Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 18/07/2012 - 19/07/2012 - please check http://p_kumar.blogspot.com.au/

SB 6.3.31

tasmat sankirtanam visnor
jagan-mangalam amhasam
mahatam api kauravya
viddhy aikantika-niskrtam

 

tasmat—therefore; sankirtanam—the congregational chanting of the holy name; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; jagat-mangalam—the most auspicious performance within this material world; amhasam—for sinful activities; mahatam api—even though very great; kauravya—O descendant of the Kuru family; viddhi—understand; aikantika—the ultimate; niskrtam—atonement.

 

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the sankirtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously.

Sukadeva Gosvami

 SB 6.14.5

muktanam api siddhanam
narayana-parayanah
sudurlabhah prasantatma
kotisv api maha-mune

 

muktanam—of those who are liberated during this life (who are unattached to the bodily comforts of society, friendship and love); api—even; siddhanam—who are perfect (because they understand the insignificance of bodily comforts); narayana-parayanah—a person who has concluded that Narayana is the Supreme; su-durlabhah—very rarely found; prasanta—fully pacified; atma—whose mind; kotisu—out of millions and trillions; api—even; maha-mune—O great sage.

 

O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and perfect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord Narayana, or Krsna. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are extremely rare.

Pariksit Maharaja

SB 6.17.28

narayana-parah sarve
na kutascana bibhyati
svargapavarga-narakesv
api tulyartha-darsinah

 

narayana-parah—pure devotees, who are interested only in the service of Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarve—all; na—not; kutascana—anywhere; bibhyati—are afraid; svarga—in the higher planetary systems; apavarga—in liberation; narakesu—and in hell; api—even; tulya—equal; artha—value; darsinah—who see.

 

Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.

Lord Siva