Srimad Bhagavatam

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Canto2 The Cosmic Manifestation Chapter 8
Questions by King Parkchit

Chapter 8: Questions by King Parikchit

SB 2.8.

The king asked: 'Oh brahmin! How did Narad, Instructed by Lord Brahma ,ex !ain the mode, its transcendence , n" to whom he it,ex !ained #

SB 2.8.2
The *King said: I wish to know narrations concerning the Lords, who possess infinite magnificence, and auspicious, in all worlds
*King Parikshit is addressing Sage Suka,,son of Vyasa,who to took the gospel of Bhagavatham

SB 2.8.!
$!ease continue , oh you o% great grace, and, with my mind u on the &u reme Lord o% the wor!d &ri 'rishna, %u!!y %ocussed %rom materia! attachment may re!in(uish my body who!!y %reed

SB 2.8."
The de)otees who regu!ar!y take to this s iritua! matter and serious!y ersist in the endea)or, not too !ong a%ter wi!! soon see the &u reme Lord in their hearts a ear

SB 2.8.#
To them,e)er de)oted to !istening to Lords g!ories He thus enters through the aura! tubes o% their ears *nd sits on the de)otee"s re!ation as i% a !otus+%!ower ,!eaning away the im urities o% !ust,greed and anger

SB 2.8.$

A cleansed devotee of the Lord by the devotional service to im

never leaves the lotus feet of Krishna, for it fully suits him, like a traveler in a troubled !ourney is satisfied at staying home

SB 2.8.%
" learned sage, the eternal soul is not same as its corpus# $oes it ac%uire the body accidentally or by some cause& ,as it is known well to you ,will you kindly e'plain this &

SB 2.8.8
If the (upreme, from whose navel the ethereal lotus did appear, is possessed of a gigantic body according to is own stature then how does it differ from those of living entities for sure&

SB 2.8.&
How cou!d Lord Brahma, born o%% the !otus %!ower o% Lords na)e!,and not %rom matter himse!%, yet ga)e !i%e to a!! beings , through His mercy see Lords -orm#

SB 2.8. '
*nd a!so ,how,Lord as the Origina! $erson maintaining, creating and annihi!ating the materia! wor!ds, remains untouched, residing at the same time in the heart o% e)eryone as the Lord o% a!! beings

SB 2.8.
" learned sage, I heard you say that the planetary systems of the universe) manifest with their respective governors are the different parts of the gigantic body of *irat, the manifest +urusha ,ut what is their actual position& -ould you to e'plain that&

SB 2.8. 2
*nd what is a day o% Brahma ,a kalpa, and the eriods between, the vikalpas# .hat is it we ca!! the ast, the %uture and the resent in our time measures#

*nd how about the di%%erent !i%es ans a!!otted to the )aried embodied beings#

SB 2.8. !
Oh urest o% the twice+borns, what causes beginning o% time and in the context o% one's karma and workings how is it"s durations ex erienced as being short or !ong#

SB 2.8. "
*nd a!so to what extent is one ru!ed by one's karma on its accruing in re!ation to the di%%erent modes o% nature and the %orms resu!ting as a sou!"s mani%estation %rom it as one"s desires" ha)e /em causing #

SB 2.8. #
$!ease narrate how the creation o% the !ower regions, the %our (uarters o% hea)en, the skies, the !anets n" stars, the hi!!s, ri)ers, the seas and the is!ands and their inhabitants took !ace0

SB 2.8. $
.hat is the extent and measure o% the uni)erse and its inner s ace, as we!! as its di)isions# *nd what is the stature o% the great sou!s and the age grou s o% society and their )ocations #

SB 2.8. %
.hat are the di%%erent ages, how !ong do they take , what is their basic nature and how Lord er%orms what kind o% wonder%u! acti)ities in each and e)ery age#

SB 2.8. 8
.hat are the di%%erent re!igious duties o% human society at !arge and what are the duties o% the three c!asses o% human nature as in, !abor, ro%essiona!s, and the riest!y c!asses and the !eaders as the %ourth c!ass # *nd what wou!d the duties to eo !e in distress#

SB 2.8. &
How many e!ements are there in creation, what are their characteristics and how do they react# .hat are the ru!es and regu!ations o% the de)otiona! ser)ice to the Lord o% the yogic sects

and what are the di%%erent s iritua! methods that !eads one to sub!ime !e)e!s as the mystics #

SB 2.8.2'
.hat are the owers the yoga master ac(uires, where do they !ead to, how do the yogis detach %rom the astra! body and what is the transcendenta! know!edge %ound in the 1edas, their subsidiary !iteratures , the !aw books and the 1edic stories and historica! accounts#

SB 2.8.2
How do the di%%erent ways o% the !i)ing beings come about and how do they %ind their ends# .hat are the rocedures %or er%orming ritua!s, ious works and deeds o% se!%+interests what are the ru!es %or the three goa!s o% !i%e the economic, re!igious and sensua! interests#

SB 2.8.22
How do a!! those who either !i)e in union with the Lord or go against Him %ind their existence and to what extent the !iberated are conditioned re!ati)e to the ones who !ead a !ower existence

SB 2.8.2!
How does the inde endent &u reme Lord en2oy His astimes %rom His own inner otency and how He %orsakes them as the *!mighty and a witness, to the externa! o% His ca acity#

SB 2.8.2"
*bout a!! this and more that I did not ask you oh %ortunate one, I ha)e been wondering %rom the beginning3$!ease do ex !ain in accordance with the truth oh great sage, that what you want to te!! me with us a!! ha)ing %a!!en at your %eet ure n", ro%ound

SB 2.8.2#

&ure!y in these matters o% %actua! knowing you are as good as Brahma"s who s routed direct!y %rom the Lord, whi!e others , %o!!owing the customs

according!y may on!y s eak %rom borrowed wisdom tainted by times

SB 2.8.2$
I ne)er tire Oh &age !, o% drinking, des ite the hunger o% my %asting, %rom the nectar o% the in%a!!ib!e truth %rom the ocean o% your teachings

SB 2.8.2%

&uta said: 4 ,&age &uka thus in that assemb!y being (uestioned by the king on to ics on Truth the highest , was, as the instrument o% the ,reator, )ery !eased with this ser)ant o% 1ishnu50

SB 2.8.28
He instructed this $urana ca!!ed the Bhaga)atam the way it was ex ounded to Lord Brahma at the beginning o% the %irst day o% creation by the 6odhead

SB 2.8.2&
This was the %irst thing he said in re aration o% a %u!! descri tion %rom the beginning to the end o% e)erything that the king, the best o% the $andu dynasty, asked and wi!! ask more ti!! his end04

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