"name":"SB Canto 2",
  "label":"Canto 2",
  "h1":"The Cosmic Manifestation",
  "title":"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation",
  "description":"1. The First Step in God Realization; 2. The Lord in the Heart; 3. Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart; 4. The Process of Creation; 5. The Cause of All Causes; 6. Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed; 7. Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions; 8. Questions by King Parīkṣit; 9. Answers by Citing the Lord's Version; 10. Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions."

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Table of contents

1. The First Step in God Realization
2. The Lord in the Heart
3. Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
4. The Process of Creation
5. The Cause of All Causes
6. Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
7. Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
8. Questions by King Parīkṣit
9. Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
10. Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

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CHAPTER ONE

The First Step in Cod Realization

• Invocation
• Importance of Hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā
• Activities of Envious Householders
• Illusion of the Materially Attached Man
• Hearing and Glorifying the Lord
• The Highest Perfection of Human Life is to Remember Kṛṣṇa
• The Topmost Transcendentalist
• Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam First Heard by Śukadeva Gosvāmī
• Necessity of Hearing from a Bona Fide Spiritual Master
• Offenses Against the Holy Name
• Good Example of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga
• Best Preparation for the Next Life
• Mechanical Process for Controlling the Mind: Prāṇāyāma
• Meditation on the Form of Viṣṇu
• Meditation on the Universal Form of the Lord, Virāṭa-rūpa
• Description of the Virāṭa-rūpa
• Planetary Systems
• His Arms, Ears, Nostrils, Mouth
• His Eyes, Palate, Tongue
• His Jaws, Cerebral Passage, Teeth, Smile
• His Lips, Chin, Breast, Back, Waist, Bones
• His Veins, Hairs, Breathing, Movements
• His Dress, Intelligence, Mind
• His Consciousness, Ego, Nails
• His Artistic Sense, Residence, Musical Rhythm, Wonderful Prowess
• His Face, Arms, Thighs, Feet
• Worship Kṛṣṇa, the Supersoul of All That Be

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CHAPTER TWO

• Even Śrī Brahmājī in a Slumber of Forgetfulness
• Flowery Words of the Vedas Are Misleading
• Material Creation: A Jugglery of Names Only
• So-called Comforts of Life Hinder Spiritual Advancement
• Duties of the Renounced Order of Life
• One Must Render Service unto the Supersoul
• Foolishness of the Gross Materialists
• Twenty-four Forms of Lord Viṣṇu
• Transcendental Beauty of the Young Lord
• Sex Desire Binds the Conditioned Soul
• Meditation on the Limbs of the Lord
• Natural Positions of Living Entities
• Pure Mind Acts Wonderfully for Going Back to Godhead
• No Devastating Time on the Transcendental Plane
• Only Pure Devotees Have Clear Vision of Vaikuṇṭha Planets
• The Expert Yogī Ceases Useless Activities
• How the Bhakti-yogī Gives Up Material Connections
• Easy Journey to Other Planets
• Authenticity of the Vedic Version
• Description of the Cosmic Phenomena
• Watering the Devotional Creeper
• Only the Purified Soul Can Attain Love of Godhead
• Vedic Knowledge Received by Disciplic Succession
• Bhakti-yoga, the Only Absolute Means of Deliverance
• Supersoul is Our Friend and Guide
• Polluted Aim of Life Purified by Sufficiently Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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CHAPTER THREE

• Duty of the Intelligent Man on the Threshold of Death
• Different Modes of Worship
• Kṛṣṇa, the Ultimate Beneficiary of All Sacrifices
• Association of a Pure Devotee of the Lord
• Hari-kathā Defeats All Mundane Topics
• Discussion of Lord Hari Relished by Paramahaṁsas
• The Way of Lucky Vaiṣṇava Families
• Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī Both Unalloyed Devotees
• A Devotee of Kṛṣṇa is Guaranteed Eternal Life
• A Society of Polished Animals Cannot Benefit Suffering Humanity
• Men Who Are Like Dogs, Hogs, Camels and Asses
• The Tongue Chanting Mundane Sound is a Prostitute
• Three Classes of Devotees
• Deity Worship Purifies One’s Very Existence
• Pure Devotee Tries to Please the Servant of the Lord’s Servants
• Symptoms of the Change in Heart

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CHAPTER FOUR

• The Vedic Adventure
• Dark Well of Household Life
• Mahārāja Parīkṣit Renounces All Fruitive Activities
• The Question of Creation Posed by Parīkṣit Mahārāja
• Kṛṣṇa’s Internal, External and Marginal Energies
• Acts of the Lord Are Inconceivably Wonderful
• Innumerable Forms of Kṛṣṇa
• Prayers of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
• Mundaners Unqualified to Enter Vaikuṇṭha Planets
• Hear, Glorify and Remember the Lord
• Dovetail All Qualities in Kṛṣṇa’s Service
• The International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Devotees are Free from All Pretensions
• Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme All-in-All
• Humbleness of the Pure Devotee
• Transcendental Sound Vibration
• The Source of Everything is the Supreme Spirit
• Nectar from the Mouth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

