establishing vad

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Some nice quotes about establishment of vad

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Gerald Surya

 

 

(1) Lord Krishna

 

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant

of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend

Myself.

For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional

service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me.

 

(2) Sri Ramanuja Acharya explains the above in referece to sva-dharma

(4.8,9p):

 

"There is no restriction as to the time of My birth; whenever the Dharma

taught by the

Vedas---*that *must *be *observed *according *to *the *arrangement *of *the

*four *varnas *and *the *four *ashramas *of *life---declines, and Adharma, its

opposite, increases, then I Myself, by My own will and in the manner stated,

incarnate Myself... The good (saadhava) are those who follow the Dharma, *as

*defined *above."

 

(3) So does Sri Sridhara Swami (4.9p):

 

"The righteous (saadhuunaam) [are] those who perform their duties

(sva-dharma-vartinaaM)."

 

(4) The demigods say the same thing in their prayers to Lord Krishna in the

womb of Devaki in SB 10.2.34: "O Lord, during the time of maintenance You

manifest several incarnations, all with transcendental; bodies, beyond the

material modes of nature. When You appear in this way, You bestow all good

fortune upon the living entities by teaching them to perform Vedic

activities...Thus You are worshipped by the Vedic principles."

purport: According to Vedic principles, there must be divisions of human

society (caturvarnam mayasrstam). There should be brahmanas, ksatriyas,

vaisyas, and sudras, and everyone should learn to worship the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. This is real human society, and without this system

we are left with animal society.

 

 

(5) this may be seen broadly as also refering to vad

 

For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional

service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no

servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more

dear. (Gita 18.68-69)

 

(6) The same point is stated in Kurma Purana after a long discussion about

men's sva-dharmas and ending in women's duties (which is illustrated by the

Maya-Sita story which is mentioned by Lord Chaitanya in CC):

 

In this world, there is no one superior to him who establishes the supreme

dharma and the knowledge of the Paramesvara.He is regarded as a great yogi. A

person who is capable of establishing (dharma and knowledge) but who does not

do so, is not dear to God, in spite of his being a sage devoted to yoga.

Therefore (instruction about dharma and knowledge) should always be given

particularly to passionless brahmanas who are endowed with dharma and gifted

with knowledge. (Kurma Purana 66.147-149)