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Since Lord Śiva is the greatest soul among the living entities within this material world, his name, Śiva, is very …

yat-pāda-padmaṁ mahatāṁ mano-’libhir niṣevitaṁ brahma-rasāsavārthibhiḥ lokasya yad varṣati cāśiṣo ’rthinas tasmai bhavān druhyati viśva-bandhave

You are envious of Lord Śiva, who is the friend of all living entities within the three worlds. For the …

Ordinarily there are two classes of men. One class, who are grossly materialistic, want material prosperity, and their desires are …

kiṁ vā śivākhyam aśivaṁ na vidus tvad anye brahmādayas tam avakīrya jaṭāḥ śmaśāne tan-mālya-bhasma-nṛkapāly avasat piśācair ye mūrdhabhir dadhati tac-caraṇāvasṛṣṭam

Do you think that greater, more respectable personalities than you, such as Lord Brahmā, do not know this inauspicious person …

It is useless to condemn a great personality like Lord Śiva, and this is being stated by his wife, Satī, …

In many Purāṇas it is sometimes asserted that a demigod is elevated to such a high position that he is …

The position of Lord Śiva is accepted by Lord Brahmā, so Dakṣa, Satī’s father, should also recognize him. That was …

karṇau pidhāya nirayād yad akalpa īśe dharmāvitary asṛṇibhir nṛbhir asyamāne chindyāt prasahya ruśatīm asatīṁ prabhuś cej jihvām asūn api tato …

Satī continued: If one hears an irresponsible person blaspheme the master and controller of religion, one should block his ears …

The argument offered by Satī is that a person who vilifies a great personality is the lowest of all creatures. …

atas tavotpannam idaṁ kalevaraṁ na dhārayiṣye śiti-kaṇṭha-garhiṇaḥ jagdhasya mohād dhi viśuddhim andhaso jugupsitasyoddharaṇaṁ pracakṣate

Therefore I shall no longer bear this unworthy body, which has been received from you, who have blasphemed Lord Śiva. …

Since Satī was the representation of the external potency of the Lord, it was in her power to vanquish many …

na veda-vādān anuvartate matiḥ sva eva loke ramato mahā-muneḥ yathā gatir deva-manuṣyayoḥ pṛthak sva eva dharme na paraṁ kṣipet sthitaḥ

It is better to execute one’s own occupational duty than to criticize others’. Elevated transcendentalists may sometimes forgo the rules …

The behavior of the most elevated transcendentalist and that of the most fallen conditioned soul appears to be the same. …

karma pravṛttaṁ ca nivṛttam apy ṛtaṁ vede vivicyobhaya-liṅgam āśritam virodhi tad yaugapadaika-kartari dvayaṁ tathā brahmaṇi karma narcchati

In the Vedas there are directions for two kinds of activities — activities for those who are attached to material …