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Srimad BhagavatamReferences to text SB 1.5.17 |
SB 1.5.17: One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.
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| Sanat-kumÄra advised the King: Therefore, my dear King Pá¹›thu, try to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within everyone’s heart along with the individual soul, in each and every body, either moving or not moving. The individual souls are fully covered by the gross material body and subtle body made of the life air and intelligence. Prithu Maharaja's Meeting with the Four Kumaras |
| SB 4.22.37 |
| After taking his dinner and having his thirst and hunger satisfied, King Purañjana felt some joy within his heart. Instead of being elevated to a higher consciousness, he became captivated by Cupid, and was moved by a desire to find his wife, who kept him satisfied in his household life. King Puranjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry |
| SB 4.26.13 |
| While enjoying his material opulences with full strength and influence, MahÄrÄja Priyavrata once began to consider that although he had fully surrendered to the great saint NÄrada and was actually on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he had somehow become again entangled in material activities. Thus his mind now became restless, and he began to speak in a spirit of renunciation. The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata |
| SB 5.1.36 |
| While in the prime of life, the great MahÄrÄja Bharata gave up everything because he was fond of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, UttamaÅ›loka. He gave up his beautiful wife, nice children, great friends and an enormous empire. Although these things were very difficult to give up, MahÄrÄja Bharata was so exalted that he gave them up just as one gives up stool after evacuating. Such was the greatness of His Majesty. The Material World as the Great Forest of Enjoyment |
| SB 5.14.43 |
| Being cursed by mother DurgÄ [BhavÄnÄ«, the wife of Lord Åšiva], that same Citraketu accepted birth in a demoniac species of life. Although still fully equipped with transcendental knowledge and practical application of that knowledge in life, he appeared as a demon at the fire sacrifice performed by Tvaá¹£á¹Ä, and thus he became famous as Vá¹›trÄsura. Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu |
| SB 6.17.38 |