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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मोवाचवाचां वह्नेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातव: ।हव्यकव्यामृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: brahmovācavācāṁ vahner mukhaṁ kṣetraṁchandasāṁ sapta dhātavaḥhavya-kavyāmṛtānnānāṁjihvā sarva-rasasya ca Translation: Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭ-puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: नारद उवाचदेवदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु भूतभावन पूर्वज ।तद् विजानीहि यज्ज्ञानमात्मतत्त्वनिदर्शनम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: nārada uvācadeva-deva namas te ’stubhūta-bhāvana pūrvajatad vijānīhi yaj jñānamātma-tattva-nidarśanam Translation: Śrī Nārada Muni asked Brahmājī: O chief amongst the demigods, O firstborn living entity, I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto you. Please tell me that transcendental knowledge which specifically directs one to the truth of the individual soul and the Supersoul....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचवैयासकेरिति वचस्तत्त्वनिश्चयमात्मन: ।उपधार्य मतिं कृष्णे औत्तरेय: सतीं व्यधात् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācavaiyāsaker iti vacastattva-niścayam ātmanaḥupadhārya matiṁ kṛṣṇeauttareyaḥ satīṁ vyadhāt Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the son of Uttarā, after hearing the speeches of Śukadeva Gosvāmī, which were all about the truth of the self, applied his concentration faithfully upon Lord Kṛṣṇa. Purport: The word satīm is very significant....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्री शुक उवाचएवमेतन्निगदितं पृष्टवान् यद्भवान् मम ।नृणां यन्म्रियमाणानां मनुष्येषु मनीषिणाम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaevam etan nigaditaṁpṛṣṭavān yad bhavān mamanṛṇāṁ yan mriyamāṇānāṁmanuṣyeṣu manīṣiṇām Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Parīkṣit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you. Purport: In human society all over the world there are millions and billions of men and women, and almost all of them are less intelligent because they have very little knowledge of spirit soul....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचएवं पुरा धारणयात्मयोनि-र्नष्टां स्मृतिं प्रत्यवरुध्य तुष्टात् ।तथा ससर्जेदममोघद‍ृष्टि-र्यथाप्ययात् प्राग् व्यवसायबुद्धि: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaevaṁ purā dhāraṇayātma-yonirnaṣṭāṁ smṛtiṁ pratyavarudhya tuṣṭāttathā sasarjedam amogha-dṛṣṭiryathāpyayāt prāg vyavasāya-buddhiḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahmā, by meditating on the virāṭ-rūpa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was able to rebuild the creation as it was before....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचवरीयानेष ते प्रश्न: कृतो लोकहितंनृप ।आत्मवित्सम्मत: पुंसां श्रोतव्यादिषु य: पर: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācavarīyān eṣa te praśnaḥkṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpaātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁśrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, your question is glorious because it is very beneficial to all kinds of people. The answer to this question is the prime subject matter for hearing, and it is approved by all transcendentalists....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचमहीपतिस्त्वथ तत्कर्म गर्ह्यंविचिन्तयन्नात्मकृतं सुदुर्मना: ।अहो मया नीचमनार्यवत्कृतंनिरागसि ब्रह्मणि गूढतेजसि ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācamahī-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyaṁvicintayann ātma-kṛtaṁ sudurmanāḥaho mayā nīcam anārya-vat kṛtaṁnirāgasi brahmaṇi gūḍha-tejasi Translation: Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: While returning home, the King [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brāhmaṇa was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचयो वै द्रौण्यस्त्रविप्लुष्टो न मातुरुदरे मृत: ।अनुग्रहाद् भगवत:कृष्णस्याद्भुतकर्मण: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācayo vai drauṇy-astra-vipluṣṭona mātur udare mṛtaḥanugrahād bhagavataḥkṛṣṇasyādbhuta-karmaṇaḥ Translation: Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: Due to the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who acts wonderfully, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, though struck by the weapon of the son of Droṇa in his mother’s womb, could not be burned....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचतत्र गोमिथुनं राजा हन्यमानमनाथवत् ।