In his transcendental purport to the above verse Srila Prabhupada says, "The mundane wranglers waste time with archaeological excavations without searching into the vital necessities of life....
Recently one devotee shared a nice point on Damodar Lila as to how Mother Yashoda was very determined to tie Lord Damodara and kept trying again and again, in spite of repeated failures. And so in the end she became recipient of Lord's mercy. Likewise...
One way to beautify the feet and legs is to beautify the feet and toe nails. Toe nail and foot nail design is a separate field in itself where the nail experts come up with a variety of designs for decorating the toe nails and feet nails
From the scriptures we understand that the Lord’s form is full of effulgence and His nails radiate great effulgence. In our case, our toe nails are by nature not effulgent.
In the commentary to the verse of SB 4.24.52, Srila Prabhupada explains, "The beauty of the lotus feet of the Lord is compared to the petals of a lotus flower which grows in the autumn season.
In the modern days, lot of care is given for the beauty of the nails (of the hands and feet). There are dedicated salons and boutiques for nail care in many countries which cater to the nail beauty. The cosmetic treatment of feet and toenails is called pedicure.
This is in continuation of the topic "Feel Obliged to Krishna's grace" wherein we saw Arjuna thinking about how Lord had protected Him throughout his life.
When Krishna returned to Goloka after winding up His pastimes in Dwaraka, Arjuna retuned back to Hastinapura with a very morose face. Seeing him despondent Maharaj Yudhishtira made several inquiries to find out what is the reason for his sorrow.
There is an interesting Panchatantra tale which shows that greed leads to no good. There was once a flock of birds in the forest. They were very united and the queen bird ruled their flock wisely and justly. Every morning she split the birds into groups and sent them in different directions to search for food.
When Krishna returned to Goloka, Arjuna was entrusted with the responsibility of accompanying some of His wives to Hastinapur. But on the way he was defeated by some cowherd boys who stole away the wives of Krishna as well. ..
In first canto, chapter 6, we come across the previous life of Narada Muni wherein he was son of a maid-servant. At that time he got the chance of serving the sages along with his mother for four months..
In first canto, 16th chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam we find that Suta Goswami begins to explain how Parikshit Maharaj caught hold of Kali-personified and was about to punish him for hurting the cow and bull. The sages of Naimisharanya immediately asked Suta Goswami to explain the incident in detail if it is related to Krishna.
By causeless mercy of our beloved spiritual master HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada in the past few months, we had the opportunity to meet many devotees living in different villages and study Srimad Bhagavatam with them. It was a very inspiring experience to meet people from different backgrounds and different challenging situations.
There is a saying "Variety is the spice of life" and likewise we find in Krishna's creations, there are various types of people in this world, people with different mentalities and behaviour.
Couple of days ago we came across the news of suicide committed by a middle-aged person. He is survived by his wife and two children and has been successful in his career of training so many youngsters in successfully cracking the exams for civil services all over the country.
This is in conclusion of the transcription of the nectarean class given by our beloved spiritual master HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 12.13.23.
Bali Maharaj said, "Son, you please hear my advice. You are going to be destroyed if you are carrying this idea (of fighting against Lord Ram). He said....
In order to equip ourselves for preaching, we have to study very hard. At least two hours a day you should completely forget your house, completely forget your activities, completely forget that you are very important person in your house.
This is in continuation of the trancription of the nectarean class given by our beloved spiritual master HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 12.13.23.
Everybody, we want to be happy. And that's why we want to construct a building, we want to buy a flat, we want to buy houses, we want to buy nice cars and so many other things you know. Everything we do, for our happiness, but what happens?
O great sage, everyone in this world engages in fruitive activities to attain happiness, but one finds neither satiation nor the mitigation of distress. On the contrary, one is only aggravated by such activities. Please, therefore, give us directions on how one should live for real happiness.
In the association (of devotees) we are enthused. On our own we lose the enthusiasm. So sometime we have to come together. Man is the special animal in human being. We have to socialize and we have to socialize in this way (sankirtan). Otherwise ordinary people also they hanker after socialization.
You know Venezuela, we were in venezuela in South America and Venezuela word comes from Sanskrit. Venu ujjwala, ujjwala means bright and venu means flute. Krishna's flute is very bright. Anything regarding Krishna is very bright. So from venu ujjwala, it is coming Venezuela.
This is in continuation of the trancription of the nectarean class given by our beloved spiritual master HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 12.13.23.
In this world to see each other. Even in one house we cannot see each other. Sometimes people keep staying in one house, he will not talk to you she will not talk to you, you know. So if you really see the living entities, you should be happy like rebirth.
This nama sankirtan, sarva paapa pranaashanam, all our sinful reactions are completely eradicated by naama sankirtan. Your group should come together like this and without any material attachment we just chant Krishna's names.
Next day morning the devotee went to temple and after completing his prayers came home. The merchant thanked him heartily for the timely gift and forcefully offered him the expensive shawl as a gift.
Every moment in the life of pure devotee, every word they speak, every action they do, teach us so many valuable lessons on why we came to this material world, how we must live in this world and how we can go back to the abode of Supreme Lord.