One who is conducted by False Ego cannot tolerate the Opulence of Self-realized Persons

Lord Śiva, the deliverer of the hill Kailāsa, having thus been addressed by his dear wife, replied smilingly, although at the same time he remembered the malicious, heart-piercing speeches delivered by Dakṣa before the guardians of the universal affairs.

The Great Lord replied to Sati:

One who is conducted by false ego and thus always distressed, both mentally and sensually, cannot tolerate the opulence of self-realized persons. Being unable to rise to the standard of self-realization, he envies such persons as much as demons envy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The real reason for the enmity between Lord Śiva and Dakṣa is explained here. Dakṣa was envious of Lord Śiva because of Śiva’s high position as an incarnation of a quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and because Śiva was directly in contact with the Supersoul and was therefore honored and given a better sitting place than he.

There were many other reasons also. Dakṣa, being materially puffed up, could not tolerate the high position of Lord Śiva, so his anger at Lord Śiva’s not standing up in his presence was only the final manifestation of his envy. Lord Śiva is always in meditation and always perceives the Supersoul, as expressed here by the words pūruṣa-buddhi-sākṣiṇām.

The position of one whose intelligence is always absorbed in meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very great and cannot be imitated by anyone, especially an ordinary person.

When Dakṣa entered the arena of yajña, Lord Śiva was in meditation and might not have seen Dakṣa enter, but Dakṣa took the opportunity to curse him because Dakṣa had maintained an envious attitude towards Lord Śiva for a long time. Those who are actually self-realized see every individual body as a temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His Paramātmā feature, is residing in everyone’s body.

When one offers respect to the body, it is not to the material body but to the presence of the Supreme Lord. Thus one who is always in meditation upon the Supreme Lord is always offering Him obeisances. But since Dakṣa was not very elevated, he thought that obeisances were offered to the material body, and because Lord Śiva did not offer respect to his material body, Dakṣa became envious. Such persons, being unable to rise to the standard of self-realized souls like Lord Śiva, are always envious.

The example given here is very suitable. Asuras, demons or atheists, are always envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; they simply want to kill Him. Even in this age we find some so-called scholars commenting on Bhagavad-gītā who are envious of Kṛṣṇa.

When Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhavamad-bhaktaḥ (Bg. 18.65)—“Always think of Me, become My devotee, and surrender unto Me”—the so-called scholars comment that it is not to Kṛṣṇa that we have to surrender. That is envy.

The asuras or atheists, the demons, without reason or cause, are envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, instead of offering respect to self-realized persons, foolish men who cannot approach the highest standard of self-realization are always envious, although there is no reason.

The Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī.” Text21

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  1. Pamho agtacbsp, similarly the self realised souls can’t tolerate the degradation of the fallen souls through poverty and misery , of course daksa were envious of LORD SIVA but the envious get always punished as happened to daksa , it’s a very sad story especially for the daughter of daksa called sati devi who rejected the body that a such evil father gave to her by burning it with the fire of meditation, anyway everything is connected to KRSNA LILA nothing happens due to the case I mean even great personalities get punished if they misbehave LORD BRAHMA DINASTY IS GLORIOUS AND DON’T LOSE POINT BECAUSE OF DAKSA , BRAHMA GAUDIYA SAMPRADAYA KI JAY AGTACBSP YS HARIBOL

  2. Pamho agtacbsp, in KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS THERE IS NOT FALSE EGO BECAUSE THE FALSE EGO IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS when one want to space out with the mind by getting his enemies working because until we become pure the mind is against us by creating so many uncomfortable situation through enemies etc. , the false ego is the desire we got through AVIDYA KAMA KARMABHIR. THE MATERIAL PATH outside KC, that’s why is very important to not space out with the material mind because all the rubbish is there and more one space out and more one generated rubbish.therefore SCM SAY NAMA GANE SADA RUCIH KIRTANYA SADA HARI don’t let the false ego to catch you chant always hare KRSNA. Agtacbsp ys haribol

  3. Pamho agtacbsp, all the evil happen because of possession of the false ego and more false ego one got and more evil is, the false ego is maya sukaya flickring happiness which is connected to the bodily concept of life the war also come for that I mean each one don’t like the own false ego therefore the list of dead people is increasing because of false ego therefore is better alone without any other false ego until one get the own false ego set up in KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS otherwise one get more trapped especially in this sinful age, to get rid of the false ego one must be engaged in the service full time without mental speculation by realise that what we left behind us is just crap and is not worthy to lose eternal life because of crap .agtacbsp ys haribol

  4. >>>THESE ARE THE SUBTLE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE. UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE IN MODERN AGE DO NOT KNOW HOW THESE LAWS ARE WORKING.<<<

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    King Dakṣa was the son of Lord Brahmā; therefore in a previous birth he was a brāhmaṇa, but because of his behaving like a non-brāhmaṇa (abrāhmaṇa) by insulting or disrespecting Lord Mahādeva, he had to take birth within the semen of a kṣatriya. The controversy of the Dakṣa-yajña took place in the Svāyambhuva manvantara period. His previous body had been destroyed, but he, the same Dakṣa, inspired by the supreme will, created all the desired living entities in the Cākṣuṣa manvantara.

    The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahmā are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣasāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, ( 11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudra-sāvarṇi, (13) Deva-sāvarṇi and (14) Indra-sāvarṇi.

    According to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, Dakṣa underwent severe penances up to the fifth manvantara. Thus at the beginning of the sixth manvantara, known as the Cākṣuṣamanvantara, Dakṣa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord Śiva.

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    Fourth Canto, Thirtieth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Activities of the Pracetās.” Text 47-51

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    Text 47

    The remaining trees, being very much afraid of the Pracetās, immediately delivered their daughter at the advice of Lord Brahmā.

