mām

  • about Me — Bg. 10.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.9

    The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.
  • at me — SB 6.12.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.16

    O my enemy, just look at me. I have already been defeated, for my weapon and arm have been cut to pieces. You have already overwhelmed me, but nonetheless, with a desire to kill you, I am trying my best to fight. I am not at all morose, even under such adverse conditions. Therefore you should give up your moroseness and continue fighting.
  • attains me — SB 4.24.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.29

    A person who executes his occupational duty properly for one hundred births becomes qualified to occupy the post of Brahmā, and if he becomes more qualified, he can approach Lord Śiva. A person who is directly surrendered to Lord Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, in unalloyed devotional service is immediately promoted to the spiritual planets. Lord Śiva and other demigods attain these planets after the destruction of this material world.
  • from me — SB 1.16.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.16.25

    The earthly deity [in the form of a cow] thus replied to the personality of religious principles [in the form of a bull]: O Dharma, whatever you have inquired from me shall be known to you. I shall try to reply to all those questions. Once you too were maintained by your four legs, and you increased happiness all over the universe by the mercy of the Lord.    , SB 3.9.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.29

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead then said: O Brahmā, O depth of Vedic wisdom, be neither depressed nor anxious about the execution of creation. What you are begging from Me has already been granted before.    , SB 8.12.44plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.12.44

    When I finished performing mystic yoga for one thousand years, you asked me upon whom I was meditating. Now, here is that Supreme Person to whom time has no entrance and who the Vedas cannot understand.
  • Me (Kṛṣṇa) — Bg. 8.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.13

    After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable om, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.    , Bg. 8.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.14

    For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pṛthā, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.
  • Me (Lord Kṛṣṇa) — Bg. 5.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.29

    The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.
  • me (the earth) — SB 5.18.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.39

    My Lord, as the original boar within this universe, You fought and killed the great demon Hiraṇyakṣa. Then You lifted me [the earth] from the Garbhodaka Ocean on the end of Your tusk, exactly as a sporting elephant plucks a lotus flower from the water. I bow down before You.
  • Me (the Supreme Lord) — Bg. 6.47plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 6.47

    And of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.
  • me (Vasiṣṭha) — SB 9.13.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.13.2

    "I shall return here after finishing the yajña for Indra. Kindly wait for me until then." Mahārāja Nimi remained silent, and Vasiṣṭha began to perform the sacrifice for Lord Indra.
  • me — Bg. 2.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.7

    Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.    , Bg. 3.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 3.1

    Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?    , Bg. 4.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.13

    According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.    , Bg. 6.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 6.30

    For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.    , Bg. 7.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.3

    Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.    , Bg. 7.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.25

    I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yoga-māyā]; and so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.    , Bg. 7.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.26

    O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows.    , Bg. 7.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.28

    Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.    , Bg. 7.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.30

    Those who know Me as the Supreme Lord, as the governing principle of the material manifestation, who know Me as the one underlying all the demigods and as the one sustaining all sacrifices, can, with steadfast mind, understand and know Me even at the time of death.    , Bg. 9.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.3

    Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world.    , Bg. 9.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.9

    O Dhanañjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached, seated as though neutral.    , Bg. 9.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.11

    Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.    , Bg. 9.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.14

    Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.    , Bg. 9.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.15

    Others, who are engaged in the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, diverse in many, and in the universal form.    , Bg. 9.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.23

    Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kuntī, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.    , Bg. 9.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.24

    I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.    , Bg. 10.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.24

    Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Bṛhaspati, the lord of devotion. Of generals I am Skanda, the lord of war; and of bodies of water I am the ocean.    , Bg. 10.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.27

    Of horses know Me to be Uccaiḥśravā, who rose out of the ocean, born of the elixir of immortality; of lordly elephants I am Airāvata, and among men I am the monarch.    , Bg. 11.8plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.8

    But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give to you divine eyes by which you can behold My mystic opulence.    , Bg. 11.53plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.53

    The form which you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one can see Me as I am.    , Bg. 12.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.9

    My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga In this way you will develop a desire to attain to Me.    , Bg. 13.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 13.3

    O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. That is My opinion.    , Bg. 16.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.18

    Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and blasphemes against the real religion.    , Bg. 18.55plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.55

    One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.    , SB 1.6.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.21

    O Nārada [the Lord spoke], I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me anymore. Those who are incomplete in service and who are not completely free from all material taints can hardly see Me.    , SB 1.8.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.10

    O my Lord, You are all-powerful. A fiery iron arrow is coming towards me fast. My Lord, let it burn me personally, if You so desire, but please do not let it burn and abort my embryo. Please do me this favor, my Lord.    , SB 1.8.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.31

    My dear Kṛṣṇa, Yaśodā took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes overflooded with tears, which washed the mascara from Your eyes. And You were afraid, though fear personified is afraid of You. This sight is bewildering to me.    , SB 1.13.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.13.45

    Therefore give up your anxiety due to ignorance of the self. You are now thinking of how they, who are helpless poor creatures, will exist without you.    , SB 1.14.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.14.13

    O Bhīmasena, tiger amongst men, now useful animals like cows are passing me on my left side, and lower animals like the asses are circumambulating me. My horses appear to weep upon seeing me.    , SB 1.16.32-33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.16.32-33

    Lakṣmījī, the goddess of fortune, whose glance of grace was sought by demigods like Brahmā and for whom they surrendered many a day unto the Personality of Godhead, gave up her own abode in the forest of lotus flowers and engaged herself in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord. I was endowed with specific powers to supersede the fortune of all the three planetary systems by being decorated with the impressions of the flag, thunderbolt, elephant-driving rod and lotus flower, which are signs of the lotus feet of the Lord. But at the end, when I felt I was so fortunate, the Lord left me.    , SB 1.17.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.17.27

    Now she, the chaste one, being unfortunately forsaken by the Personality of Godhead, laments her future with tears in her eyes, for now she is being ruled and enjoyed by lower-class men who pose as rulers.    , SB 3.4.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.4.12

    O honest one, your present life is the last and the supermost because in this term of life you have been awarded My ultimate favor. Now you can go to My transcendental abode, Vaikuṇṭha, by leaving this universe of conditioned living entities. Your visit to Me in this lonely place because of your pure and unflinching devotional service is a great boon for you.    , SB 3.9.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.31

