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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto QUOTES

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto QUOTES

1 " actual devotees and saintly persons are always anxious to see how the people can be made happy both materially and spiritually. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto

2 " Even if the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is not chanted properly, it still has so much potency that the chanter gains the effect. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto

3 " Sometimes the Lord arranges an unfortunate wife for His devotee so that gradually, due to family circumstances, the devotee becomes detached from his wife and home and makes progress in devotional life. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto

4 " Caitanya Mahāprabhu has also given us a nice weapon for this age, as stated in the Bhāgavatam: sāṅgopāṅgāstra – in this age, the nārāyaṇāstra, or weapon to drive away māyā, is the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in pursuance of the associates of Lord Caitanya, such as Advaita Prabhu, Nityānanda, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto

5 " The conclusion is that the earth produces sufficient grain to feed the entire population, but the distribution of this grain is restricted due to trade regulations and a desire for profit. Consequently in some places there is scarcity of grain and in others profuse production. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto

6 " Year after year many books are published for public reading regarding Hitler’s killing thousands of Jews in confinement. But no one is researching who killed Hitler and who created such a gigantic killer of human beings. The devotees of the Lord are not much interested in the study of the flickering history of the world. They are interested only in Him who is the original creator, maintainer and annihilator. That is the purpose of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. "

― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto