Indra
191 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.
- SB 4.7.32 King Indra said: My dear Lord, Your transcendental form with eight hands and weapons in each of them appears for the welfare of the entire…
- SB 4.7.33 The wives of the performers of the sacrifice said: My dear Lord, this sacrifice was arranged under the instruction of Brahmā, but…
- SB 4.7.34 The sages prayed: Dear Lord, Your activities are most wonderful, and although You do everything by Your different potencies, You are not…
- SB 4.7.35 The Siddhas prayed: Like an elephant that has suffered in a forest fire but can forget all its troubles by entering a river, our minds, O…
- SB 4.7.36 The wife of Dakṣa prayed as follows: My dear Lord, it is very fortunate that You have appeared in this arena of sacrifice. I offer my…
- SB 4.7.37 The governors of various planets spoke as follows: Dear Lord, we believe only in our direct perception, and therefore we see You as a…
- SB 4.7.38 The great mystics said: Dear Lord, persons who see You as nondifferent from themselves, knowing that You are the Supersoul of all living…
- SB 4.7.39 We offer our respectful obeisances unto the Supreme, who has created varieties of manifestations and put them under the spell of the three…
- SB 4.7.40 The personified Vedas said: We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, the Lord, the shelter of the quality of goodness and therefore…
- SB 4.7.41 The fire-god said: My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because by Your favor I am as luminous as blazing fire and I…
- SB 4.7.42 The demigods said: Dear Lord, formerly, when there was a devastation, You conserved all the different energies of material manifestation.…
- SB 4.7.43 The Gandharvas said: Dear Lord, all the demigods, including Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and Indra, along with Marīci and the other great sages,…
- SB 4.7.44 The Vidyādharas said: Dear Lord, this human form of body is meant for attaining the highest perfectional objective, but, impelled by Your…
- SB 4.7.45 The brāhmaṇas said: Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified. You are the offering of clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the…
- SB 4.7.46 Dear Lord, O personified Vedic knowledge, in the past millennium, long, long ago, when You appeared as the great boar incarnation, You…
- SB 4.7.47 Dear Lord, we were awaiting Your audience because we have been unable to perform the yajñas according to the Vedic rituals. We pray unto…
- SB 6.7.15 King Indra said: Therefore with great frankness and without duplicity I shall now bow my head at the lotus feet of Bṛhaspati, the…
- SB 6.7.16 While Indra, the King of the demigods, thought in this way and repented in his own assembly, Bṛhaspati, the most powerful spiritual…
- SB 6.7.17 Although Indra searched vigorously with the assistance of the other demigods, he could not find Bṛhaspati. Then Indra thought, “Alas, my…
- SB 6.7.18 Hearing of the pitiable condition of King Indra, the demons, following the instructions of their guru, Śukrācārya, equipped themselves…
- SB 6.7.19 The demigods’ heads, thighs and arms and the other parts of their bodies were injured by the sharp arrows of the demons. The demigods,…
- SB 6.7.20 When the most powerful Lord Brahmā saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely injured by the arrows of the demons, he…
- SB 6.12.19 Indra said: O great demon, I see by your discrimination and endurance in devotional service, despite your dangerous position, that you are…
- SB 6.12.20 You have surmounted the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, and because of this liberation, you have given up the demoniac mentality and have…
- SB 6.12.21 O Vṛtrāsura, demons are generally conducted by the mode of passion. Therefore, what a great wonder it is that although you are a demon,…
- SB 6.12.22 A person fixed in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, Hari, the Lord of the highest auspiciousness, swims in the ocean of nectar.…
- SB 7.7.9 King Indra said: In the womb of this woman, the wife of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, is the seed of that great demon. Therefore, let her…
- SB 7.7.10 Nārada Muni replied: The child within this woman’s womb is faultless and sinless. Indeed, he is a great devotee, a powerful servant of the…
- SB 7.7.11 When the great saint Nārada Muni had thus spoken, King Indra, being respectful to Nārada’s words, immediately released my mother. Because…
- SB 7.7.12 Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: The great saint Nārada Muni brought my mother to his āśrama and assured her of all protection, saying, “My…
- SB 7.7.13 After accepting the instructions of Devarṣi Nārada, my mother stayed in his care, without fear from any direction, as long as my father,…
