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and grains from the hands of the pure devotee.

Puranas—Supplimentary Vedic literature. There are eighteen Pura-
nas, intended for the gradual upliftment of the condi-
tioned soul to spiritual life. Six Purdpas are meant for the
understanding of those in the modes of ignorance, six for
the understanding of those in passion, and six for those in
the mode of goodness—culminating in “the spotless
Purana,” Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the ripened fruit
of all Vedic literature.

Pirnam—All-perfect, the Supreme Lord. There is no chance of
His being subject to the laws of material Nature.

Purusa—Enjoyer, Male. Used for the Supreme Lord. Lord Krsna
in His original Form never leaves Vrndavana in the Spiri-
tual Sky; all the affairs of His different creations are
carried out by His plenary expansion or Purusa incarna-
tion. The ordinary conditioned living entity tries to imi-
tate the Puruga as the enjoyer of the material world, but
his real eternal position is as eternal servant of the Su-
preme Lord.

Rasa Dance—The sublime and spiritual Pastime of the Supreme
Lord with the gopis, conducted on the exchange of con-
jugal love without any of the inebrieties of lust as found
in the material world. Rasa dance has to be understood
from the lips of a pure devotce of Kygna.

Rsis—Philosophers, mystics. Used generally for those thinkers
who try to reach the Absolute by their tiny brain power.
They can reach only negative definitions of the Absolute.
The Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead, is revealed
only to the devotee engaged in transcendental devotional
service.

Rudra—Lord Siva, controller of the material modes of ignorance;
at the time cf dissolution of the material worlds, Siva is
in charge of destruction.

Saguna—With qualities. The worship of the Supreme Lord with
attributes, as in worship of the Deity in the temple, does
