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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
SB Canto 2
The Cosmic Manifestation
Table of contents
The First Step in God Realization
The Lord in the Heart
Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
The Process of Creation
The Cause of All Causes
Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
Questions by King Parīkṣit
Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
CHAPTER ONE
The First Step in Cod Realization
Invocation
Importance of Hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā
Activities of Envious Householders
Illusion of the Materially Attached Man
Hearing and Glorifying the Lord
The Highest Perfection of Human Life is to Remember Kṛṣṇa
The Topmost Transcendentalist
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam First Heard by Śukadeva Gosvāmī
Necessity of Hearing from a Bona Fide Spiritual Master
Offenses Against the Holy Name
Good Example of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga
Best Preparation for the Next Life
Mechanical Process for Controlling the Mind: Prāṇāyāma
Meditation on the Form of Viṣṇu
Meditation on the Universal Form of the Lord, Virāṭa-rūpa
Description of the Virāṭa-rūpa
Planetary Systems
His Arms, Ears, Nostrils, Mouth
His Eyes, Palate, Tongue
His Jaws, Cerebral Passage, Teeth, Smile
His Lips, Chin, Breast, Back, Waist, Bones
His Veins, Hairs, Breathing, Movements
His Dress, Intelligence, Mind
His Consciousness, Ego, Nails
His Artistic Sense, Residence, Musical Rhythm, Wonderful Prowess
His Face, Arms, Thighs, Feet
Worship Kṛṣṇa, the Supersoul of All That Be
CHAPTER TWO
The Lord in the Heart
Even Śrī Brahmājī in a Slumber of Forgetfulness
Flowery Words of the Vedas Are Misleading
Material Creation: A Jugglery of Names Only
So-called Comforts of Life Hinder Spiritual Advancement
Duties of the Renounced Order of Life
One Must Render Service unto the Supersoul
Foolishness of the Gross Materialists
Twenty-four Forms of Lord Viṣṇu
Transcendental Beauty of the Young Lord
Sex Desire Binds the Conditioned Soul
Meditation on the Limbs of the Lord
Natural Positions of Living Entities
Pure Mind Acts Wonderfully for Going Back to Godhead
No Devastating Time on the Transcendental Plane
Only Pure Devotees Have Clear Vision of Vaikuṇṭha Planets
The Expert Yogī Ceases Useless Activities
How the Bhakti-yogī Gives Up Material Connections
Easy Journey to Other Planets
Authenticity of the Vedic Version
Description of the Cosmic Phenomena
Watering the Devotional Creeper
Only the Purified Soul Can Attain Love of Godhead
Vedic Knowledge Received by Disciplic Succession
Bhakti-yoga, the Only Absolute Means of Deliverance
Supersoul is Our Friend and Guide
Polluted Aim of Life Purified by Sufficiently Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
CHAPTER THREE
Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
Duty of the Intelligent Man on the Threshold of Death
Different Modes of Worship
Kṛṣṇa, the Ultimate Beneficiary of All Sacrifices
Association of a Pure Devotee of the Lord
Hari-kathā Defeats All Mundane Topics
Discussion of Lord Hari Relished by Paramahaṁsas
The Way of Lucky Vaiṣṇava Families
Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī Both Unalloyed Devotees
A Devotee of Kṛṣṇa is Guaranteed Eternal Life
A Society of Polished Animals Cannot Benefit Suffering Humanity
Men Who Are Like Dogs, Hogs, Camels and Asses
The Tongue Chanting Mundane Sound is a Prostitute
Three Classes of Devotees
Deity Worship Purifies One’s Very Existence
Pure Devotee Tries to Please the Servant of the Lord’s Servants
Symptoms of the Change in Heart
CHAPTER FOUR
The Process of Creation
The Vedic Adventure
Dark Well of Household Life
Mahārāja Parīkṣit Renounces All Fruitive Activities
The Question of Creation Posed by Parīkṣit Mahārāja
Kṛṣṇa’s Internal, External and Marginal Energies
Acts of the Lord Are Inconceivably Wonderful
Innumerable Forms of Kṛṣṇa
Prayers of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
Mundaners Unqualified to Enter Vaikuṇṭha Planets
Hear, Glorify and Remember the Lord
Dovetail All Qualities in Kṛṣṇa’s Service
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Devotees are Free from All Pretensions
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme All-in-All
Humbleness of the Pure Devotee
Transcendental Sound Vibration
The Source of Everything is the Supreme Spirit
Nectar from the Mouth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER FIVE
The Cause of All causes
