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ahaṁ ca gāyaṁs tad-vidvān strībhiḥ parivṛto gataḥ jñātvā viśva-sṛjas tan me helanaṁ śepur ojasā yāhi tvaṁ śūdratām āśu naṣṭa-śrīḥ kṛta-helanaḥ Translation Nārada Muni continued: Being invited to that festival, I also joined, and, surrounded by women, I began musically singing the glories of the demigods. Because of this, the prajāpatis, the great demigods in charge of the affairs of the universe, forcefully cursed me with these words: “Because you have committed an offense, may you immediately become a śūdra, devoid of beauty.” Purport As far as  kīrtana  is concerned, the  śāstras  say,  śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ:  one should chant the glories of the Supreme Lord and the holy name of the Supreme Lord. This is clearly stated.  Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ:  one should chant about and glorify Lord Viṣṇu, not any demigod. Unfortunately, there are foolish persons who invent some process of  kīrtana  on the basis of a demigod’s name. This is an o...

 

 

 

  Fire will act, regardless of whether handled by an innocent child or by someone well aware of its power. For example, if a field of straw or dry grass is set afire, either by an elderly man who knows the power of fire or by a child who does not, the grass will be burned to ashes. Similarly, one may or may not know the power of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but if one chants the holy name he will become free from all sinful reactions.In the Western countries, where the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is spreading, learned scholars and other thoughtful men are realizing its effectiveness. For example, Dr. J. Stillson Judah, a learned scholar, has been very much attracted to this movement because he has actually seen that it is turning hippies addicted to drugs into pure Vaiṣṇavas who voluntarily become servants of Kṛṣṇa and humanity. Even a few years ago, such hippies did not know the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but now they are chanting it and becoming pure Vaiṣṇavas. Thus they are becoming free fro...

  It has become fashionable for modern scholars and politicians to interpret Bhagavad Gita. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, personally appeared and left His instructions for the benefit of all human society, but fools and rascals unfortunately think of Him as an ordinary human being and twist the instructions of Bhagavad-gītā for the satisfaction of their senses. Practically everyone commenting on Bhagavad-gītā interprets it for sense gratification. It has become especially fashionable for modern scholars and politicians to interpret Bhagavad-gītā as if it were something fictitious, and by their wrong interpretations they are spoiling their own careers and the careers of others. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, however, is fighting against this principle of regarding Kṛṣṇa as a fictitious person and of accepting that there was no Battle of Kurukṣetra, that everything is symbolic, and that nothing in Bhagavad-gītā is true. In any case, if one truly wants to be successful...

The word  akṣauhiṇī  refers to a military phalanx consisting of 21,870 chariots and elephants, 109,350 infantry soldiers and 65,610 horses. An exact description is given in the  Mahābhārata, Ādi parva,  Second Chapter, as follows: eko ratho gajaś caikaḥ narāḥ pañca padātayaḥ trayaś ca turagās taj-jñaiḥ pattir ity abhidhīyate pattiṁ tu triguṇām etāṁ viduḥ senāmukhaṁ budhāḥ trīṇi senāmukhāny eko gulma ity adhidhīyate trayo gulmā gaṇo nāma vāhinī tu gaṇās trayaḥ śrutās tisras tu vāhinyaḥ pṛtaneti vicakṣaṇaiḥ camūs tu pṛtanās tisraś caṁvas tisras tv anīkinī anīkinīṁ daśa-guṇām āhur akṣauhiṇīṁ budhāḥ akṣauhiṇyas tu saṅkhyātā rathānāṁ dvija-sattamāḥ saṅkhyā-gaṇita-tattvajñaiḥ sahasrāṇy eka-viṁśati śatāny upari cāṣṭau ca bhūyas tathā ca saptatiḥ gajānāṁ tu parīmāṇaṁ tāvad evātra nirdiśet jñeyaṁ śata-sahasraṁ tu sahasrāṇi tathā nava narāṇām adhi pañcāśac chatāni trīṇi cānaghāḥ pañca-ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi tathāśvānāṁ śatāni ca daśottarāṇi ṣaṭ cāhur yathāvad abhisaṅkhyayā etām akṣau...