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“All living beings subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajña [sacrifice], …

varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of …

The ultimate goal of all activity is the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum …

Impersonalists cannot understand how everything is being carried out perfectly because they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead: mohitaṁ …

daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te

“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who …

It is our business to understand Kṛṣṇa in truth; then our lives will be successful. It is not that we …

evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ paran-tapa

“This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that …

Formerly the kings (rājās) were great saintly persons. They were not ordinary people engaged in drinking and dancing. They were …

Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, hearing and chanting, are the beginning of bhakti, devotional service. Therefore it is said: tāni me śraddadhānasya kīrtanyāny …

bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra janma sārthaka kari’ kara para-upakāra

(Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi 9.41)

It is the duty of everyone, especially one born in the land of Bhāratavarṣa, India, to make his life successful …

Transcendental education means learning how to gain relief from the entanglement of material life. This is made possible by learning …

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yad yad vidhatte bhagavān svacchandātmātma-māyayā tāni me śraddadhānasya kīrtanyāny anukīrtaya

Therefore please precisely describe all the activities and pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is full of self-desire and …

The word anukīrtaya is very significant. Anukīrtaya means “to follow the description” – not to create a concocted mental description, …