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Bhagavad Gita As It IsReferences to text BG 4.7 |
BG 4.7: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself.
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| O my Lord, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of BrahmÄjÄ«, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth. Questions by the Sages |
| SB 1.1.1 |
| Is He going to quit His earthly pastimes, as Devará¹£i NÄrada indicated? Has that time already arrived? The Disappearance of Lord Krishna |
| SB 1.14.8 |
| Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of MahÄrÄja Iká¹£vÄku as the Lord of His internal potency, SÄ«tÄ. Under the order of His father, MahÄrÄja DaÅ›aratha, He entered the forest and lived there for considerable years with His wife and younger brother. RÄvaṇa, who was very materially powerful, with ten heads on his shoulders, committed a great offense against Him and was thus ultimately vanquished. Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions |
| SB 2.7.23 |
| The King said: O brÄhmaṇa, O powerful one, formerly Lord Viṣṇu showed me His causeless mercy, indicating that you would come to my house, and to confirm that blessing, you have all come. Prithu Maharaja's Meeting with the Four Kumaras |
| SB 4.22.42 |
| At the last stage of his life, when MahÄrÄja Pá¹›thu saw himself getting old, that great soul, who was king of the world, divided whatever opulence he had accumulated amongst all kinds of living entities, moving and nonmoving. He arranged pensions for everyone according to religious principles, and after executing the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in complete coordination with Him, he dedicated his sons unto the earth, which was considered to be his daughter. Then MahÄrÄja Pá¹›thu left the presence of his citizens, who were almost lamenting and crying from feeling separation from the King, and went to the forest alone with his wife to perform austerities. Maharaja Prithu's Going Back Home |
| SB 4.23.1-3 |
| O Viṣṇudatta, ParÄ«ká¹£it MahÄrÄja, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was pleased by the great sages at that sacrifice. Consequently the Lord decided to personally exhibit the method of executing religious principles [as observed by brahmacÄrÄ«s, sannyÄsÄ«s, vÄnaprasthas and gá¹›hasthas engaged in rituals] and also satisfy MahÄrÄja NÄbhi’s desire. Consequently He appeared as the son of MerudevÄ« in His original spiritual form, which is above the modes of material nature. Rishabhadeva's Appearance in the Womb of Merudevi, the Wife of King Nabhi |
| SB 5.3.20 |
| O great King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time. Thus the Supreme Personality is never under the time factor nor under the material energy. The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone |
| SB 7.1.11 |
| My dear Lord, when You appeared as HayagrÄ«va, with the head of a horse, You killed two demons known as Madhu and Kaiá¹abha, who were full of the modes of passion and ignorance. Then You delivered the Vedic knowledge to Lord BrahmÄ. For this reason, all the great saints accept Your forms as transcendental, untinged by material qualities. Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers |
| SB 7.9.37 |
| My dear Lord, You are always transcendentally situated on the other side of the river of death, but because of the reactions of our own activities, we are suffering on this side. Indeed, we have fallen into this river and are repeatedly suffering the pains of birth and death and eating horrible things. Now kindly look upon us — not only upon me but also upon all others who are suffering — and by Your causeless mercy and compassion, deliver us and maintain us. Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers |
| SB 7.9.41 |
| I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord VÄsudeva, who is all-pervading, to the Lord’s fierce form as Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva, to the Lord’s form as an animal [Lord VarÄhadeva], to Lord DattÄtreya, who preached impersonalism, to Lord Buddha, and to all the other incarnations. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has no material qualities but who accepts the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance within this material world. I also offer my respectful obeisances unto the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender |
| SB 8.3.12 |
| O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, by Your sweet will You appear in various incarnations, millennium after millennium, and act wonderfully, performing uncommon activities that would be impossible for us. The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection |
| SB 8.5.46 |
| Lord BrahmÄ said: Although You are never born, Your appearance and disappearance as an incarnation never cease. You are always free from the material qualities, and You are the shelter of transcendental bliss resembling an ocean. Eternally existing in Your transcendental form, You are the supreme subtle of the most extremely subtle. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme, whose existence is inconceivable. The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce |
| SB 8.6.8 |
| What was the purpose for which the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted the abominable form of a fish, exactly as an ordinary living being accepts different forms under the laws of karma? The form of a fish is certainly condemned and full of terrible pain. O my lord, what was the purpose of this incarnation? Kindly explain this to us, for hearing about the pastimes of the Lord is auspicious for everyone. Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation |
| SB 8.24.2-3 |
| Whenever the principles of religion deteriorate and the principles of irreligion increase, the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead Śrī Hari, appears by His own will. Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
| SB 9.24.56 |
| The Supreme Personality of Godhead acts through His material energy in the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this cosmic manifestation just to deliver the living entity by His compassion and stop the living entity’s birth, death and duration of materialistic life. Thus He enables the living being to return home, back to Godhead. Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
| SB 9.24.58 |
| Chapter Summary |
| SB 10..0 |
| Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord BrahmÄ for relief. The Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction |
| SB 10.1.17 |
| Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was within her womb, DevakÄ« illuminated the entire atmosphere in the place where she was confined. Seeing her jubilant, pure and smiling, Kaá¹sa thought, “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who is now within her, will kill me. DevakÄ« has never before looked so brilliant and jubilant.†Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the Womb |
| SB 10.2.20 |
| O Supreme Lord, You are not an ordinary living entity appearing in this material world as a result of fruitive activities. Therefore Your appearance or birth in this world has no other cause than Your pleasure potency. Similarly, the living entities, who are part of You, have no cause for miseries like birth, death and old age, except when these living entities are conducted by Your external energy. Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the Womb |
| SB 10.2.39 |
| Now that the all-pervading, unlimited Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of the cosmic manifestation, had arrived within the estate of MahÄrÄja Nanda, various types of musical instruments resounded to celebrate the great festival. The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva |
| SB 10.5.13 |