Analogies – 2.6.

6) The obedient son of the father never goes against the will of
the father & therefore passes life very peacefully in concurrence with the head of
the family, the father.Similarly, the Lord being father, all living beings should fully
and satisfactorily discharge the duty and will of father, as faithful sons.17) The sun
illuminates both interly & exterly by expanding its radiation;similarly, the SPOG, by
expanding His universal form, maintains everything in the creation both intely&
exterly.
22)The ekapäd-vibhüti manifestation of the material energy of the Lord is just like
one of the many mistresses of the Lord, by whom the Lord is not so much
attracted.37)As the mother is the only authority to identify the father of a child, so
the motherVedas, presented by the recognized authority such as Brahmä, Närada
or Çiva, is the only authority to inform us about the Absolute Truth.7.48)In such a
transcendental state there is no need of artificial control of the mind,mental
speculation or meditation, as performed by the jïänés and yogés. One gives up such
processes, as the heavenly King, Indra, forgoes the trouble to dig a well.8.3)Lord
Kåñëa is like the sun, and material contamination is like darkness. As the presence
of the sun dissipates darkness, constant engagement in the association of the Lord
Çré Kåñëa frees one from the contamination of the material qualities.5)The sound
incarnation of Lord Kåñëa, the Supreme Soul [i.e.SB], enters into the heart of a self-
realized devotee, sits on the lotus flower of his loving relationship, and thus
cleanses the dust of material association, such as lust, anger and hankering. Thus it
acts like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water.8.6)A pure devotee of the Lord
whose heart has once been cleansed by the process of devotional service never
relinquishes the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa, for they fully satisfy him, as a traveler is
satisfied at home after a troubled journey.21)Living the conditional life is just like
plying a boat in the middle of the ocean.One is completely at the mercy of the
ocean, and at every moment there is every chance of
being drowned in the ocean by slight agitation. If the atmosphere is all right, the
boat can ply very easily, undoubtedly, but if there is some storm, fog, wind or cloud,
there is every possibility of being drowned in the ocean. 9.1)The child cries to have
the moon from the mother, and the mother gives the child a mirror to satisfy the
crying and disturbing child with the reflection of the moon.Similarly ,the crying child
of the Lord is given over to the reflection, the material world.9.2)The living entity's
desiring is like dreaming of a golden mountain. A person knows what a mountain is,
and he knows also what gold is. Out of his desire only, he dreams of a golden
mountain, and when the dream is over he sees something else in his presence. He
finds in his awakened state that there is neither gold nor a mountain, and what to
speak of a golden mountain.28)But all such agents and creative energies are
emanations from the Lord, and as such there is nothing except the Lord, or the one
supreme source of different diversities.The exact example is the spider and spider's
web. The web is created by spider, and it is maintained by the spider, and as soon
as the spider likes, whole thing is wound up within the spider.10.43)This creation is
very appropriately compared to clouds. Clouds are created or situated in the sky,
and when they are displaced they remain in same sky w/o manifestation.10.51)The
best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgment of the court w/o taking much
trouble to establish his case. This is called the paramparä system, and learned
authorities follow it without manufacturing rubbish interpretations. CH 6 1)signi
VP’s arms- Lord's arms are the productive fields for the great demigods and other
leaders of the living entities who protect the general mass.2) IN-auspicious+
religious activities on VP-The evacuating outlet of the universal form of the Lord is
the abode of the controlling deity of death, Mitra,& the evacuating hole and the
rectum of the Lord is the place of envy, misfortune, death, hell, etc. The back of the
Lord is the place for all kinds of frustration and ignorance, as well as for
immorality.3)1/4 & 3/4 energies of the lord-Out of total manifestations of the
sandhiné energy of the Lord,1/4 is displayed in MW,& 3/4 are displayed in the SW.
Material World(one fourth) Spiritual World(Three fourth)
All living entities, who are minute parts The liberated souls, who exist in far
and parcels of the Lord, are eligible to greater numerical strength than those in
relish such consciousness of existence, the material world, can factually
knowledge and bliss very minutely in the experience the potency of the above-
liberated stage, whereas in the mentioned sandhiné, saàvit and hlädiné
conditioned stage of material existence energies of the Lord in the matter of
they can hardly appreciate what is the deathlessness, fearlessness and freedom
factual, existential, cognizable and pure from old age and disease.
happiness of life.
