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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]
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
In the third and fourth cantos of the Srimad Bhagavatam, Yama was incarnated as a shudra called Vidura due to being cursed by a sage for being too harsh in his punishments. From the A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) translation: [ 40 ]
The Second Canto is known as Śrī Golokamāhātmya- nirūpaṇa khaṇḍa – Ascertaining the Glories of Śrī Goloka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the first part of Brihad-bhagavatamrita Sanatana Goswami has described a conversation between Parikshit and his mother, Uttara .
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. The third book of the Srimad Bhagavata covers the teachings of Rishi Maitreya to Vidura, Vishnu's Boar incarnation, the curse of Vishnu's attendants, and the teachings of Kapila Muni.
Prabhupada had translated the Second Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, but knew that many years of work remained before he would reach the Tenth Canto, where these accounts of Krishna are contained. He therefore decided to write Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also known as KRSNA Book, before undertaking the remaining cantos.
The Kumaras are four sages from the Puranic texts of Hinduism who roam the universe as children, [1] [2] generally named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, and Sanatkumara. [3] They are described as the first mind-born creations and sons of the creator-god Brahma.
Srimad Devi Bhagavatam consists of 12 cantos with 318 chapters. [5] Although the number of original Sanskrit shlokas ('verses') is stated to be 18,000 by the Devi Bhagavata itself. [ 51 ] The actual text, in different versions, is close.