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Srimad-Bhagavatam
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Date: 18 Apr 1995 12:21:04 -0700
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Srimad-Bhagavatam
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padau yadiyau prathama dvitiyau
tritiyaturyau kathitau yaduru
nabhistatha pancama eva sasto
bhujantaram doryugalam yathanyau
mukharavindam dasanam praphullam
ekadasau yasya lalatha pathakam
siro pi yad dvadasa eva bati
tamadidevam karuna nidhanam
tamala varnam suhitavataram
aparasamsara samudra setum
bhajamehe bhagavata svarupam
Translation
I meditate on the most merciful Sri Krsna. Whose bodily hue is
like a tamala tree. He has appeared for everyone's benefit in the form of
Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is like a bridge for crossing
over the unending ocean of birth and death. Th e first and second cantos
are His lotus feet. The third and fourth cantos are His two thighs. The
fifth canto is His navel (waist). The seventh and eight are His mighty
shoulders. The ninth canto is His tthroat (neck). The tenth canto is His
face, which i s like a fully bloomed lotus flower. The eleventh canto is
his forehead. The twelth canto is His head.
Padma Purana
krsna-sva-dhamopagate
dharma-jnanadibhih saha
kalau nasta-drsam esa
puranarko dhunoditah
This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has
arisen just after the departure of Lord Krsna to His own abode,
accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their
vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get
light from this Purana.
Bhag. 1.3.43
The Srimad-Bhagavatam describes ten subjects:
1) creation of the universe
2) subcreation
3) the planetary systems
4) protection by Krsna
5) the ccreative impetus
6) the change of Manus
7) the science of God
8) returning back to Godhead
9) liberation
10) summum bonum