- SB 7.7.14 My mother, being pregnant, desired the safety of her embryo and desired to give birth after her husband’s arrival. Thus she stayed at…
- SB 7.7.15 Nārada Muni delivered his instructions both to me, who was within the womb, and to my mother, who was engaged in rendering him service.…
- SB 7.7.16 Because of the long duration of time that has passed and because of her being a woman and therefore less intelligent, my mother has…
- SB 7.7.17 Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: My dear friends, if you can place your faith in my words, simply by that faith you can also understand…
- SB 7.7.18 Just as the fruits and flowers of a tree in due course of time undergo six changes — birth, existence, growth, transformation, dwindling…
- SB 7.7.19-20 “Ātmā” refers to the Supreme Lord or the living entities. Both of them are spiritual, free from birth and death, free from deterioration…
- SB 7.7.21 An expert geologist can understand where there is gold and by various processes can extract it from the gold ore. Similarly, a spiritually…
- SB 7.7.22 The Lord’s eight separated material energies, the three modes of material nature and the sixteen transformations [the eleven senses and…
- SB 7.7.23 There are two kinds of bodies for every individual soul — a gross body made of five gross elements and a subtle body made of three subtle…
- SB 7.7.24 Sober and expert persons should search for the spirit soul with minds purified through analytical study in terms of the soul’s connection…
- SB 7.7.25 Intelligence can be perceived in three states of activity — wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep. The person who perceives these three is…
- SB 7.7.26 As one can understand the presence of the air by the aromas it carries, so, under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one…
- SB 7.7.27 Through polluted intelligence one is subjected to the modes of nature, and thus one is conditioned by material existence. Like a dreaming…
- SB 7.7.28 Therefore, my dear friends, O sons of the demons, your duty is to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which can burn the seed of fruitive…
- SB 7.7.29 Of the different processes recommended for disentanglement from material life, the one personally explained and accepted by the Supreme…
- SB 7.7.30-31 One must accept the bona fide spiritual master and render service unto him with great devotion and faith. Whatever one has in one’s…
- SB 7.7.32 One should always remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His localized representation as the Paramātmā, who is situated in the…
- SB 7.7.33 By these activities [as mentioned above] one is able to cut down the influence of the enemies, namely lust, anger, greed, illusion,…
- SB 7.7.34 One who is situated in devotional service is certainly the controller of his senses, and thus he is a liberated person. When such a…
- SB 7.7.35 When a devotee becomes like a person haunted by a ghost, he laughs and very loudly chants about the qualities of the Lord. Sometimes he…
- SB 7.7.36 The devotee is then freed from all material contamination because he constantly thinks of the Lord’s pastimes and because his mind and…
- SB 7.7.37 The real problem of life is the repetition of birth and death, which is like a wheel rolling repeatedly up and down. This wheel, however,…
- SB 7.7.38 O my friends, sons of the asuras, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Supersoul feature always exists within the cores of the hearts…
- SB 7.7.39 One’s riches, beautiful wife and female friends, one’s sons and daughters, one’s residence, one’s domestic animals like cows, elephants…
- SB 7.7.40 It is learned from Vedic literature that by performing great sacrifices one may elevate himself to the heavenly planets. However, although…
- SB 7.7.41 A materialistic person, thinking himself very advanced in intelligence, continually acts for economic development. But again and again, as…
- SB 7.7.42 In this material world, every materialist desires to achieve happiness and diminish his distress, and therefore he acts accordingly.…
- SB 7.7.43 A living entity desires comfort for his body and makes many plans for this purpose, but actually the body is the property of others.…
- SB 7.7.44 Since the body itself is ultimately meant to become stool or earth, what is the meaning of the paraphernalia related to the body, such as…
- SB 7.7.45 All this paraphernalia is very near and dear as long as the body exists, but as soon as the body is destroyed, all things related to the…
- SB 7.7.46 My dear friends, O sons of the asuras, the living entity receives different types of bodies according to his previous fruitive activities.…
- SB 7.7.47 The living entity, who has received his present body because of his past fruitive activity, may end the results of his actions in this…
