Author Archives: Vraja Kishor

Continuing from verse two – here is the third of the the essential, four-śloka core of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam – recorded …

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Continuing from verse one, I will try to explain in English as clearly and simply as possible the second of …

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Originally posted on The Enquirer:
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.7.17 presents an interesting conversation. There, Brahmā says that Vāmana claimed the entire world from Bali using three “deceptive steps” (tripada-cchalena). This is said in the third line of the śloka. The fourth line answers the anticipated question, “How can Viṣṇu’s avatāra, Vāmana, employ deceit, an immoral tactic?” The answer Brahmā submits is…

My newest book is now available in print and Kindle editions! To Dance in the Downpour of Devotion A Summary Study of Mādhurya Kādambinī Exactly following Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakur’sMadhurya Kadambini, this book provides an inspirational and practical guide to each step along the road from ignorance to bliss. It vividly and enticingly describes each […]

The conversation between Brahmā and Nārada presented in the Second Canto (especially the part of that conversation described in the Sixth Chapter) is directly connected to a very important section of Ṛg Veda – 10.90, the puruṣa sūkta. You can say that the Bhāgavatam’s version of this conversation is a commentary or elaboration upon puruṣa […]

Srimad Bhagavatam 2.6.17 Nārada: It seems unusual that an entity so essential and fundamental to this world should have its true, original position beyond it. Brahmā: It is not unusual. Take life-air (prāṇa) for example. It has its own energy, but it also lends its energy to other things. Another example is the Sun, it […]

Here is a summary of the main subject of Chapter 5 of Canto 2.
How the Universe Became the Universe (Vedic Proto-Evolution).
via How the Universe Became the Universe (Vedic Proto-Evolution).
 
 

Originally posted on The Enquirer:
Viz. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.5.22 Time (kāla) is the primary catalyst activating the three qualities (guṇa) by permitting the progress of evolution. The psychological inclinations (svabhāva) of living beings can then stimulate evolutions (pariṇāma) within the three qualities, creating a primordial destiny (karma) for the universe, which can thus evolve into…

The 5th chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam’s Second Canto gives a fascinating, intriguing description of how the All-Attractive creates the primordial universe. Here is a footnote from the manuscript I am currently working on: Text [2.5.]21 explains that the All-Attractive desires to be many, because its inherent nature is bliss – which is enjoyed in the […]

I am currently working on Chapter Five of Beautiful Tales of the All Attractive, Volume 2. The 19th śloka is too mind-blowing not to share immediately. Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.19 Ensnaring the Eternally Free Soul [kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve dravya-jñāna-kriyāśrayāḥ | badhnanti nityadā muktaḿ māyinaḿ puruṣaḿ guṇāḥ ] Nārada: Earlier you said that the universe is composed of five things, the root […]

I have finished the first draft of Chapter Four of Beautiful Tales of the All Attractive, Volume 2. I will celebrate by explaining a little bit about this chapter, and quoting you one of my favorite ślokas from it. The Fourth Chapter of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam’s Second “Canto” is mainly about this: King Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Goswāmī […]

To celebrate completing the first draft of chapter 3, Beautiful Tales of the All Attractive, Vol. 2, I am posting an excerpt spoken by Śaunaka Ṛṣi. 20-24 “O Sūta, when we do not hear about the heroism of the Hero, our ear canals are just like snake holes. When we do not sing about the […]