The planetary systems are arranged in The spiritual world, which consists of
three spheres, called triloka, or Svarga, three fourths of the Lord's energy, is
Martya and Pätäla, and all of them situated beyond this material world,.
constitute only one fourth of the total where the Vaikuëöha planets exist
sandhiné energy. beyond the coverings of seven material
strata.
In none of the triloka planetary systems It is especially meant for those who will
can one experience the status of never be reborn. factual deathlessness,
immortality, full knowledge and full bliss. fearlessness and freedom from old age,
diseases, etc., are possible
4) 4 priests are needed. roles?-To perform a sacrifice successfully, at least four
expert priests are needed:one who can-offer (hotä),chant (udgätä), kindle the
sacrificial fire w/o the aid of separate fire (adhvaryu)& supervise
(brahmä).5)hridautkanthyavata?-word “hridautkanthyavata” means eagerness of
heart. Brahma could understand the Lord to a little extent only when he was trying
to serve Him by the eagerness of his heart (hådautkaëöhyavatä), which is the
devotional service mood. Therefore, the Lord can be known only by the sincere
mood of eagerness for service, and not by any amount of material qualification as
scientist or speculative philosopher or by attainment of mystic powers.6) qualities
of-POG & Purusah incarnation-POG-a) That supreme original Personality of Godhead,
Lord Çré Kåñëa, expanding His plenary portion as Mahä-viñëu, the first incarnation,
creates this manifested cosmos, but He is unborn. The creation, however, takes
place in Him, and the material substance and manifestations are all Himself. He
maintains them for some time and absorbs them into Himself again.b) The
Personality of Godhead is pure, being free from all contaminations of material
tinges.c) He is the Absolute Truth and the embodiment of full and perfect
knowledge.d) He is all-pervading, without beginning or end, and without rival.e) The
great thinkers can know Him when completely freed from all material hankerings
and when sheltered under undisturbed conditions of the senses. Otherwise, by
untenable arguments, all is distorted, and the Lord disappears from our sight.f)
Anyone and everyone who is exceptionally possessed of power, mental and
perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and
breeding, whether with form or formless are only a fragment of the transcendental
potency of the Lord. Purusah incarnations.-a) Käraëärëavaçäyé Viñëu or Maha
Vishnu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal
time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of
nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaçäyé Viñëu, and the
sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.7)Why Lila-avataras to
Narada?- Lord Brahma is going to relate stories of the Lord’s Lila-avataras to Narada
because hearing of their activities counteracts all foul matter accumulated in the
ear. These pastimes are pleasing to hear and are to be relished. The narration of
the transcendental topics related to the activities of the Lord can only give
complete satisfaction to everyone. CH7 1) devotee become more than Lord?-Lord is
like father and living entities are like His sons. The father actually serves the son,
whereas the son demands all sorts of services from the father. A pure devotee who
is always inclined to serve the Lord wants Him as son, not as father. The Lord also
accepts such service, and thus the devotee becomes more than the Lord. 2) planet
awarded to Dhruva Mhj?-1.Fixed Vaikuntha planet, installed in material atmosphere by
will of Lord Vasudeva2.Not annihilated at the time of annihilation.3.Worshipped
even by denizens of the seven stars (just below dhruva loka) aswell as by the
planets above Dhruva planet.3) Gajendra’s prayer to the Lord. Include Sanskrit-Since the Lord
is absolute knowledge, there is no difference between His holy name and the Personality of
Godhead. çravaëa-maìgala-nämadheya. Every living entity is always distressed in this
material world because this place is such that at every step one has to meet with some kind
of distress.Ärtaù. He addressed the Lord as ädipuruña /the original enjoyer.
Both the Lord and the living beings are conscious and are therefore enjoyers, but
the Lord is the original enjoyer because He is the creator of everything .(One who
knows this diff. between the Lord and himself never accepts anything without first offering it
to the Lord.). The elephant addressed the Lord as akhila-loka-nätha, or the Lord
of the universe, who is therefore the Lord of the elephant also. The elephant
addressed the Lord as tértha-çravaù, or "as famous as aplace of pilgri."
