Deva ≠ ‘demigod’ | Indra, Brahma, Shiva are not “demigods” | Eng

Does Sanātana Dharma have “demigods”?

Are Indra, Brahma, Shiva, etc., “demigods”, as publications and followers of an organisation claim?

Can the Sanskrit words ‘sura’ and ‘deva’ be translated into English as “a demigod”?

Are there any Sanskrit words which can be translated into English as “a demigod”?

Learn the answers to all these questions in our video today.

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[bishwaraj]

I like ISKON but their calling of lord Shiva as demigod as a Shiva bhakt has never convinced me!

[balakrishnannatarajan]

This video makes it very clear the significance of Sanskrit non translatables. Babaji has co-authored a book with Rajivji Malhotra in this subject. Another strong reason to learn Sanskrit and avoid translations, especially English 🙏

[JrJ]

ISCON wants to put Krishna above all, addressing their Foreign Christian audience who NEED one God

[moonwalkerindia]

In my opinion We should simply write Bhagwan, Devta or Ishwar instead of Translating them into English.. just like Muslim never translate Allah, Rab into English.

[neuronaldream]

Thank u sir from Nepal. I was waiting for this video since long. I used to go to Iskon a few years back. But the use of word demigod haunted me. Krishna is always aradhya for me. But to degrade Shiva and Mahamaya Durga as demigods is always unacceptable.

[neerajamb]

O Iskonn😀. A lot of translations to serve the agenda rather than a text.

[Manas-fi]

This is why I always have a problem with Bhakti sects... they always go too far to one side..

[descendantofbharatbharatva]

Brilliant video 👏 now I guess passionate Iskconites will cope hard to justify Prabhupada's mistranslations and bluffs in order to critic Nityanand sir for this video

[Sankhyame]

ISKCON devotees have become so rigid due to blind faith in Srila Prabhupada, they just don't want to accept the world has changed, and they need to adapt. They need to understand Srila Prabhupada was not a great Sanskrit scholar nor he was a great expert of different shastras. He had a great understanding of his sampradayic notions he followed, but he was no expert of overall Vedic philosophies. And his faith in fulfilling his guru's desire was commendable.

[giridharkirthikh]

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ: ॥ १९ ॥

After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me (Vasudeva Krishna), knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

Bhagavad Gita 7.19

[hindienglish]

Interesting video. Rajiv Malhotra made a series of videos on the topic of ‘Sanskrit non translatables’ . One of them dealt with the word deva which is mistranslated as gods/angels in English. You will enjoy these videos. Keep up the good work mr Mishra.

[Ranchhoddasji]

Authorities on the Bhagvadgita do not have much respect for the English translation ISKON version.

[shilpapal]

Iskon is not sanatan. They have created a new religion of their own by borrowing our Hari so that they may gain his unsuspecting followers. Sanatan has a tradition of guru, sadhu, rishi, muni, maharishi, acharya etc. Where did sanatan ever have titles like "his holiness"? Like typical corporate people, they have given themselves some very fancy titles, borrowed our Gita and turned their newly created religion into an abrahamic like monotheistic affair. I saw some videos where they said Hari does not want us to take the name of any other God or Goddess. Since when did Hari become so insecure?

[kuttysankar]

When they called Lord Shiva as a mere demigod, it put me off their Sampradaya.

[Poder]

How wrong are the translations of Bhaktivedanta Swami. 🤦‍♂️ finally everybody is understanding it.

[adityashrivastava]

Accha hua maine Iskcon ki gita nahi li. Thank you lord Krishna.

[lovvvv]

In my dictionary....the other words for the Iskon are 'spineless', 'jokers', 'cult of narcissist'....😊😊

[Iamdattatreya]

The only reason i think why श्रीला प्रभुपाद did the wrong translation of the word 'dev' is because he wanted the western countries to follow gaudiya vaishnav sampradaya(iskcon) and those people didn't knew the difference between dev, bhagwan, parmatma, परब्रह्म and maybe at that time श्रीला प्रभुपाद was unable to find right words for dev, bhagwan, parmatma etc and now its stuck in the mind of foreign iskcon followers and even hindus who follow iskcon...

[VedaSay]

Not want to accuse anyone here but ISKON and BAPS have active efforts to package Sanatan Dharam as Abrahamic faiths. This is how they plan to increase following. That's where this discussion about "someone is inferior since gave in to physical relationship". In Abrahamic faiths, you are born off sin...you know the reason why. In Dharma sexual-reproduction is a riun (debt) of one born on this planet. Just like you perform Dharma, you also have to fulfill return to all the riun too.

Now the issue with this is, are you really doing any service if you are just package Dharma as faith and selling to those who are trying to run away from the mess their life already is in.

[aashutoshgeeteaashu]

सनातन ग्रंथों में 'जाति' शब्द का किन-किन प्रसंगों में प्रयोग हुआ है और उनके अनुसार 'जाति' की क्या परिभाषा है, कृपया इस पर एक चलचित्र बनाएं🙏✨