Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2 - Chapter 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: पादेषु सर्वभूतानि पुंस: स्थितिपदो विदु: ।अमृतं क्षेममभयं त्रिमूर्ध्नोऽधायि मूर्धसु ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: pādeṣu sarva-bhūtānipuṁsaḥ sthiti-pado viduḥamṛtaṁ kṣemam abhayaṁtri-mūrdhno ’dhāyi mūrdhasu Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be known as the supreme reservoir of all material opulences by the one fourth of His energy in which all the living entities exist. Deathlessness, fearlessness and freedom from the anxieties of old age and disease exist in the kingdom of God, which is beyond the three higher planetary systems and beyond the material coverings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: पादास्त्रयो बहिश्चासन्नप्रजानां य आश्रमा: ।अन्तस्त्रिलोक्यास्त्वपरो गृहमेधोऽबृहद्‍व्रत: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: pādās trayo bahiś cāsannaprajānāṁ ya āśramāḥantas tri-lokyās tv aparogṛha-medho ’bṛhad-vrataḥ Translation: The spiritual world, which consists of three fourths of the Lord’s energy, is situated beyond this material world, and it is especially meant for those who will never be reborn. Others, who are attached to family life and who do not strictly follow celibacy vows, must live within the three material worlds....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: सृती विचक्रमे विश्वङ्‍साशनानशने उभे ।यदविद्या च विद्या च पुरुषस्तूभयाश्रय: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: sṛtī vicakrame viśvaṅsāśanānaśane ubheyad avidyā ca vidyā capuruṣas tūbhayāśrayaḥ Translation: By His energies, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead is thus comprehensively the master in the activities of controlling and in devotional service. He is the ultimate master of both nescience and factual knowledge of all situations. Purport: The word viśvaṅ is significant in this verse....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: यस्मादण्डं विराड् जज्ञे भूतेन्द्रियगुणात्मक: ।तद् द्रव्यमत्यगाद् विश्वं गोभि: सूर्य इवातपन् ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: yasmād aṇḍaṁ virāḍ jajñebhūtendriya-guṇātmakaḥtad dravyam atyagād viśvaṁgobhiḥ sūrya ivātapan Translation: From that Personality of Godhead, all the universal globes and the universal form with all material elements, qualities and senses are generated. Yet He is aloof from such material manifestations, like the sun, which is separate from its rays and heat....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: यदास्य नाभ्यान्नलिनादहमासं महात्मन: ।नाविदं यज्ञसम्भारान् पुरुषावयवानृते ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: yadāsya nābhyān nalinādaham āsaṁ mahātmanaḥnāvidaṁ yajña-sambhārānpuruṣāvayavān ṛte Translation: When I was born from the abdominal lotus flower of the Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], the great person, I had no ingredients for sacrificial performances except the bodily limbs of the great Personality of Godhead. Purport: Lord Brahmā, the creator of the cosmic manifestation, is known as Svayambhū, or one who is born without father and mother....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: ।इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: teṣu yajñasya paśavaḥsavanaspatayaḥ kuśāḥidaṁ ca deva-yajanaṁkālaś coru-guṇānvitaḥ Translation: For performing sacrificial ceremonies, one requires sacrificial ingredients, such as flowers, leaves and straw, along with the sacrificial altar and a suitable time [spring]. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: वस्तून्योषधय: स्‍नेहा रसलोहमृदो जलम् ।ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि चातुर्होत्रं च सत्तम ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: vastūny oṣadhayaḥ snehārasa-loha-mṛdo jalamṛco yajūṁṣi sāmānicātur-hotraṁ ca sattama Translation: Other requirements are utensils, grains, clarified butter, honey, gold, earth, water, the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sāma Veda and four priests to perform the sacrifice. Purport: To perform a sacrifice successfully, at least four expert priests are needed: one who can offer (hotā), one who can chant (udgātā), one who can kindle the sacrificial fire without the aid of separate fire (adhvaryu), and one who can supervise (brahmā)....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: नामधेयानि मन्त्राश्च दक्षिणाश्च व्रतानि च ।