{"id":38086,"date":"2020-02-14T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=38086"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:32:32","slug":"the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-twenty-two-32-compassionate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-twenty-two-32-compassionate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO &#8211; 32.\u2009\u2009COMPASSIONATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>32.\u2009\u2009COMPASSIONATE<\/p>\n<p>A person who is unable to bear another\u2019s distress is called compassionate.<\/p>\n<p>K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s compassion for distressed persons was exhibited when He released all of the kings imprisoned by Magadhendra. While dying, Grandfather Bh\u012b\u1e63ma prayed to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and described Him as the sun that eradicated darkness. The kings imprisoned by Magadhendra were put into dark cells, and when K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a appeared there the darkness immediately disappeared, just as if the sun had risen. In other words, although Magadhendra was able to imprison so many kings, upon the appearance of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a they were all released. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a released the kings out of His sincere compassion for them.<\/p>\n<p>K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s compassion was also exhibited when Grandfather Bh\u012b\u1e63ma was lying on the bed of arrows which had been shot through his body. While lying in this position, Bh\u012b\u1e63ma was very anxious to see K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and thus K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a appeared there. Upon seeing the pitiable condition of Bh\u012b\u1e63ma, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a began speaking with tears in His eyes. Not only was He shedding tears, but He also forgot Himself in His compassion. Therefore, instead of offering obeisances to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a directly, devotees offer obeisances to His compassionate nature. Actually, because K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is very difficult to approach Him. But the devotees, taking advantage of His compassionate nature, which is represented by R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, always pray to R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s compassion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>32.\u2009\u2009COMPASSIONATE A person who is unable to bear another\u2019s distress is called compassionate. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s compassion for distressed persons was exhibited when He released all of the kings imprisoned by Magadhendra. While dying, Grandfather Bh\u012b\u1e63ma prayed to &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-twenty-two-32-compassionate\/\" aria-label=\"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO &#8211; 32.\u2009\u2009COMPASSIONATE\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 23:06:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}