Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto Quotes

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore says: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
 guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (Cc. Madhya 19.151) The fallen, conditioned living entity, trapped by the external energy, loiters in the material world, but if by good fortune he meets a bona fide representative of the Lord who gives him the seed of devotional service, and if he takes advantage of such a guru, or representative of God, he receives the bhakti-latā-bīja, the seed of devotional service. If he properly cultivates Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is then gradually elevated to the spiritual world.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (13.9) that the real sufferings of the material world are four – janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi (birth, death, old age and disease). In the history of the world, no one has been successful in conquering these miseries imposed by material nature. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ. Nature (prakṛti) is so strong that no one can overcome her stringent laws. So-called scientists, philosophers, religionists and politicians should therefore conclude that they cannot offer facilities to the people in general.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“After the death of his father, who was materially very opulent, Prahlāda would have inherited his father’s property, which extended throughout the world, but Prahlāda Mahārāja was not inclined to accept such material opulence, for whether one is in the heavenly or hellish planets or is a rich or a poor man’s son, material conditions are everywhere. Therefore no condition of life is at all pleasing. If one wants the uncontaminated pleasure of blissful life, he must engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“The Lord is extremely anxious to deliver the conditioned souls, and therefore He instructs all of us to return home, back to Godhead (sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja).”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“Indeed, sometimes foolish people deride the Lord for having put them here. Actually, everyone is put into conditional life according to his karma. Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja, representing all the other conditioned souls, admits that he was put into life among the asuras because of the results of his karma.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“How money can be dearer than life is indicated in this verse. Thieves may enter the house of a rich man to steal money at the risk of their lives. Because of trespassing, they may be killed by guns or attacked by watchdogs, but still they try to commit burglary. Why do they risk their lives? Only to get some money.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“bhakti-yoga means vairāgya-vidyā, the art that can help one develop a distaste for material enjoyment.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“Otherwise, as Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira says, aśraddheya ivābhāti: the statement that a servant of the Lord could fall from Vaikuṇṭha seems unbelievable.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto

“Otherwise it is a fact that no one falls from Vaikuṇṭha.”
― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto