![[Rama-Lakshmana]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/sita_rama_lakshmana_hanuman_worship.jpg?w=119&h=127 "[Rama-Lakshmana]")
“The sage Agastya is of such a purified nature that in his hermitage a liar cannot live, nor a deceitful person, nor a wicked person, nor one that is committed to sinful activity.” (Lord Rama speaking to Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 11.90)
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नात्र जीवेन्मृषावादी क्रूरो वा यदि वा शठः।
नृशंसः कामवृत्तो वा मुनिरेष तथाविधः।।
nātra jīvenmṛṣāvādī krūro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ।
nṛśaṃsaḥ kāmavṛtto vā munireṣa tathāvidhaḥ।।
Rakshasas were doing what they are known to do. They are so degraded that they have no problem eating human flesh. Cannibals who cannot very well mix amongst human society with their tendencies displayed out in the open. They cannot wear their desires on their sleeves, so to speak.
The case of Vatapi and Ilvala. These brothers had a game. One would transform into a goat. The other would then supposedly kill the goat and…
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![[Tulasi plant]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/tulasi-plant-worship.jpg?w=119&h=151 "[Tulasi plant]")
“Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the tulasi tree, which can immediately vanquish volumes of sinful activities. Simply by seeing or touching this tree one can become relieved from all distresses and diseases. Simply by offering obeisances to and pouring water on the tulasi tree, one can become freed from the fear of being sent to the court of Yamaraj [the King of death, who punishes the sinful]. If someone sows a tulasi tree somewhere, certainly he becomes devoted to Lord Krishna. And when the tulasi leaves are offered in devotion at the lotus feet of Krishna, there is the full development of love of Godhead.” (The Nectar Of Devotion quoting the Skanda Purana)![[Shri Krishna]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/krishna_jambavan_jambavati.jpg?w=119&h=140 "[Shri Krishna]")
“The false rumor that Krishna had killed Prasena and had taken away the jewel was spread everywhere like wildfire. Krishna did not like to be defamed in that way, and therefore He decided that He would go to the forest and find the Syamantaka jewel, taking with Him some of the inhabitants of Dvaraka.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 1)![[Syamantaka Jewel]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/image-22.png?w=119&h=120 "[Syamantaka Jewel]")
“The false rumor that Krishna had killed Prasena and had taken away the jewel was spread everywhere like wildfire. Krishna did not like to be defamed in that way, and therefore He decided that He would go to the forest and find the Syamantaka jewel, taking with Him some of the inhabitants of Dvaraka.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 1)![[Krishna-Arjuna chariot]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/krishna_arjuna_chariot.jpg?w=119&h=114 "[Krishna-Arjuna chariot]")
“This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.2)![[Sita-Rama marriage]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/sita_rama_marriage-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=119&h=174 "[Sita-Rama marriage]")
“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.20)![[Krishna's lotus feet]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/krishnas_lotus_feet.jpg?w=119&h=116 "[Krishna's lotus feet]")
“As confirmed in the Vedanta-sutra (1.1.1), athato brahma jijnasa: without inquiry about the Supreme, or the Transcendence, one cannot give up attachment for this material world. By the evolutionary process in 8,400,000 species of life, one cannot understand the ultimate goal of life because in all those species of life, the bodily conception is very prominent. Athato brahma jijnasa means that in order to get out of the bodily conception, one has to increase attachment to or inquiry about Brahman.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.22.21 Purport)![[Prahlada-Narasimha]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/prahlada-and-narasimha.jpg?w=119&h=148 "[Prahlada-Narasimha]")
“There are three classes of devotees, namely the prakrita, madhyama, and maha-bhagavata. The prakrita, or third-class devotees, are temple worshipers without specific knowledge of the Lord and the Lord’s devotees. The madhyama, or the second-class devotee, knows well the Lord, the Lord’s devotees, the neophytes, and the nondevotees also. But the maha-bhagavata, or the first-class devotee, sees everything in relation with the Lord and the Lord present in everyone’s relation. The maha-bhagavata, therefore, does not make any distinction, particularly between a devotee and nondevotee.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.18.16 Purport)![[Govardhana Puja]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/govardhana_puja.jpg?w=119&h=128 "[Govardhana Puja]")
“According to the instruction of Lord Krishna, Nanda Maharaja and the cowherd men called in learned brahmanas and began to worship Govardhana Hill by chanting Vedic hymns and offering prasadam. The inhabitants of Vrindavana assembled together, decorated their cows and gave them grass. Keeping the cows in front, they began to circumambulate Govardhana Hill.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 24)![[Krishna's lotus feet]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/krishna_lotus_feet_27.jpg?w=119&h=117 "[Krishna's lotus feet]")
“King Puranjana then began to think of his past dealings with his wife. He recalled that his wife would not take her dinner until he had finished his, that she would not take her bath until he had finished his, and that she was always very much attached to him, so much so that if he would sometimes become angry and chastise her, she would simply remain silent and tolerate his misbehavior.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.28.19)
oshriradhekrishnabole 