Śrī Nārada Muni Inquires from Brahmājī
Nārada Mistakes Brahmā for the Cause of All Causes
Basic Principle of Missionary Activities
The Lord is Always the Lord
Brahmajyoti, Potential Seed of All Creation
Bewildered Persons Talk Nonsense
Elementary Ingredients of Creation
Nārāyana is the Ultimate Destination
The Lord Empowers the Individual Soul to Create
The Law of Creation
Modes of Goodness, Passion, and Ignorance
The Self-centered Materialistic Ego
Sky and Its Subtle Form, Sound
Evolution Described
The Path of Light: To Satisfy Kṛṣṇa’s Senses
Machine of the Body
The Maidservant of the Lord
Breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu
Virāṭa-rūpa
Four Divisions of Human Society
Planetary Systems Described
CHAPTER SIX
Purusa-sūkta confirmed
Opulences of the Universal Form
Kṛṣṇa, the Source of All Power
Lotus Feet of the Lord
Annihilation of the Universe
Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Separate Identity
The Dazzling Vaikuṇṭha Planets
Vow of Celibacy is Necessary
Nescience and Transcendence
Puruṣottama is Like the Sun
Requirements for Sacrificial Ceremonies
Peace Formula
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva
Vedic Wisdom Through Disciplic Succession
Purport of Bhakti-vedānta
The Ocean of Spiritual Bliss
Prescribed Devotional Duties
The Lord’s Inconceivable Personal Energies
Kṛṣṇa is Pure and Uncontaminated
Illusory Play of Material Creation
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Gives the Utmost Satisfaction
CHAPTER SEVEN
Scheduled incarnations with Specific Functions
Gigantic Boar Incarnation
His Lordship Kapila
The Four Kumāras
The Spell of Womanly Attraction
Prince Dhruva Mahārāja
Emperor Ṛṣabhadeva
The Hayagrīva Incarnation
Lord Fish
Lord Tortoise
Narasiṁhadeva
The Holy Name is Worth Chanting
Vāmanadeva Favors Bali Mahārāja
Haṁsāvatāra Instructs Nārada
Manvantara Incarnations
Dhanvantari Inaugurates Medical Science
Paraśurāma Uproots the Thorns of the Earth
Śrīmad Rāmāyana Summarized
The Lord with Beautiful Black Hair
Pūtanā Witch Killed by Kṛṣṇa
The Venomous Kāliya Snake Chastised
Govardhana Hill Lifted by Lord Kṛṣṇa
How Demons May Attain Salvation
The Tree of Vedic Knowledge
Kalki: The Supreme Chastiser
The Prowess of Viṣṇu
The Hoax of Altruism
Surrendering unto the Lord
The Ultimate Benefactor
Bhāgavatam in a Nutshell
CHAPTER EIGHT
Questions by King Parīkṣit
Descending Process of Disciplic Succession
Professional Bhāgavatam. Reciters are Useless
Autumnal Rains upon Muddy Pools
Home after a Troubled Journey
Questions to Establish Philosophical Basis of Bhāgavatam
Actions and Reactions of Karma
Scientific Divisions of Human Society
Common Religious Affiliations
Devotees Can Defeat Mystic Yogīs
Plying the Boat in the Ocean
The Faithful and the Infidels
The Nectar of the Message
Viṣṇurātas Should Hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
CHAPTER NINE
Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
Dreaming that One is King
Different Dresses Offered by Illusory Energy
Misconceptions of “I” and “Mine”
Kṛṣṇa’s Form is Sac-cid-ānanda
Penance: The Wealth of the Brahmānas
Transcendental Sound from the Right Source
Spiritual Sky Manifested to Lord Brahmā
Conspicuous Absence of Time
Ladies Beautiful as Lightning
Intoxicating Sight of the Lord
Paramahaṁsas Free from Malice
The Lord Shakes Hands with Brahmā
Highest Perfectional Ingenuity
Potential Power is Penance Only
Desiring is the Living Symptom
Kṛṣṇa Plays Like a Spider
The Pitfall of Pride
Paraphernalia of Devotional Service
The Creator “I” and the Created “I”
Take Shelter of the Light of the Lord
Eyes Smeared with the Ointment of Love
The Ultimate Goal of Life is Viṣṇu
Dresses for Dead Men
The Fire is Always Fire
The Cream of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
The Completely Satisfied Stage of Life
Brahmā Recreates the Universe
Nārada, the Dearmost Son of His Father
The Brahmā-Sampradāya
CHAPTER TEN
Bhāgavatam is The Answer
Sixteen Elementary Manifestations
The Right Direction of Life
Winding Up the Cosmic Manifestation
The Supreme Fountainhead
The Controller and the Controlled
One Should Praise the Engineer
The Glance of the Lord
Sense Organs and Sense Perceptions
Man Proposes and God Disposes
Aural Reception of Knowledge
Dutiful Occupational Sacrifice
Begetting Offspring
Supersoul Sits in the Heart
Eternal Forms of the Lord
The Almighty Father Viṣṇu
The Frog in the Well
Kṛṣṇa’s Pleasure Feature
The Exhaling and Inhaling of Viṣṇu
Intelligence Behind the Beauty
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