    O Brahmā, when you are absorbed in devotional service, in the course of your creative activities, you will see Me in you and throughout the universe, and you will see that you yourself, the universe and the living entities are all in Me.    , SB 3.9.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.32

    You will see Me in all living entities as well as all over the universe, just as fire is situated in wood. Only in that state of transcendental vision will you be able to be free from all kinds of illusion.    , SB 3.9.36plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.36

    Although I am not easily knowable by the conditioned soul, you have known Me today because you know that My personality is not constituted of anything material, and specifically not of the five gross and three subtle elements.    , SB 3.9.40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.40

    Any human being who prays like Brahmā, and who thus worships Me, shall very soon be blessed with the fulfillment of all his desires, for I am the Lord of all benediction.    , SB 3.16.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.2

    The Personality of Godhead said: These attendants of Mine, Jaya and Vijaya by name, have committed a great offense against you because of ignoring Me.    , SB 3.16.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.3

    O great sages, I approve of the punishment that you who are devoted to Me have meted out to them.    , SB 3.16.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.7

    The Lord continued: Because I am the servitor of My devotees, My lotus feet have become so sacred that they immediately wipe out all sin, and I have acquired such a disposition that the goddess of fortune does not leave Me, even though I have no attachment for her and others praise her beauty and observe sacred vows to secure from her even a slight favor.    , SB 3.20.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.21

    Brahmā, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, "Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yakṣas and Rākṣasas."    , SB 3.20.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.26

    Lord Brahmā, approaching the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please protect me from these sinful demons, who were created by me under Your order. They are infuriated by an appetite for sex and have come to attack me.    , SB 3.21.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.21.31

    Showing compassion to all living entities, you will attain self-realization. Giving assurance of safety to all, you will perceive your own self as well as all the universes in Me, and Myself in you.    , SB 3.24.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.24.39

    In your own heart, through your intellect, you will always see Me, the supreme self-effulgent soul dwelling within the hearts of all living entities. Thus you will achieve the state of eternal life, free from all lamentation and fear.    , SB 3.25.39-40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.39-40

    Thus the devotee who worships Me, the all-pervading Lord of the universe, in unflinching devotional service, gives up all aspirations to be promoted to heavenly planets or to become happy in this world with wealth, children, cattle, home or anything in relationship with the body. I take him to the other side of birth and death.    , SB 3.29.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.9

    The worship of Deities in the temple by a separatist, with a motive for material enjoyment, fame and opulence, is devotion in the mode of passion.    , SB 3.29.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.19

    When one is fully qualified with all these transcendental attributes and his consciousness is thus completely purified, he is immediately attracted simply by hearing My name or hearing of My transcendental quality.    , SB 3.29.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.21

    I am present in every living entity as the Supersoul. If someone neglects or disregards that Supersoul everywhere and engages himself in the worship of the Deity in the temple, that is simply imitation.    , SB 3.29.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.22

    One who worships the Deity of Godhead in the temples but does not know that the Supreme Lord, as Paramātmā, is situated in every living entity's heart, must be in ignorance and is compared to one who offers oblations into ashes.    , SB 3.29.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.25

    Performing his prescribed duties, one should worship the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead until one realizes My presence in his own heart and in the hearts of other living entities as well.    , SB 3.29.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.27

    Therefore, through charitable gifts and attention, as well as through friendly behavior and by viewing all to be alike, one should propitiate Me, who abide in all creatures as their very Self.    , SB 4.3.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.3.24

    Therefore you should not see your father, although he is the giver of your body, because he and his followers are envious of me. Because of his envy, O most worshipful one, he has insulted me with cruel words although I am innocent.    , SB 4.7.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.15

    I did not know your full glories. For this reason, I threw arrows of sharp words at you in the open assembly, although you did not take them into account. I was going down to hell because of my disobedience to you, who are the most respectable personality, but you took compassion upon me and saved me by awarding punishment. I request that you be pleased by your own mercy, since I cannot satisfy you by my words.    , SB 4.8.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.8.18

    Sunīti said: My dear boy, whatever has been spoken by Suruci is so, because the King, your father, does not consider me his wife or even his maidservant. He feels ashamed to accept me. Therefore it is a fact that you have taken birth from the womb of an unfortunate woman, and by being fed from her breast you have grown up.    , SB 4.9.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.9.24

    The Lord continued: I am the heart of all sacrifices. You will be able to perform many great sacrifices and also give great charities. In this way you will be able to enjoy the blessings of material happiness in this life, and at the time of your death you will be able to remember Me.    , SB 4.14.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.28

    King Vena continued: For this reason, O brāhmaṇas, you should abandon your envy of me, and, by your ritualistic activities, you should worship me and offer me all paraphernalia. If you are intelligent, you should know that there is no personality superior to me, who can accept the first oblations of all sacrifices.    , SB 4.17.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.18

    Addressing the great, opulent King Pṛthu as the knower of religious principles and shelter of the surrendered, she said: Please save me. You are the protector of all living entities. Now you are situated as the King of this planet.    , SB 4.17.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.21

    The cow-shaped earth continued: My dear King, I am just like a strong boat, and all the paraphernalia of the world is standing upon me. If you break me to pieces, how can you protect yourself and your subjects from drowning?    , SB 4.17.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.24

    You have so lost your intelligence that, despite my orders, you do not deliver the seeds of herbs and grains formerly created by Brahmā and now hidden within yourself.    , SB 4.17.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.30

    The planet earth continued: My dear Lord, You are the complete conductor of the material creation. You have created this cosmic manifestation and the three material qualities, and therefore You have created me, the planet earth, the resting place of all living entities. Yet You are always fully independent, my Lord. Now that You are present before me and ready to kill me with Your weapons, let me know where I should go to take shelter, and tell me who can give me protection.    , SB 4.17.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.31

    In the beginning of creation You created all these moving and nonmoving living entities by Your inconceivable energy. Through this very same energy You are now prepared to protect the living entities. Indeed, You are the supreme protector of religious principles. Why are You so anxious to kill me, even though I am in the form of a cow?    , SB 4.17.34plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.34

    My dear Lord, You are always unborn. Once, in the form of the original boar, You rescued me from the waters in the bottom of the universe. Through Your own energy You created all the physical elements, the senses and the heart, for the maintenance of the world.    , SB 4.17.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.35

