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TEXT 12

maitreya uvāca iti sva-mātur niravadyam īpsitaṁ niśamya puṁsām apavarga-vardhanam dhiyābhinandyātmavatāṁ satāṁ gatir babhāṣa īṣat-smita-śobhitānanaḥ

After hearing of His mother’s uncontaminated desire for transcendental realization, the Lord thanked her within Himself for her questions, and …

Devahūti has surrendered her confession of material entanglement and her desire to gain release. Her questions to Lord Kapila are …

Those who are sat are thus transcendentalists advanced in spiritual life, and when they hear questions from those who want …

There is, however, another kind of kathā – kṛṣṇa-kathā. There are literatures which may be nicely presented from the literary …

na yad vacaś citra-padaṁ harer yaśo jagat-pavitraṁ pragṛṇīta karhicit tad vāyasaṁ tīrtham uśanti mānasā na yatra haṁsā niramanty uśik-kṣayāḥ

“Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole …

Worldly literatures are like places where crows take pleasure. In the bird society, there are crows and swans, and crows …

atha me deva sammoham apākraṣṭuṁ tvam arhasi yo ’vagraho ’haṁ mametīty etasmin yojitas tvayā

“Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion. Due to my feeling of false ego, I have been …

Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised His disciples never to eat palatable food, never to talk about village topics and never to read …

Kapiladeva was very glad that His mother was interested only in spiritual advancement. This material world is called pavarga, and …

People should not waste their time associating with crows; they should associate with swans. When garbage is thrown out, crows …

yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ

“A human being who identifies this body made of three elements as the self, who considers the by-products of the …

From the Vedas we can receive education of all kinds. On a

mango tree, there are ripened mangoes and green mangoes. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the ripened mango of the desire tree of …

nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayaṁ muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ

“O expert and thoughtful men, relish Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from …