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“According to the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra, there are sixteen personalities. I shall now describe that opinion of how They hold the weapons.

“According to the Siddhārtha-saṁhitā there are twenty-four forms of Lord Viṣṇu. First I shall describe, according to the opinion of that book, the location of the weapons, beginning with the disc.

TLC 6: His Forms Are One and the Same Chapter Six: His Forms Are One and the Same By devotional service one can understand that Kṛṣṅa first of all manifests Himself as svayaṁ-rūpa, His personal form, then as tad-ekātma-rūpa, and then as āveśa-rūpa. It is in these three features that He manifests

“The first personal expansion is Saṅkarṣaṇa, and the others are incarnations like the fish incarnation. Saṅkarṣaṇa is an expansion of the Puruṣa, or Viṣṇu. The incarnations such as Matsya, the fish incarnation, appear in different yugas for specific pastimes.

The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 × 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.

Śivānanda Cakravartī, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in Vṛndāvana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.

In Him reside (1) truthfulness, (2) cleanliness, (3) intolerance of another’s unhappiness, (4) the power to control anger, (5) self-satisfaction, (6) straightforwardness, (7) steadiness of mind, (8) control of the sense organs, (9) responsibility, (10) equality, (11) tolerance, (12) equanimity, (13)

“The transcendental ornaments of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s body include the eight sāttvikas, or transcendental symptoms, the thirty-three vyabhicārī-bhāvas, beginning with harṣa, or jubilation in natural love, and the twenty bhāvas, or ecstatic emotional ornaments.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the twenty-four ghats along the banks of the Yamunā, and the brāhmaṇa showed Him all the places of pilgrimage.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

“There are incarnations that control the material qualities [guṇa-avatāras], incarnations who appear during the reign of each Manu [manvantara-avatāras], incarnations in different millenniums [yuga-avatāras] and incarnations of empowered living entities [śaktyāveśa-avatāras].

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

Then Lord Caitanya married Viṣṇupriyā, the goddess of fortune, and thereafter He conquered a champion of learning named Keśava Kāśmīrī.

NoD 21: Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṅa 21. Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṅa Personal features can be divided into two: one feature is covered, and the other feature is manifested. When Kṛṣṅa is covered by different kinds of dress, His personal feature is covered. There is an example of His covered personal feature

His previous body had been destroyed, but he, the same Dakṣa, inspired by the supreme will, created all the desired living entities in the Cākṣuṣa manvantara.

Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita, the emblem of the most elevated devotional service in love of Godhead, had the greatest potency to receive and deliver such love.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I off

“There is yet another meaning, which is full of a variety of imports. Actually there are two gross meanings and thirty-two subtle meanings.

“In the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara, the avatāra is named Bṛhadbhānu. These are the names of the fourteen avatāras in the fourteen manvantaras.

“Also describe Deity worship, wherein one should offer food to Kṛṣṇa at least five times daily and in due time place Him on a bed. You should also describe the process for offering ārati and the worship of the Lord according to the list of five, sixteen or fifty ingredients.

Among these branches, Rūpa and Sanātana were principal. Anupama, Jīva Gosvāmī and others, headed by Rājendra, were their subbranches.

“ ‘Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s twenty-five chief transcendental qualities are: (1) She is very sweet. (2) She is always freshly youthful. (3) Her eyes are restless. (4) She smiles brightly. (5) She has beautiful, auspicious lines. (6) She makes Kṛṣṇa happy with Her bodily aroma. (7) She is very expert in si

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

“When the Supreme Personality of Godhead glances over the material energy, she becomes agitated. At that time, the Lord injects the original semen of the living entities.

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

The most famous and formidable transcendental literature is the book named Gopāla-campū. In this book the eternal pastimes of the Lord are established, and the transcendental mellows enjoyed in Vṛndāvana are completely described.

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

NoD 8: Offenses to Be Avoided 8. Offenses to Be Avoided In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of thirty-two offenses in the matter of serving the Lord: (1) One should not enter the temple of the Deity in a car or palanquin or with shoes on the feet. (2) One should not

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

750517R1.PER Room Conversation — May 17, 1975, Perth 750517R1-PERTH [10:14 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: [indistinct] But it has got some arrangement, it does not fall down. Paramahaṁsa: Yeah, well they accept that also. They say only if there is no such arrangement, then it will fall down. Prab

731114SB.DEL Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.9–10 — November 14, 1973, Delhi 731114SB-DELHI [47:07 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: dharmasya hy āpavargyasya nārtho 'rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ [SB 1.2.9] [All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate lib

700514IP.LA Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 9–10 — May 14, 1970, Los Angeles 700514IP-LOS ANGELES [27:03 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: [chuckles] Hare Kṛṣṅa. Chant. Oṁ pūrṅam adaḥ. Loudly. oṁ pūrṅam adaḥ pūrṅam idaṁ pūrṅāt pūrṅam udacyate pūrṅasya pūrṅam ādāya pūrṅam evāvaśiṣyate [Īśo Invocation] [The

700511IP.LA Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 8 — May 11, 1970, Los Angeles 700511IP-LOS ANGELES [14:10 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: oṁ pūrṅam adaḥ pūrṅam idaṁ pūrṅāt pūrṅam udacyate pūrṅasya pūrṅam ādāya pūrṅam evāvaśiṣyate [Īśo Invocation] [The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and becaus