    My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharādhara—He who holds the planet earth. Yet at the present moment, in the form of a great hero, You are about to kill me with sharpened arrows. I am, however, just like a boat on the water, keeping everything afloat.    , SB 4.18.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.11

    My dear King, may I inform you that you have to make the entire surface of the globe level. This will help me, even when the rainy season has ceased. Rainfall comes by the mercy of King Indra. Rainfall will remain on the surface of the globe, always keeping the earth moistened, and thus it will be auspicious for all kinds of production.    , SB 4.20.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.20.9

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, continued: My dear King Pṛthu, when one situated in his occupational duty engages in My loving service without motive for material gain, he gradually becomes very satisfied within.    , SB 4.26.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.26.16

    Kindly let me know the whereabouts of that beautiful woman who always saves me when I am drowning in the ocean of danger. By giving me good intelligence at every step, she always saves me.    , SB 4.27.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.27.26

    Kālakanyā continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman's greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed.    , SB 4.28.52plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.52

    The brāhmaṇa inquired as follows: Who are you? Whose wife or daughter are you? Who is the man lying here? It appears you are lamenting for this dead body. Don't you recognize Me? I am your eternal friend. You may remember that many times in the past you have consulted Me.    , SB 4.28.53plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.53

    The brāhmaṇa continued: My dear friend, even though you cannot immediately recognize Me, can't you remember that in the past you had a very intimate friend? Unfortunately, you gave up My company and accepted a position as enjoyer of this material world.    , SB 4.28.55plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.55

    My dear friend, you are now My very same friend. Since you left Me, you have become more and more materialistic, and not seeing Me, you have been traveling in different forms throughout this material world, which was created by some woman.    , SB 5.2.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.2.16

    Lord Brahmā, who is worshiped by the brāhmaṇas, has very mercifully given you to me, and that is why I have met you. I do not want to give up your company, for my mind and eyes are fixed upon you and cannot be drawn away. O woman with beautiful raised breasts, I am your follower. You may take me wherever you like, and your friends may also follow me.    , SB 5.5.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.5.19

    My transcendental body [sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1]] looks exactly like a human form, but it is not a material human body. It is inconceivable. I am not forced by nature to accept a particular type of body; I take on a body by My own sweet will. My heart is also spiritual, and I always think of the welfare of My devotees. Therefore within My heart can be found the process of devotional service, which is meant for the devotees. Far from My heart have I abandoned irreligion [adharma] and nondevotional activities. They do not appeal to Me. Due to all these transcendental qualities, people generally pray to Me as Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all living entities.    , SB 5.8.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.9

    The great King Mahārāja Bharata began to think: Alas, this helpless young deer, by the force of time, an agent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has now lost its relatives and friends and has taken shelter of me. It does not know anyone but me, as I have become its father, mother, brother and relatives. This deer is thinking in this way, and it has full faith in me. It does not know anyone but me; therefore I should not be envious and think that for the deer my own welfare will be destroyed. I should certainly raise, protect, gratify and fondle it. When it has taken shelter with me, how can I neglect it? Even though the deer is disturbing my spiritual life, I realize that a helpless person who has taken shelter cannot be neglected. That would be a great fault.    , SB 5.10.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.10.7

    Thereafter, when the King saw that his palanquin was still being shaken by the carriers, he became very angry and said: You rascal, what are you doing? Are you dead despite the life within your body? Do you not know that I am your master? You are disregarding me and are not carrying out my order. For this disobedience I shall now punish you just as Yamarāja, the superintendent of death, punishes sinful people. I shall give you proper treatment so that you will come to your senses and do the correct thing.    , SB 5.12.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.12.15

    My dear heroic King, due to my past sincere service to the Lord, I could remember everything of my past life even while in the body of a deer. Because I am aware of the falldown in my past life, I always keep myself separate from the association of ordinary men. Being afraid of their bad, materialistic association, I wander alone unnoticed by others.    , SB 5.18.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.22

    O supreme unconquerable Lord, when they become absorbed in thoughts of material enjoyment, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, as well as other demigods and demons, undergo severe penances and austerities to receive my benedictions. But I do not favor anyone, however great he may be; unless he is always engaged in the service of Your lotus feet. Because I always keep You within my heart, I cannot favor anyone but a devotee.    , SB 5.18.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.23

    O infallible one, Your lotus palm is the source of all benediction. Therefore Your pure devotees worship it, and You very mercifully place Your hand on their heads. I wish that You may also place Your hand on My head, for although You already bear my insignia of golden streaks on Your chest, I regard this honor as merely a kind of false prestige for me. You show Your real mercy to Your devotees, not to me. Of course, You are the supreme absolute controller, and no one can understand Your motives.    , SB 6.2.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.2.30

    Was this a dream I saw, or was it reality? I saw fearsome men with ropes in their hands coming to arrest me and drag me away. Where have they gone?    , SB 6.8.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.13

    May the Lord, who assumes the body of a great fish, protect me in the water from the fierce animals that are associates of the demigod Varuṇa. By expanding His illusory energy, the Lord assumed the form of the dwarf Vāmana. May Vāmana protect me on the land. Since the gigantic form of the Lord, Viśvarūpa, conquers the three worlds, may He protect me in the sky.    , SB 6.8.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.16

    May Lord Nārāyaṇa protect me from unnecessarily following false religious systems and falling from my duties due to madness. May the Lord in His appearance as Nara protect me from unnecessary pride. May Lord Dattātreya, the master of all mystic power, protect me from falling while performing bhakti-yoga, and may Lord Kapila, the master of all good qualities, protect me from the material bondage of fruitive activities.    , SB 6.8.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.17

    May Sanat-kumāra protect me from lusty desires. As I begin some auspicious activity, may Lord Hayagrīva protect me from being an offender by neglecting to offer respectful obeisances to the Supreme Lord. May Devarṣi Nārada protect me from committing offenses in worshiping the Deity, and may Lord Kūrma, the tortoise, protect me from falling to the unlimited hellish planets.    , SB 6.8.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.20

    May Lord Keśava protect me with His club in the first portion of the day, and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing His flute, protect me in the second portion of the day. May Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day.    , SB 6.8.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.21

    May Lord Madhusūdana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons, protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, may Lord Mādhava, appearing as Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, protect me, and in the beginning of night may Lord Hṛṣīkeśa protect me. At the dead of night [in the second and third parts of night] may Lord Padmanābha alone protect me.    , SB 6.14.56plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.56

