2,710 When Bali Maharaja acted with unflinching faith and devotion unto the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, this was very much appreciated by all the residents of the higher planetary system No edit summary current
28 March 2024
- 08:2208:22, 28 March 2024 diff hist +13 The whole system is how to approach the lotus feet of Visnu. So this is the last ceremonial performance. Etam samasthaya paratma-nistham. Paratma-nistham, Visnu, to keep firm faith in Him. So it is not a new thing. Purvatamair upasitam mahadbhih No edit summary current
- 08:1908:19, 28 March 2024 diff hist +6,613 The Vedic recommendation is that one make the lotus feet of Visnu the target of all one's efforts. Tad visnoh paramam padam: the Visnu planets, or Visnuloka, are situated above all the material planets No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +3,230 The statement that their (the sage's) hair was wet indicates that it was directly moistened by the water originating from the lotus feet of Visnu - the Ganges No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 28 March 2024 diff hist +1,524 The real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu. Such a hypothesis is another ornament, called anumana No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 28 March 2024 diff hist +4,382 The performance of sraddha, or offering oblations with prasada, is still current in India, especially at Gaya, where oblations are offered at the lotus feet of Visnu in a celebrated temple No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 28 March 2024 diff hist +6,243 The other parts of Maha-Visnu's legs, the joints and lower extremities, were all very beautiful, the nails of His feet were dazzling, and His toes were as beautiful as the petals of the lotus flower. His helmet was decorated with very valuable jewels No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 28 March 2024 diff hist +7,140 The Mayavadi philosophers equalize the jivas and the Supreme Lord and consider them to be one, but that is the greatest offense to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 28 March 2024 diff hist +80,758 The learned sages say that to approach the lotus feet of Visnu is to get liberation No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 28 March 2024 diff hist +4,686 The human form of life affords one a chance to return home, back to Godhead. Therefore every living entity, especially in the human form of life, must engage in devotional service to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 28 March 2024 diff hist +3,262 The Ganges water flows directly from the lotus feet of Visnu, and its course runs from the highest planet of the universe down to the lowest No edit summary current