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Real religious principles are š»š¶šššæš®š¶š“šį¹šš®, above the 3 modes of material nature, or transcendental. The YamadÅ«tas did not know these transcendental religious principles, and therefore when +
Real religious principles are š»š¶šššæš®š¶š“šį¹šš®, above the 3 modes of material nature, or transcendental. The YamadÅ«tas did not know these transcendental religious principles, and therefore when +
prevented from arresting AjÄmila, they were surprised.
YamarÄja then explains to his Yamadutas the 12 Mahajans or great devotees of Sri Krishna to understand this. +
YamarÄja then explains to his Yamadutas the 12 Mahajans or great devotees of Sri Krishna to understand this. +
Lord BrahmÄ : Brahmaji is incharge of creation. Brahmaji also composed the Brahma-saį¹hitÄ: Govindam Ädi-puruį¹£aį¹ tam ahaį¹ bhajÄmi. +
NÄrad Muni : He is a great bhakta of Lord Narayana. Nara means of Narayana and da means deliverer. Narada is the deliverer of the Lordās message. Narada Muni is not restricted to one planet, and has the facility to travel to any part of the universe. +
Lord Åiva : vaiį¹£į¹avÄnÄį¹ yathÄ Åambhuįø„. Lord Sambhu the greatest of Vaishnavas as stated in ÅrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam 12.13.16 +
The 4 KumÄras : The four KumÄras are paramparÄ spiritual masters of the Vaiį¹£į¹ava sampradÄya known as the KumÄra sampradÄya. They are manas putras of Brahmaji +
Lord Kapila [the son of DevahÅ«ti] : Kapiladeva descended to disseminate transcendental knowledge for the benefit of the whole human race. He gave instructions in SÄį¹
khya philosophy to His mother, Devahūti. +
SvÄyambhuva Manu : The Supreme Personality of Godhead took the incarnation of a fish at the beginning of the period of SvÄyambhuva Manu and saved the Vedas. +
PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja : Grandfather of Bali Maharaj. He is one of the greatest devotee's of Vishnu. Narsimhadev came from a pillar just to bless His devotee. +
Janaka MahÄrÄja : Janaka Maharaj was a self-realized soul. Janaka was the father of SÄ«tÄ devi and father-in-law of Lord ÅrÄ« RÄma. He was a great devotee of the Lord. +
Grandfather Bhīṣma : Bhishma Dev was such a great devotee that even Sri Krishna was ready to break his vow of not picking up any arm's during the Kurukshetra war. +
Bali MahÄrÄja : Bali MahÄrÄja remembered the determination of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja(his ancestor) in devotional service and he decided to give his head in charity as the place for Viį¹£į¹uās third step. The Lord placed him on the planet Sutala, and agreed to become his doorman. +
Åukadeva GosvÄmÄ« : ÅrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam was brought by NÄrada Muni from the spiritual world and given to his disciple ÅrÄ« VyÄsadeva. The latter in turn delivered the message to his son ÅrÄ«la Åukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, and ÅrÄ«la Åukadeva GosvÄmÄ« delivered the message to ParÄ«kį¹£it Maharaj. +