    PURPORT
    The daughter of the trees is referred to in text 13 of this chapter. This daughter was born of Kaṇḍu and Pramlocā. The society girl Pramlocā, after giving birth to the child, immediately left for the heavenly kingdom. While the child was crying, the king of the moon took compassion upon her and saved her by putting his finger into her mouth. This child was cared for by the trees, and when she grew up, by the order of Lord Brahmā, she was delivered to the Pracetās as their wife. The name of the girl was Māriṣā, as the next verse will explain. It was the predominating deity of the trees that delivered the daughter. In this connection, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhupāda states, vṛkṣāḥ tad-adhiṣṭhātṛ-devatāḥ: “The ‘trees’ means the controlling deity of those trees.” In Vedic literatures we find that there is a controlling deity of the water; similarly, there is a controlling deity of the trees. The Pracetās were engaged in burning all the trees to ashes, and they considered the trees their enemies. To pacify the Pracetās, the predominating deity of the trees, under the advice of Lord Brahmā, delivered the daughter Māriṣā.

    Text 48

    TRANSLATION
    Following the order of Lord Brahmā, all the Pracetās accepted the girl as their wife. From the womb of this girl, the son of Lord Brahmā named Dakṣa took birth. Dakṣa had to take birth from the womb of Māriṣā due to his disobeying and disrespecting Lord Mahādeva [Śiva]. Consequently he had to give up his body twice.

    PURPORT
    In this connection the word mahad-avajñānāt is significant. King Dakṣa was the son of Lord Brahmā; therefore in a previous birth he was a brāhmaṇa, but because of his behaving like a non-brāhmaṇa (abrāhmaṇa) by insulting or disrespecting Lord Mahādeva, he had to take birth within the semen of a kṣatriya. That is to say, he became the son of the Pracetās. Not only that, but because of his disrespecting Lord Śiva, he had to undergo the tribulation of taking birth from within the womb of a woman. In the Dakṣa-yajña arena, he was once killed by Lord Śiva’s servant, Vīrabhadra. Because that was not sufficient, he again took birth, from the womb of Māriṣā. At the end of the Dakṣa-yajña and the disastrous incidents there, Dakṣa offered his prayer to Lord Śiva. Although he had to give up his body and take birth from the womb of a woman impregnated by the semen of a kṣatriya, he received all opulence by the grace of Lord Śiva. These are the subtle laws of material nature. Unfortunately, people in this modern age do not know how these laws are working. Having no knowledge of the eternity of the spirit soul and its transmigration, the population of the present age is in the greatest ignorance. Because of this, it is said in Bhāgavatam (1.1.10): mandāḥsumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ. The total population in this age of Kali-yuga is very bad, lazy, unfortunate and disturbed by material conditions.

    Text 49

    TRANSLATION
    His previous body had been destroyed, but he, the same Dakṣa, inspired by the supreme will, created all the desired living entities in the Cākṣuṣa manvantara.

    PURPORT
    As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (8.17):

    sahasra-yuga-paryantam
    ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ
    rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ
    te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ

    “By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.” Brahmā’s one day consists of one thousand cycles of the four yugas—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. In that one day there are fourteen manvantaras, and out of these manvantaras this Cākṣuṣa manvantara is the sixth. The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahmā are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣasāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, ( 11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudra-sāvarṇi, (13) Deva-sāvarṇi and (14) Indra-sāvarṇi.

    Thus there are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahmā. In a year there are 5,040 Manus. Brahmā has to live for one hundred years; consequently, the total of Manus appearing and disappearing during the life of one Brahmā is 504,000. This is the calculation for one universe, and there are innumerable universes. All these Manus come and go simply by the breathing process of Mahā-Viṣṇu. As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā:

    yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
    jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
    viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
    govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
    [Bs. 5.48]

    The word jagad-aṇḍa-nātha means Lord Brahmā. There are innumerable jagad-aṇḍa-nātha Brahmās, and thus we can calculate the many Manus. The present age is under the control of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives 4,320,000 years multiplied by 71. The present Manu has already lived for 4,320,000 years multiplied by 28. All these long life-spans are ultimately ended by the laws of material nature. The controversy of the Dakṣa-yajña took place in the Svāyambhuva manvantara period. As a result, Dakṣa was punished by Lord Śiva, but by virtue of his prayers to Lord Śiva he became eligible to regain his former opulence. According to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, Dakṣa underwent severe penances up to the fifth manvantara. Thus at the beginning of the sixth manvantara, known as the Cākṣuṣamanvantara, Dakṣa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord Śiva.

    Text 50-51

    TRANSLATION
    After being born, Dakṣa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others’ bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Dakṣa, meaning “the very expert.” Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Dakṣa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Dakṣa also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.

    PURPORT
    Dakṣa became almost as powerful as Lord Brahmā. Consequently, Lord Brahmā engaged him in generating population. Dakṣa was very influential and opulent. In his own turn, Dakṣa engaged other Prajāpatis, headed by Marīci. In this way the population of the universe increased.

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  5. Pamho agtacbsp, the karma become heavy when one is convinced of his mental speculation by spreading the false message under the false ego, actually many people is trapped in gossip prajalpa therefore they can’t do a real service another rascal come and say I also think like you and the false ego get feed by becoming stronger in the bad association, I know many so called devotees who are not serious in the way back home because the bhakti lata bija can’t grow properly by mental speculation .anyway they will get there by learning at the own costs but if one don’t get there through the time factor means is not intelligent like f-iskcon is still learning how to follow the final order of SRILA PRABHUPADA because at the present moment they don’t follow SP properly.we are waiting also for them to wake up to the reality with SRILA PRABHUPADA ONLY.agtacbsp ys haribol

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