Pradyumna: (reading:) "...Krsna we refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His many expansions. He is expanded by His plenary part and parcels, His differentiated parts and parcels, and His different energies. Krsna, in other words, m
Pradyumna: (reading:) "In the Srimad Bhagavatam..." Uh. "In the Fifth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, Sixth Chapter, 18th verse, Narada also says to Yudhisthira, 'My dear King, it is Lord Krsna, known as Mukunda, who is the eternal protector of the Panda
Pradyumna: (reading:) "By performing Vedic ritualistic activities, by giving money in charity and by undergoing austerity, one can temporarily become free from the reactions of sinful activities, but at the next moment he must again become engaged in
When one has got that vision, transcendental vision, samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhakti, then the devotional service begins. Not that with blunt eyes and senses one can serve God, devotional service.
atah sri-krsna-namadi
na bhaved grahyam indriyaih
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Pradyumna: (reading) "4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved. 5) Those in pure devotional service..."
Prabhupada: Page number? Page number?
Pradyumna: Page 2. "Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation. 6) Pure de
Similarly, there are different processes for getting out of the reaction of sinful activities, but you..., we take it. But if we again commit those sinful activities, then what is the use of such penance or prayascitta? Hasti-snana. The example is gi
Pradyumna: (reading:) "So when our senses are engaged for the actual proprietor of the senses, that is called devotional service. In our conditional state, our senses are engaged in serving these bodily demands. When the same senses are engaged in ex
In the sastra it is said, "Generally, people in this material world, they are in..., in the rajo-guna." Therefore hard-working activities, they take it as pleasure. If some saintly persons do not work, he is engaged in devotional service or meditatio
Pradyumna: (reading:) "How Krsna becomes attracted by the devotional service of His devotees is described by Narada in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto, Tenth Chapter, 37th verse. There Narada addresses King Yudhisthira while the King is apprecia
sā tu karma-jñāna-yogebhyo 'py adhikatarāSYNONYMSsā — it; tu — but; karma — to fruitive work; jñāna — speculative knowledge; yogebhyaḥ — and mystic meditation; api — indeed; adhikatarā — superior.TRANSLATIONPure devotional service, on the other hand,
mukhyatas tu mahat-kṛpayaiva bhagavat-kṛpā-leśād vāSYNONYMSmukhyataḥ — primarily; tu — but; mahat — of great souls; kṛpayā — by the mercy; eva — indeed; bhagavat — of the Supreme Lord; kṛpā — of the mercy; leśāt — by a trace; vā — or.TRANSLATIONPrima
duḥsańgaḿ sarvathaiva tyājyaḥSYNONYMSduḥsańgam — bad association; sarvathā — in all its aspects; eva — indeed; tyājyaḥ — to be given up.TRANSLATIONOne should give up all kinds of degrading association.PURPORTAfter stating that the association of pure
