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Bhagavad Gita As It IsReferences to text BG 9.21 |
BG 9.21: When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death.
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| It was by His influence only that in a fight I was able to astonish the personality of god Lord Åšiva and his wife, the daughter of Mount HimÄlaya. Thus he [Lord Åšiva] became pleased with me and awarded me his own weapon. Other demigods also delivered their respective weapons to me, and in addition I was able to reach the heavenly planets in this present body and was allowed a half-elevated seat. The Pandavas Retire Timely |
| SB 1.15.12 |
| Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon, where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this planet. Entanglement in Fruitive Activities |
| SB 3.32.3 |
| My Lord, the transcendental bliss derived from meditating upon Your lotus feet or hearing about Your glories from pure devotees is so unlimited that it is far beyond the stage of brahmÄnanda, wherein one thinks himself merged in the impersonal Brahman as one with the Supreme. Since brahmÄnanda is also defeated by the transcendental bliss derived from devotional service, then what to speak of the temporary blissfulness of elevating oneself to the heavenly planets, which is ended by the separating sword of time? Although one may be elevated to the heavenly planets, he falls down in due course of time. Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home |
| SB 4.9.10 |
| In this material world, every human being has a short span of life, but those who are engaged in devotional service go back home, back to Godhead, for they are actually on the path of liberation. For such persons, there is nothing which is not available. Maharaja Prithu's Going Back Home |
| SB 4.23.27 |
| Desiring to get a perfect son and become an inhabitant of Pitá¹›loka, MahÄrÄja Ä€gnÄ«dhra once worshiped Lord BrahmÄ, the master of those in charge of material creation. He went to a valley of Mandara Hill, where the damsels of the heavenly planets come down to stroll. There he collected garden flowers and other necessary paraphernalia and then engaged in severe austerities and worship. The Activities of Maharaja Agnidhra |
| SB 5.2.2 |
| My dear King, talks of the relationship between the master and the servant, the king and the subject and so forth are simply talks about material activities. People interested in material activities which are expounded in the Vedas are intent on performing material sacrifices and placing faith in their material activities. For such people, spiritual advancement is definitely not manifest. Jada Bharata Instructs King Rahugana |
| SB 5.11.2 |
| Among the nine vará¹£as, the tract of land known as BhÄrata-vará¹£a is understood to be the field of fruitive activities. Learned scholars and saintly persons declare the other eight vará¹£as to be meant for very highly elevated pious persons. After returning from the heavenly planets, they enjoy the remaining results of their pious activities in these eight earthly vará¹£as. The Descent of the River Ganges |
| SB 5.17.11 |
| The demigods continue: After performing the very difficult tasks of executing Vedic ritualistic sacrifices, undergoing austerities, observing vows and giving charity, we have achieved this position as inhabitants of the heavenly planets. But what is the value of this achievement? Here we are certainly very engaged in material sense gratification, and therefore we can hardly remember the lotus feet of Lord NÄrÄyaṇa. Indeed, because of our excessive sense gratification, we have almost forgotten His lotus feet. A Description of the Island of Jambudvipa |
| SB 5.19.22 |
| One who constantly hears and chants the holy name of the Lord and hears and chants about His activities can very easily attain the platform of pure devotional service, which can cleanse the dirt from one’s heart. One cannot achieve such purification merely by observing vows and performing Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. Yamaraja Instructs His Messengers |
| SB 6.3.32 |
| My dear King Yudhiá¹£á¹hira, when oblations of ghee and food grains like barley and sesame are offered in sacrifice, they turn into celestial smoke, which carries one to successively higher planetary systems like the kingdoms of DhumÄ, RÄtri, Kṛṣṇapaká¹£a, Daká¹£iṇam and ultimately the moon. Then, however, the performers of sacrifice descend again to earth to become herbs, creepers, vegetables and food grains. These are eaten by different living entities and turned to semen, which is injected into female bodies. Thus one takes birth again and again. Instructions for Civilized Human Beings |
| SB 7.15.50-51 |
| After thus rebuking RÄvaṇa, Lord RÄmacandra fixed an arrow to His bow, aimed at RÄvaṇa, and released the arrow, which pierced RÄvaṇa’s heart like a thunderbolt. Upon seeing this, RÄvaṇa’s followers raised a tumultuous sound, crying, “Alas! Alas! What has happened? What has happened?†as RÄvaṇa, vomiting blood from his ten mouths, fell from his airplane, just as a pious man falls to earth from the heavenly planets when the results of his pious activities are exhausted. The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra |
| SB 9.10.23 |