देवतानुक्रम: कल्प: सङ्कल्पस्तन्त्रमेव च ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: nāma-dheyāni mantrāś cadakṣiṇāś ca vratāni cadevatānukramaḥ kalpaḥsaṅkalpas tantram eva ca Translation: Other necessities include invoking the different names of the demigods by specific hymns and vows of recompense, in accordance with the particular scripture, for specific purposes and by specific processes. Purport: The whole process of offering sacrifice is under the category of fruitive action, and such activities are extremely scientific....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: गतयो मतयश्चैव प्रायश्चित्तं समर्पणम् ।पुरुषावयवैरेते सम्भारा: सम्भृता मया ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: gatayo matayaś caivaprāyaścittaṁ samarpaṇampuruṣāvayavair etesambhārāḥ sambhṛtā mayā Translation: Thus I had to arrange all these necessary ingredients and paraphernalia of sacrifice from the personal bodily parts of the Personality of Godhead. By invocation of the demigods’ names, the ultimate goal, Viṣṇu, was gradually attained, and thus compensation and ultimate offering were complete....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: इति सम्भृतसम्भार: पुरुषावयवैरहम् ।तमेव पुरुषं यज्ञं तेनैवायजमीश्वरम् ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: iti sambhṛta-sambhāraḥpuruṣāvayavair ahamtam eva puruṣaṁ yajñaṁtenaivāyajam īśvaram Translation: Thus I created the ingredients and paraphernalia for offering sacrifice out of the parts of the body of the Supreme Lord, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, and I performed the sacrifice to satisfy the Lord. Purport: People in general are always anxious to have peace of mind or peace in the world, but they do not know how to achieve such a standard of peace in the world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: ततस्ते भ्रातर इमे प्रजानां पतयो नव । अयजन् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं पुरुषं सुसमाहिता: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: tatas te bhrātara imeprajānāṁ patayo navaayajan vyaktam avyaktaṁpuruṣaṁ su-samāhitāḥ Translation: My dear son, thereafter your nine brothers, who are the masters of living creatures, performed the sacrifice with proper rituals to satisfy both the manifested and nonmanifested personalities. Purport: The manifested personalities are the demigods like the ruler of the heavenly kingdom, Indra, and his associates; and the nonmanifested personality is the Lord Himself....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: ततश्च मनव: काले ईजिरे ऋषयोऽपरे ।पितरो विबुधा दैत्या मनुष्या: क्रतुभिर्विभुम् ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: tataś ca manavaḥ kāleījire ṛṣayo ’parepitaro vibudhā daityāmanuṣyāḥ kratubhir vibhum Translation: Thereafter, the Manus, the fathers of mankind, the great sages, the forefathers, the learned scholars, the Daityas and mankind performed sacrifices meant to please the Supreme Lord. Purport: The daityas are devotees of the demigods because they want to derive the greatest possible material facilities from them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: नारायणे भगवति तदिदं विश्वमाहितम् ।गृहीतमायोरुगुण: सर्गादावगुण: स्वत: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: nārāyaṇe bhagavatitad idaṁ viśvam āhitamgṛhīta-māyoru-guṇaḥsargādāv aguṇaḥ svataḥ Translation: All the material manifestations of the universes are therefore situated in His powerful material energies, which He accepts self-sufficiently, although He is eternally without affinity for the material modes. Purport: The question put by Nārada before Brahmā concerning the sustenance of the material creation is thus answered....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: सृजामि तन्नियुक्तोऽहं हरो हरति तद्वश: ।विश्वं पुरुषरूपेण परिपाति त्रिशक्तिधृक् ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: sṛjāmi tan-niyukto ’haṁharo harati tad-vaśaḥviśvaṁ puruṣa-rūpeṇaparipāti tri-śakti-dhṛk Translation: By His will, I create, Lord Śiva destroys, and He Himself, in His eternal form as the Personality of Godhead, maintains everything. He is the powerful controller of these three energies. Purport: The conception of one without a second is clearly confirmed here....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: इति तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि ।नान्यद्भगवत: किंचिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: iti te ’bhihitaṁ tātayathedam anupṛcchasinānyad bhagavataḥ kiñcidbhāvyaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam Translation: My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead....