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Hare Krishna Maharaja, ___o_

 

> I would like some shastra regarding the glorious effects of simply seeing

> a face which is decorated with urdhva paundra tilak.

 

(no guarantee on translations)

 

 

YASYA URDHVA PUNDRAM DRSYETA LALATE NO NARASYA HI

TAD DARSANAM NA KARTAVYAM DRSTVA SURYA NIRIKSAYET

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/186 from PADMA PURANA, UTTARAKHANDA in KARTTIKA

MAHATMYA SECTION)

 

Any person who does not have a Vaisnava tilaka which shoots upwards like a

flame, to see his face is not auspicious. If suddenly, due to destiny, one

sees his face, he should purify himself by seeing the sun.

 

URDHVA PUNDRAM MRDA SAUMYAM LALATE YASYA DRSYATE

SA CANDALO'PI SUDDHATRMA PUJYA EVA NA SAMSAYAH

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/193 from PADMA PURANA)

 

If anybody wears a beautiful Vaisnava clay tilaka mark which shoots upwards,

if such a person is seen, even if he is born in a dogeater's family, he is

considered pure and is undoubtedly a worshipable person as well.

 

URDHVA PUNDRA DHARO MARTYO GRHE YASYA ANNAM ASNUTE

TADA VINSAT KULAM TASYA NARAKAD UDDHARAMY AHAM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/203 from BRAHMANDA PURANA spoken by the Supreme Lord)

 

If a Vaisnava who wears the sacred tilaka mark which goes upward like a

flame eats in anyone's house some grains, I (the Supreme Personality of

Godhead) liberate his twenty previous generations from their suffering in

hellish planets.

 

VIKSADARSE JALE VAPI YO VIDADHYAT PRAYATNATAH

URDHVA PUNDRAM MAHABHAGA SA YATI PARAMAM GATIM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/204 from BRAHMANDA PURANA)

 

(This is spoken by the Supreme Lord about how to put a tilaka mark on one's

forehead) Any person who sees his reflection within a mirror or in steady

water and carefully decorates his forehead with Vaisnava tilaka which shoots

upwards like the flame of a lamp, goes back to Godhead.

 

GRHA NA PIDANTI NA RAKSASAM GANAH

YAKSAH PISACA URAGA BHUTA DANAVAH

LALATA PATTE KHAGA GOPI CANDANAM

SANTISTHATE YASYA HAREH PRASADATAH

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/238 from GARUDA PURANA spoken by Narada Muni)

 

Oh king of the birds (Garuda), if gopicandana is marked on anyone's forehead

by the mercy of the Supreme Lord, no planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, etc.), Yaksas

(semi demigods), Pisacas (ghosts and devils), snakes and demons can harm

him.

 

DUTA SRNATU YAD BHALAM GOPI CANDANA LANCHITAM

JVALADINDHANAVAT SO'PI TYAJYO DURE PRAYATNATAH

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/240 from the SKANDA PURANA, KASI KHANDA spoken by

Yamaraja)

 

Yamaraja said, Oh messengers, listen to me. Anyone whose forehead has the

mark of gopicandana, please carefully leave them alone as one stays away

from a red hot fire.

 

TULASI MRTTIKA PUNDRAM LALATE YASYA DRSYATE

DEHAM NA SPRASATI PAPAM KRIYAMANAS TU NARADA

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 4/243 from SKANDA PURANA, KASI KHANDA)

 

Brahma said, Oh Narada, whoever's forehead is decorated with nice Vaisnava

tilaka with clay obtained from Tulasi's root, even if he commits sin, the

sin is unable to touch his body.

 

 

KOTAYO BRAHMA HATYANAM AGAMYA GAMANA KOTAYAH

DAHATY ALOKA MATRENA VISNOH SARATRIKAM MUKHAM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 8/304 from HARI BHAKTI SUDDHODAYA)

 

Anyone who sees the beautiful face of Lord Sri Visnu at night with the lamp

light, just by looking at His beautiful face, one removes millions of sins

of killing a brahmana and millions of sins acquired by enjoying unenjoyable

woman (sister, daughter, mother, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law and

another's wife).

 

 

YATINAM VISNU BHAKTANAM PARICARYA PARAYANAIH

IKSITA API GACCHANTI PAPINO'PI PARAM GATIM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 10/147 from BRHAN NARADIYA PURANA spoken by the

Visnudutas)

 

One who serves a sannyasi and a devotee of the Supreme Lord Hari, if such a

devotee sees someone else, even if that person (the one he sees) is sinful,

he achieves the supreme abode, Vaikuntha.

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Your servant, bh. Jan

 

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