People go to places of pilgrimage in order to be delivered from the reactions of
unknown sinful acts. But one can be freed from all sinful reactions simply by
remembering His holy name. The Lord is therefore as good as the holy places of
pilgrimage. The Lord's holy name is called çravaëa-maìgala. This means that one
receives everything auspicious simply by hearing the holy name.It
isconcluded, therefore, that the holy name of the Lord and topics in relation with
Him are always worth hearing, and therefore here in this verse He is called näma-
dheya, or one whose holy name is worth chanting. the Lord is described
here as aprameya, for not even the best human brain can estimate His powers and
potencies by mathematical calculation. The Lord can hear from such a distant place,
He can eat from there, and He can appear simultaneously in all places at a
moment's notice. Such isomnipotency of the Lord. 4) body is the symbol of diseases?-
The embodied living entity is diseased by the very construction of his body. The
body is the symbol of diseases. The disease may differ from one variety to another,
but disease must be there just as there is birth and death for everyone.5) Lord that
help to establish Him as the Supreme Lord-Putana killing when in lap, overturning cart
with leg when 3 months old, uproot arjuna trees while crawling Revived cowherd
boys and animals when they drank poisoned Yamuna water and then chastised
Kaliya serpent. Saved Vraja inhabitants from forest fire just by closing His eyes.
Damodar lila of rope falling short and Yashoda seeing universe in Krsna’s mout.
Releasing Nanada Maharaj from Varuna and cowherd boys from cave (placed by son
of Maya), awarded inhabitants of Vrindavan highest spiritual planet Holding
Goverdhan for 7 days with one hand only when He was just 7 years old to protect
Vrajavasis and animals from Indra’s onslaught through heavy rains CH 8
1)Aguna,w/o any quality-The Lord is described as aguna, or without any quality, it
does not mean that He has no quality, but that He has no material quality, such as
the modes of goodness, passion or ignorance, as the conditioned souls have. He is
transcendental to all material conceptions, and thus He is described as aguna. 2)PM
que-A.Questions about the Lord & jiva :1 How did the jiva , who is spiritual ,
attain a body which is material? 2 Both the Lord and the common living entities
assume bodies. What is the specific difference between them? 3 Brahma appeared
from the navel of the Lord . Is the form of the Lord similar to that of the material
body of Brahma or different ? 4Where does the master of maya , Karanodakasaya
Visnu lie ? 5 I have heard that the planets and their governers are imagined as the
limbs of the virat purusa . please explain more details. B.Questions about Kala
and Karma :1 Kalpa (timespan between creation and annihilation of the univers ),
vikalpa (subdivision of kalpa)2 How time is perceived in various ages and planetary
system ?3 Lifespan of humans ,demigods , etc.4 Divisions of time.5 Destination
achieved by karma – how do various karmic activities lead to various bodies ?6
Creation of various places in this universe and their inhabitants7 Dimensions of the
universe 8Characteristics and activities of devotees. 9Characteristics of
Varnasrama.10 About yugas ,duration of yugas , yuga dharma and activities of
yugavataras. 11 About sadharana – dharma (bhakti) , savisesa dharma(occupation
according to birth) and apad dharma(in emergency situations). 12About sankhya ,
worship of purusavtaras and yoga misra bhakti.13 Opulence, destination and
destruction of the subtle body of great yogis or devotees.14 Conclusion of all Vedas,
Upaveda, itihasas and puranas. 15 Deliverance from samsara for all living entites.
