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Devahūti Desires Transcendental Knowledge TEXT 7 devahūtir uvāca nirviṇṇā nitarāṁ bhūmann asad-indriya-tarṣaṇāt yena sambhāvyamānena prapannāndhaṁ tamaḥ prabho Devahūti said: I …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
Devahūti Desires Transcendental Knowledge
Teachings of lord kapila 6
TEXT 7
Teachings of lord kapila 6
devahūtir uvāca nirviṇṇā nitarāṁ bhūmann asad-indriya-tarṣaṇāt yena sambhāvyamānena prapannāndhaṁ tamaḥ prabho
Teachings of lord kapila 6
Devahūti said: I am very sick of the disturbance caused by my material senses, for because of this sense disturbance, …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
Here, at the beginning of Devahūti’s questionings, the word asad-indriya-tarṣaṇāt is significant. Asat means “impermanent,” “temporary,” indriya means “senses,” and …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
The Vedic literatures describe this material world as darkness. Actually it is dark, and therefore we require sunlight, moonlight and …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi- koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Teachings of lord kapila 6
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
Animals have no ability to know that they are in darkness, but human beings can know. Like Devahūti, an intelligent …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
One who has become disgusted with material existence needs the instructions of a guru. Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. …
Teachings of lord kapila 6
kibā viprā, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei ‘guru’ haya