Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Hare Krishna, I am not aware of regulative principles being explicitly stated in the Bhagavad-Gita, but Srimad Bhagavatam does mention about the same. In SB 1.17.38 it is said: suta uvaca: abhyarthitas tada tasmai sthanani kalaye dadu dyutam panam striyah suna yatradharmas caturvidhah "Suta Gosvami said: Maharaja Pariksit, thus being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave him permission to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution and animal slaughter were performed" The words yatra adharmas caturvidhah are very significant. These four activities are principal sins (adharma). Suta Goswami further explains in SB 1.17.41 that "Therefore, whoever desires progressive well-being, especially kings, religionists, public leaders, brahmanas and sannyasis, should never come in contact with the four above-mentioned irreligious principles". Thus it is conclusively established that a sincere spiritual aspirant should by all means follow these regulative principles. Your servant Vidyadhar Madhava Kollimarla (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [v-makoll (AT) microsoft (DOT) com] Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:43 PMTo: achintyaSubject: Regulative priniciples Hare Krishna, Dear Devotees, Can some body tell me where is it mentioned in Bhagavad-Gita about the 4 regulative principles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 achintya, "Karmarkar, Vidyadhar" <vidyadhar.karmarkar@o...> wrote: > Hare Krishna, > > I am not aware of regulative principles being explicitly stated in the > Bhagavad-Gita, but Srimad Bhagavatam does mention about the same. In SB > 1.17.38 it is said: [...] > Suta Goswami further explains in SB 1.17.41 that "Therefore, whoever > desires progressive well-being, especially kings, religionists, public > leaders, brahmanas and sannyasis, should never come in contact with the > four above-mentioned irreligious principles". Thus it is conclusively > established that a sincere spiritual aspirant should by all means follow > these regulative principles. Actually, yes, you got the right ones. It was these verses I was thinking of but I couldn't recall where exactly they were from. I'm not aware of any other verses that describe the 4 regs so explicitly. - K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Hare Krishna, VidyaDhara Prabhu gave perfect answer and in BG, please see verse 2.64 "But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord". Here, Lord Krishna mentions the word regulative principles first time. Please see BG 2.60 to 2.64 verses as Lord Krishna clearly explains the importance of the regulative principles. YS, -Naresh Bhatt [Edited] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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