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It is stated in canto 1, chapter 3, verse 28, "kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam" which A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada translates as, "Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead." [23] 'Purana' (Sanskrit पुराण) means 'ancient' or 'old' (or 'old traditional history'). [24]
The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. The third book of the Srimad Bhagavata covers the teachings of Rishi Maitreya to Vidura, Vishnu's Boar incarnation, the curse of Vishnu's attendants, and the teachings of Kapila Muni. This book ...
Srimad” means “beautiful” or “glorious”. [230] Prabhupada began his translation and commentary on the Bhagavatam after accepting sannyasa in 1959, and by 1965 he had completed and published the first canto. [231] He worked on translating the Srimad-Bhagavatam into English for the rest of his life. [215]
In the third and fourth cantos of the Srimad Bhagavatam, Yama was incarnated as a shudra called Vidura due to being cursed by a sage for being too harsh in his punishments. From the A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) translation: [ 40 ]
Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is suggests a way of life for the contemporary Western world, and is derived from the Manu Smriti and other books of Hindu religious and social law. In this way of life, ideal human society is described as being divided into four varnas (brahmana – intellectuals, kshatriya – administrators, vaishya – merchants, shudra – workers).
[7] [18] The Bhagavata Purana narrates further that their refusal made Brahma angry and his wrath manifested into the deity Shiva. [1] As per a variant, Brahma practised tapas (austerities) and pleased Vishnu , and so the latter appeared in the form of the four infant Kumaras as Brahma's sons. [ 18 ]
[2] [3] He appears in a number of Hindu texts, notably the Mahabharata, telling Yudhishthira the story of Prahalada, and he also appears in the Ramayana and the Puranas. [3] A common theme in Vaishnavism is the accompaniment of a number of deities such as Narada to offer aid to Vishnu upon his descent to earth to combat the forces of evil, or ...
The Srimad Bhagavatam recognizes Vritra as a bhakta (devotee) of Vishnu [9] who was slain only due to his failure to live piously and without aggression. [10] This story runs thus: SB 6.9.11: After Visvarupa was killed, his father, Tvashta, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra.