SB 5.17

1. WBN on the glories of Mother Ganga. Draw her 4 paths. (SB.5.17.1-10)

1. Touching the water of the Ganga purifies all living entities internally( freedom from sins and inner purification) and externally(protection and freedom from disease)
2. Knowing it to be the water that touched that touched the Lord's Lotus Feet Dhruva Maharaja and the sapta rsis accept the water on their head with great devotion.
3. Since they are bhaktas and not impersonalists the sapta rsis neglect all other means of perfection and constantly meditating on the Lord they accept the Ganges water on their head

Her paths:

2. WBN on the 8 heavenly Varshas. (SB.5.17.11-15)

The eight heanevly varsas are known as Bhauma Svarga

1. People live long and youthful lives there
1. Their bodies are extremely trong like 10000 elephants and sturdy like thunderbolts
2. Women only conceive in the last year of their lives
3. They enjoy sense pleasure without tribulations
2. The place is very beautiful filled with gardens, flowers, hermitages, lakes and many birds
3. The demigods there enjoy with their wives 
4. The Lord Narayana expands Himself and resides in each of these varsas to remain near His devotees to give them mercy and accept their service.

3. Write the flow of Lord Siva's prayers to Lord Sankarshan. Quote 5.17.18 bhaje bhajanyäraëa… Give salient points from 19P. (SB.5.17.16 -24)

Lord Siva worships Lord Sankarasana knowing Him to be the original cause of his own existence. 

He glorifes Him by sayin :

1. Reservoir of all transcendental qualities
2. Unlimited
3. Unfathomable
4. Lotus Feet protect devotees from all dangers
5. Highest shelter of six opulencesManifests his different forms for the satisfaction of his devotees
6. Stops the repetition of borth and death, origin of material creation
7. Not affected by material world
8. But we are completely affected and therefore we must worhsip the Lord so we can conquer the senses
9. Lord Remains unagitatede.g Naga patnis)
10. Does creation, maintainence, and destruction. He is unlimited and holds the universes on His hoods
11. He is the greatest , greater than Siva and Brahma and all the demigods
12. We cannot understand Him because we are covered by Maya. Without being favored by him we cannot get out of Maya nor understand the Lord.

SB 5.16

1. Write the importance of focusing one’s mind on the Lord’s external energy.SB 5.16.1-3

Since we are in conditional life constantly associated with matter and also our minds are difficult to focus on. When we learn how to see everything around us in relation with Vishnu it purifies our consciousness as we stop seeing things from an exploitative tendency to a way we can worship things as they are all connected to Vishnu.

When we understand the creation of the cosmos, the planets, the bhu mandal we realize how everything is connected to the Lord. Thus having seeing the connection with Krishna our mind shifts from exploitation to reverence and thus to mode of goodness.

We also understand how all the creation of things of material enjoyment have come from the mode of ignorance ( 2 nd canto) and if we further associate with those things to enjoy we will remain in ignorance. Rather we learn the art of seeing the connection with Krishna and using in Krishna's service and not for our own sense gratification.

2. Draw and mark with details the following: 

(i) Structure of Jambhudvipa and its Varshas

(ii) Ilavrta-varsa and the details surrounding Mt. Sumeru,

(iii) The demigod abodes on top of Mt.Sumeru.

3. WBN on the people of Kali-yuga (SB.5.16.20-21P).

1. People in Kali Yuga like ourselves feel very proud of our existence and material wealth. Those with more money think they are living a superior form of life when they compare themselves with the have nots.
2. However planetary systems there is so much opulence- mud on banks of jambu river mixes with jambu river and due to the reaction of sunlight on it, large quantities of gold are produced.However in Kali Yuga produce huge quantities of gold.
3. But people in Kali Yuga think that their opulence is in plastic - plastic money, jewels and vessels instead of gold currency, gold jewels and gold vessels.
4. Lured by a promising life in heavenly planets they want to be promoted after death or achieve the same through space missions, but they can never do so.
5. Pure devotees do not want any of this, they only want the humble service of the Lord.

4.5 Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksha

1-5: Siva creates Virabhadra

6-13: Virabhadra and his associates reach the sacrificial arena

14-26: Destruction of the sacrifice

1. Briefly describe the fighting and the sequence of events of 4.5.


2. WBN on: (i) Competition between the modes (4P), (ii) Mahätmä (12P).

SB 4.4 Sati Quits Her Body

1-5: Sati leaves Lord Siva
 1. Describe Sati’s dilemma. WBN on husband-wife relationship based on 4P.
Sati was one hand very desirous of attending the sacrifice at her father's home and meet all her relatives, however, on the other hand, she was afraid of Lord Siva's warning that Daksha may not receive her properly.