    My dear son, I am helpless and very much aggrieved. You should not give up my company. Just look at your lamenting father. We are helpless because without a son we shall have to suffer the distress of going to the darkest hellish regions. You are the only hope by which we can get out of these dark regions. Therefore I request you not to go any further with the merciless Yama.    , SB 6.16.55plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.16.55

    Know Me to be the Supreme Brahman, the all-pervading Supersoul through whom the sleeping living entity can understand his dreaming condition and his happiness beyond the activities of the material senses. That is to say, I am the cause of the activities of the sleeping living being.    , SB 6.17.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.39

    My dear King Parīkṣit, you inquired from me how Vṛtrāsura, a great devotee, took birth in a demoniac family. Thus I have tried to explain to you everything about this.    , SB 6.18.78plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.78

    My dear King Parīkṣit, I have replied as far as possible to the questions you have asked me, especially in regard to this pure, auspicious narration about the Maruts. Now you may inquire further, and I shall explain more.    , SB 7.2.53plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.53

    Alas, how merciless is Providence! My wife, unable to be helped by anyone, is in such an awkward position and lamenting for me. What will Providence gain by taking away this poor bird? What will be the profit?    , SB 7.2.54plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.54

    If unkind Providence takes away my wife, who is half my body, why should He not take me also? What is the use of my living with half of my body, bereaved by loss of my wife? What shall I gain in this way?    , SB 7.5.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.26

    O unqualified, most heinous son of a brāhmaṇa, you have disobeyed my order and taken shelter of the party of my enemies. You have taught this poor boy about devotional service! What is this nonsense?    , SB 7.7.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 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. Because he is naturally extremely kind to the fallen souls, being in a transcendental position, he gave instructions on religion and transcendental knowledge. These instructions were free from all material contamination.    , SB 7.7.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 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 forgotten all those instructions; but the great sage Nārada blessed me, and therefore I could not forget them.    , SB 7.9.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.24

    My dear Lord, now I have complete experience concerning the worldly opulence, mystic power, longevity and other material pleasures enjoyed by all living entities, from Lord Brahmā down to the ant. As powerful time, You destroy them all. Therefore, because of my experience, I do not wish to possess them. My dear Lord, I request You to place me in touch with Your pure devotee and let me serve him as a sincere servant.    , SB 7.9.53plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.53

    My dear Prahlāda, may you live a long time. One cannot appreciate or understand Me without pleasing Me, but one who has seen or pleased Me has nothing more for which to lament for his own satisfaction.    , SB 7.9.54plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.54

    My dear Prahlāda, you are very fortunate. Please know from Me that those who are very wise and highly elevated try to please Me in all different modes of mellows, for I am the only person who can fulfill all the desires of everyone.    , SB 7.10.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.2

    Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life. It is for this reason that I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet.    , SB 7.10.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.12

    It does not matter that you are in the material world. You should always, continuously, hear the instructions and messages given by Me and always be absorbed in thought of Me, for I am the Supersoul existing in the core of everyone's heart. Therefore, give up fruitive activities and worship Me.    , SB 8.2.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.2.32

    The other elephants, who are my friends and relatives, could not rescue me from this danger. What then to speak of my wives? They cannot do anything. It is by the will of providence that I have been attacked by this crocodile, and therefore I shall seek shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always the shelter of everyone, even of great personalities.    , SB 8.4.17-24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.4.17-24

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Freed from all sinful reactions are those who rise from bed at the end of night, early in the morning, and fully concentrate their minds with great attention upon My form; your form; this lake; this mountain; the caves; the gardens; the cane plants; the bamboo plants; the celestial trees; the residential quarters of Me, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva; the three peaks of Trikūṭa Mountain, made of gold, silver and iron; My very pleasing abode [the ocean of milk]; the white island, Śvetadvīpa, which is always brilliant with spiritual rays; My mark of Śrīvatsa; the Kaustubha gem; My Vaijayantī garland; My club, Kaumodakī; My Sudarśana disc and Pāñcajanya conchshell; My bearer, Garuḍa, the king of the birds; My bed, Śeṣa Nāga; My expansion of energy the goddess of fortune; Lord Brahmā; Nārada Muni; Lord Śiva; Prahlāda; My incarnations like Matsya, Kūrma and Varāha; My unlimited all-auspicious activities, which yield piety to he who hears them; the sun; the moon; fire; the mantra oṁkāra; the Absolute Truth; the total material energy; the cows and brāhmaṇas; devotional service; the wives of Soma and Kaśyapa, who are all daughters of King Dakṣa; the Rivers Ganges, Sarasvatī, Nandā and Yamunā [Kālindī]; the elephant Airāvata; Dhruva Mahārāja; the seven ṛṣis; and the pious human beings.    , SB 8.8.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.22

    Someone may have longevity but not have auspiciousness or good behavior. Someone may have both auspiciousness and good behavior, but the duration of his life is not fixed. Although such demigods as Lord Śiva have eternal life, they have inauspicious habits like living in crematoriums. And even if others are well qualified in all respects, they are not devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.    , SB 8.17.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.17.19

    Always thinking of Me as being situated within the body of your husband, Kaśyapa, go worship your husband, who has been purified by his austerity.    , SB 8.19.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.19

    I am able to give You an entire island because I am the proprietor of the three divisions of the universe. You have come to take something from me and have pleased me by Your sweet words, but You are asking only three paces of land. Therefore You are not very intelligent.    , SB 8.20.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.20.12

    Although He is Viṣṇu Himself, out of fear He has covered Himself in the form of a brāhmaṇa to come to me begging. Under the circumstances, because He has assumed the form of a brāhmaṇa, even if He irreligiously arrests me or even kills me, I shall not retaliate, although He is my enemy.    , SB 8.22.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.35

    O great hero, I shall always be with you and give you protection in all respects along with your associates and paraphernalia. Moreover, you will always be able to see Me there.    , SB 8.24.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.14

    With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.    , SB 8.24.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.22

    The fish then said: O King, I am a large aquatic, and this water is not at all suitable for Me. Now kindly find some way to save Me. It would be better to put Me in the water of a lake that will never reduce.    , SB 8.24.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.24

