Srimad Bhagavatam

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Canto1 Chapter 3

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Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead

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Suta said, The plenary potency of the Lord evolved into ingredients of the universe Aboriginal, in sixteen principles, with the intention of creation of the worlds

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: From that Primordial person under yogic sleep in the causal waters of the Universe Rose the subtle lotus flower with Lord Brahma at its apex as the Creator of beings

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Organs of the Lord thus became the various subtle worlds of manifest existence with purity and excellence in forms

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Devotees see,the Perfect One , with thousands of legs thighs, faces noses and ears amazingly glowing with thousands of garlands, earrings ,and divine adornments

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: This form is the source and eternal seed of multifarious incarnations Off an aliquot of this, deities, men and others, are born by causation

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First, as deities in the form of infant sages as His incarnation Who performed severe unbroken celibacy to realize Brahman

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In Second incarnation for the welfare of earth gone to nether worlds, He lifted it as a boar there from and re established its prominence

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As third, in the millennium of the sages, Lord took aspirated incarnation as Nrada, Inspiring devotional service that enjoins selfless action, as a sage expounding Vedas

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In fourth He was born to the wife of King Dhamma as Nara and Nryaa, the twin sons when He undertook severe and exemplary penances to demonstrate control of the senses.

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Fifth as Kapila, first among the perfect ,he taught metaphysics to Asuri brahmana ,and lessons on the entire creative elements

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Sixth as the offspring to and ,as prayed for by, Anasuya Giving the message of liberation to Prahlada and Alarka

Then in seventh as Ruchi and Akutis son born in their sacrifice and he ruled in Svyambhumanus Transition,by demigods such as His son Yma ,helped

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In eighth as King Rihabha, son of King Nbhi and Merudev,,his wife Showing the path of perfection, to those honored by all orders of life

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O brhmins, in the ninth , Lord, prayed for by sages, born as king Pthu, cultivated land ,and made it beautiful and attractive, lording over Earth

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Incarnating as a fish in the post-Caksusamanu period as world was inundated Lord kept Vaivasvata Manu,father of Humanity ,in a boat, always protected

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In the eleventh with his shell as pivot for Mahendra Hill, Lord took the form of a tortoise Supporting the churning of the ocean by the deities and their enemies of the universe.

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: In the twelfth as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth as an enchantress He allured the asuras and gave the nectar divine to the demigods .

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In the fourteenth as Narasimha ,he gnarled the brawny vein of the anti-god with His nails, just as carpenter pierces cane.

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In the fifteenth, as a dwarf brhmin, he visited Balis sacrificial arena And pleaded for three steps of land ,aiming to take the three worlds area

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In the sixteenth ,as an angry brahmin he annihilated the feudal class chieftains twenty-one times, for their disrespect for the priestly class

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Then in the seventeenth,as the son of Satyavat through Rishi Parara,veads He partitioned into three branches for the less intelligent of the future ages

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In eighteenth He appeared to the pleasure of Demigods as Lord Rama And exhibited his divinity by punishing the seas and killing Ravana

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In the nineteenth and twentieth the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarma and Lord Ka in the family of Vi and by so doing He removed the burden of the world.

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Then in the age of Kali,He will appear as Lord Buddha, son of Ajan, in the province of Gay, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful devotees.

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In the transition of Kali yuga, Lord will take birth as the Kalki , thereafter,as the son of Viu Ya,when all rulers of the earth will have become plunderers

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O brhmins, the incarnations of the Lord are numerous, As waters of rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources .

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The, rishis ,Manus, demigods and sons of Manu, very powerful, are plenary portions or subordinate portions of the plenary portions of the Lord ,including the Prajpatis.

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Except Lord Krishna ,the original, all the above are plenary or sub portions Of the original Godhead,and,all these happen to protect people from distress

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Whoever carefully recites the mysterious advents of the Lord, gets relief if done in devotion in the morning and in the evening, from miseries of life

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All these forms from the formless Lord is nonexistent and created By the illusory powers within His Self to keep beings enlightened

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As less insightful say that the sky is cloudy and the air is dusty ,though air causes the same, they attribute material origin to the absolute as his nature

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Beyond,this is the unseen, unheard and unmanifest,eternal being beyond subtlety,without which he could not have births repeating

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Whenever the self sees that the coarse and subtle forms of nature , irresolute Born of ignorance ,have null effects on itself,that is Vision of the Absolute

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When the illusory energy subsides and self is enriched by ways Of enlightenment,then in the glory of self-realisation he stays

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He whose births and actions as the unborn are sung as hidden By the wise sages of the Vedas, is the Lord of the heart,unknown

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Dwelling in every being He, whose play is spotless, is independent and unaffected by creation, destruction and maintenance ,enriched by His potent endowments, beyond senses in motion

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The ignorant cannot know the Universal Being through understanding Nor can they express it, neither in their speculations or by wordings

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Only the unreserved, uninterrupted, worshipper of Lord Krishnan, chariot wheel in hand, can know fully His Lotus feets attraction

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This is the only way one can know Krishna,the Absolute Lord of the Universe, Through soul-full Self-surrender one can avoid the repetition of birth cycles

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This rmad-Bhgavatam is virtual presence of Lord, Veda Vyasa its compiler, great, for the ultimate good of all people, and it is all fulfilling, all-blissful and allround-perfect.

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Vedavyasa gifted it to his son, the most respected among the realized selves after extracting the cream of all Vedic literatures and histories of the universe.

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Sage ,uka ,the son of Vedavyasa gave discourse on Bhgavatam the everlasting, To Emperor Parkit, with other sages by the Ganges, awaiting death ,and fasting

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This Bhgavatam is a brilliant sun, risen after the departure of Krishna to His own abode, with religion , knowledge, and epiclight to the spiritually blind owing to the times tide

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O brhmins, when the pre eminent uka recited it by his mercy, I learned in attention Now I shall try expound the same as I gleaned it from him and as per my realisation.