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Canto 1
Creation
What is Srimad-Bhagavatam?
This rmad-Bhgavatam
is the literary incarnation
of God, and it is compiled
by rla Vysadeva, the
incarnation of God. It is
meant for the ultimate
good of all people, and it
is all-successful, allblissful and all-perfect.
(SB1.3.40)
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subcreation
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planetary systems
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protection
by the Lord
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the change of
Manus
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returning
home, back
to Godhead,
liberation
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and the
summum
bonum.
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That Purana is
known as SrimadBhagavatam which
explains the topmost
principles of religion
with reference to the
Gayatri mantra and
which tells of the
killing of the demon
Vrtra. This Purana
has eighteen
thousand verses.
Matsya Purana
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Bharatartha-vinirnayah: Bhagavatam
establishes the meaning of the Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is glorified because it
contains the conclusions of all scriptures.
Long ago, on the request of Srila Vyasa, Lord
Brahma and the other demigods came
together with all the great sages and placed
the Mahabharata on one side of a scale and
the entire Vedas on the other. The
Mahabharata, it turned out, weighed more
because of its greatness and heaviness. For
this reason it is called Maha-Bharata.Mahabharata Adi-Parva 1.272-274
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Vedartha-paribrmhitah: Bhagavatam
expands the Vedas
In Kali-Yuga what is the value of collecting
hundreds of thousands of other scriptures if one
does not keep Srimad-Bhagavatam at home.Skanda Purana, Visnu Khanda, 5.16.40
A Person who faithfully recites one verse of
Srimad-Bhagavatam every day, O sage, attains
the fruit of reading the eighteen PuranasSkanda Purana, Visnu-Khanda, 5.16.33
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Opening Scene
The Mood in which Bhagavatam Should be
Received
SB 1.1.4: Once, in a holy place in the forest of
Naimisnrannya, great sages headed by the sage
aunaka assembled to perform a great
thousand-year sacrifice for the satisfaction of the
Lord and His devotees.
SB 1.1.5: One day, after finishing their morning
duties by burning a sacrificial fire and offering a
seat of esteem to rla Sta Gosvm, the great
sages made inquiries, with great respect, about
the following matters.
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Vr ntrsura said: All living entities who have taken birth in this
material world must die. Surely, no one in this world has
found any means to be saved from death. Even providence
has not provided a means to escape it. Under the
circumstances, death being inevitable, if one can gain
promotion to the higher planetary systems and be always
celebrated here by dying a suitable death, what man will
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not accept such a glorious death?
Vrtrasura Encouragement
There are two ways to meet a glorious death, and
both are very rare. One is to die after performing
mystic yoga, especially bhakti-yoga, by which
one can control the mind and living force and die
absorbed in thought of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. The second is to die on the
battlefield, leading the army and never showing
one's back. These two kinds of death are
recommended in the stra as glorious.
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But if in this battle you cut off my head with your thunderbolt
and kill my soldiers, O Indra, O great hero, I shall take great
pleasure in offering my body to other living entities [such as
jackals and vultures]. I shall thus be relieved of my
obligations to the reactions of my karma, and my fortune will
be to receive the dust from the lotus feet of great devotees
like Nrada Muni.
O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead,
will I again be; able to be a servant of Your eternal
servants who find shelter only at Your lotus feet? O
Lord of my life, may I again become their servant
so that my mind may always think of Your
transcendental attributes, my words always glorify
those attributes, and my body always engage in
the loving service of Your Lordship?
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Vrtrasura Encouragement
O my enemy, consider this battle a gambling
match in which our lives are the stakes,
the arrows are the dice, and the animals
acting as carriers are the game board. No
one can understand who will be defeated
and who will be victorious. It all depends
on providence.
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