Category:God's Rescuing
Theme Analysis
The history of the material world is filled with instances of the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally intervening to rescue His devotees from insurmountable dangers. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Lord is always ready to protect His surrendered servants, whether they are individuals like Gajendra the elephant, Prahlāda Mahārāja, or Sītādevī, or whether the entire earth planet needs to be saved from the depths of the Garbhodaka Ocean, as demonstrated by Lord Varāha. The Lord's rescuing power proves that He alone is the ultimate shelter, and that no demigod or material arrangement can provide genuine protection. Therefore, an intelligent person must learn to depend entirely on the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord, understanding that the greatest rescue from the cycle of material existence is achieved simply by chanting His holy names.
- The Ultimate Shelter: Only the Supreme Personality of Godhead has the supreme power to rescue a conditioned soul from the dangers of material existence; demigods cannot provide ultimate protection.
- Rescuing the Devotees: History is replete with examples of the Lord personally intervening to save His pure devotees, such as Gajendra, Sītādevī, and Dhruva Mahārāja, demonstrating His unwavering commitment to protect His servitors.
- Saving the Earth Planet: In His magnificent incarnation as Lord Varāha (the Boar), the Supreme Lord displayed His inconceivable strength by diving into the Garbhodaka Ocean to rescue the entire earth from the demon Hiraṇyākṣa.
- The Mercy of the Lord: Even the Supreme Lord Himself, when appearing as the child Kṛṣṇa, demonstrated the principle of divine protection by easily destroying the witch Pūtanā.
- Chanting for Protection: Because the Lord is always ready to rescue His devotees, it is imperative for everyone to constantly chant the holy names of Kṛṣṇa to ensure their ultimate safety from the clutches of *māyā*.
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Pages in category "God's Rescuing"
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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- It is imperative, therefore (because we can be immediately rescued by the Supreme Personality of Godhead), that all devotees in Krsna consciousness practice chanting some mantra
- It is only the Supreme Personality of Godhead who can rescue one from the dangers of material existence. Therefore an intelligent person, to get free from this dangerous existence, approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not any demigod
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- She (Devaki) prayed - I request You (Visnu) to save me from the cruel hands of the son of Ugrasena, Kamsa. I am praying to Your Lordship to please rescue me from this fearful condition because You are always ready to give protection to Your servitors
- Sitadevi was kidnapped. Ramacandra is the Supreme Lord; He could have married many thousands of Sita. But as the dutiful husband, to rescue one wife He killed the whole family of Ravana. This is protection
- Sometimes He (the Lord) is buried in the earth, and as if unable to come out Himself, He requests His devotee to rescue Him
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- That most ancient person, the Personality of Godhead, will alone come to our rescue. What purpose can we serve on His behalf by deliberating on the subject?
- The asura Hiranyaksa had dislocated the earth from its orbit and thrown it beneath the waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Then the Lord, in the shape of the original boar, rescued the earth
- The child Krsna, simply by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was somehow or other rescued from the hands of the Raksasi Putana, who was determined to kill Him - SB 10.11.24
- The Lord (Ramacandra) punished Ravana and rescued His wife to instruct men to have only one wife
- The Lord was therefore pleased when such Vedic mantras were chanted, and to encourage His pure devotees, He roared once more and entered the water to rescue the submerged earth
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- When Lord Balarama came to rescue him (Samba), there was an argument about Samba's release
- Wherever Lord Ramacandra visited, the people approached Him with paraphernalia of worship and begged the Lord's blessings. "O Lord," they said, "as You rescued the earth from the bottom of the sea in Your incarnation as a boar, may You now maintain it
- While praying to the Lord for rescue, mother Devaki expressed her motherly affection