Category:Condemned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam
Theme Analysis
The category Condemned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam reveals the uncompromising nature of this scripture. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is not a book of compromise; it kicks out all "cheating religion" (kaitava-dharma) to establish the highest truth. Consequently, it explicitly condemns activities and mentalities that deviate from pure devotional service. This includes fruitive rituals (karma-kāṇḍa), dry speculative knowledge (jñāna-kāṇḍa), and demigod worship performed for material gain. Furthermore, it strongly censures those human beings who are uninterested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, labeling them "two-legged animals" (nara-paśu), and exposes imitation devotees (sahajiyās) as stone-hearted hypocrites.
- Cheating Religion: Any religious system devoid of devotional service is condemned as cheating because it does not deliver the soul.
- Karma and Jñāna: Both fruitive activities for sense gratification and dry philosophical speculation are condemned if they lack devotion to Kṛṣṇa.
- The Animalistic Human: A human being without interest in the Absolute Truth is merely a polished animal, a "two-legged beast."
- Imitation Devotion: Those who display symptoms of ecstasy without following the regulative principles are condemned as stone-hearted pretenders.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: What is Condemned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Pages in category "Condemned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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- A human being who is not interested in Krsna consciousness is condemned herewith as a nara-pasu - a two-legged animal
- Almost everything going on in this world as religion is devoid of any idea of devotional service and is therefore condemned by the verdict of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Without devotional service, so-called religious principles are only cheating
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- Imitation devotees, who wish to advertise themselves as elevated Vaisnavas and who therefore imitate the previous acaryas but do not follow them in principle, are condemned in the words of Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.3.24) as stone-hearted
- In this verse (SB 4.4.21) the performers of the Vedic rituals are condemned. They have been described here as dhuma-vartmabhih, those who maintain themselves on the remnants of sacrificial foodstuff
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- The philosophies of voidness and of the impersonal situation of the spiritual world are condemned here (SB 3.15.23) because they bewilder one's intelligence
- The process of elevation by performing sacrifices other than those aimed at Visnu is very slow, and therefore it has been condemned in this verse - SB 4.4.21
- The worshipers of demigods are condemned both in Bhagavad-gita and in Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Their (demonaic people's and non-Aryans) method of civilization is condemned in the previous verse (SB 6.16.43). Kah ksemo nija-parayoh kiyan varthah sva-para-druha dharmena: "What is the meaning of a civilization that kills oneself and others"
- This (SB 9.9.33) is an example of destiny. King Saudasa was condemned by the curse of Vasistha, and therefore even though he was well qualified he could not restrain himself from becoming a tigerlike Raksasa, for this was his destiny
- To derive personal material benefits for sense gratification is the reason persons like Daksa and his followers perform sacrifices. Such sacrifices are condemned here as a labor of love without actual profit. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam
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- We understand that the desires for sexual satisfaction are meant for the arvak, the lowest among men. To rectify these rascals and fools is very difficult. After all, the sex desires of the common man are condemned in these verses - in SB 4.29.14
- Worshiping the multidemigods for material gain is practically a perversity of religion. This sort of religious activity has been condemned in the very beginning of the Bhagavatam as kaitava-dharma