Verses

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.19-20

"Some of the philosophers, who deny all sorts of duality, declare that one’s own self is responsible for his personal happiness and distress. Others say that superhuman powers are responsible, while yet others say that activity is responsible, and the gross materialists maintain that nature is the ultimate cause." "There are also some thinkers who believe that no one can ascertain the cause of distress by argumentation, nor know it by imagination, nor express it by words. O sage amongst kings, judge for yourself by thinking over all this with your own intelligence." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/17/19 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/17/20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.23

"Thus it is concluded that the Lord’s energies are inconceivable. No one can estimate them by mental speculation or by word jugglery." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/17/23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.24-25

"In the age of Satya [truthfulness] your four legs were established by the four principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. But it appears that three of your legs are broken due to rampant irreligion in the form of pride, lust for women, and intoxication." "You are now standing on one leg only, which is your truthfulness, and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But quarrel personified [Kali], flourishing by deceit, is also trying to destroy that leg." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/17/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/17/25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.4

"This was so because those who have dedicated their lives to the transcendental topics of the Personality of Godhead, of whom the Vedic hymns sing, and who are constantly engaged in remembering the lotus feet of the Lord, do not run the risk of having misconceptions even at the last moment of their lives." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.13

"The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.14

"The Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa [Govinda], is the exclusive shelter for all great living beings, and His transcendental attributes cannot even be measured by such masters of mystic powers as Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. Can anyone who is expert in relishing nectar [rasa] ever be fully satiated by hearing topics about Him?" https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.22

"Self-controlled persons who are attached to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can all of a sudden give up the world of material attachment, including the gross body and subtle mind, and go away to attain the highest perfection of the renounced order of life, by which nonviolence and renunciation are consequential." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.44-45

"Due to the termination of the monarchical regimes and the plundering of the people’s wealth by rogues and thieves, there will be great social disruptions. People will be killed and injured, and animals and women will be stolen. And for all these sins we shall be responsible." "At that time the people in general will fall systematically from the path of a progressive civilization in respect to the qualitative engagements of the castes and the orders of society and the Vedic injunctions. Thus they will be more attracted to economic development for sense gratification, and as a result there will be an unwanted population on the level of dogs and monkeys." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/44 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.50

"Generally the transcendentalists, even though engaged by others in the dualities of the material world, are not distressed. Nor do they take pleasure [in worldly things], for they are transcendentally engaged." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/18/50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.24

"O trustworthy brāhmaṇas, I now ask you about my immediate duty. Please, after proper deliberation, tell me of the unalloyed duty of everyone in all circumstances, and specifically of those who are just about to die." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/19/24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.2-3

"Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, have many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor." "The lifetime of such an envious householder is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/1/2 & https://vedy.online/en/sb2/1/3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.4-5

"Persons devoid of ātma-tattva do not inquire into the problems of life, being too attached to the fallible soldiers like the body, children and wife. Although sufficiently experienced, they still do not see their inevitable destruction." "O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear about, glorify and also remember the Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the savior from all miseries." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/1/4 & https://vedy.online/en/sb2/1/5