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TEXT 37

atho vibhūtiṁ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam śriyaṁ bhāgavatīṁ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṁ parasya me te ’śnuvate tu loke

Thus because he is completely absorbed in meditation upon Me, the devotee does not desire even the highest benediction obtainable …

The vibhūtis, or opulences, offered by māyā are of many varieties. We experience different varieties of material enjoyment even on …

According to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Nārada Muni in the Nārada Pañcarātra and Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa in …

One can just imagine his position if a very rich man says, “Don’t worry. I will take care of everything …

It is impossible for people to understand the great opulence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu tells us to abandon …

Our attempt to speculate about God is very much like this. If we want to understand God, we have to …

We can hardly understand or comprehend the innumerable universes. The word jagat refers to this universe, but there is more …

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vila-jā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-viṣṇu, remain alive as long …

This is the information given in Brahma-saṁhitā, the prayers offered by Lord Brahmā. This Brahma-saṁhitā was accepted by Śrī Caitanya …

At any rate, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India with a copy of Brahma-saṁhitā, He gave it to …

Generally people are interested in going to the higher planetary systems in order to become more opulent. This is the …

Even if we are promoted to the highest planet, Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahmā lives, our situation there is …

In the Vaikuṇṭha planets one attains opulence like Kṛṣṇa or Nārāyaṇa. There are five kinds of mukti, liberation, and one …

Nonetheless, the devotees do not aspire for all this opulence. Their only aspiration is to engage in the service of …

Actually, superior to living in the forest is living in the temple because the temple is nirguṇa, above all the …

Lord Kapiladeva next explains the nature of the special opulences of the devotees.

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