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What is the purpose of looking into the general conditions of the living entities?
What is the purpose of looking into the general conditions of the living entities?
Where is the River Vaitarani located?
Where is the River Vaitarani located?
Who punishes sinners in different manners?
Who punishes sinners in different manners?
What happens to a sinner after being subjected to sufferings?
What happens to a sinner after being subjected to sufferings?
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Where are some of the living entities punished by Yamaraja seen?
Where are some of the living entities punished by Yamaraja seen?
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Who is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities?
Who is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities?
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What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
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Who does the Lord take back home, back to Himself?
Who does the Lord take back home, back to Himself?
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Are any of the living entities happy in this material world?
Are any of the living entities happy in this material world?
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What are the living entities suffering because of?
What are the living entities suffering because of?
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Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
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What is the consequence of the mass of people fallen in the river of suffering, according to the text?
What is the consequence of the mass of people fallen in the river of suffering, according to the text?
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What is said about an idle brain, according to the text?
What is said about an idle brain, according to the text?
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What do materialists always worship?
What do materialists always worship?
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What is the enlightened transcendentalist not captivated by, according to the text?
What is the enlightened transcendentalist not captivated by, according to the text?
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What should one think of that is one step higher than the impersonal thought of Brahman?
What should one think of that is one step higher than the impersonal thought of Brahman?
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Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
Who are compared to animals who follow the herdsman?
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What do the materialists neglect?
What do the materialists neglect?
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What is an idle brain compared to?
What is an idle brain compared to?
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What do the materialists petition the demigods for?
What do the materialists petition the demigods for?
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What is the consequence of neglecting the transcendental thought of the Supreme Person?
What is the consequence of neglecting the transcendental thought of the Supreme Person?
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Why are materialists like animals?
Why are materialists like animals?
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What is an idle brain compared to?
What is an idle brain compared to?
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Why do materialists worship demigods?
Why do materialists worship demigods?
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What is the enlightened transcendentalist always absorbed in?
What is the enlightened transcendentalist always absorbed in?
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What is the purpose of the River Vaitarani at the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja?
What is the purpose of the River Vaitarani at the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja?
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What determines the species of life that a sinner is awarded?
What determines the species of life that a sinner is awarded?
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What are some of the different varieties of conditioned life in which punished living entities can be seen?
What are some of the different varieties of conditioned life in which punished living entities can be seen?
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Who is happy in this material world?
Who is happy in this material world?
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What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?
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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
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
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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 ______
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 ______
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After being subjected to such sufferings, a sinner is awarded a particular ______ of life according to his deeds in the past
After being subjected to such sufferings, a sinner is awarded a particular ______ of life according to his deeds in the past
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Such living entities as are punished by Yamaraja are seen in different varieties of ______ life
Such living entities as are punished by Yamaraja are seen in different varieties of ______ life
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Some of them are in ______, and some of them are in hell
Some of them are in ______, and some of them are in hell
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Some of them are ______, and some of them are misers
Some of them are ______, and some of them are misers
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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 ______
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 ______
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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 ______
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 ______
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The Lord gives to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet
The Lord gives to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet
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The species of life that a sinner is awarded is determined by his ______ in the past
The species of life that a sinner is awarded is determined by his ______ in the past
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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.
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.
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The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the ______ thought of the Supreme Person.
The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the ______ thought of the Supreme Person.
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No one can remain vacant of ______.
No one can remain vacant of ______.
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The materialists are always worshiping some minor ______, although this is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (7.20).
The materialists are always worshiping some minor ______, although this is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (7.20).
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the transcendental ______ of the Supreme Person.
The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the transcendental ______ of the Supreme Person.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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