Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 2 Chapter 9:35-45

Book 2: Chapter 9

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 2: Chapter 9: Verses 35-45 Brahma beholds the divine Abode of the Lord and is taught by Him the text of the Bhagavata, consisting of four couplets only He who is eager to know the truth of the Spirit should enquire into and ascertain that Reality alone which is proved to exist everywhere and at all times-whether you argue by the negative process, excluding everything else as 'not that', 'not that', or by the positive method of affirming everything as that. Establish yourself fully in this doctrine of Mine through perfect concentration of mind. By doing so you shall never be confounded (fall a prey to egotism etc.) while creating the diverse forms of life in the course of the various Kalpas. Sri Suka continued: Having thus instructed Brahma (the supreme Ruler of all created beings), the unborn Lord Sri Hari withdrew that form of His while the former stood gazing (with wonder). Brahma, who represented all beings, bowed with joined palms to Sri Hari, who had now concealed His perceptible form, and created this universe as before ( in the foregoing round of creation). Eager to secure the good of all created beings, Brahma, the lord of creation and the protector of righteousness, once practised the various forms of self-control (Yamas) and religious observances (Niyamas) with a view to achieving that end, which he regarded as his own purpose. (During that period) Q king, the great sage Narada, who. was the most beloved of all his sons and an eminent devotee of the Lord, and was eager to know (from Brahma) the Maya (the wonderful power) of Bhagavan Visnu, the Lord of Maya, waited upon him as an obedient servant and fully gratified his father by his good. conduct, modesty and self-control. Finding his father (Brahma), the forbear of the entire creation, pleased (with him), the celestial sage humbly asked him the same questions that you have asked me. Delighted (all the more by his questions) Brahma (the Creator of beings) repeated to his son (Narada), this very Bhagavata-Purana containing ten distinctive features, which was taught to him by the Lord Himself. Narada (in his turn), o king, imparted the same to the sage Vyasa (my father) of boundless glory, while the latter was meditating on the supreme Brahma on the bank of the river Saraswati I shall (presently) tell you (in the form of the same Bhagavata-Purana) in reply to your questions on the subject, how this universe emanated from the Cosmic Being, and answer all your other questions too (through the same Purana). Thus ends the ninth discourse in Book Two of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.