16 Favorable & unfavorable activities for bhakti. 17 Rules for vedic , smarta and
kamya karmas. 18Procedure for artha ,dharma and kama. 19 Reappearance of the
jivas after pralaya ,from the body of the Lord. 20 Creation of pasandis , heretics.21
About the existence of nitya siddhas.22 How does the Lord perform His lilas using
yoga maya and then disaapearing without any attachment? 3) Why PM
Yugavataras- : so that the incarnation of the Lord might be confirmed by His
activities in the authoritative scriptures. Mahäräja Parékñit was not to be carried
away by the sentiments of common man to accept an incarnation of the Lord very
cheaply. Instead he wished to accept the incarnation of the Lord by symptoms
mentioned in the Vedic literatures and confirmed by an äcärya like Sukhdev
Goswami. 4) E.g Purta,pious-Pious acts are prescribed in the supplementary Vedas
(småtis), which specifically mention digging tanks and wells for the water supply of
the people in general. To plant trees on the public roads, to construct public
temples and places of worship of God, to establish places of charity where the poor
destitutes can be provided with foodstuff, and similar activities are called pürta. 5)
Philosophical speculators never perfect- A .However perfect an empiric philosopher
may be in presenting a philosophical thesis, such knowledge is never perfect
because it is produced by an imperfect mind. Such great sages also have their
disciplic successions, but they are not authorized because such knowledge does not
come directly from the independent SPOG, Narayana. B Mundane philosophers,
being imperfect in themselves, disagree with other philosophers because a
mundane philosopher is not a philosopher at all unless he presents his own
theory. C.The disciplic successions from other sages are simply a waste of time,
being devoid of acyuta-kathä, or the message of the infallible Lord. The
mental speculators can present their theories very nicely by reason & arguments,
but such reasons and arguments are not infallible, for they are defeated by better
mental speculators. CH 9 Brahmas 4 requests-1.What are the forms of the Lord
both in matter and in transcendence? In spite of Lord’s transcendental form, he
assume the mundane form, although he have no such form at all.2.How are the
different energies of the Lord working?How lord, by his own Self, manifest different
energies for annihilation, generation, acceptance and maintenance by combination
and permutation.3 How does the Lord play with His different energies? The web is
created by the spider, and it is maintained by the spider, and as soon as the spider
likes, the whole thing is wound up within the spider. The spider is covered within the
web. So explain philosophically how you interact with both energies.4 How may
Brahmä be instructed to discharge the duty entrusted without lethargy & pride?
2)Summarize 4-sloki of SB- 1. lord’s material and spiritual forms : Lord alone existed
(a)Previous to creation as the lord of the spiritual world,(b)After creation as the
material universe, as the supersoul and as his various Avataras.(c) After annihilation
as the lord of vaikuntha. 2. All about lord’s energies: Whatever appears to be any
value, if it is without relation to lord, has no reality. It is lord’s illusory energy.3.
Lords activities in relation to Maya: Lord himself exists within everything created,
and at the same time he is outside of everything. 4. About Bhakti: Only by practice
of Bhakti you can overcome lethargy and Pride. CH 10 10 divisions of the SB-
Sarga – the creation of the universe;Visarga – subcreation;.Sthana – planetary
systems;Poshana – protection by the Lord;.Uti – the creative impetus;Manvantara –
the change of Manus;.Ishanukatha – the science of God;.Nirodha – returning home
back to Godhead;Mukti – liberation;Ashraya – the summum bonum 2) defin for
liberation (mukti) by ShukG-Liberation is permanent situation when the living
entity attains original spiritual body after giving up the changeable gross and subtle
material bodies. 3)maha-samashti, samashti and vyashti? -Maha-samashti –
Before the creation or manifestation of the material world, the Lord exists as total
energy which is called as Maha-samashti.;Samashti – Desiring Himself to be diffused
to many, Lord expands Himself further into multi-total energy which is called
Samashti; Vyashti – The Lord further expands into individuals in three dimensions
namely adhyatmic, adhidaivic, adhibhautic which is called as Vyashti.4) aja-gala-
stana-nyaya- is the logic of the nipples on the neck of a goat. Nipples on the neck
of a goat cannot produce milk, similarly the material nature cannot create by itself.
Material nature creates only after being impregnated by the Supreme father. So
considering material nature to be cause of creation, maintenance etc. is called aja-
gala-stana-nyaya.5) meant maha-kalpa, vikalpa and kalpa? -There are three
different types of creation called maha-kalpa, vikalpa and kalpa.1. The creation by
the Lord in His feature as Karanodakshayi Vishnu is called as maha-kalpa.2. The
creation of Brahma and dispersion of the material ingredients is called as vikalpa.3.
The creation by Brahma in each day of his life is called kalpa.