Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.6
"During the rainy season the swollen rivers rush into the ocean, and during the dry summer the rivers, now shallow, severely reduce their supply of water; yet the ocean does not swell up during the rainy season, nor does it dry up in the hot summer. In the same way, a saintly devotee who has accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the goal of his life sometimes will receive by providence great material opulence, and sometimes he will find himself materially destitute. However, such a devotee of the Lord does not rejoice in a flourishing condition, nor is he morose when poverty-stricken." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/6
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.7
"One who has failed to control his senses immediately feels attraction upon seeing a woman’s form, which is created by the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. Indeed, when the woman speaks with enticing words, smiles coquettishly and moves her body sensuously, his mind is immediately captured, and thus he falls blindly into the darkness of material existence, just as the moth maddened by the fire rushes blindly into its flames." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/7
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.8
"A foolish person with no intelligent discrimination is immediately aroused at the sight of a lusty woman beautifully decorated with golden ornaments, fine clothing and other cosmetic features. Being eager for sense gratification, such a fool loses all intelligence and is destroyed just like the moth who rushes into the blazing fire." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.10
"Just as the honeybee takes nectar from all flowers, big and small, an intelligent human being should take the essence from all religious scriptures." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/10
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.14
"A man possessing intelligent discrimination should not under any circumstances try to exploit the beautiful form of a woman for his sense gratification. Just as an elephant trying to enjoy a she-elephant is killed by other bull elephants also enjoying her company, one trying to enjoy a lady’s company can at any moment be killed by her other lovers who are stronger than he." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/14
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.15
"A greedy person accumulates a large quantity of money with great struggle and pain, but the person who has struggled so much to acquire this wealth is not always allowed to enjoy it himself or give it in charity to others. The greedy man is like the bee who struggles to produce a large quantity of honey, which is then stolen by a man who will enjoy it personally or sell it to others. No matter how carefully one hides his hard-earned wealth or tries to protect it, there are those who are expert in detecting the whereabouts of valuable things, and they will steal it." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/15
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.17
"A saintly person dwelling in the forest in the renounced order of life should never listen to songs or music promoting material enjoyment. Rather, a saintly person should carefully study the example of the deer, who is bewildered by the sweet music of the hunter’s horn and is thus captured and killed." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/17
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.18
"Becoming attracted to the worldly singing, dancing and musical entertainment of beautiful women, even the great sage Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, the son of a deer, fell totally under their control, just like a pet animal." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/18
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.19
"Just as a fish, incited by the desire to enjoy his tongue, is fatally trapped on the fisherman’s hook, similarly, a foolish person is bewildered by the extremely disturbing urges of the tongue and thus is ruined." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/19
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.21
"Although one may conquer all of the other senses, as long as the tongue is not conquered it cannot be said that one has controlled his senses. However, if one is able to control the tongue, then one is understood to be in full control of all the senses." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/21
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.29
"O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/29
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.31
"I am such a fool that I have given up the service of that person who, being eternally situated within my heart, is actually most dear to me. That most dear one is the Lord of the universe, who is the bestower of real love and happiness and the source of all prosperity. Although He is in my own heart, I have completely neglected Him. Instead I have ignorantly served insignificant men who can never satisfy my real desires and who have simply brought me unhappiness, fear, anxiety, lamentation and illusion." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/31