दण्डहस्तं च वृषलं दद‍ृशे नृपलाञ्छनम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācatatra go-mithunaṁ rājāhanyamānam anāthavatdaṇḍa-hastaṁ ca vṛṣalaṁdadṛśe nṛpa-lāñchanam Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: After reaching that place, Mahārāja Parīkṣit observed that a lower-caste śūdra, dressed like a king, was beating a cow and a bull with a club, as if they had no owner. Purport: The principal sign of the Age of Kali is that lower-caste śūdras, i....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचतत: परीक्षिद् द्विजवर्यशिक्षयामहीं महाभागवत: शशास ह ।यथा हि सूत्यामभिजातकोविदा:समादिशन् विप्र महद्गुणस्तथा ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācatataḥ parīkṣid dvija-varya-śikṣayāmahīṁ mahā-bhāgavataḥ śaśāsa hayathā hi sūtyām abhijāta-kovidāḥsamādiśan vipra mahad-guṇas tathā Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: O learned brāhmaṇas, Mahārāja Parīkṣit then began to rule over the world as a great devotee of the Lord under the instructions of the best of the twice-born brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचएवं कृष्णसख: कृष्णो भ्रात्रा राज्ञा विकल्पित: ।नानाशङ्कास्पदं रूपं कृष्णविश्लेषकर्शित: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaevaṁ kṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ kṛṣṇobhrātrā rājñā vikalpitaḥnānā-śaṅkāspadaṁ rūpaṁkṛṣṇa-viśleṣa-karśitaḥ Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Arjuna, the celebrated friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa, was griefstricken because of his strong feeling of separation from Kṛṣṇa, over and above all Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s speculative inquiries. Purport: Being too much aggrieved, Arjuna practically became choked up, and therefore it was not possible for him to reply properly to the various speculative inquiries of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचसम्प्रस्थिते द्वारकायां जिष्णौ बन्धुदिद‍ृक्षया ।ज्ञातुं च पुण्यश्लोकस्य कृष्णस्य च विचेष्टितम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācasamprasthite dvārakāyāṁjiṣṇau bandhu-didṛkṣayājñātuṁ ca puṇya-ślokasyakṛṣṇasya ca viceṣṭitam Translation: Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: Arjuna went to Dvārakā to see Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and other friends and also to learn from the Lord of His next activities. Purport: As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord descended to the earth for the protection of the faithful and annihilation of the impious, so after the Battle of Kurukṣetra and establishment of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the mission of the Lord was complete....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचविदुरस्तीर्थयात्रायां मैत्रेयादात्मनो गतिम् ।ज्ञात्वागाद्धास्तिनपुरं तयावाप्तविवित्सित: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaviduras tīrtha-yātrāyāṁmaitreyād ātmano gatimjñātvāgād dhāstinapuraṁtayāvāpta-vivitsitaḥ Translation: Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: While traveling on a pilgrimage, Vidura received knowledge of the destination of the self from the great sage Maitreya and then returned to Hastināpura. He became as well versed in the subject as he desired. Purport: Vidura: One of the prominent figures in the history of the Mahābhārata....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: शौनक उवाचअश्वत्थाम्नोपसृष्टेन ब्रह्मशीर्ष्णोरुतेजसा ।उत्तराया हतो गर्भ ईशेनाजीवित: पुन: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śaunaka uvācaaśvatthāmnopasṛṣṭenabrahma-śīrṣṇoru-tejasāuttarāyā hato garbhaīśenājīvitaḥ punaḥ Translation: The sage Śaunaka said: The womb of Uttarā, mother of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmāstra weapon released by Aśvatthāmā. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit was saved by the Supreme Lord. Purport: The sages assembled in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī about the birth of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, but in the course of the narration other topics like the release of the brahmāstra by the son of Droṇa, his punishment by Arjuna, Queen Kuntīdevī’s prayers, the Pāṇḍavas’ visit to the place where Bhīṣmadeva was lying, his prayers and thereafter the Lord’s departure for Dvārakā were discussed....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचआनर्तान् स उपव्रज्य स्वृद्धाञ्जनपदान्स्वकान् ।दध्मौ दरवरं तेषां विषादं शमयन्निव ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaānartān sa upavrajyasvṛddhāñ jana-padān svakāndadhmau daravaraṁ teṣāṁviṣādaṁ śamayann iva Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Upon reaching the border of His most prosperous metropolis, known as the country of the Ānartas [Dvārakā], the Lord sounded His auspicious conchshell, heralding His arrival and apparently pacifying the dejection of the inhabitants....