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Sri Caitanya CaritamritaReferences to text CC 1.9.41 |
CC 1.9.41: “One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [BhÄrata-vará¹£a] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.
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| Once, while wandering in this way, he saw on the southern side of the HimÄlayas, in a place named BhÄrata-vará¹£a [India], a city that had nine gates all about and was characterized by all auspicious facilities. The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Puranjana |
| SB 4.25.13 |
| Of Ṛṣabhadeva’s one hundred sons, the eldest, named Bharata, was a great, exalted devotee qualified with the best attributes. In his honor, this planet has become known as BhÄrata-vará¹£a. The Characteristics of Rishabhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
| SB 5.4.9 |
| Since the human form of life is the sublime position for spiritual realization, all the demigods in heaven speak in this way: How wonderful it is for these human beings to have been born in the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a. They must have executed pious acts of austerity in the past, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself must have been pleased with them. Otherwise, how could they engage in devotional service in so many ways? We demigods can only aspire to achieve human births in BhÄrata-vará¹£a to execute devotional service, but these human beings are already engaged there. A Description of the Island of Jambudvipa |
| SB 5.19.21 |
| This body, which is eatable by jackals and dogs after death, does not actually do any good for me, the spirit soul. It is usable only for a short time and may perish at any moment. The body and its possessions, its riches and relatives, must all be engaged for the benefit of others, or else they will be sources of tribulation and misery. The Battle Between the Demigods and Vritrasura |
| SB 6.10.10 |
| A human being can attain perfection in life by self-realization through the Vedic literature and its practical application. This is possible especially for a human being born in India, the land of piety. A man who obtains birth in such a convenient position but does not understand his self is unable to achieve the highest perfection, even if he is exalted to life in the higher planetary systems. King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord |
| SB 6.16.58 |
| My dear friends, O sons of the demons, in the same favorable way that one sees himself and takes care of himself, take to devotional service to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present everywhere as the Supersoul of all living entities. What Prahlada Learned in the Womb |
| SB 7.7.53 |
| O my lord, O great devotee, persons like you move from one place to another not for their own interests but for the sake of poor-hearted gá¹›hasthas [householders]. Otherwise they have no interest in going from one place to another. Lord Krishna Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth |
| SB 10.8.4 |