    While being thrown in the ocean, the fish said to King Satyavrata: O hero, in this water there are very powerful and dangerous sharks that will eat Me. Therefore you should not throw Me in this place.    , SB 9.9.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.32

    Without my husband, I cannot live for a moment. If you want to eat my husband, it would be better to eat me first, for without my husband I am as good as a dead body.    , SB 9.14.34plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.14.34

    O my dear wife, O most cruel one, kindly stay, kindly stay. I know that I have never made you happy until now, but you should not give me up for that reason. This is not proper for you. Even if you have decided to give up my company, let us nonetheless talk for some time.    , SB 9.16.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.35

    Thus the younger Madhucchandās accepted Śunaḥśepha as their eldest brother and told him, "We shall follow your orders." Viśvāmitra then said to his obedient sons, "Because you have accepted Śunaḥśepha as your eldest brother, I am very satisfied. By accepting my order, you have made me a father of worthy sons, and therefore I bless all of you to become the fathers of sons also."    , SB 9.18.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.18.42

    King Yayāti then requested Pūru, who was younger than these three brothers but more qualified, "My dear son, do not be disobedient like your elder brothers, for that is not your duty."    , Ādi 17.76plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17.76

    "[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:] 'My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses], nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through practice of austerities, nor through charity, nor through acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as one can by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.' "    , Madhya 7.96plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 7.96

    The Lord chanted: Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! he Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! he Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Rakṣa mām Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Pāhi mām That is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted: Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rakṣa mām Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi mām That is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”    , Madhya 9.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 9.13

    " 'O Lord Rāmacandra, descendant of Mahārāja Raghu, kindly protect me! O Lord Kṛṣṇa, killer of the Keśī demon, kindly protect me!' "    , Madhya 19.207-209plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 19.207-209

    " ' "My dearmost Kṛṣṇa, You are worshiping Me and giving up the company of all the other gopīs who wanted to enjoy themselves with You." Thinking like this, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī considered Herself Kṛṣṇa's most beloved gopī. She had become proud and had left the rāsa-līlā with Kṛṣṇa. In the deep forest She said, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, I cannot walk any more. You can take Me wherever You like." When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī petitioned Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa said, "Just get up upon My shoulders." As soon as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī began to do so, He disappeared. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī then began to grieve over Her request and Kṛṣṇa's disappearance.'    , Madhya 20.137plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.137

    [The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:] " 'My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses], nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through practice of austerities, nor through charity, nor through acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as one can by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.'    , Madhya 20.147-148plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.147-148

    " 'What is the direction of all Vedic literatures? On whom do they set focus? Who is the purpose of all speculation? Outside of Me no one knows these things. Now you should know that all these activities are aimed at ordaining and setting forth Me. The purpose of Vedic literature is to know Me by different speculations, either by indirect understanding or by dictionary understanding. Everyone is speculating about Me. The essence of all Vedic literatures is to distinguish Me from māyā. By considering the illusory energy, one comes to the platform of understanding Me. In this way one becomes free from speculation about the Vedas and comes to Me as the conclusion. Thus one is satisfied.'    , Madhya 22.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.16

    " 'O my Lord, there is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires. Although I have rendered them so much service, they have not shown any mercy to me. I have not been ashamed to serve them, nor have I even desired to give them up. O my Lord, O head of the Yadu dynasty, recently, however, my intelligence has been awakened, and now I am giving them up. Due to transcendental intelligence, I now refuse to obey the unwanted orders of these desires, and I now come to You to surrender myself at Your fearless lotus feet. Kindly engage me in Your personal service and save me.'    , Madhya 24.94plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.94

    " 'O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.'    , Madhya 25.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.39

    " 'Fools disrespect Me because I appear like a human being. They do not know My supreme position as the cause of all causes, the creator of the material energy.'    , Madhya 25.137plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.137

    " 'The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said: "My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses], nor through impersonalism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through practice of austerities, nor through charity, nor through acceptance of sannyāsa, can one satisfy Me as much as one can by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.' "    , Antya 4.59plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.59

    [The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:] " 'My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses], nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through austerities, charity or acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.'    , Antya 6.327plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 6.327

    "Although I am a fallen soul, the lowest of men, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered me from the blazing forest fire of great material opulence by His mercy. He handed me over in great pleasure to Svarūpa Dāmodara, His personal associate. The Lord also gave me the garland of small conchshells that He wore on His chest and a stone from Govardhana Hill, although they were very dear to Him. That same Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu awakens within my heart and makes me mad after Him."    , Antya 14.73plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 14.73

    "Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to the house of Kāśī Miśra. There He would be greatly aggrieved, feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa. The joints of His transcendental body would slacken, and His arms and legs would become elongated. Rolling on the ground, the Lord would cry out in distress in a faltering voice and weep very sorrowfully. The appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, awakening in my heart, maddens me."    , Antya 14.120plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 14.120

    "Near Jagannātha Purī was a great sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata. Seeing that hill, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, 'Oh, I shall go to the land of Vraja to see Govardhana Hill.' Then He began running madly toward it, and all the Vaiṣṇavas ran after Him. This scene awakens in my heart and maddens me."    , Antya 16.87plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 16.87

    " 'My dear friend the doorkeeper, where is Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of My heart? Kindly show Him to Me quickly.' With these words, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed the doorkeeper like a madman. The doorkeeper grasped His hand and replied very hastily,'Come, see Your beloved!' May that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rise within my heart and thus make me mad also."    , Antya 17.72plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 17.72

    "How wonderful it is! Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left His residence without opening the three strongly bolted doors. Then He crossed over three high walls, and later, because of strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, He fell down amidst the cows of the Tailaṅga district and retracted all the limbs of His body like a tortoise. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared in that way, rises in my heart and maddens me."    , Antya 19.76plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 19.76

    "Because of separation from His many friends in Vṛndāvana, who were like His own life, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman. His intelligence was transformed. Day and night He rubbed His moonlike face against the walls, and blood flowed from the injuries. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rise in my heart and make me mad with love."    , Antya 20.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 20.32

    "Oh, My Lord, O Kṛṣṇa, son of Mahārāja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, but because of My own fruitive acts, I have fallen in this horrible ocean of nescience. Now please be causelessly merciful to Me. Consider Me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.    , Antya 20.47plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 20.47