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CHAPTER FIVE

• Śrī Nārada Muni Inquires from Brahmājī
• Nārada Mistakes Brahmā for the Cause of All Causes
• Basic Principle of Missionary Activities
• The Lord is Always the Lord
• Brahmajyoti, Potential Seed of All Creation
• Bewildered Persons Talk Nonsense
• Elementary Ingredients of Creation
• Nārāyana is the Ultimate Destination
• The Lord Empowers the Individual Soul to Create
• The Law of Creation
• Modes of Goodness, Passion, and Ignorance
• The Self-centered Materialistic Ego
• Sky and Its Subtle Form, Sound
• Evolution Described
• The Path of Light: To Satisfy Kṛṣṇa’s Senses
• Machine of the Body
• The Maidservant of the Lord
• Breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu
• Virāṭa-rūpa
• Four Divisions of Human Society
• Planetary Systems Described

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CHAPTER SIX

• Opulences of the Universal Form
• Kṛṣṇa, the Source of All Power
• Lotus Feet of the Lord
• Annihilation of the Universe
• Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Separate Identity
• The Dazzling Vaikuṇṭha Planets
• Vow of Celibacy is Necessary
• Nescience and Transcendence
• Puruṣottama is Like the Sun
• Requirements for Sacrificial Ceremonies
• Peace Formula
• Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva
• Vedic Wisdom Through Disciplic Succession
• Purport of Bhakti-vedānta
• The Ocean of Spiritual Bliss
• Prescribed Devotional Duties
• The Lord’s Inconceivable Personal Energies
• Kṛṣṇa is Pure and Uncontaminated
• Illusory Play of Material Creation
• Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Gives the Utmost Satisfaction

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CHAPTER SEVEN

• Gigantic Boar Incarnation
• His Lordship Kapila
• The Four Kumāras
• The Spell of Womanly Attraction
• Prince Dhruva Mahārāja
• Emperor Ṛṣabhadeva
• The Hayagrīva Incarnation
• Lord Fish
• Lord Tortoise
• Narasiṁhadeva
• The Holy Name is Worth Chanting
• Vāmanadeva Favors Bali Mahārāja
• Haṁsāvatāra Instructs Nārada
• Manvantara Incarnations
• Dhanvantari Inaugurates Medical Science
• Paraśurāma Uproots the Thorns of the Earth
• Śrīmad Rāmāyana Summarized
• The Lord with Beautiful Black Hair
• Pūtanā Witch Killed by Kṛṣṇa
• The Venomous Kāliya Snake Chastised
• Govardhana Hill Lifted by Lord Kṛṣṇa
• How Demons May Attain Salvation
• The Tree of Vedic Knowledge
• Kalki: The Supreme Chastiser
• The Prowess of Viṣṇu
• The Hoax of Altruism
• Surrendering unto the Lord
• The Ultimate Benefactor
• Bhāgavatam in a Nutshell

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CHAPTER EIGHT

• Descending Process of Disciplic Succession
• Professional Bhāgavatam. Reciters are Useless
• Autumnal Rains upon Muddy Pools
• Home after a Troubled Journey
• Questions to Establish Philosophical Basis of Bhāgavatam
• Actions and Reactions of Karma
• Scientific Divisions of Human Society
• Common Religious Affiliations
• Devotees Can Defeat Mystic Yogīs
• Plying the Boat in the Ocean
• The Faithful and the Infidels
• The Nectar of the Message
• Viṣṇurātas Should Hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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CHAPTER NINE

• Dreaming that One is King
• Different Dresses Offered by Illusory Energy
• Misconceptions of “I” and “Mine”
• Kṛṣṇa’s Form is Sac-cid-ānanda
• Penance: The Wealth of the Brahmānas
• Transcendental Sound from the Right Source
• Spiritual Sky Manifested to Lord Brahmā
• Conspicuous Absence of Time
• Ladies Beautiful as Lightning
• Intoxicating Sight of the Lord
• Paramahaṁsas Free from Malice
• The Lord Shakes Hands with Brahmā
• Highest Perfectional Ingenuity
• Potential Power is Penance Only
• Desiring is the Living Symptom
• Kṛṣṇa Plays Like a Spider
• The Pitfall of Pride
• Paraphernalia of Devotional Service
• The Creator “I” and the Created “I”
• Take Shelter of the Light of the Lord
• Eyes Smeared with the Ointment of Love
• The Ultimate Goal of Life is Viṣṇu
• Dresses for Dead Men
• The Fire is Always Fire
• The Cream of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
• The Completely Satisfied Stage of Life
• Brahmā Recreates the Universe
• Nārada, the Dearmost Son of His Father
• The Brahmā-Sampradāya

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CHAPTER TEN

• Sixteen Elementary Manifestations
• The Right Direction of Life
• Winding Up the Cosmic Manifestation
• The Supreme Fountainhead
• The Controller and the Controlled
• One Should Praise the Engineer
• The Glance of the Lord
• Sense Organs and Sense Perceptions
• Man Proposes and God Disposes
• Aural Reception of Knowledge
• Dutiful Occupational Sacrifice
• Begetting Offspring
• Supersoul Sits in the Heart
• Eternal Forms of the Lord
• The Almighty Father Viṣṇu
• The Frog in the Well
• Kṛṣṇa’s Pleasure Feature
• The Exhaling and Inhaling of Viṣṇu
• Intelligence Behind the Beauty

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