Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.5
"The pure soul is pure consciousness and is never out of consciousness, either due to circumstances, time, situations, dreams or other causes. How then does he become engaged in nescience?" https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/5
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.6-7
"The Lord, as the Supersoul, is situated in every living being’s heart. Why then do the living entities’ activities result in misfortune and misery?" "O great and learned one, my mind is greatly illusioned by the distress of this nescience, and I therefore request you to clear it up." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/6 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/7
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.10,12
"The living entity is in distress regarding his self-identity. He has no factual background, like a man who dreams that he sees his head cut off." "But that misconception of self-identity can be diminished gradually by the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, through the process of devotional service to the Lord in the mode of detachment." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/10 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.11
"As the moon reflected on water appears to the seer to tremble due to being associated with the quality of the water, so the self associated with matter appears to be qualified as matter." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/11
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.17
"Both the lowest of fools and he who is transcendental to all intelligence enjoy happiness, whereas persons between them suffer the material pangs." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/17
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.18
"But, my dear sir, I am obliged to you because now I can understand that this material manifestation is without substance, although it appears real. I am confident that by serving your feet it will be possible for me to give up the false idea." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/18
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.21
"After creating the total material energy, the mahat-tattva, and thereby manifesting the gigantic universal form with senses and sense organs, the Supreme Lord entered within it." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/21
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.35-36
"O sinless one, because the Personality of Godhead, the controller of all living entities, is the father of all religion and all those who are candidates for religious activities, kindly describe how He can be completely satisfied." "O best among the brāhmaṇas, those who are spiritual masters are very kind to the needy. They are always kind to their followers, disciples and sons, and without being asked by them, the spiritual master describes all that is knowledge." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/35 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/7/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.6
"O my Lord, the people of the world are embarrassed by all material anxieties — they are always afraid. They always try to protect wealth, body and friends, they are filled with lamentation and unlawful desires and paraphernalia, and they avariciously base their undertakings on the perishable conceptions of “my” and “mine.” As long as they do not take shelter of Your safe lotus feet, they are full of such anxieties." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/9/6
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.7-8
"O my Lord, persons who are bereft of the all-auspicious performance of chanting and hearing about Your transcendental activities are certainly unfortunate and are also bereft of good sense. They engage in inauspicious activities, enjoying sense gratification for a very little while." "O great actor, my Lord, all these poor creatures are constantly perplexed by hunger, thirst, severe cold, secretion and bile, attacked by coughing winter, blasting summer, rains and many other disturbing elements, and overwhelmed by strong sex urges and indefatigable anger. I take pity on them, and I am very much aggrieved for them." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/9/7 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/9/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.9
"O my Lord, the material miseries are without factual existence for the soul. Yet as long as the conditioned soul sees the body as meant for sense enjoyment, he cannot get out of the entanglement of material miseries, being influenced by Your external energy." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/9/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.10
"Such nondevotees engage their senses in very troublesome and extensive work, and they suffer insomnia at night because their intelligence constantly breaks their sleep with various mental speculations. They are frustrated in all their various plans by supernatural power. Even great sages, if they are against Your transcendental topics, must rotate in this material world." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/9/10