Category:God's Arms
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category focuses on the transcendental arms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which represent His supreme protective power, cosmic administration, and boundless affection. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that within the universal form (virāṭ-rūpa), the different social orders of human society emanate from different parts of the Lord's body. The kṣatriyas—the administrators and warriors who maintain law and order—are directly generated from the Lord's arms. Consequently, all departments of cosmic law and protection emanate from His arms. The Lord's arms are described as exceptionally beautiful, stretching down to His knees, and adorned with glittering ornaments and sandalwood pulp. Whether He exhibits four arms holding His divine weapons (conch, disc, club, and lotus) to annihilate demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, or uses them to intimately embrace pure devotees like Lord Bharata, His arms are always completely auspicious. Furthermore, pure devotees who actively preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness and fight against the illusions of māyā are considered the active arms, or soldiers, of the Supreme Lord.
- The Origin of the Kṣatriyas: In the virāṭ-puruṣa, human society is compared to a body. The brāhmaṇas are the head, the vaiśyas the abdomen, the śūdras the legs, and the kṣatriyas (the protectors and administrators) emanate directly from the Lord's arms.
- Cosmic Law and Order: All universal departments of law, order, and protection emanate from the arms of the Lord. Demigods like Indra rule under the direct shelter and protection of the Lord's arms.
- Auspicious Weapons: The Lord's arms carry transcendental weapons not out of mundane anger, but to award fearlessness to the devotees and liberation to the vanquished demons.
- Transcendental Beauty and Affection: The Lord's arms stretch to His knees and are beautifully decorated. He uses these arms to intimately embrace His devotees, wrestle playfully with His friends, and attract the minds of the gopīs.
- Devotees as the Lord's Arms: Sincere Kṛṣṇa conscious preachers who fight against the atheistic influence of māyā act as the authorized soldiers and the extended arms of the Supreme Lord in the material world.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Arms - The Source of Universal Law and Protection.
Subcategories
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
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Pages in category "God's Arms"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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- After offering the wooden shoes before Lord Ramacandra, Lord Bharata stood with folded hands, His eyes full of tears, and Lord Ramacandra bathed Bharata with tears while embracing Him with both arms for a long time
- All departments of law and order emanate from the arms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The law and order of the universe is directed by different demigods, and it is here (in SB 3.28.27) said to emanate from the Lord's arms
- All of the Lord's arms are auspicious, whether they are holding conchshells and flowers or clubs and discs
- Around the neck of the Personality of Godhead hung a flower garland that reached to His knees. His eight stout and elongated arms were decorated with that garland, which challenged the beauty of the goddess of fortune
- As stated before, the brahmanas are produced from the mouth of the Lord, and the ksatriyas are produced from the chest or arms of the Lord
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- His (Lord Visnu's) arms stretched down to His knees, and all His beautiful limbs were smeared with sandalwood and decorated with glittering ornaments. He wore yellow clothes, and by either side stood His energies Bhumi and Nila
- His arms are the demigods headed by Indra, the ten directional sides are His ears, and physical sound is His sense of hearing. His nostrils are the two Asvini-kumaras, and material fragrance is His sense of smell. His mouth is the blazing fire
- His arms, which resembled flanks of soldiers, spread in all directions as He killed the demons, rogues and atheists with His conchshell, disc, club, lotus and other natural weapons
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- If someone is killed by the wheel of the Lord and is thus fortunate enough to see the arms of the Lord, that is sufficient for his liberation. Such good fortune is not achieved even by the great sages
- Immediately upon entering the Talavana, Balarama began to yank the trees with His arms, exhibiting the strength of an elephant. Because of this jerking, all the ripe fruits fell down on the ground
- In other words, the gopis become very much agitated by lusty desire; they are burning due to the poisonous bite inflicted by the black snakes of Krsna’s beautiful arms
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that the brahmanas are the head of the Supreme Lord, the ksatriyas are the arms, etc., and that all serve different functions. BG 1972 purports
- Indra, King of heaven, being protected by the arms of Vamanadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thus regained his rule of the three worlds and was reinstated in his own position, supremely opulent, fearless and fully satisfied
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- Lord Brahma and Lord Siva saw the belt on the Lord's waist, the bangles on His arms, the necklace on His chest, and the ankle bells on His legs
- 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
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- The administrators can remain safely under the protection of the arms of the Lord
- The brahmanas (intelligentsia) emanate from the face (of God), the ksatriyas (warriors and administrators) emanate from the arms, the vaisyas (farmers and merchants) emanate from the thighs, and the sudras (laborers) emanate from the feet
- The brahmanas are born from the mouth of the universal form of the Lord, the ksatriyas are born out of the arms, the vaisyas out of the waist, and the sudras out of the legs. As such, they are qualified in the different modes of material nature
- The brahmanas represent His mouth, the ksatriyas His arms, the vaisyas His thighs, and the sudras are born of His legs
- The ksatriyas are said to be created from His arms (of Virat-Purusa), the vaisyas are created from His waist, and the sudras are created from His legs
- 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
- The Lord appears, just as the morning sun rises, to protect the whole universal creation. His arms display different weapons, and His eight hands are compared to the eight petals of a lotus flower. All the weapons are for the protection of His devotees
- The Lord is anxious to give protection to the devotees. Diti knew well that the killing of her sons by the Lord would also be His mercy, and therefore she says that the wheel and arms of the Lord are magnanimous
- The Lord wore a golden belt on His waist, bracelets on His arms, rings on His fingers, and ankle bells on His feet. Lord Hari, who is attractive to all the living entities of the three worlds, is known as Purusottama, the best personality
- The Lord's arms are the productive fields for the great demigods and other leaders of the living entities who protect the general mass
- The ornaments on the arms of the Lord are as brilliant and lustrous as if they had been polished very recently
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had many, many arms, first uprooted Hiranyakasipu's heart and then threw him aside and turned toward the demon's soldiers
- The virat-purusa's face is the brahmanas, His arms are the ksatriyas, His thighs are the vaisyas, and the sudras are under the protection of His feet
- The whole is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His virat-rupa, or universal form. The brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras are respectively the mouth, arms, abdomen and legs of the universal form of the Lord
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- We are Arms of the Lord, because we are fighting against the influence of Maya, or the non-devotees. Actually we the Krishna Conscious people are soldiers of the Lord, or Arms of the Lord
- When the beautiful princesses of the serpent kings, hoping for the Lord's (Ananta) auspicious blessing, smear His arms with aguru pulp, sandalwood pulp and kunkuma, the touch of His limbs awakens lusty desires within them
- When the Lord was coming out of the water, taking the earth in His arms to deliver it, the demon derided Him with insulting words, but the Lord did not care because He was very conscious of His duty
- With His (the Lord's) strong, glorious arms, which award fearlessness throughout the universe, He took hold of Vasuki and began churning the ocean, using Mandara Mountain as a churning rod