Category:God's Placing
Theme Analysis
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, being the absolute controller of everything, perfectly places both the cosmic manifestation and the living entities in their respective positions. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that great controllers like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, or even mundane kings are placed and removed by the Lord's supreme will according to their karma and His divine plan. Furthermore, in His wonderful pastimes, the Lord performs acts of placing that demonstrate His supreme power and causeless mercy. Whether placing the earth on the Garbhodaka Ocean, placing the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu on His lap to annihilate him, or tenderly placing His lotus hand on the head of Prahlāda Mahārāja to grant fearlessness, every act of God's placing is a manifestation of His absolute perfection and authority.
- The Supreme Controller of Destiny: The Supreme Lord orchestrates the exact position of every living entity, from ordinary humans up to demigods like Lord Brahmā, placing and removing them by His supreme will.
- Sustaining the Cosmic Creation: The immense planets and universal spheres are not floating by chance; they are deliberately placed and sustained by the inconceivable potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Annihilation of the Demons: In His spectacular pastimes, the Lord strategically places demons in positions where they can be vanquished without violating universal laws, such as placing Hiraṇyakaśipu on His lap.
- Blessing the Pure Devotees: The ultimate manifestation of the Lord's placing is His supreme mercy, demonstrated when He places His lotus feet in the hearts of mystics or His lotus hand on the heads of His pure devotees to grant them absolute fearlessness.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Understanding the Divine Authority of God's Placing.
Pages in category "God's Placing"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- After giving Vibhisana the power to rule the Raksasa population of Lanka for the duration of one kalpa, Lord Ramacandra, the S Personality of Godhead (Bhagavan), placed Sitadevi on an airplane decorated with flowers and then got on the plane Himself
- Although Prahlada was born in a demoniac family and although the Lord had never before placed His lotus hand on the head of Brahma, Siva or the goddess of fortune, His constant companion, Lord Nrsimhadeva kindly placed His hand on the head of Prahlada
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- He (God) rewards the reactions of our actions by placing us in some particular place
- He (Nrsimhadeva) killed the king of the demons (Hiranyakasipu), who challenged the Lord with a club in his hand, by placing the demon on His thighs and piercing him with His nails, rolling His eyebrows in anger and showing His fearful teeth and mouth
- He lies down on His own heart spread in the form of the sky, and thus placing the whole creation in that space, He expands Himself into many living entities, which are manifested as different species of life
- Hiranyakasipu had received from Lord Brahma the benediction that he would not die on the land or in the sky. Therefore, to keep the promise of Lord Brahma intact, Nrsimhadeva placed Hiranyakasipu's body on His lap, which was neither land nor sky
- His lotus feet are placed over the whorls of the lotuslike hearts of great mystics. On His chest is the Kaustubha jewel, engraved with a beautiful calf, and there are other jewels on His shoulders. His complete torso is garlanded with fresh flowers
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- Lord Nrsimha-deva placed the demon (Hiranyakasipu) on His lap, supporting him with His thighs, and in the doorway of the assembly hall the Lord very easily tore the demon to pieces with the nails of His hand
- Lord Vamana covered all the lands of the universe with His first two steps and then asked Bali Maharaja where to place the third step
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- That Lord Krsna is Narayana, the father of Brahma, because Lord Krsna’s plenary expansion Garbhodakasayi Visnu, after placing Himself on the Garbha Ocean, created Brahma from His own body
- The earth was placed on the water by His inconceivable potency. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He can sustain the huge planets either on the water or in the air, as He likes
- The gem known as Kaustubha was also generated (during the churning of the ocean of milk), and Lord Visnu took that gem and placed it on His chest. Thereafter, a parijata flower and the Apsaras, the most beautiful women in the universe, were generated
- The Lord placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water and transferred to her His own energy in the form of the ability to float on the water
- The sun-god and the individual person, who are related as the controller and the controlled, are the same spiritual parts and parcels of the Supreme Being, and it is the Supreme Being who places different parts and parcels in different positions
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so kind and loves His devotee Maharaja Dhruva so much that He has placed all the luminaries under the control of Dhruva's planet and has arranged for the time factor to work under him or with his cooperation