- SB 7.7.48 The four principles of advancement in spiritual life — dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa — all depend on the disposition of the Supreme…
- SB 7.7.49 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is the soul and the Supersoul of all living entities. Every living entity is a manifestation of…
- SB 7.7.50 If a demigod, demon, human being, Yakṣa, Gandharva or anyone within this universe renders service to the lotus feet of Mukunda, who can…
- SB 7.7.51-52 My dear friends, O sons of the demons, you cannot please the Supreme Personality of Godhead by becoming perfect brāhmaṇas, demigods or…
- SB 7.7.53 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…
- SB 7.7.54 O my friends, O sons of demons, everyone, including you (the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas), the unintelligent women, śūdras and cowherd men, the…
- SB 7.7.55 In this material world, to render service to the lotus feet of Govinda, the cause of all causes, and to see Him everywhere, is the only…
- SB 7.8.1 Nārada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahlāda Mahārāja and took them very…
- SB 7.8.2 When Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of Śukrācārya, observed that all the students, the sons of the demons, were becoming advanced in Kṛṣṇa…
- SB 7.8.3-4 When Hiraṇyakaśipu understood the entire situation, he was extremely angry, so much so that his body trembled. Thus he finally decided to…
- SB 7.8.5 Hiraṇyakaśipu said: O most impudent, most unintelligent disruptor of the family, O lowest of mankind, you have violated my power to rule…
- SB 7.8.6 My son Prahlāda, you rascal, you know that when I am angry all the planets of the three worlds tremble, along with their chief rulers. By…
- SB 7.8.7 Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear King, the source of my strength, of which you are asking, is also the source of yours. Indeed, the…
- SB 7.8.8 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme controller and time factor, is the power of the senses, the power of the mind, the…
- SB 7.8.9 Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: My dear father, please give up your demoniac mentality. Do not discriminate in your heart between enemies and…
- SB 7.8.10 In former times there were many fools like you who did not conquer the six enemies that steal away the wealth of the body. These fools…
- SB 7.8.11 Hiraṇyakaśipu replied: You rascal, you are trying to minimize my value, as if you were better than me at controlling the senses. This is…
- SB 7.8.12 O most unfortunate Prahlāda, you have always described a supreme being other than me, a supreme being who is above everything, who is the…
- SB 7.8.13 Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let me see your most worshipable God come to…
- SB 7.8.14 Being obsessed with anger, Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was very great in bodily strength, thus chastised his exalted devotee-son Prahlāda with…
- SB 7.8.15 Then from within the pillar came a fearful sound, which appeared to crack the covering of the universe. O my dear Yudhiṣṭhira, this sound…
- SB 7.8.16 While showing his extraordinary prowess, Hiraṇyakaśipu, who desired to kill his own son, heard that wonderful, tumultuous sound, which had…
- SB 7.8.17 To prove that the statement of His servant Prahlāda Mahārāja was substantial — in other words, to prove that the Supreme Lord is present…
- SB 7.8.18 While Hiraṇyakaśipu looked all around to find the source of the sound, that wonderful form of the Lord, which could not be ascertained to…
- SB 7.8.19-22 Hiraṇyakaśipu studied the form of the Lord, trying to decide who the form of Nṛsiṁhadeva standing before him was. The Lord’s form was…
- SB 7.8.23 Hiraṇyakaśipu murmured to himself, “Lord Viṣṇu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of…
- SB 7.8.24 Just as a small insect falls forcefully into a fire and the insignificant creature becomes invisible, when Hiraṇyakaśipu attacked the…
- SB 7.8.25 Thereafter, the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was extremely angry, swiftly attacked Nṛsiṁhadeva with his club and began to beat Him. Lord…
- SB 7.8.26 O Yudhiṣṭhira, O great son of Bharata, when Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva gave Hiraṇyakaśipu a chance to slip from His hand, just as Garuḍa sometimes…
- SB 7.8.27 When Hiraṇyakaśipu was freed from the hands of Nṛsiṁhadeva, he falsely thought that the Lord was afraid of his prowess. Therefore, after…
- SB 7.8.28 Making a loud, shrill sound of laughter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, who is extremely strong and powerful, captured…
- SB 7.8.29 As a snake captures a mouse or Garuḍa captures a very venomous snake, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva captured Hiraṇyakaśipu, who could not be pierced…
- SB 7.8.30 Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s mouth and mane were sprinkled with drops of blood, and His fierce eyes, full of anger, were impossible to look at.…