Husband Wife Relationship:
Husband and Wife are incomplete without each other.Women may sometimes get attracted to their family members and may neglect their marriage. If a woman is tolerant and intelligent and self-realized there is no possibility of separation in the marriage.

6-10: Sati gets a cold response from Daksa’s camp 

2. Describe the neglect by Daksa and remorse of Sati. Give SP’s instructions on bodily relationships (8P). 

Her father did not acknowledge her presence, nor did he welcome her by asking about her well-being.
Therefore Sati felt very uncomfortable and could not accept the seat and gifts offered to her her mother, sister's and aunts.

Bodily relationships are very weak and transient- they get disturbed as soon as there is a slight provocation or disagreement between those related by the body.

11-23: Sati condemns Daksa 

3. Write the different levels of sädhu and asädhu (BS p. 45). Elaborate based on 12P.

• Levels of Sadhu:
• sadhu: Accepts faults because faults can be transformed into good qualities by different methods
• mahattara: overlooks the faults , sees the good 
• mahattama: takes small good qualities and magnifies them, not seeing the faults
• ati-mahattama: Sees good qualities in others where there are none
• Levels of Asadhu:
• asadhu: Thinks someone's good qualities will turn into faults
• asadhutara: Sees faults only, overlooking the good qualities
• asadhutama: Takes small faults and magnifies them, seeing no good qualities at all
• ati-asadhutama: Sees only faults in others, even when there are no faults 

 4. How did Sati glorify Lord Siva in front of Daksa? WBN on “Power of the dust of a Vaiñëava” based on 13P. 
 His name purifies one of all sinful activities
His order is never neglected
His fame is always pure
His Lotus Feet are sought after by materialists and transcendentalists
He is the friend of the universe
Great personalities like rahma carry the flowers offered to Lord Siva's Lotus Feet on their head

Power of Dust of a Vaishnava:
The dust of the lotus feet of a vaishnava offers all blessings to a vaishnava who serves the great vaishnavas however for one who offends a vaishnava the same dust can cause the offender to repeatedly fall down.

5. “It is better to execute one’s own occupational duty than to criticize others.” Elaborate based on 19P.
Elevated transcendentalists are not obliged to follow the rules and regulations for the general masses, therefore one must follow their own duties properly and not criticize others.

6. How to respond to the blasphemy of Vaiñëavas? Quote 4.4.17 karëau pidhäya…
One should block their ears and leave the place if they cannot punish the blasphemer. ( Brahmana)
If one can kill, then they should cut the tongue of the blasphemer and kill him( Ksatriya)
 and after that give up their own life( Vaisyas and Sudras)

24-27: Sati gives up her body 

7. What is the ultimate aim of yoga? (25P)
Liberation of the soul  from material encagement and attain to the Lotus Feet of Krishna

8. How did mother Sati give up her body? Give comments by SP about (i) Good association (26P), Perfection of yoga samädhi, the effect of chanting (27P).
She sat facing north in saffron clothes,did acamana and then practiced mystic yoga. She raised her life air to the middle of her eyebrows.

She meditated on the fiery air within her body and , meditating on the Lotus feet of her husband she became cleansed of all material contamination and quit her body in the blazing fire.

Good Association
One should not associate with persons who are atheists, materialists and do not respect higher authorities, If one wants to be liberated one must associate with great souls.

Perfection of yoga samadhi, the effect of chanting
Is to meditate on the Lotus Feet of  Lord Krishna and achieve the highest eternal bliss. By chanting one is freed from the material contamination and one remains in blissful meditation about the Lord.


28-34: Great cry arises from the sky; The fight 

9. Describe the hardheartedness of Daksa and elaborate based on the purport

Daksha a prajapati was supposed to look after the maintainence of all living entitites but he overlooked the well being of his own daughter and allowed her to die.
Because he is hatrd hearted he was considered unworthy to be a brahamana.

SB 4.3 Talks between Lord Siva and Sati

4.3. Talks between Lord Siva and Sati

 1-4: Dakña starts another sacrifice 

1. Why was Dakña’s neglect of Lord Siva in the sacrifice not fitting?
He was proud of his position and neglected Lord Siva and di not invite him in the sacrifice. He failed to see him as an exalted devotee of the Lord and a demigod , he saw him through the bodily conception of life as his son-in-law.
His neglect was not fitting as no sacrifice is complete unless all the demigods are invited and they give their blessings.

