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Conclusion

One who is famous as the man of Krishna Consciousness has eternal fame.
In the material world, everyone is after three things: he wants his name to
be perpetuated, he wants his fame to be broadcast all over the world, and he
wants some profit out of his material activities. But he does not know that
all this material name, fame, and profit belong to this temporary body; and,
as soon as the body is finished, all name, fame and profit are finished. Due to
ignorance, everyone is after name, fame and profit in connection with this
body. But to become very famous in connection with this body, or to become
known as a man of spiritually developed consciousness, without any knowledge
of the Supreme Spirit, Vishnu, must be deprecated. Real fame is if one attains
Krishna Consciousness in this very life.

According to Srimad Bhagwatam, there are twelve authorities. They are
famous because they were all great devotees of the Lord—Brahma, Narada,
Lord Shiva, Manu, Kapila, Prahlad, Janaka, Bhisma, Sukadeva Goswami, Bali,
Jamaraja and the Kumaras. All these great stalwarts are devotees of the Lord,
and therefore they are still remembered.

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