Śaunaka

39 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.

• SB 1.4.2 Śaunaka said: O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are the most fortunate and respected of all those who can speak and recite. Please relate the pious…
• SB 1.4.3 In what period and at what place was this first begun, and why was this taken up? From where did Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa, the great sage,…
• SB 1.4.4 His [Vyāsadeva’s] son was a great devotee, an equibalanced monist, whose mind was always concentrated in monism. He was transcendental to…
• SB 1.4.5 While Śrī Vyāsadeva was following his son, beautiful young damsels who were bathing naked covered their bodies with cloth, although Śrī…
• SB 1.4.6 How was he [Śrīla Śukadeva, the son of Vyāsa] recognized by the citizens when he entered the city of Hastināpura [now Delhi], after…
• SB 1.4.7 How did it so happen that King Parīkṣit met this great sage, making it possible for this great transcendental essence of the Vedas…
• SB 1.4.8 He [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] was accustomed to stay at the door of a householder only long enough for a cow to be milked. And he did this just to…
• SB 1.4.9 It is said that Mahārāja Parīkṣit is a great first-class devotee of the Lord and that his birth and activities are all wonderful. Please…
• SB 1.4.10 He was a great emperor and possessed all the opulences of his acquired kingdom. He was so exalted that he was increasing the prestige of…
• SB 1.4.11 He was such a great emperor that all his enemies would come and bow down at his feet and surrender all their wealth for their own benefit.…
• SB 1.4.12 Those who are devoted to the cause of the Personality of Godhead live only for the welfare, development and happiness of others. They do…
• SB 1.4.13 We know that you are expert in the meaning of all subjects, except some portions of the Vedas, and thus you can clearly explain the…
• SB 1.12.1 The sage Śaunaka said: The womb of Uttarā, mother of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmāstra weapon…
• SB 1.12.2 How was the great emperor Parīkṣit, who was a highly intelligent and great devotee, born in that womb? How did his death take place, and…
• SB 1.12.3 We all respectfully want to hear about him [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] to whom Śukadeva Gosvāmī imparted transcendental knowledge. Please speak on…
• SB 2.3.13 Śaunaka said: The son of Vyāsadeva, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, was a highly learned sage and was able to describe things in a poetic manner.…
• SB 2.3.14 O learned Sūta Gosvāmī! Please continue to explain such topics to us because we are all eager to hear. Besides that, topics which result…
• SB 2.3.15 Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the grandson of the Pāṇḍavas, was from his very childhood a great devotee of the Lord. Even while playing with dolls,…
• SB 2.3.16 Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, was also full in transcendental knowledge and was a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva.…
• SB 2.3.17 Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics…
• SB 2.3.18 Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen?
• SB 2.3.19 Men who are like dogs, hogs, camels and asses praise those men who never listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the…
• SB 2.3.20 One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted…
• SB 2.3.21 The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Personality of…
• SB 2.3.22 The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of the Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu [His forms, name, quality, etc.] are like…
• SB 2.3.23 The person who has not at any time received the dust of the feet of the Lord’s pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body. And…
• SB 2.3.24 Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of one’s chanting the holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when…
• SB 2.3.25 O Sūta Gosvāmī, your words are pleasing to our minds. Please therefore explain this to us as it was spoken by the great devotee Śukadeva…
• SB 2.10.49-50 Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: Let us know, please, what topics were discussed between Vidura and Maitreya, who talked on transcendental subjects, and…
• SB 2.10.51 Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī explained: I shall now explain to you the very subjects explained by the great sage in answer to King Parīkṣit’s…
• SB 3.25.1 Śrī Śaunaka said: Although He is unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took birth as Kapila Muni by His internal potency. He…
• SB 3.25.2 Śaunaka continued: There is no one who knows more than the Lord Himself. No one is more worshipable or more mature a yogī than He. He is…
• SB 3.25.3 Therefore please precisely describe all the activities and pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is full of self-desire and who…
• SB 12.6.36 Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: O gentle Sūta, please narrate to us how Paila and the other greatly intelligent disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who are…
• SB 12.8.1 Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can…
• SB 12.8.2-5 Authorities say that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, was an exceptionally long-lived sage who was the only survivor at the end of…
• SB 12.11.1 Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, you are the best of learned men and a great devotee of the Supreme Lord. Therefore we now inquire from you about…
• SB 12.11.2-3 All good fortune to you! Please explain to us, who are very eager to learn, the process of kriyā-yoga practiced through regulated worship…
• SB 12.11.27-28 Śrī Śaunaka said: Please describe to us, who have great faith in your words, the different sets of seven personal features and associates…