new srimad bhagavatamcanto 2.ch 8

7/27/2019 New Srimad BhagavatamCanto 2.Ch 8

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Srimad BhagavatamFirst Time In The world

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The Cosmic Manifestation

Chapter 8

Questions by King Parkchit

Chapter 8:Questions by King Parikchit

SB 2.8.


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The king asked: 'Oh brahmin! How did Narad,

Instructed by Lord Brahma ,exain the mode,

its transcendence , n" to whom he it,exained #

SB 2.8.2

The *King said: I wish to know narrations concerning the Lords,

who possess infinite magnificence, and auspicious, in all worlds

*King Parikshit is addressing Sage Suka,,son of Vyasa,who to took the gospel of Bhagavatham

SB 2.8.!

$ease continue , oh you o% great grace, and, with my mind

uon the &ureme Lord o% the word &ri rishna, %uy %ocussed

%rom materia attachment may rein(uish my body whoy %reed

SB 2.8."

The de)otees who reguary take to this siritua matter

and seriousy ersist in the endea)or, not too ong a%ter

wi soon see the &ureme Lord in their hearts aear

SB 2.8.#

To them,e)er de)oted to istening to Lords gories

He thus enters through the aura tubes o% their ears

*nd sits on the de)otee"s reation as i% a otus+%ower

eaning away the imurities o% ust,greed and anger

SB 2.8.$

A cleansed devotee of the Lord by the devotional service to im


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never leaves the lotus feet of Krishna, for it fully suits him,

like a traveler in a troubled !ourney is satisfied at staying home

SB 2.8.%

" learned sage, the eternal soul is not same as its corpus#$oes it ac%uire the body accidentally or by some cause&

,as it is known well to you ,will you kindly e'plain this &

SB 2.8.8

If the (upreme, from whose navel the ethereal lotus did appear,

is possessed of a gigantic body according to is own stature

then how does itdiffer from those of living entities for sure&

SB 2.8.&

How coud Lord Brahma, born o%% the otus %ower o% Lords na)e,and not %rom

matter himse%, yet ga)e i%e to a beings , through His mercy see Lords -orm#

SB 2.8.'

*nd aso ,how,Lord as the Origina $erson maintaining, creating

and annihiating the materia words, remains untouched, residing

at the same time in the heart o% e)eryone as the Lord o% a beings

SB 2.8.

" learned sage, I heard you saythat the planetary systems of the universe) manifest

with their respective governors are the different parts of the gigantic body of irat,the manifest +urusha ut what is their actual position& -ould you to e'plain that&

SB 2.8.2

*nd what is a day o% Brahma ,a kalpa, and the eriods between, the vikalpas#

.hat is it we ca the ast, the %uture and the resent in our time measures#


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*nd how about the di%%erent i%esans aotted to the )aried embodied beings#

SB 2.8.!

Oh urest o% the twice+borns, what causes beginning

o% time and in the context o% one's karma and workings

how is it"s durations exerienced as being short or ong#

SB 2.8."

*nd aso to what extent is one rued by one's karma on its accruing

in reation to the di%%erent modes o% nature and the %orms resuting

as a sou"s mani%estation %rom it as one"s desires" ha)e /em causing #

SB 2.8.#

$ease narrate how the creation o% the ower regions, the %our (uarters o% hea)en, the skies,the anets n" stars, the his, ri)ers, the seas and the isands and their inhabitants took ace0

SB 2.8.$

.hat is the extent and measure o% the uni)erse and its inner sace, as we as its di)isions#*nd what is the stature o% the great sous and the age grous o% society and their )ocations #

SB 2.8.%.hat are the di%%erent ages, how ong do they take , what is their basic nature

and how Lord er%orms what kind o% wonder%u acti)ities in each and e)ery age#

SB 2.8.8

.hat are the di%%erent reigious duties o% human society at arge and what are the dutieso% the three casses o% human nature as in, abor, ro%essionas, and the riesty cassesand the eaders as the %ourth cass # *nd what woud the duties to eoe in distress#

SB 2.8.&

How many eements are there in creation, what are their characteristics and how do they react#

.hat are the rues and reguations o% the de)otiona ser)ice to the Lord o% the yogic sects


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and what are the di%%erent siritua methods that eads one to subime e)es as the mystics #

SB 2.8.2'

.hat are the owers the yoga master ac(uires, where do they ead to, how do the yogis

detach %rom the astra body and what is the transcendenta knowedge %ound in the 1edas,

their subsidiary iteratures , the aw books and the 1edic stories and historica accounts#

SB 2.8.2

How do the di%%erent ways o% the i)ing beings come about and how do they %ind their ends#

.hat are the rocedures %or er%orming rituas, ious works and deeds o% se%+interests

what are the rues %or the three goas o% i%e the economic, reigious and sensua interests#

SB 2.8.22

How do a those who either i)e in union with the Lord or go against Him %ind their existenceand to what extent the iberated are conditioned reati)e to the ones who ead a ower existence

SB 2.8.2!

How does the indeendent &ureme Lord en2oy His astimes %rom His own inner otencyand how He %orsakes them as the *mighty and a witness, to the externa o% His caacity#

SB 2.8.2"*bout a this and more that I did not ask you oh %ortunate one,

I ha)e been wondering %rom the beginning3$ease do exain

in accordance with the truth oh great sage, that what you want

to te me with us a ha)ing %aen at your %eet ure n",ro%ound

SB 2.8.2#

&urey in these matters o% %actua knowing you are as good as Brahma"s

who srouted directy %rom the Lord, whie others , %oowing the customs


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accordingy may ony seak %rom borrowed wisdom tainted by times

SB 2.8.2$

I ne)er tire Oh &age !, o% drinking, desite the hunger o% my %asting,

%rom the nectar o% the in%aibe truth %rom the ocean o% your teachings

SB 2.8.2%

&uta said: 4 ,&age &uka thus in that assemby being (uestioned by the king on toics on Truththe highest , was, as the instrument o% the reator, )ery eased with this ser)ant o% 1ishnu50

SB 2.8.28

He instructed this $urana caed the Bhaga)atam the way it was exoundedto Lord Brahma at the beginning o% the %irst day o% creation by the 6odhead

SB 2.8.2&

This was the %irst thing he said in rearation o% a %u descrition %rom the beginning to the endo% e)erything that the king, the best o% the $andu dynasty, asked and wi ask more ti his end04

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