Category:Able to Give Protection
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that while we may seek shelter in family, society, or government, ultimately, only Kṛṣṇa is able to give protection. Material protectors like parents or kings are limited; they cannot save their dependents from the finality of death or the laws of karma. True leadership—whether as a father, king, or guru—requires the spiritual potency to deliver dependents from the cycle of birth and death. The essence of surrender (śaraṇāgati) is the firm conviction that Kṛṣṇa is all-powerful and will protect His devotee under all circumstances. Doubt in this regard is a sign of weak faith. Kṛṣṇa Himself promises this protection in the Bhagavad-gītā, urging everyone to surrender to Him.
- The Fallacy of Material Protection: Family, nation, and wealth are false shelters. When death comes, no material power is able to give protection.
- The Duty of Leaders: A king or government has no right to levy taxes unless they are able to give full protection to the citizens from thieves and rogues.
- Parental Responsibility: The Bhāgavatam states one should not become a father or mother unless they are able to protect their children from the imminent danger of death (birth and death cycle).
- The Definition of Surrender: Full surrender means having the confidence that "Kṛṣṇa is quite competent and able to give me protection."
- Kṛṣṇa's Promise: The Lord invites everyone to come to Him, promising to give all protection from sinful reactions and material miseries.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Only Kṛṣṇa is Able to Give Protection.
Pages in category "Able to Give Protection"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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- After losing each of his sons, the brahmana would come to the gate of the palace and accuse the King of not being able to give the brahmanas protection and of thus being unfit to sit on the royal throne
- Any process of religiosity based on sense gratification, gross or subtle, must be considered a pretentious religion because it is unable to give perpetual protection to its followers
- Arjuna said, "My lord, I promise that I shall give protection to your children, and if I am unable to do so, then I shall enter into blazing fire so that the sinful contamination which has infected me will be counteracted"
- As your father is finished, as your grandfather is finished, similarly, your son, grandson will be finished. None of them will be able to give you protection. Only Krsna will be giving you protection
B
- Brahma said, "You (Krsna) are always eternal. Your appearance and disappearance are made possible by Your inconceivable energy just to give protection to the faithful devotees and to annihilate the faithless demons"
- By digging for water, even in the desert, we can produce food grains; when we produce food grains and vegetables, we can give protection to the cows; while giving protection to the cows, we can draw from them abundant quantities of milk
I
- If by your intelligence you become doubtful, "Whether Krsna is able to give me protection?" then you are finished
- In our scripture it is said that one should not become a father or a mother unless one is able to give protection to one's children from the imminent danger of death
- In this way one can become completely confident and satisfied, knowing that he has someone who is able to give him all protection
- It is not that if a child is in danger, because the father and mother is very strong, very rich, he will be able to give protection to the child. No. That is not possible
N
- Nobody can give you protection. It is false hope. Just like the birds, when they fly in the sky, everyone has to take his own care. Nobody can help anybody. One can help only in Krsna consciousness, not in the material ways. This is called destiny
- Nobody will be able to give us protection. If real protection is wanted, he will have to take protection of Krsna. That is the instruction of Bhagavad-gita: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja
O
- O great hero, I shall always be with you and give you protection in all respects along with your associates and paraphernalia. Moreover, you will always be able to see Me there
- Of course, Arjuna was not an ordinary living entity, but because of his friendly dealings with Krsna he thought that Krsna was unable to give protection to the brahmana and that he would do better to remember Lord Siva
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- The Bhagavata says: "One should not become a father, one should not become a mother, unless they are able to protect the children from the imminent danger of death." What is that? The cycle of birth and death
- The conclusion is that unless the king is perfectly able to give protection to the citizens from rogues and thieves, he has no right to levy taxes from the citizens for his own sense gratification
- The king or government may levy taxes upon the citizens in various ways provided the king is able to give full protection to his subjects to assure the security of their life and property
- The king or the government that taxes can levy taxes from the citizens only if the king or government is able to give protection to the citizens from thieves and rogues
- The ksatriyas should always be very strong to be able to give protection to the weak. They should not pose themselves as nonviolent. If violence is required, they must exhibit it. BG 1972 purports
- The ksatriyas should be very strong to be able to give protection to the weak. They should not pose themselves as nonviolent. If violence is required, they must exhibit it. But a person who is able to curb down his enemy may show forgiveness
- The potency to give protection to the pious and kill the demons or undesirables is directly an energy from the Supreme Lord, and the king or the chief executive of the state is supposed to possess such energy
- The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those things favorable to devotional service, the rejection of unfavorable things, the conviction that Krsna will give protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one's guardian or master
- The six divisions of surrender are: accepting those things favorable to devotional service, rejecting unfavorable things, the conviction that Krsna will give protection, accepting the Lord as one's guardian or master, full self-surrender, and humility
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead promised to protect Bali Maharaja and his associates from all dangers, He is addressed here (in SB 8.23.6) as durga-pala, the Lord who gives protection from all miserable conditions
- They (devotees spreading Krsna consciousness) must rest assured that demoniac attacks will not be able to harm them, for the Lord is always prepared to give them protection
- This attachment strongly affects all conditioned living entities. Lord Krsna is personally canvassing, "Give up everything in this material world. Come to Me, and I shall give you all protection," but we are not agreeable
- To accept everything which is favorable for devotional service, to reject everything which is unfavorable for devotional service, to believe that Krsna will always give protection
- To have faith, this is called surrender. Not that, "Oh, Krsna says, but may not be able to protect me." No. Krsna is able. He is all-powerful, omnipotent. He can give you protection