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The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. Book 1 of the Srimad Bhagavata discusses the origin of the Bhagavata, and introduces the reader to the glories of Krishna as the Supreme Lord. This book consists of 19 chapters.
The Srimad Bhagavatam by J.M. Sanyal (1970, abridged) The Bhagavata Purana by Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare (1976, unabridged) [156] Srimad Bhagavata by Swami Tapasyananda (1980, unabridged) A Translation by B.P. Yati Maharaj of Mayapur Sri Chaitanya Math; Reading from Bhagabata by Gananath Das which has been translated from Odia Bhagabata
Also known as Srimad-Bhagavata Purana, Bhagavata Purana, or just the Bhagavata [228] Srimad-Bhagavatam is a work of twelve books (“cantos” was the word Prabhupada used) comprising more than fourteen thousand verse couplets. [229] “Srimad” means “beautiful” or “glorious”. [230]
In Srimad Bhagavatam, this is explained as: Karanodakashayi Vishnu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and non-moving.
The assertion that Vyasa is the incarnation of God (1.3.40) [10] and the story of Yashoda seeing the universal form in the mouth of boy Krishna (10.8.37–39) [11] are specific to the Srimad Bhagavatam (e.g. not in the Vishnu Purana or Bhagavad Gita).
— Srimad Devi Bhagavatam Twelfth Canto, Chapter 14, Verses 1:4 The Purana Srimad Bhagavata (Devi Bhagavata) is excellent and holy; eighteen thousand pure Slokas are contained in it. Bhagavan Krishna-Dwaipayana has divided this Purana into twelve auspicious Skandhas (Books) and three hundred and eighteen chapters.
The Srimad Bhagavatam recognizes Vritra as a bhakta (devotee) of Vishnu [9] who was slain only due to his failure to live piously and without aggression. [10] This story runs thus: SB 6.9.11: After Visvarupa was killed, his father, Tvashta, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra.
[1] [7] [18] They are sometimes included in the list of Siddhars (Tamil practitioners of Siddha). [20] The four Kumaras are said to reside in Janaloka or Janarloka (loka or world of the intellectuals in the present parlance) or in Vishnu's abode of Vaikuntha. [18] [21] They constantly recite the mantra Hari Sharanam (Refuge in Vishnu) or sing ...