Category:Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by the Sages of Naimisaranya - Vaniquotes
- The Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya are the 54th top speakers of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with 25 verses at Vanisource. They speak only in the 1st canto (25 verses).
Theme Analysis
The inquiries of the Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya set the stage for the entire Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Gathered at a holy place to perform a thousand-year sacrifice for the benefit of humanity, these great sages foresee the degrading influence of the approaching Iron Age (Kali-yuga). Realizing that complex Vedic rituals will be impossible for the short-lived and unfortunate people of this age, they approach Sūta Gosvāmī to distill the essence of all scriptures. Their questions are not for their own sake, but for the ultimate good of all living beings.
- The Symptoms of Kali-yuga: The Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya vividly describe the disqualifications of the modern age: people are short-lived (alpayuṣaḥ), quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky, and constantly disturbed.
- The Captain of the Ship: Recognizing the futility of their own fruitive sacrifices (which blacken their bodies with smoke), the Sages accept Sūta Gosvāmī as the captain of the ship to cross the dangerous ocean of Kali. They identify hearing about Kṛṣṇa as the only true shelter.
- The Essence of Scripture: They ask Sūta Gosvāmī to select the essence of the vast Vedic literatures, as people no longer have the memory or capacity to study them all. This essence is the science of devotional service.
- The Six Questions: The Sages pose six fundamental questions that structure the Bhāgavatam: (1) What is the absolute good? (2) What is the essence of scripture? (3) Why did Kṛṣṇa appear? (4) What are His incarnations? (5) The glories of His holy name and pastimes? (6) Where has religion taken shelter after His departure?
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Inquiries of the Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya – Seeking Shelter in the Age of Kali.
Pages in category "Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by the Sages of Naimisaranya - Vaniquotes"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- All blessings upon you, O Suta Gosvami. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared in the womb of Devaki as the son of Vasudeva
- And because you are submissive, your spiritual masters have endowed you with all the favors bestowed upon a gentle disciple. Therefore you can tell us all that you have scientifically learned from them
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- Beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant, no one is independent in the material creation
- Being the eldest learned Vedantist, O Suta Gosvami, you are acquainted with the knowledge of Vyasadeva, who is the incarnation of Godhead, and you also know other sages who are fully versed in all kinds of physical and metaphysical knowledge
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- Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Krsna, which is feared by fear personified
- Lord Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, along with Balarama, played like a human being, and so masked He performed many superhuman acts
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- O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed
- O sage, please select the essence of all these scriptures and explain it for the good of all living beings, that by such instruction their hearts may be fully satisfied
- O Suta Gosvami, please describe those topics of the Lord by which Maharaja Pariksit, whose intelligence was fixed on liberation, attained the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of Garuda, the king of birds
- O Suta Gosvami, we are eager to learn about the Personality of Godhead and His incarnations. Please explain to us those teachings imparted by previous masters (acaryas), for one is uplifted both by speaking them and by hearing them
- O Suta Gosvami, you are a learned & pure devotee of the Lord because the P of G is your chief object of service. Therefore please describe to us the pastimes of the Lord, which are above all material conception, for we are anxious to receive such messages
- O wise Suta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead's multi-incarnations. Such auspicious adventures and pastimes of the Lord, the supreme controller, are performed by His internal powers
- Our (Sages of Naimisaranya) bodies have become black from the smoke, but we are factually pleased by the nectar of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, which you are distributing
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- Please narrate to us the narrations of the Unlimited, for they are purifying and supreme. They were spoken to Maharaja Pariksit, and they are very dear to the pure devotees, being full of bhakti-yoga
- Please, therefore, being blessed with many years, explain to us, in an easily understandable way, what you have ascertained to be the absolute and ultimate good for the people in general
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- The good sages said: O grave Suta Gosvami! May you live many years and have eternal fame, for you are speaking very nicely about the activities of Lord Krsna, the Personality of Godhead. This is just like nectar for mortal beings like us
- The Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna (Govinda), is the exclusive shelter for all great living beings, and His transcendental attributes cannot even be measured by such masters of mystic powers as Lord Siva and Lord Brahma
- The sages said: Respected Suta Gosvami, you are completely free from all vice
- The value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity
- There are many varieties of scriptures, and in all of them there are many prescribed duties, which can be learned only after many years of study in their various divisions
- Those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with them, whereas the waters of the Ganges can sanctify only after prolonged use
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- We have just begun the performance of this fruitive activity, a sacrificial fire, without certainty of its result due to the many imperfections in our action
- We never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is glorified by hymns and prayers. Those who have developed a taste for transcendental relationships with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at every moment
- We think that we have met Your Goodness by the will of providence, just so that we may accept you as captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the good qualities of a human being
- Who is there, desiring deliverance from the vices of the age of quarrel, who is not willing to hear the virtuous glories of the Lord