Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2 - Chapter 5

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 2 Sanskrit: यद्रूपं यदधिष्ठानं यत: सृष्टमिदं प्रभो ।यत्संस्थं यत्परं यच्च तत् तत्त्वं वद तत्त्वत: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yad rūpaṁ yad adhiṣṭhānaṁyataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṁ prabhoyat saṁsthaṁ yat paraṁ yac catat tattvaṁ vada tattvataḥ Translation: My dear father, please describe factually the symptoms of this manifest world. What is its background? How is it created? How is it conserved? And under whose control is all this being done?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: सर्वं ह्येतद् भवान् वेद भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभु: ।करामलकवद् विश्वं विज्ञानावसितं तव ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: sarvaṁ hy etad bhavān vedabhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥkarāmalaka-vad viśvaṁvijñānāvasitaṁ tava Translation: My dear father, all this is known to you scientifically because whatever was created in the past, whatever will be created in the future, or whatever is being created at present, as well as everything within the universe, is within your grip, just like a walnut....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यद्विज्ञानो यदाधारो यत्परस्त्वं यदात्मक: ।एक: सृजसि भूतानि भूतैरेवात्ममायया ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yad-vijñāno yad-ādhāroyat-paras tvaṁ yad-ātmakaḥekaḥ sṛjasi bhūtānibhūtair evātma-māyayā Translation: My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge? Under whose protection are you standing? And under whom are you working? What is your real position? Do you alone create all entities with material elements by your personal energy?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: आत्मन् भावयसे तानी न पराभावयन् स्वयम् ।आत्मशक्तिमवष्टभ्य ऊर्णनाभिरिवाक्लम: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ātman bhāvayase tānina parābhāvayan svayamātma-śaktim avaṣṭabhyaūrṇanābhir ivāklamaḥ Translation: As the spider very easily creates the network of its cobweb and manifests its power of creation without being defeated by others, so also you yourself, by employment of your self-sufficient energy, create without any other’s help. Purport: The best example of self-sufficiency is the sun....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: नाहं वेद परं ह्यस्मिन्नापरं न समं विभो ।नामरूपगुणैर्भाव्यं सदसत् किञ्चिदन्यत: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: nāhaṁ veda paraṁ hy asminnāparaṁ na samaṁ vibhonāma-rūpa-guṇair bhāvyaṁsad-asat kiñcid anyataḥ Translation: Whatever we can understand by the nomenclature, characteristics and features of a particular thing — superior, inferior or equal, eternal or temporary — is not created from any source other than that of Your Lordship, thou so great....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: स भवानचरद् घोरं यत् तप: सुसमाहित: ।तेन खेदयसे नस्त्वं पराशङ्कां च यच्छसि ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: sa bhavān acarad ghoraṁyat tapaḥ susamāhitaḥtena khedayase nas tvaṁparā-śaṅkāṁ ca yacchasi Translation: Yet we are moved to wonder about the existence of someone more powerful than you when we think of your great austerities in perfect discipline, although your good self is so powerful in the matter of creation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: एतन्मे पृच्छत: सर्वं सर्वज्ञ सकलेश्वर ।विजानीहि यथैवेदमहं बुध्येऽनुशासित: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: etan me pṛcchataḥ sarvaṁsarva-jña sakaleśvaravijānīhi yathaivedamahaṁ budhye ’nuśāsitaḥ Translation: My dear father, you know everything, and you are the controller of all. Therefore, may all that I have inquired from you be kindly instructed to me so that I may be able to understand it as your student....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मोवाचसम्यक् कारुणिकस्येदं वत्स ते विचिकित्सितम् ।यदहं चोदित: सौम्य भगवद्वीर्यदर्शने ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: brahmovācasamyak kāruṇikasyedaṁvatsa te vicikitsitamyad ahaṁ coditaḥ saumyabhagavad-vīrya-darśane Translation: Lord Brahmā said: My dear boy Nārada, being merciful to all (including me) you have asked all these questions because I have been inspired to see into the prowess of the Almighty Personality of Godhead. Purport: Brahmājī, being so questioned by Nāradajī, congratulated him, for it is usual for the devotees to become very enthusiastic whenever they are questioned concerning the Almighty Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: नानृतं तव तच्चापि यथा मां प्रब्रवीषि भो: ।अविज्ञाय परं मत्त एतावत्त्वं यतो हि मे ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: nānṛtaṁ tava tac cāpiyathā māṁ prabravīṣi bhoḥavijñāya paraṁ mattaetāvat tvaṁ yato hi me Translation: Whatever you have spoken about me is not false because unless and until one is aware of the Personality of Godhead, who is the ultimate truth beyond me, one is sure to be illusioned by observing my powerful activities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: येन स्वरोचिषा विश्वं रोचितं रोचयाम्यहम् ।यथार्कोऽग्निर्यथा सोमो यथर्क्षग्रहतारका: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: yena sva-rociṣā viśvaṁrocitaṁ rocayāmy ahamyathārko ’gnir yathā somoyatharkṣa-graha-tārakāḥ Translation: I create after the Lord’s creation by His personal effulgence [known as the brahmajyoti], just as when the sun manifests its fire, the moon, the firmament, the influential planets and the twinkling stars also manifest their brightness. Purport: Lord Brahmājī said to Nārada that his impression that Brahmā was not the supreme authority in the creation was correct....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: तस्मै नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय धीमहि ।यन्मायया दुर्जयया मां वदन्ति जगद्गुरुम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: tasmai namo bhagavatevāsudevāya dhīmahiyan-māyayā durjayayāmāṁ vadanti jagad-gurum Translation: I offer my obeisances and meditate upon Lord Kṛṣṇa [Vāsudeva], the Personality of Godhead, whose invincible potency influences them [the less intelligent class of men] to call me the supreme controller. Purport: As will be more clearly explained in the next verse, the illusory potency of the Lord bewilders the less intelligent to accept Brahmājī, or for that matter any other person, as the Supreme Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: विलज्जमानया यस्य स्थातुमीक्षापथेऽमुया ।विमोहिता विकत्थन्ते ममाहमिति दुर्धिय: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: vilajjamānayā yasyasthātum īkṣā-pathe ’muyāvimohitā vikatthantemamāham iti durdhiyaḥ Translation: The illusory energy of the Lord cannot take precedence, being ashamed of her position, but those who are bewildered by her always talk nonsense, being absorbed in thoughts of “It is I” and “It is mine.” Purport: The invincibly powerful deluding energy of the Personality of God, or the third energy, representing nescience, can bewilder the entire world of animation, but still she is not strong enough to be able to stand in front of the Supreme Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: द्रव्यं कर्म च कालश्च स्वभावो जीव एव च ।वासुदेवात्परो ब्रह्मन्न च चान्योऽर्थोऽस्ति तत्त्वत: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: dravyaṁ karma ca kālaś casvabhāvo jīva eva cavāsudevāt paro brahmanna cānyo ’rtho ’sti tattvataḥ Translation: The five elementary ingredients of creation, the interaction thereof set up by eternal time, and the intuition or nature of the individual living beings are all differentiated parts and parcels of the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, and in truth there is no other value in them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: नारायणपरा वेदा देवा नारायणाङ्गजा: ।नारायणपरा लोका नारायणपरा मखा: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: nārāyaṇa-parā vedādevā nārāyaṇāṅgajāḥnārāyaṇa-parā lokānārāyaṇa-parā makhāḥ Translation: The Vedic literatures are made by and are meant for the Supreme Lord, the demigods are also meant for serving the Lord as parts of His body, the different planets are also meant for the sake of the Lord, and different sacrifices are performed just to please Him....