- SB 7.8.31 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had many, many arms, first uprooted Hiraṇyakaśipu’s heart and then threw him aside and turned…
- SB 7.8.32 The hair on Nṛsiṁhadeva’s head shook the clouds and scattered them here and there, His glaring eyes stole the effulgence of the luminaries…
- SB 7.8.33 Airplanes were thrown into outer space and the upper planetary system by the hair on Nṛsiṁhadeva’s head. Because of the pressure of the…
- SB 7.8.34 Manifesting a full effulgence and a fearsome countenance, Lord Nṛsiṁha, being very angry and finding no contestant to face His power and…
- SB 7.8.35 Hiraṇyakaśipu had been exactly like a fever of meningitis in the head of the three worlds. Thus when the wives of the demigods in the…
- SB 7.8.36 At that time, the airplanes of the demigods, who desired to see the activities of the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa, crowded the sky. The…
- SB 7.8.37-39 My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demigods then approached the Lord. They were headed by Lord Brahmā, King Indra and Lord Śiva and included…
- SB 7.8.40 Lord Brahmā prayed: My Lord, You are unlimited, and You possess unending potencies. No one can estimate or calculate Your prowess and…
- SB 7.8.41 Lord Śiva said: The end of the millennium is the time for Your anger. Now that this insignificant demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been killed, O…
- SB 7.8.42 King Indra said: O Supreme Lord, You are our deliverer and protector. Our shares of sacrifices, which are actually Yours, have been…
- SB 7.8.43 All the saintly persons present offered their prayers in this way: O Lord, O supreme maintainer of those sheltered at Your lotus feet, O…
- SB 7.8.44 The inhabitants of Pitṛloka prayed: Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, the maintainer of the religious…
- SB 7.8.45 The inhabitants of Siddhaloka prayed: O Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, because we belong to Siddhaloka, we automatically achieve perfection in all…
- SB 7.8.46 The inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka prayed: Our acquired power to appear and disappear in various ways according to varieties of meditation…
- SB 7.8.47 The inhabitants of Nāgaloka said: The most sinful Hiraṇyakaśipu took away all the jewels on our hoods and all our beautiful wives. Now,…
- SB 7.8.48 All the Manus offered their prayers as follows: As Your order carriers, O Lord, we, the Manus, are the law-givers for human society, but…
- SB 7.8.49 The prajāpatis offered their prayers as follows: O Supreme Lord, Lord of even Brahmā and Śiva, we, the prajāpatis, were created by You to…
- SB 7.8.50 The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka prayed: Your Lordship, we ever engage in Your service by dancing and singing in dramatic performances,…
- SB 7.8.51 The inhabitants of the Cāraṇa planet said: O Lord, because You have destroyed the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was always a stake in the…
- SB 7.8.52 The inhabitants of Yakṣaloka prayed: O controller of the twenty-four elements, we are considered the best servants of Your Lordship…
- SB 7.8.53 The inhabitants of Kimpuruṣa-loka said: We are insignificant living entities, and You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme…
- SB 7.8.54 The inhabitants of Vaitālika-loka said: Dear Lord, because of chanting Your spotless glories in great assemblies and arenas of sacrifice,…
- SB 7.8.55 The Kinnaras said: O supreme controller, we are ever-existing servants of Your Lordship, but instead of rendering service to You, we were…
- SB 7.8.56 The associates of Lord Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha offered this prayer: O Lord, our supreme giver of shelter, today we have seen Your wonderful…
- SB 7.9.1 The great saint Nārada Muni continued: The demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and other great demigods, dared not come forward…
- SB 7.9.2 The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, was requested to go before the Lord by all the demigods present, who because of fear could not do so.…
- SB 7.9.3 Thereafter Lord Brahmā requested Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was standing very near him: My dear son, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva is extremely angry at…
- SB 7.9.4 Nārada Muni continued: O King, although the exalted devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja was only a little boy, he accepted Lord Brahmā’s words. He…
- SB 7.9.5 When Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva saw the small boy Prahlāda Mahārāja prostrated at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection…
