Verses
Verse topic
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.36
"We accept as blessings different states of higher life, distinguishing them from lower states of life, but we should know that such distinctions exist only in relation to the interchange of the modes of material nature. Actually these states of life have no permanent existence, for all of them will be destroyed by the supreme controller." https://vedy.online/en/sb4/22/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.26
"As far as transactions with money are concerned, if one person cheats another by a farthing or less, they become enemies." https://vedy.online/en/sb5/14/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.35
"Sometimes conditioned souls exchange money, but in due course of time, enmity arises because of cheating. Although there may be a tiny profit, the conditioned souls cease to be friends and become enemies." https://vedy.online/en/sb5/14/35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.36
"Sometimes, having no money, the conditioned soul does not get sufficient accommodations. Sometimes he doesn’t even have a place to sit, nor does he have the other necessities. In other words, he falls into scarcity, and at that time, when he is unable to secure the necessities by fair means, he decides to seize the property of others unfairly. When he cannot get the things he wants, he simply receives insults from others and thus becomes very morose." https://vedy.online/en/sb5/14/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.37
"Although people may be enemies, in order to fulfill their desires again and again, they sometimes get married. Unfortunately, these marriages do not last very long, and the people involved are separated again by divorce or other means." https://vedy.online/en/sb5/14/37
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.15.26
"Therefore, O King Citraketu, carefully consider the position of the ātmā. In other words, try to understand who you are — whether body, mind or soul. Consider where you have come from, where you are going after giving up this body, and why you are under the control of material lamentation. Try to understand your real position in this way, and then you will be able to give up your unnecessary attachment. You will also be able to give up the belief that this material world, or anything not directly in touch with service to Kṛṣṇa, is eternal. Thus you will obtain peace." https://vedy.online/en/sb6/15/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.42
"To satisfy their own interests, women deal with men as if the men were most dear to them, but no one is actually dear to them. Women are supposed to be very saintly, but for their own interests they can kill even their husbands, sons or brothers, or cause them to be killed by others." https://vedy.online/en/sb6/18/42
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.27
"In due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest in those who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many deceptive friends in false garbs, but eventually, because of their false behavior, their actual enmity becomes manifest." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/5/27
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 11.10.27-29
"If a human being is engaged in sinful, irreligious activities, either because of bad association or because of his failure to control his senses, then such a person will certainly develop a personality full of material desires. He thus becomes miserly toward others, greedy and always anxious to exploit the bodies of women. When the mind is so polluted one becomes violent and aggressive and without the authority of Vedic injunctions slaughters innocent animals for sense gratification. Worshiping ghosts and spirits, the bewildered person falls fully into the grip of unauthorized activities and thus goes to hell, where he receives a material body infected by the darkest modes of nature. In such a degraded body, he unfortunately continues to perform inauspicious activities that greatly increase his future unhappiness, and therefore he again accepts a similar material body. What possible happiness can there be for one who engages in activities inevitably terminating in death?" Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.27-29
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.20-21
"Even a man’s brothers, wife, parents and friends united with him in love will immediately break off their affectionate relationships and become enemies over a single coin." "For even a small amount of money these relatives and friends become very agitated and their anger is inflamed. Acting as rivals, they quickly give up all sentiments of goodwill and will reject one at a moment’s notice, even to the point of committing murder." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/20 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/21
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.19
"With the increase of the mode of goodness, the strength of the demigods similarly increases. When passion increases, the demoniac become strong. And with the rise of ignorance, O Uddhava, the strength of the most wicked increases." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/19