Just like the bubbles appearing on the surface of water disappear within few moments, just like flies and insects are very short-lived, people who don't engage themselves in hearing Srimad Bhagavatam, who deprive themselves from hearing Srimad Bhagavatam are just born to die."

Money has three states of existence - to be given in charity,  to be enjoyed and to be destroyed. If one does not give it in charity or utilize it, then that money will be destroyed by itself.

One Indian poet has spoken of putra and mutra. putra means "son," and mutra means "urine." Both a son and urine come from the same genitals. If a son is an obedient devotee of the Lord, he is called putra, or a real son; otherwise, if he is not learned and is not a devotee, a son is nothing better than urine.

"I will teach my wife the religious duties of a chaste woman. By hearing historical examples of great women surely her heart will change, and she will become a wonderful wife to me."

A gentleman never kills a cow, and therefore when a cow becomes sterile and no longer gives milk, one must engage in the laborious task of protecting her, since no one will purchase a useless cow. It requires great endeavor to take care of a cow.

A devotee is never concerned about anything material. Although Nabhi Maharaja wanted a son like Vishnu, wanting a son like God is also a form of sense gratification. A pure devotee wants only to engage in the Lord's loving service.

The scriptures explain that it is only at the moment we get the wrong idea, viz. to enjoy God's energy for ourselves, that the original pleasure energy turns into the illusory material nature meant for our reformation.

The food that is prepared in the morning gets spoilt in the evening automatically. So what kind of eternity can body which is nourished by such kind of food have?

One can derive from the study of the Bhagavatam all benefits that are possible to be derived from the personal presence of the Lord. It carries with it all the transcendental blessings of Lord Sri Krishna that we can expect from His personal contact.

The ghost Dhundukari also came there. Since he was unable to remain at one place in the air, he entered into bamboo stick which was having seven knots. He entered into the hollow base of the bamboo,to hear Srimad Bhagavatam.

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the previous offering titled 'Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam'. In the previous offering we saw how wicked brother Dhundukari faced a terrible end and became a ghost. Now we shall continue further.  

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the previous offering titled 'Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam'. In the previous offering we saw how Atmadeva followed the instructions of his son Gokarna, performed devotional service and attained the lotus feet of Lord. Now we shall continue further.

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the previous offering titled 'Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam'. In the previous offering we were meditating on the instructions given by Gokarna to his father Atmadeva in shloka 80 of the 4th chapter of Uttarakhanda of Padma purana.  

At the best we are those dogs, as we are not pulling the cart at all. Everything is being done for us by Krishna. Everything, you consider your own body. You don't have any control over your body... From the day we are born, our heart is non-stop working.

The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves, but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.

When, luckily, the forgetfulness of Govinda on the part of imprisoned jivas is remarked by them by coming in contact with self-realized souls and their natural aptitude for the loving service of Krishna is aroused, Durgaa herself then becomes the agency of their deliverance by the will of Govinda.

The evil you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you.

Learn to write the hurts in the sand. Learn to carve our benefits on the stone. Sand will be swept away easily. So let our hurt be put in the sand, so that we forget those who hurt us, forgive those who hurt us, very quickly.

Once Naradji asked Lord Narayana what is Maya and how it works? Lord Narayana decided to make Naradji understand what Maya is.

In other words, if a liberal king like Prthu Maharaja does not follow the instructions of brahmanas and Vaishnavas or does not follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he cannot benefit the citizens.

The external potency Maya who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit potency, is worshiped by all people as Durga, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in accordance with whose will Durga conducts herself

One must act sincerely, according to his position. Victory or defeat depends on the Lord. Since everything is dependent on the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead, one should be equipoised in fame and defamation, victory and defeat, life and death.

Children are pushed to succeed and those children, who somehow manage to see the so called material success and the euphoria attached to it, are never able to handle even a small reversal in their lives which pushes them to the end

Have happy retirement - By not putting our time in devotional service and developing the taste for it when we are young, we are risking our retirement life. Many retirees have nothing much to do and they soon either spend the time worrying and lamenting or giving up their life as they have nothing to do

Lord is very anxious to get back His servitor in His service. He does not want Jaya and Vijaya to be separated from Him for a long time. Just like how parents are always eager to see their children back home, Lord being Supreme Father is always anxious and eager to have us back home.

On the other hand, they captivate My heart who are gladdened in heart and who, their lotus faces enlightened by nectarean smiles, respect the brahmanas, even though the brahmanas utter harsh words. They look upon the brahmanas as My own Self and pacify them by praising them in loving words, even as a son would appease an angry father or as I am pacifying you.

Those who are helpless must be taken care of by their respective guardians, otherwise the guardians will be subjected to the punishment of Yamaraja, who is appointed by the Lord to supervise the activities of sinful living creatures.

The conclusion is that if one takes to Krishna consciousness with all seriousness, he is to be understood as already purified, and Krishna is ready to give him protection by all means.

A wrong act committed by a servant leads people in general to blame his master, just as a spot of white leprosy on any part of the body pollutes all of the skin.

There are two kinds of darkness one is the external darkness which is created by absence of light and this darkness disables us from seeing the objects in this world. The other is darkness in our heart which is caused by ignorance. The second kind of darkness is very dangerous because it perpetuates the cycle of birth and death.

Our innate tendency is to find fault in others and we are so miserly in appreciating any good thing done. We take good things for granted, but cannot tolerate even a small mistake.