Summary points
– Demigods are entrusted by the Lord to create different species of living entities according to their past deeds.
– They are asking the Lord for intelligence and power to carry out their task.
– Any conditioned soul can engage in the service of the Lord under the guidance of an expert spiritual master and become freed from material existence.
– The spiritual master is the manifested representative of the Lord.
– Acting under the guidance of a spiritual master is acting in terms of buddhi yoga.
– Demigods are praying to the Supreme Lord at the very beginning of creation.
– Other religions have various theories of creation, often simplified versions.
– Srimad Bhagavatam gives the absolute perspective of exactly what happened at the beginning of creation.
– Creation is possible only when there is a creator.
– It cannot come by chance or automatically.
– There has to be some logic behind creation and a perfect intelligent person behind it.
– The material cosmos shows perfect management (e.g., the sun rising, weather changing), indicating an intelligent creator.
– Bhagavatam takes us to the stage before creation when all species were not yet present.
– The discussion is between Vidura and Maitreya.
– Vidura wanted to understand the beginning in detail.
– Maitreya is giving knowledge he heard from Lord Krishna himself.
– The prayers of demigods are given at the beginning of creation.
– Question How did the demigods come into existence when nobody was existing?
– Everything was in the unmanifested stage in the beginning.
– Analogous to building a skyscraper, which requires basic ingredients and architects/engineers.
– The process of creation
– Everything was in the unmanifested stage.
– Transformed into mahat-tattva.
– Mahat-tattva transformed into false ego.
– False ego interacted with the mode of goodness, leading to the creation of mind and the demigods.
– The demigods were present but didn’t know how to move forward.
– They are praying to the Supreme Lord for guidance and protection from developing the mentality of being the owner/creator.
– Demigods are taking on a thankless and dangerous task of imprisoning living entities in material bodies.
– Those with controlling mentality take the role of demigods, empowered by the Supreme Lord.
– Demigods are Vishnu bhaktas; demons are against the Supreme Lord.
– Two types of people exist since the beginning of creation devas and danavas.
– Devas (demigods) were present and were going to create various species.
– The demigods are going to create . million species.
– Conditioned souls are imprisoned in species according to their past karma.
– Analogous to different apartments in a building based on wealth.
– Everything is perfectly decided, not random.
– We are to be blamed for our suffering, not God.
– People want possession of their apartments, just as souls get possessed by their bodies.
– We are spiritual beings having a human experience, not the other way around.
– Devotional service is the nature of the spirit soul, not just a feeling.
– Krishna consciousness is in the heart of everyone and has to be awakened.
– This is possible by hearing (shravanam).
– If we don’t hear properly, we develop fear.
– The material world is very fearful.
– To rise above fear, one must hear about Krishna and realize their spiritual identity.
– Srimad Bhagavatam brings us back to the original position before conditioning.
– Liberation is changing consciousness, not just changing place, dress, or service.
– It is important in what consciousness one is doing the service.
– It is the color of the consciousness that is important.
– Lord Krishna is watching us from within.
– If you develop that inside consciousness then Krishna consciousness is easy.
– Demigods are praying not to forget their eternal constitutional position.
– Demigods offer prayers at various times and places in Srimad Bhagavatam.
– Demigods offered prayers when Mother Earth was overburdened by demonic forces.
– Mother Earth took the form of a cow and went to Brahmaji.
– Brahma and all the demigods approached Khirodakashayi Vishnu.
– These prayers are called as no purusha sukta prayers.
– Vedas are offering are called as vedastuti prayers.
– When devas are offering prayers when Lord Krishna is there in the womb of mother Devaki then those prayers are called as garbha stuti.
– One who has got condition, one who has a power to offer liberation, he himself has become conditioned.
– This is the first verse of garbha stuti prayer that they are calling lord as satya.
– Lord Ram is speaking that once I give promise somebody says that I am yours then I will protect that person, that is his vrata, that is his determination.