    "Let Kṛṣṇa tightly embrace this maidservant, who has fallen at His lotus feet. Let Him trample Me or break My heart by never being visible to Me. He is a debauchee, after all, and can do whatever He likes, but He is still no one other than the worshipable Lord of My heart.    , MM 1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMukunda-mālā-stotra, Sūtra 1

    O Mukunda, my Lord! Please let me become a constant reciter of Your names, addressing You as Śrī-vallabha ["He who is very dear to Lakṣmī"], Varada ["the bestower of benedictions"], Dayāpara ["He who is causelessly merciful"], Bhakta-priya ["He who is very dear to His devotees"], Bhava-luṇṭhana-kovida ["He who is expert at plundering the status quo of repeated birth and death"], Nātha ["the Supreme Lord"], Jagan-nivāsa ["the resort of the cosmos"], and Nāga-śayana ["the Lord who lies down on the serpent bed"].
  • Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead — Madhya 6.181plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.181

    " '[Addressing Lord Śiva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead said,] Please make the general populace averse to Me by imagining your own interpretation of the Vedas. Also, cover Me in such a way that people will take more interest in advancing material civilization just to propagate a population bereft of spiritual knowledge.'
  • My direction — SB 4.30.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.15

    Since all of you are very much obedient to My orders, I ask you to immediately marry that girl, who is so well qualified with beauty and good qualities. According to the order of your father, create progeny through her.
  • Myself — Ādi 1.46plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.46

    "One should know the ācārya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods."
  • of myself — SB 2.5.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.5.10

    Whatever you have spoken about me is not false because unless and until one is aware of the Personality of Godhead, who is the ultimate truth beyond me, one is sure to be illusioned by observing my powerful activities.
  • to Me — Bg. 9.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.28

    In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me.    , Bg. 17.5-6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 17.5-6

    Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride, egotism, lust and attachment, who are impelled by passion and who torture their bodily organs as well as the Supersoul dwelling within are to be known as demons.    , SB 3.2.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.2.16

    When I think of Lord Kṛṣṇa-how He was born in the prison house of Vasudeva although He is unborn, how He went away from His father's protection to Vraja and lived there incognito out of fear of the enemy, and how, although unlimitedly powerful, He fled from Mathurā in fear—all these bewildering incidents give me distress.    , SB 3.21.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.21.30

    With your heart cleansed by properly carrying out My command, resigning to Me the fruits of all your acts, you will finally attain to Me.    , SB 5.8.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.20

    That deer is exactly like a prince. When will it return? When will it again display its personal activities, which are so pleasing? When will it again pacify a wounded heart like mine? I certainly must have no pious assets, otherwise the deer would have returned by now.    , Ādi 4.178plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.178

    "In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā."    , Madhya 23.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.29

    " 'O my Lord, I do not have any love for You, nor am I qualified for discharging devotional service by chanting and hearing. Nor do I possess the mystic power of a Vaiṣṇava, knowledge or pious activities. Nor do I belong to a very high-caste family. On the whole, I do not possess anything. Still, O beloved of the gopīs, because You bestow Your mercy on the most fallen, I have an unbreakable hope that is constantly in my heart. That hope is always giving me pain.'    , Madhya 24.189plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.189

    " 'I [Kṛṣṇa] am the original source of everything. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My service with love and devotion.'
  • unto me — Bg. 1.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 1.45

    I would consider it better for the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than fight with them.    , Bg. 4.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.9

    One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.    , Bg. 4.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.10

    Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me—and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me.    , Bg. 4.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.11

    All of them—as they surrender unto Me—I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.    , Bg. 4.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.14

    There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work.    , Bg. 6.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 6.31

    The yogī who knows that I and the Supersoul within all creatures are one worships Me and remains always in Me in all circumstances.    , Bg. 7.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.1

    Now hear, O son of Pṛthā [Arjuna], how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.    , Bg. 7.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.10

    O son of Pṛthā, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.    , Bg. 7.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.13

    Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me who am above the modes and inexhaustible.    , Bg. 7.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.14

    This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.    , Bg. 7.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.15

    Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.    , Bg. 7.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.16

    O best among the Bhāratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.    , Bg. 7.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.18

    All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider verily to dwell in Me. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he attains Me.    , Bg. 7.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.19

    After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.    , Bg. 7.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.23

    Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.    , Bg. 7.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.24

    Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme.    , Bg. 7.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.29

    Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental and fruitive activities.    , Bg. 8.5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.5

    And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.    , Bg. 8.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.7

    Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.    , Bg. 8.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.15

    After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.    , Bg. 8.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.16

    From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again.    , Bg. 9.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.13

    O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.    , Bg. 9.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.14

    Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.    , Bg. 9.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.20

    Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly. They take birth on the planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights.    , Bg. 9.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.22

    But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form—to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.    , Bg. 9.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.25

    Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me.    , Bg. 9.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.29

    I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.    , Bg. 9.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.30

    Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated.    , Bg. 9.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.32

    O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—women, vaiśyas [merchants], as well as śūdras [workers]—can approach the supreme destination.    , Bg. 9.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.33

    How much greater then are the brāhmaṇas, the righteous, the devotees and saintly kings who in this temporary miserable world engage in loving service unto Me.    , Bg. 9.34plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.34

    Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.    , Bg. 10.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.3

    He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds—he, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.    , Bg. 10.8plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.8

    I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.    , Bg. 10.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.10

    To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.    , Bg. 10.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.14

    O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality.    , Bg. 11.55plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.55

    My dear Arjuna, one who is engaged in My pure devotional service, free from the contaminations of previous activities and from mental speculation, who is friendly to every living entity, certainly comes to Me.    , Bg. 12.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.2

    The Blessed Lord said: He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect.    , Bg. 12.3-4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.3-4

    But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, fixed, and immovable—the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth—by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me.    , Bg. 12.6-7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.6-7

    For one who worships Me, giving up all his activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, who has fixed his mind upon Me, O son of Pṛthā, for him I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.    , Bg. 14.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 14.26

    One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.    , Bg. 15.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 15.19

    Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything, and he therefore engages himself in full devotional service, O son of Bharata.    , Bg. 16.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.20

    Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence.    , Bg. 18.65plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.65

    Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.    , Bg. 18.66plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.66

    Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.    , Bg. 18.67plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.67

