“Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Kirtan led by Maha Vishnu Swami who is our own English sannyasi. Always friendly, always chanting Hare Krishna and never missed a mangala arati. Also featuring Rupa Vilasa, Jaya Laxman, Ragudvaha and Prahladananda Swami. All in all it was a wonderful day. Hare Krishna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!”
posted by Haribol108 — May 03, 2010 — An impression of the Guru puja kirtan part of the Mangala Arati (morning program) at the ISKCON Temple Radhadesh (Septon Durbuy Belgium). Leading voice: HG Vraja Krsna dasa, a senior devotee from South Africa.
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 8, Chapter 22, Text 2 by Prahladananda Swami.
Dallas, TX
2009-12-04
TRANSLATION
Since Your Lordship is indirectly the greatest well-wisher of us demons, You act for our best welfare by posing as if our enemy. Because demons like us always aspire for a position of false prestige, by chastising us You give us the eyes by which to see the right path.
PURPORT
Bali Maharaja considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead a better friend to the demons than to the demigods. In the material world, the more one gets material possessions, the more he becomes blind to spiritual life. The demigods are devotees of the Lord for the sake of material possessions, but although the demons apparently do not have the Supreme Personality of Godhead on their side, He always acts as their well-wisher by depriving them of their positions of false prestige. By false prestige one is misguided, so the Supreme Lord takes away their position of false prestige as a special favor.