50 Questions
What is the purpose of looking into the general conditions of the living entities?
To understand the different varieties of conditioned life
Where is the River Vaitarani located?
At the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja
Who punishes sinners in different manners?
Yamaraja
What happens to a sinner after being subjected to sufferings?
They are awarded a particular species of life according to their deeds
Where are some of the living entities punished by Yamaraja seen?
In different varieties of conditioned life
Who is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities?
The Lord
What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
Proper protection
Who does the Lord take back home, back to Himself?
One who takes shelter at His lotus feet
Are any of the living entities happy in this material world?
No, none of them
What are the living entities suffering because of?
Their own deeds
Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
The gross materialists
What is the consequence of the mass of people fallen in the river of suffering, according to the text?
Accruing the result of their own work
What is said about an idle brain, according to the text?
It is a devil's workshop
What do materialists always worship?
Some minor demigods
What is the enlightened transcendentalist not captivated by, according to the text?
Illusory things
What should one think of that is one step higher than the impersonal thought of Brahman?
The Supersoul
Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
The gross materialists
What do the materialists neglect?
The transcendental thought of the Supreme Person
What is an idle brain compared to?
A devil's workshop
What do the materialists petition the demigods for?
Some particular benefit
What is the consequence of neglecting the transcendental thought of the Supreme Person?
The consequence is that one becomes misdirected and falls into the river of suffering.
Why are materialists like animals?
Materialists are like animals because they do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the transcendental thought of the Supreme Person.
What is an idle brain compared to?
An idle brain is compared to a devil's workshop.
Why do materialists worship demigods?
Materialists worship demigods to obtain illusory and nonpermanent material gains.
What is the enlightened transcendentalist always absorbed in?
The enlightened transcendentalist is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme in different stages of realization, namely Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan.
What is the purpose of the River Vaitarani at the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja?
to punish sinners
What determines the species of life that a sinner is awarded?
deeds in the past
What are some of the different varieties of conditioned life in which punished living entities can be seen?
heaven, hell, brahmanas, misers
Who is happy in this material world?
no one
What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
proper protection and takes them back home, back to Himself
Intelligent persons who can see properly may look into the general conditions of the living entities who are wandering in the cycle of the 8,400,000 ______ of life
species
It is said that there is an everlasting belt of water called the River Vaitarani at the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja, who punishes sinners in different ______
manners
After being subjected to such sufferings, a sinner is awarded a particular ______ of life according to his deeds in the past
species
Such living entities as are punished by Yamaraja are seen in different varieties of ______ life
conditioned
Some of them are in ______, and some of them are in hell
heaven
Some of them are ______, and some of them are misers
brahmanas
But no one is happy in this material world, and all of them are either class A, B or C prisoners suffering because of their own ______
deeds
The Lord is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities, but to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet, the Lord gives proper protection, and He takes such a living entity back home, back to ______
Himself
The Lord gives to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet
proper protection
The species of life that a sinner is awarded is determined by his ______ in the past
deeds
Persons who are attached to ______ to the exclusion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are like the animals who follow the herdsman even though they are taken to the slaughterhouse.
demigods
The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the ______ thought of the Supreme Person.
transcendental
No one can remain vacant of ______.
thought
The materialists are always worshiping some minor ______, although this is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (7.20).
demigods
As long as a person is illusioned by material gains, he petitions the respective ______ to draw some particular benefit which is, after all, illusory and nonpermanent.
demigods
The enlightened ______ is not captivated by such illusory things; therefore he is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme in different stages of realization, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.
transcendentalist
In the previous verse it is suggested that one should think of the Supersoul, which is one step higher than the impersonal thought of ______, as it was suggested in the case of contemplating the virat-rupa of the Personality of Godhead.
Brahman
The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the transcendental ______ of the Supreme Person.
thought
The enlightened transcendentalist is not captivated by such illusory things; therefore he is always absorbed in the ______ thought of the Supreme in different stages of realization, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.
transcendental
The enlightened transcendentalist is not captivated by such illusory things; therefore he is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme in different stages of realization, namely ______, Paramatma and Bhagavan.
Brahman
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