    This confidential knowledge may not be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted, or engaged in devotional service, nor to one who is envious of Me.    , Bg. 18.68plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.68

    For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me.    , SB 1.6.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.20

    Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with gravity and pleasing words, just to mitigate my grief.    , SB 1.14.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.14.12

    Just see, O Bhīma, how the she jackal cries at the rising sun and vomits fire, and how the dog barks at me fearlessly.    , SB 1.15.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.15.17

    It was by His mercy only that my enemies neglected to kill me when I descended from my chariot to get water for my thirsty horses. And it was due to my lack of esteem for my Lord that I dared engage Him as my chariot driver, for He is worshiped and offered services by the best men to attain salvation.    , SB 2.4.3-4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.4.3-4

    O great sages, the great soul Mahārāja Parīkṣit, constantly rapt in thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa, knowing well of his imminent death, renounced all sorts of fruitive activities, namely acts of religion, economic development and sense gratification, and thus fixed himself firmly in his natural love for Kṛṣṇa and asked all these questions, exactly as you are asking me.    , SB 2.5.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.5.12

    I offer my obeisances and meditate upon Lord Kṛṣṇa [Vāsudeva], the Personality of Godhead, whose invincible potency influences them [the less intelligent class of men] to call me the supreme controller.    , SB 3.4.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.4.10

    Maitreya Muni was greatly attached to Him [the Lord], and he was listening in a pleasing attitude, with his shoulder lowered. With a smile and a particular glance upon me, having allowed me to rest, the Lord spoke as follows.    , SB 3.4.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.4.17

    O my Lord, Your eternal Self is never divided by the influence of time, and there is no limitation to Your perfect knowledge. Thus You were sufficiently able to consult with Yourself, yet You called upon me for consultation, as if bewildered, although You are never bewildered. And this act of Yours bewilders me.    , SB 3.14.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.10

    In that place the beautiful Diti expressed her desire: O learned one, Cupid is taking his arrows and distressing me forcibly, as a mad elephant troubles a banana tree.    , SB 3.14.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.22

    Even though it is not possible to repay you, I shall satisfy your sex desire immediately for the sake of begetting children. But you must wait for only a few seconds so that others may not reproach me.    , SB 3.24.38plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.24.38

    Now, being sanctioned by Me, go as you desire, surrendering all your activities to Me. Conquering insurmountable death, worship Me for eternal life.    , SB 3.25.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.27

    Thus by not engaging in the service of the modes of material nature but by developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, knowledge in renunciation, and by practicing yoga, in which the mind is always fixed in devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one achieves My association in this very life, for I am the Supreme Personality, the Absolute Truth.    , SB 3.29.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.23

    One who offers Me respect but is envious of the bodies of others and is therefore a separatist never attains peace of mind, because of his inimical behavior towards other living entities.    , SB 3.33.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.33.11

    My dear mother, those who are actually transcendentalists certainly follow My instructions, as I have given them to you. You may rest assured that if you traverse this path of self-realization perfectly, surely you shall be freed from fearful material contamination and shall ultimately reach Me. Mother, persons who are not conversant with this method of devotional service certainly cannot get out of the cycle of birth and death.    , SB 4.27.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.27.21

    When I once came to this earth from Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system, the daughter of Time, wandering over the universe, met me. Knowing me to be an avowed brahmacārī, she became lusty and proposed that I accept her.    , SB 4.30.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.10

    Those who will offer Me the prayers composed by Lord Śiva, both in the morning and in the evening, will be given benedictions by Me. In this way they can both fulfill their desires and attain good intelligence.    , SB 4.31.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.31.25

    My dear Vidura, I have told you everything you wanted to know about the conversation between Nārada and the Pracetās, the conversation describing the glories of the Lord. I have related this as far as possible.    , SB 5.1.37plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.1.37

    The King thus began criticizing himself: Alas, how condemned I have become because of my sense gratification! I have now fallen into material enjoyment, which is exactly like a covered well. I have had enough! I am not going to enjoy any more. Just see how I have become like a dancing monkey in the hands of my wife. Because of this, I am condemned.    , SB 5.8.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.21

    Alas, the small deer, while playing with me and seeing me feigning meditation with closed eyes, would circumambulate me due to anger arising from love, and it would fearfully touch me with the points of its soft horns, which felt like drops of water.    , SB 5.8.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.25

    After perceiving the moonshine, Mahārāja Bharata continued speaking like a crazy person. He said: The deer's son was so submissive and dear to me that due to its separation I am feeling separation from my own son. Due to the burning fever of this separation, I am suffering as if inflamed by a forest fire. My heart, which is like the lily of the land, is now burning. Seeing me so distressed, the moon is certainly splashing its shining nectar upon me—just as a friend throws water on another friend who has a high fever. In this way, the moon is bringing me happiness.    , SB 6.14.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.25

    As a person aggrieved by hunger and thirst is not pleased by the external gratification of flower garlands or sandalwood pulp, I am not pleased with my empire, opulence or possessions, which are desirable even for great demigods, because I have no son.    , SB 6.18.40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.40

    This woman, my wife, has adopted a means that follows her nature, and therefore she is not to be blamed. But I am a man. Therefore, all condemnation upon me! I am not at all conversant with what is good for me, since I could not control my senses.    , SB 7.10.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.13

    My dear Prahlāda, while you are in this material world you will exhaust all the reactions of pious activity by feeling happiness, and by acting piously you will neutralize impious activity. Because of the powerful time factor, you will give up your body, but the glories of your activities will be sung in the upper planetary systems, and being fully freed from all bondage, you will return home, back to Godhead.    , SB 7.10.41plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.41

    Everything you asked me about how Śiśupāla and others attained salvation although they were inimical has now been explained to you by me.    , SB 8.3.4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.3.4

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His own energy, keeps this cosmic manifestation visible and again sometimes renders it invisible. He is both the supreme cause and the supreme result, the observer and the witness, in all circumstances. Thus He is transcendental to everything. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.    , SB 8.4.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.4.25

    My dear devotee, unto those who rise from bed at the end of night and offer Me the prayers offered by you, I give an eternal residence in the spiritual world at the end of their lives.    , SB 8.19.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.20

    O small boy, one who approaches me to beg something should not have to ask anything more, anywhere. Therefore, if You wish, You may ask from me as much land as will suffice to maintain You according to Your needs.    , SB 8.23.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.23.10