- SB 7.9.6 By the touch of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s hand on Prahlāda Mahārāja’s head, Prahlāda was completely freed of all material contaminations and…
- SB 7.9.7 Prahlāda Mahārāja fixed his mind and sight upon Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva with full attention in complete trance. With a fixed mind, he began to…
- SB 7.9.8 Prahlāda Mahārāja prayed: How is it possible for me, who have been born in a family of asuras, to offer suitable prayers to satisfy the…
- SB 7.9.9 Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family, beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise, luster,…
- SB 7.9.10 If a brāhmaṇa has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications [as they are stated in the book called Sanat-sujāta] but is not a devotee…
- SB 7.9.11 The Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always fully satisfied in Himself. Therefore when something is offered to Him,…
- SB 7.9.12 Therefore, although I was born in a demoniac family, I may without a doubt offer prayers to the Lord with full endeavor, as far as my…
- SB 7.9.13 O my Lord, all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, are sincere servants of Your Lordship, who are situated in a transcendental position.…
- SB 7.9.14 My Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, please, therefore, cease Your anger now that my father, the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, has been killed. Since even…
- SB 7.9.15 My Lord, who are never conquered by anyone, I am certainly not afraid of Your ferocious mouth and tongue, Your eyes bright like the sun or…
- SB 7.9.16 O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as a result of my…
- SB 7.9.17 O great one, O Supreme Lord, because of combination with pleasing and displeasing circumstances and because of separation from them, one…
- SB 7.9.18 O my Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, by engaging in Your transcendental loving service in the association of devotees who are liberated souls [haṁsas],…
- SB 7.9.19 My Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, O Supreme, because of a bodily conception of life, embodied souls neglected and not cared for by You cannot do…
- SB 7.9.20 My dear Lord, everyone in this material world is under the modes of material nature, being influenced by goodness, passion and ignorance.…
- SB 7.9.21 O Lord, O supreme eternal, by expanding Your plenary portion You have created the subtle bodies of the living entities through the agency…
- SB 7.9.22 My dear Lord, O supreme great, You have created this material world of sixteen constituents, but You are transcendental to their material…
- SB 7.9.23 My dear Lord, people in general want to be elevated to the higher planetary systems for a long duration of life, opulence and enjoyment,…
- SB 7.9.24 My dear Lord, now I have complete experience concerning the worldly opulence, mystic power, longevity and other material pleasures enjoyed…
- SB 7.9.25 In this material world, every living entity desires some future happiness, which is exactly like a mirage in the desert. Where is water in…
- SB 7.9.26 O my Lord, O Supreme, because I was born in a family full of the hellish material qualities of passion and ignorance, what is my position?…
- SB 7.9.27 Unlike an ordinary living entity, my Lord, You do not discriminate between friends and enemies, the favorable and the unfavorable, because…
- SB 7.9.28 My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually…
- SB 7.9.29 My Lord, O unlimited reservoir of transcendental qualities, You have killed my father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and saved me from his sword. He had…
- SB 7.9.30 My dear Lord, You alone manifest Yourself as the entire cosmic manifestation, for You existed before the creation, You exist after the…
- SB 7.9.31 My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, the entire cosmic creation is caused by You, and the cosmic manifestation is an effect of…
- SB 7.9.32 O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, after the annihilation the creative energy is kept in You, who appear to sleep with…
- SB 7.9.33 This cosmic manifestation, the material world, is also Your body. This total lump of matter is agitated by Your potent energy known as…
- SB 7.9.34 From that great lotus flower, Brahmā was generated, but Brahmā certainly could see nothing but the lotus. Therefore, thinking You to be…
- SB 7.9.35 Lord Brahmā, who is celebrated as ātma-yoni, having been born without a mother, was struck with wonder. Thus he took shelter of the lotus…
- SB 7.9.36 Lord Brahmā could then see You possessing thousands and thousands of faces, feet, heads, hands, thighs, noses, ears and eyes. You were…
- SB 7.9.37 My dear Lord, when You appeared as Hayagrīva, with the head of a horse, You killed two demons known as Madhu and Kaiṭabha, who were full…
