Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2 - Chapter 7

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: स श्रेयसामपि विभुर्भगवान् यतोऽस्यभावस्वभावविहितस्य सत: प्रसिद्धि: ।देहे स्वधातुविगमेऽनुविशीर्यमाणेव्योमेव तत्र पुरुषो न विशीर्यतेऽज: ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: sa śreyasām api vibhur bhagavān yato ’syabhāva-svabhāva-vihitasya sataḥ prasiddhiḥdehe sva-dhātu-vigame ’nuviśīryamāṇevyomeva tatra puruṣo na viśīryate ’jaḥ Translation: The Personality of Godhead is the supreme master of everything auspicious because the results of whatever actions are performed by the living being, in either the material or spiritual existence, are awarded by the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: सोऽयं तेऽभिहितस्तात भगवान् विश्वभावन: ।समासेन हरेर्नान्यदन्यस्मात् सदसच्च यत् ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: so ’yaṁ te ’bhihitas tātabhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥsamāsena harer nānyadanyasmāt sad-asac ca yat Translation: My dear son, I have now explained in brief the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is creator of the manifested worlds. Without Him (Hari, the Lord), there are no other causes of the phenomenal and noumenal existences....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: इदं भागवतं नाम यन्मे भगवतोदितम् ।संग्रहोऽयं विभूतीनां त्वमेतद् विपुलीकुरु ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: idaṁ bhāgavataṁ nāmayan me bhagavatoditamsaṅgraho ’yaṁ vibhūtīnāṁtvam etad vipulī kuru Translation: O Nārada, this science of God, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, was spoken to me in summary by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it was spoken as the accumulation of His diverse potencies. Please expand this science yourself. Purport: The Bhāgavatam in a nutshell, spoken by the Personality of Godhead in about half a dozen verses, which will appear ahead, is the science of God, and it is the potent representation of the Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52 Sanskrit: यथा हरौ भगवति नृणां भक्तिर्भविष्यति ।सर्वात्मन्यखिलाधारे इति सङ्कल्प्य वर्णय ॥ ५२ ॥ ITRANS: yathā harau bhagavatinṛṇāṁ bhaktir bhaviṣyatisarvātmany akhilādhāreiti saṅkalpya varṇaya Translation: Please describe the science of Godhead with determination and in a manner by which it will be quite possible for the human being to develop transcendental devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Hari, the Supersoul of every living being and the summum bonum source of all energies....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 53 Sanskrit: मायां वर्णयतोऽमुष्य ईश्वरस्यानुमोदत: ।श‍ृण्वत: श्रद्धया नित्यं माययात्मा न मुह्यति ॥ ५३ ॥ ITRANS: māyāṁ varṇayato ’muṣyaīśvarasyānumodataḥśṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṁmāyayātmā na muhyati Translation: The Lord’s activities in association with His different energies should be described, appreciated and heard in accordance with the teachings of the Supreme Lord. If this is done regularly with devotion and respect, one is sure to get out of the illusory energy of the Lord....