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead assured Prahlāda Mahārāja: You shall be able to see Me there in My usual feature with conchshell, disc, club and lotus in My hand. Because of your transcendental bliss due to always personally seeing Me, you will have no further bondage to fruitive activities.    , SB 9.4.39-40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.39-40

    The King said: "To transgress the laws of respectful behavior toward the brāhmaṇas is certainly a great offense. On the other hand, if one does not observe the breaking of the fast within the time of Dvādaśī, there is a flaw in one's observance of the vow. Therefore, O brāhmaṇas, if you think that it will be auspicious and not irreligious, I shall break the fast by drinking water." In this way, after consulting with the brāhmaṇas, the King reached this decision, for according to brahminical opinion, drinking water may be accepted as eating and also as not eating.    , SB 9.4.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.45

    Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, you have invited me to eat as a guest, but instead of feeding me, you yourself have eaten first. Because of your misbehavior, I shall show you something to punish you.    , SB 9.4.52plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.52

    With a fearful heart, Durvāsā Muni went here and there seeking shelter, but when he could find no shelter, he finally approached Lord Brahmā and said, "O my lord, O Lord Brahmā, kindly protect me from the blazing Sudarśana cakra sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead."    , SB 9.4.65plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.65

    Since pure devotees give up their homes, wives, children, relatives, riches and even their lives simply to serve Me, without any desire for material improvement in this life or in the next, how can I give up such devotees at any time?    , SB 9.4.66plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.66

    As chaste women bring their gentle husbands under control by service, the pure devotees, who are equal to everyone and completely attached to Me in the core of the heart, bring Me under their full control.    , SB 9.7.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.7.10

    Thereafter, when the child was born, Varuṇa approached Hariścandra and said, "Now you have a son. With this son you can offer me a sacrifice." In answer to this, Hariścandra said, "After ten days have passed since an animal's birth, the animal becomes fit to be sacrificed."    , SB 10.1.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.13

    Because of my vow on the verge of death, I have given up even drinking water, yet because I am drinking the nectar of topics about Kṛṣṇa, which is flowing from the lotus mouth of your Lordship, my hunger and thirst, which are extremely difficult to bear, cannot hinder me.    , SB 10.3.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.3.45

    Both of you, husband and wife, constantly think of Me as your son, but always know that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By thus thinking of Me constantly with love and affection, you will achieve the highest perfection: returning home, back to Godhead.    , Ādi 1.49plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.49

    "To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."    , Ādi 4.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.20

    " 'In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.'    , Madhya 8.62plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.62

    Rāmānanda Rāya continued, " 'Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand their qualities and faults and then give them up completely to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person is considered a first-class man.'    , Madhya 8.91plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.91

    "According to Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā [4.11],'As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.'    , Madhya 9.264plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 9.264

    " 'Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand their qualities and faults and then give them up completely to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A person who does so is considered a first-class man.'    , Madhya 20.121plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.121

    " 'This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.'    , Madhya 22.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.23

    " 'This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.'    , Madhya 22.57-58plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.57-58

    " 'Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit. Always think of Me and become My devotee, worship Me and offer obeisances unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.'    , Madhya 24.138plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.138

    " 'This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.'    , Madhya 24.173plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.173

    " 'To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.'    , Madhya 24.192plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.192

    " 'To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.'
  • upon me — Madhya 11.47plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 11.47

    " 'Alas, has Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made His advent deciding that He will deliver all others with the exception of me? He bestows His merciful glance upon many lower-class men who are usually not even to be seen.' "

mām anu

  • as my follower or servant — SB 9.18.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.18.28

    After hearing Śukrācārya's request, Vṛṣaparvā agreed to fulfill Devayānī's desire, and he awaited her words. Devayānī then expressed her desire as follows: "Whenever I marry by the order of my father, my friend Śarmiṣṭhā must go with me as my maidservant, along with her friends."

mām ca

  • Me also — SB 7.10.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.14

    One who always remembers your activities and My activities also, and who chants the prayers you have offered, becomes free, in due course of time, from the reactions of material activities.
  • unto Me also — SB 8.22.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.24

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Lord Brahmā, because of material opulence a foolish person becomes dull-witted and mad. Thus he has no respect for anyone within the three worlds and defies even My authority. To such a person I show special favor by first taking away all his possessions.

mām dhātā

  • just drink me — SB 9.6.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.31

    The baby cried so much for breast milk that all the brāhmaṇas were very unhappy. "Who will take care of this baby?" they said. Then Indra, who was worshiped in that yajña, came and solaced the baby. "Do not cry," Indra said. Then Indra put his index finger in the baby's mouth and said, "You may drink me."

mām ekam

  • unto Me only — Madhya 8.63plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.63

    "As stated in scripture, 'After giving up all kinds of religious and occupational duties, if you come to Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and take shelter, I will give you protection from all of life's sinful reactions. Do not worry.' "    , Madhya 9.265plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 9.265

    " 'Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.'    , Madhya 22.94plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.94

    " 'After giving up all kinds of religious and occupational duties, if you come to Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and take shelter, I shall give you protection from all of life's sinful reactions. Do not worry.'

mām eva

  • to Me only — Madhya 22.57-58plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.57-58

    " 'Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit. Always think of Me and become My devotee, worship Me and offer obeisances unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.'

mām iti

  • exactly like me, or me factually — SB 9.14.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.14.42

    Urvaśī said: "My dear King, seek shelter of the Gandharvas, for they will be able to deliver me to you again." In accordance with these words, the King satisfied the Gandharvas by prayers, and the Gandharvas, being pleased with him, gave him an Agnisthālī girl who looked exactly like Urvaśī. Thinking that the girl was Urvaśī, the King began walking with her in the forest, but later he could understand that she was not Urvaśī but Agnisthālī.

dhik mām

  • all condemnation upon me — SB 6.2.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.2.27

    Alas, all condemnation upon me! I acted so sinfully that I degraded my family tradition. Indeed, I gave up my chaste and beautiful young wife to have sexual intercourse with a fallen prostitute accustomed to drinking wine. All condemnation upon me!

mā (mām)

  • from Me — SB 2.9.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.21

    I wish you good luck. O Brahmā, you may ask from Me, the giver of all benediction, all that you may desire. You may know that the ultimate benediction, as the result of all penances, is to see Me by realization.