- SB 7.9.38 In this way, my Lord, You appear in various incarnations as a human being, an animal, a great saint, a demigod, a fish or a tortoise, thus…
- SB 7.9.39 My dear Lord of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, where there is no anxiety, my mind is extremely sinful and lusty, being sometimes so-called happy…
- SB 7.9.40 My dear Lord, O infallible one, my position is like that of a person who has many wives, all trying to attract him in their own way. For…
- SB 7.9.41 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…
- SB 7.9.42 O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, original spiritual master of the entire world, what is the difficulty for You, who manage the…
- SB 7.9.43 O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I am fully absorbed in thoughts of…
- SB 7.9.44 My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not…
- SB 7.9.45 Sex life is compared to the rubbing of two hands to relieve an itch. Gṛhamedhis, so-called gṛhasthas who have no spiritual knowledge,…
- SB 7.9.46 O Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are ten prescribed methods on the path to liberation — to remain silent, not to speak to anyone,…
- SB 7.9.47 By authorized Vedic knowledge one can see that the forms of cause and effect in the cosmic manifestation belong to the Supreme Personality…
- SB 7.9.48 O Supreme Lord, You are actually the air, the earth, fire, sky and water. You are the objects of sense perception, the life airs, the five…
- SB 7.9.49 Neither the three modes of material nature [sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa], nor the predominating deities controlling these three…
- SB 7.9.50 Therefore, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all persons to whom prayers are offered, I offer my respectful obeisances unto…
- SB 8.11.4 Indra said: O rascal, as a cheater sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions, you are trying to defeat us by…
- SB 8.11.5 Those fools and rascals who want to ascend to the upper planetary system by mystic power or mechanical means, or who endeavor to cross…
- SB 8.11.6 Today, with my thunderbolt, which has hundreds of sharp edges, I, the same powerful person, shall sever your head from your body. Although…
- SB 8.11.7 Bali Mahārāja replied: All those present on this battlefield are certainly under the influence of eternal time, and according to their…
- SB 8.11.8 Seeing the movements of time, those who are cognizant of the real truth neither rejoice nor lament for different circumstances. Therefore,…
- SB 8.11.9 You demigods think that your own selves are the cause of your attaining fame and victory. Because of your ignorance, saintly persons feel…
- SB 10.25.3 [Indra said:] Just see how these cowherd men living in the forest have become so greatly intoxicated by their prosperity! They have…
- SB 10.25.4 Their taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa is just like the foolish attempt of men who abandon transcendental knowledge of the self and instead try to…
- SB 10.25.5 These cowherd men have acted inimically toward me by taking shelter of this ordinary human being, Kṛṣṇa, who thinks Himself very wise but…
- SB 10.25.6 [To the clouds of destruction King Indra said:] The prosperity of these people has made them mad with pride, and their arrogance is backed…
- SB 10.25.7 I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd…
- SB 10.27.4 King Indra said: Your transcendental form, a manifestation of pure goodness, is undisturbed by change, shining with knowledge and devoid…
- SB 10.27.5 How, then, could there exist in You the symptoms of an ignorant person — such as greed, lust, anger and envy — which are produced by one’s…
- SB 10.27.6 You are the father and spiritual master of this entire universe, and also its supreme controller. You are insurmountable time, imposing…
- SB 10.27.7 Even fools like me, who proudly think themselves universal lords, quickly give up their conceit and directly take to the path of the…
- SB 10.27.8 Engrossed in pride over my ruling power, ignorant of Your majesty, I offended You. O Lord, may You forgive me. My intelligence was…
- SB 10.27.9 You descend into this world, O transcendent Lord, to destroy the warlords who burden the earth and create many terrible disturbances. O…
- SB 10.27.10 Obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the great Soul, who are all-pervading and who reside in the hearts of all. My…
- SB 10.27.11 Unto Him who assumes transcendental bodies according to the desires of His devotees, unto Him whose form is itself pure consciousness,…
- SB 10.27.12 My dear Lord, when my sacrifice was disrupted I became fiercely angry because of false pride. Thus I tried to destroy Your cowherd…
- SB 10.27.13 O Lord, You have shown mercy to me by shattering my false pride and defeating my attempt [to punish Vṛndāvana]. To You, the Supreme Lord,…