 5-14: Sati tries to convince Lord Çiva to go to the sacrifice with her

 2. What were the various arguments given by Saté to Lord Çiva to convince him to go to Dakña’s sacrifice? (BS p. 40)

1. She said she did not need invitation to go to her father's house for a sacrifice. 
2. She wanted to go and meet her mother, sisters,aunts, and relatives. She also wanted to decorate herself like her sisters and the wives of other demigods.
3. She wanted Lord Siva to show kindness to her and allow her to go for the sacrifice. 

 3. Explain the meaning of the words –
stré (9):cannot find this word in the text or purport
yoñit (11):one who is enjoyed, women
 abava (12):one who is never born

 15-25: Lord Çiva’s response 

4. Write the arguments given by Lord Siva to convince Sati that she shouldn’t go for Daksa’s sacrifice. Include VCT’s links (BS p. 41-42).


 5. Why did Dakña become angry with Lord Çiva in spite of all the six qualities? Explain based on 17P and 21P.

Quote 4.3.17 vidyä-tapo…

 6. WVT of 4.3.23 sattvaà viçuddhaà… and write the salient points from the purport about çuddhasattva, samädhi of a devotee and adhokñaja. 

SB 4.2 Daksha curses Lord Siva

1-3: How could Daksa hate Siva?

 1. What are the qualities of Lord Siva? Give Sanskrit words.

1. caraacara guru — spiritual master of the whole world (both animate and inanimate);
2.  nirvairam — without enmity
3.  santa-vigraham — having a peaceful personality
4. atma aramam — satisfied in himself;

 4-19: Daksa insults and curses Lord Çiva

2. How did Daksa insult and curse Lord Siva? How are his blasphemous words an indirect praise to Lord Siva? (BS p. 36)

Verse	Sanskrit	Blasphemy	Indirect praise of Lord Siva
10	nirapatrapah	Shameless	Maintains the shelterless
	stabdha	Proud	-
	yaso-gana	Destroyed the fame of loka-palas, polluted the path of gentle manners	By his own fame, Lord Siva derides the fame of others
11	sadhuvat	Pretending to be an honest person, he accepted my daughter's hand and thus accepted himself as subordinate	Lord Siva understands my bad behavior and so he did not stand up to welcome me. He also understood the qualities in my daughter , equal to Savitri
12	markata-locana	This monkey-eyed person has married my fawn eyed daughter , but now he has failed to respect me even with sweet words	Siva mercifully grants the desires of monkey-like materialists, unfortunately I have not properly respected him
13	lupta-kriyaya	Does not perform rituals	He doesn't neeed to perform rituals
	asucaye	Impure	No one is cleaner than him
	manine	proud	He is not proud(amanine)
	bhinna-setave	Violates code of conduct	He does not break rules(abhinna setave)
	sudrayeva	Though not desiring I gave my daughter to this unqualified man(like teaching vedas to a sudra)	I being unqualified, did not want to give my daughter, but I gave her(like a sudra who teaches vedas)
14-15	unmatta-vat	Like a madman, sometimes laughs sometimes cries	He is mad with prema for the Lord
	citta-bhasma krta-snanah	Smears crematorium ashes, ornaments with garlands of skulls and bones	This is his pastime. According to other puranas, smearing ashes on the body is an activity of exalted vaishnavas
	asivah, mattah, siva-apadesah	The most mad and inauspicious creature, Siva in name only	By him eveen a worst place ( apadesa) becomes auspicious. No one is more auspicious than him ( asivah)
	matta - jana, priyah patih	Dear to crazy beings who are in tama guna also their leader	He mercifully accepts even the most ignorant and gradually raises them to spiritual consciousness
16	nasta-sauca	Unclean	He purifies even the impure
	unmada-natha	Lord of the ghosts	He is merciful even to the mad
	duhrde	Has impure heart	His mind is merciful even to the sinful

3. WBN on Anger and its effects (19-20P).
Because of anger Daksa forgot his position and he acted in an unpardonable way towards Lord Siva.
Lord Siva's followers affected by Daksa's anger and cursing towards Lord Siva also got angry and then the unending entanglement of cursing and counter-cursing started and thus many offenses were committed against great personalities by great personalities.

