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“My dear servants, please bring to me only those sinful persons who do not use their tongues to chant the holy name and qualities of Kṛṣṇa, whose hearts do not remember the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa even once , and whose heads do not bow down even once before Lord Kṛṣṇa. Send me those who do not perform their duties toward Viṣṇu, which are the only duties in human life.

“My dear servants, please do not approach such devotees, for they have fully surrendered to the lotus Please do not even go near them. protected by the club of the Supreme Lord, and therefore Lord Brahmā and I and even the time factor are not

They did not know, however, that the Vedic literature contains ritualistic ceremonies that are not transcendental The Yamadūtas did not know these transcendental religious principles, and therefore when prevented from

Ṭhākura confirmed that simply by chanting the Lord’s holy name a person is liberated, even if he does not Smārta-brāhmaṇas and Māyāvādīs do not believe that one can achieve liberation in this way, but the truth

Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum: unfortunately, however, people do not know that their self-interest One who does not chant the holy name of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, who does not bow down to the Deity of the Lord , and who does not remember His lotus feet is punishable by Yamarāja.

the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His name, fame, qualities, and so forth, whereas one who is not bhagavati: those who engage in the loving service of the Lord become sudhiyaḥ, intelligent, but this is not so of a Vedic scholar who does not understand Kṛṣṇa’s name, fame, and qualities. whose intelligence is clear; he is truly thoughtful, because he engages in the service of the Lord – not Nondevotees may make a show of religion, but it is not very effective, because although they ostentatiously

When Ajāmila chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa, he did not precisely remember the Supreme Lord; instead At the time of death, Ajāmila certainly was not very clean; indeed, he was famous as a great sinner. Therefore, what is to be said of those who are not sinful like Ajāmila?

Material danger is not meant for devotees. In this material world there are dangers at every step, but they are not meant for devotees who have

Indeed, there is a group of men in India who are very fond of the Vedic rituals, not understanding the Those who do not know this principle but who simply attach their faith to the Vedic rituals are called

Even though one follows the Vedic scriptures, one may not know this transcendental principle, for it is not known to everyone.

servants, bring to me for punishment only persons who are averse to the taste of that honey, who do not

The greatly sinful Ajāmila chanted only to call his son, not knowing that he was chanting the Lord’s

Such persons are not within my jurisdiction for punishment.

Yamarāja specifically advises his servants to bring these persons to him for punishment and not to bring Devotees are not liable to be punished by Yamarāja, but persons who have no information of Kṛṣṇa consciousness

Therefore do not disturb the devotees any further.”

They are not attracted to the saṅkīrtana movement; instead, they are interested in religiosity, economic

performed by brāhmaṇas because the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, especially the smārta-brāhmaṇas, would not We would simply have performed saṅkīrtana, but then the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana would not have taken

Yamarāja has described the qualities of the Viṣṇudūtas to convince his own servants not to be envious

In the Padma Purāṇa it is said, sampradāya-vihīnā ye mantras te niṣphalā matāḥ: if one does not follow