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Śāstras  (scriptures) (continued)
importance of, 286 materialism rejected by, 284
Satatam kīrtayanto mām
quoted, 84, 218 verse quoted, 218
Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo,  verse quoted, 116, 166
Savalāśvas , the
begotten by Dakṣa, 293 debts dissolved by, 306–307 devotional service adopted by, 301 Nārada addresses, 298
Śāyaṁ prātar gṛṇan bhaktyā,  verse quoted, 169
Science , authentic, 278–280
Scientists , material
imitate and ignore God, 276 moon theories of, in doubt, 196 unscientific claims of, 278–279
Scriptures. See: Śāstras; Vedas; Vedic  literature:  names of scriptures
Self-realization
defined, 49 government's duty to teach, 92–93 neglected, 269
Sense gratification
blindly sought, 269 sin from attachment for, 15 unnecessary for devotee, 23
Senses
purified in devotional service, 215–216 as subtle body's component, 71
Supersoul compared to, 212
Service to the Supreme Lord. See: Devotional  service
Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau,  quoted, 21, 215, 236
Sex  (gender), determined at conception, 76
Sex life
brahmacārī  avoids, 20 Dakṣa's facility for, 258–259 illicit, degrades, 37–38 illicit, prohibited, 85 as materialist's sole happiness, 178–179
Sex life
period of life for, 39
restricted for spiritual life, 258–259
Siddhaloka as Viṣṇudūtas' origin, 149–150
Sin
atonement for, 13–14 compared to dried leaves, 20 counteracted by chanting, 96–110, 138–139
deliberate, 14–15
devotional service destroys, 12, 25 food as, 87
hell result of, 10, 63
ignorance as cause of, 25 in Kali-yuga, 81
pure devotees regret, 118
rituals cannot prevent, 185
for sense gratification, 67
stages of reaction to, 24
Śiva , Lord, discipline succession from, 165
Śkanda Purāṇa , quotations from
on chanting, 97–98
on souls and Supersoul, 212–213
on Viṣṇu as cause, 153
Sky
living being compared to, 237 as witness, 60
Sleep , transcended, 215
Śmṛti-śāstra , quoted on austerity, 20
Society , human
betrayal of life in, 95–96
correcting religion in, 93–94
marriage in Vedic system of, 117
meat-eating in, 198–199
misguided condition of, 281
perfect system of, 154–155, 180
platform of unity for, 76
proper study for, 280
religion corrupt in, 91–93
sādhus  in, 304
Viṣṇu the goal of, 180–181
Soma
appeases the Pracetās regarding trees, 196–204
as deity of moon, 195–196