Thus when one forgets his constitutional position and gets covered by illusion there is a great potential one gets angry when their lust is not satisfied. It results in vaishnava apradha which is a major setback to our spiritual lives.

On the other hand Lord Siva did not get affected by Daksa's cursing and remained peaceful.

20-35: Cursing and counter-cursing continues
 4. Summarize Nandi’s curses to Dakña and his followers.Quote 4.2.22 grhesu kuta…

• Nandi was angered by the cursing of his master Lord Siva by Daksha. So he countercursed as follows:
• He said anyone who supports Daksha and neglects Lord Siva is unintelligent. Because of duality they will be bereft of transcendental knowledge
• He said those people are leading a pretentious householder life and are thus attracted to karma kanda rituals prescribed in the vedas
• He cursed Daksa to have a goat head since he had forgotten his spiritual identity as part and parcel of Krishna and was attached to sex life.
• He cursed Daksa and his followers to remain in repeated birth and death with attachment to fruitive activities
• Cursed them to lose discrimination and perform austerities etc only for maintaining he body and eat without discrimination and not have a spiritual goal.

5. Summarize Bhrgu’s curses to Lord Siva’s followers.

• He cursed the folowers of Lord Siva to 
• become atheists
• be attracted to Mayavada philosophy
• addicted to wine, women and flesh
• take shelter of rules that help in cheating religion

 6. WBN on:
 (i) Brähmaëas in Kali-yuga (26P)

• They will not be interested in understanding the SPG
• Do not follow occupational duties of Brahmanas but do not allow others also to occupy those posts
• Do not discriminate between what is to be eaten and not eaten and live only to maintain their bodies

 (ii) Siva’s tolerance (33P).
Lord Siva did not get affected by the cursing and countercursing.
He was sad to see the fight between them and their lack of interest in spiritual life.
He did not see anyone as lower or higher and thus he left to stop the cursing between Nandi and Bhrgu.

SB 4.1 Genealogical Table of daughters of Manu

1-7: Genealogical line of Äküti

1.  Enumerate the descendants of Äkuti. 
1. Yajna and Daksini.They are Lord Vishnu and Lakshmi , so even if they appeared as children of Akuti their eternal relationship cannot be changed.
2. They got married and had 12 sons who become demigods and were known as tusitas
3. Their names were Toṣa, Pratoṣa, Santoṣa, Bhadra, Śānti, Iḍaspati, Idhma, Kavi, Vibhu, Svahna, Sudeva and Rocana.
2.  WBN on:
1.  (i) Putrikä-dharma with an example,
1. A sonless person may offer his daughter to a man in marriage with the condition that the son born of the union would be returned to him as a son.
2.  Explain:
1.  Brahma-varcasvé - one who follows the brahminical principles and duties very rigidly
2.  brahma-bandhu (3P)- persons born in the family of brahmanas but who do not follow the rules and regulations of the brahminical order rigidly
3.  (iii) Ideal husband and wife (6P). 
1. compared to Laxmi and Narayan
2. Both are satisfied with each other - this results in good progeny and wealth

8-9: Office bearers during Sväyambhuva Manu’s reign

1. What are the 6 elements of a manvantara? Write their names for the Sväyambhuvamanvantara (BS p. 29).
1. Manu - Svayambhiva Manu
2. Manu putras - Uttanapada and Priyavrata
3. Devas- Tusitas
4. Suresvara( Indra) - Lord Yajna
5. Rsis - Marici and others
6. Amsavatara - Lord Yajna

 10-47: Genealogical line of Devahüti 

4. Explain the concept of sväàça and vibhinnäàça based on 15P.

1. Vibhinnamsa - part and parcel of the Lord but jiva tattva who can be in different modes
2. Svamsa: Part and parcel of the Lord but Vishnu Tattva

5. Write SP’s comments on Atri’s desire to have a son like the Supreme Lord (20P).

1. His desire was material becauae he wanted a child like the Suprme Personality of Godhead and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself as his child.
2. If he had the latter desire he would be considered as a pure devotee, but because he did not esire the Lord to be his child but get a son like the Lord his desire was material

 48-66: Genealogical line of Prasüti 

6. Summarize the devatäs’ prayers unto Naranäräyaëa Åñi along with salient points from the purports. Quote 4.1.57 so ’yaà sthiti…

1. They glorified the SPG who has appeared as Nara Narayana Rsi as the origin of all varieties of material nature.
2. Since the Lord was the cause of all causes and of the origin and dissolution of the material nature they prayed for His merciful glance on them.