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that persons who follow the principles of fruitive activities and derive some material benefits are not On the whole, he had not developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa conscious person develops love of God, Kṛṣṇa, not love for pious or impious activities; therefore he is not subjected to the results of such action. As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, a devotee, by the grace of the Lord, is not subjected to the reactions

You are not one of the ordinary living entities; You are the Supreme Person, Puruṣottama. You are the Lord of those living entities who have accepted material bodies and those who have not yet [Among the living entities who have not accepted material bodies are those who hover in the material However, those who live in the spiritual kingdom, the Vaikuṇṭha-lokas, have bodies not made of material

Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is always engaged in purifying the conditioned living entities, gave instruction not

wants to usurp a brāhmaṇa’s property, he should be understood to be clearing his path to hell; he does not encumbered by a large dependent family, then such a usurper is put into the hell known as Kumbhīpāka; not Therefore I instruct you, all My boys and relatives present here, do not, even by mistake, take the possession even if a brāhmaṇa becomes angry with you and calls you by ill names or curses you, still you should not I shall not forgive anyone who does not follow them, and I shall punish him.

How the demigod had been obliged to accept the body of a lizard was not a secret to Lord Kṛṣṇa, but still I think that you are not meant to be in this situation.

activities, he was given the body of a lizard because of the mistake in his pious activities; thus he could not Sometimes these demigods can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, but they are still not

They could understand that the animal was trapped and could not escape by its own effort, so out of compassion Unfortunately, they could not get the lizard out, even though they tried to do so in many ways.

King Nṛga said that the cows he had given in charity were not ordinary cows. He stated that these valuably decorated cows had not been given to any worthless persons but had been Those who were not married were given wives, maidservants, grain, silver, utensils, garments, jewels, The king also stated that not only had he bestowed gifts upon the brāhmaṇas, but he had performed other

Not knowing this, I again gave it in charity, to another brāhmaṇa. The king fervently appealed to the brāhmaṇas not to cause his downfall into hell because of this mistake Both brāhmaṇas, however, insisted that the cow was theirs and could not be taken back under any condition

exemplary character of King Nṛga, He said, “Even though a kṣatriya king may be as powerful as fire, it is not I do not think that taking poison is as dangerous as taking a brāhmaṇa’s property. [Formerly, the brāhmaṇas used to ignite the fire of sacrifice not with matches or any other external

that the king had executed so many pious activities and charities, Yamarāja also hinted that he did not