710706R1.LA Room Conversation — July 6, 1971, Los Angeles 710706R1-LOS ANGELES [10:14 Minutes] Audio Govinda dāsī: [laughing] [indistinct] souls in the universe… Prabhupāda: Yes. And your name will be perpetuated in the Bhagavat. You’ve done a great service. Yes. This is recognized. So introdu

750627DP.LA Departure Conversation — June 27, 1975, Los Angeles 750627DP-LOS ANGELES [10:14 Minutes] Audio [in car] Rāmeśvara: ...sketch for you, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: Yes. Rāmeśvara: It is very basic. But this will be the cover of the Antya-līlā, volume two. It is a scene of all of

710214R1.GOR Room Conversation — February 14, 1971, Gorakhpur 710214R1-GORAKHPUR [10:38 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: ...my Guru Mahārāja was in his last days, these rascal doctors injected... Our, this Kuñjabihārī, Tīrtha Mahārāja brought so many big, big doctors. And he protested, "Why are you g

750614MW.HON Morning Walk — June 14, 1975, Honolulu 750614MW-HONOLULU [10:22 Minutes] Audio [in car] Prabhupāda: ...not making kachorī? Bali-mardana: You have not asked for it. Prabhupāda: Well, I have to ask for it? [laughter] [break] He has made it like that. Planet with so many oceans an

750710IN.CHI Lecture and Initiation — July 10, 1975, Chicago 750710IN-CHICAGO [14:58 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṅayāvatīrṅaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnataḥ ujjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare... [break] ...śacī-

710319S2.BOM Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.35 — March 19, 1971, Bombay 710319S2-BOMBAY [14:40 Minutes] Correction 5-31-2019 Audio Prabhupāda: There is a verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, etāvaj janma-sāphalyaṁ dehinām iha dehiṣu prāṅair arthair dhiyā vācā śreya-ācaraṅaṁ sadā [SB 10.22.35] [It is the

731110LE.DEL Paṅḍāl Speech — November 10, 1973, Delhi 731110LE-DELHI [35:14 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: Mr. High Commissioner and Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here, taking so much trouble to participate in this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement. And I shall simply try t

740214R1.VRN Room Conversation — February 14, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740214R1-VRNDAVAN [27:10 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: ...even those who are farmers [indistinct]. In India also. As soon as they get some education, they don't want to be a farmer. Gurudāsa: They're going to the cities. Prabhupāda: Y

750714SB.PHI Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.30 — July 14, 1975, Philadelphia 750714SB-PHILADELPHIA [26:10 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Sixth Canto, First Chapter, verse number 30. [leads chanting of vers

770210MW.MAY Morning Walk [Partially Recorded] — February 10, 1977, Māyāpur 770210MW-MAYAPUR [00:14 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: You should always remember: don't manufacture ideas. As you do... Devotee: Should we change this one? Prabhupāda: No, no. It is all right, but don't dare like that.

660328BG.NY Bhagavad-gītā 2.46–47 — March 28, 1966, New York 660328BG-NEW YORK [72:51 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: [leads kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. [14:10] The saṅkīrtana just now we have performed, it is vibration of the transcendental sound. This will help us in clearing t

740123SB.HON Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.26–30 — January 23, 1974, Honolulu 740123SB-HONOLULU [48:02 Minutes] Audio Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] Prabhupāda: Satyaṁ śaucaṁ dayā kṣāntis. Pradyumna: satyaṁ śaucaṁ dayā kṣāntis tyāgaḥ santoṣa ārj

771014R3.VRN Room Conversation — October 14, 1977, Vṛndāvana 771014R3-VRNDAVAN [51:14 Minutes] Audio Pradyumna: tad-īkṣaṅotprema-rasāplutāśayā jātānurāgā gata-manyavo 'rbhakān uduhya dorbhiḥ parirabhya mūrdhani ghrāṅair avāpuḥ paramāṁ mudaṁ te [SB 10.13.33] Prabhupāda: One line? Pradyumna: J

770620R1.VRN Talk with Svarūpa Dāmodara — June 20, 1977, Vṛndāvana 770620R1-VRNDAVAN [14:25 Minutes] Audio Svarūpa Dāmodara: ...Calcutta yesterday all day. I was stranded for several hours. Prabhupāda: So this can be given to the Deities, these flowers. Tamāla Kṛṣṅa: They're very nice. Are th

720930MW.LA Morning Walk — September 30, 1972, Los Angeles 720930MW-LOS ANGELES [14:48 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: …making scientific advancement why? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Because, they want to explore the wonders of nature but... Prabhupāda: The wonders of nature that means the wonders are alrea

760814ED.BOM Evening Darśana — August 14, 1976, Bombay 760814ED-BOMBAY [90:08 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: ...fruits, flowers, also grains, milk sufficient. In one farm, Philadelphia, they are producing so much milk that they are selling $1,500.- per month. And they've arranged so nice, and big t

740603SB.GEN Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.12–14 — June 3, 1974, Geneva 740603SB-GENEVA [20:12 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] ity ukto dharma-rājena sarvaṁ tat samavarṅayat yathānubhūtaṁ kramaśo vinā yadu-kula-kṣayam [SB 1.13.12] [break] [01:27] Translation

740224BG.BOM Bhagavad-gītā 7.9–10 — February 24, 1974, Bombay 740224BG-BOMBAY [36:36 Minutes] Audio Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] puṅyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś

741223SB.BOM Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.11–14 — December 23, 1974, Bombay 741223SB-BOMBAY [32:42 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: "The aggregate elements, namely the five gross elements, the five subtle elements, the four internal senses, the five senses for gathering knowledge and the five outward organs of