Srimad Bhagavatam

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Srimad Bhagavatam

• Canto 1 Chapter 1
• Text 1
• Source of Knowledge bewilders even the greatest
  of demigods.

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Text 1

• oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya
• janmädy asya yato nvayäd itarataç
• cärtheñv abhijïaù svaräö
• tene brahma hådä ya ädi-kavaye
• muhyanti yat sürayaù
• tejo-väri-mådäà yathä
• vinimayo yatra tri-sargo måñä
• dhämnä svena sadä nirasta-kuhakaà
• satyaà paraà dhémahi

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Translation

• O my Lord, Çré Kåñëa, son of Vasudeva, O
  all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my
  respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon
  Lord Çré Kåñëa because He is the Absolute Truth
  and the primeval cause of all causes of the
  creation, sustenance and destruction of the
  manifested universes. He is directly and
  indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and
  He is independent because there is no other cause
  beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the
  Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmäjé, the
  original living being. By Him even the great
  sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as
  one is bewildered by the illusory representations
  of water seen in fire, or land seen on water.
  Only because of Him do the material universes,
  temporarily manifested by the reactions of the
  three modes of nature, appear factual, although
  they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him,
  Lord Çré Kåñëa, who is eternally existent in the
  transcendental abode, which is forever free from
  the illusory representations of the material
  world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the
  Absolute Truth.

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tene brahma hådä ya ädi-kavaye

• It is He only who first imparted the Vedic
  knowledge unto the heart of Brahmäjé, the
  original living being.

• Birth of Brahma within universe.
• Brahmas bewilderment and tapasya.
• Krsna revealing to him the purpose of his birth.
• Brahma engaging in creation work and his
  confession.

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muhyanti yat sürayaù tejo-väri-mådäà yathä

• By Him even the great sages and demi-gods are
  placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the
  illusory representations of water seen in fire,
  or land seen on water.
• Illusions of different kinds.
• Bodily concept of life.
• Krsna bewildering even the great demigods.

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Brahma bewildered.

• Krsna enjoying meal with his cowherd boy friends
  and Brahma coming to see and examine Krsnas
  potencies.

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Even Balaram bewildered

• Seeing Krsnas pastimes in relationship to cows
  calves and cowherd men cowherd boys even Lord
  Balaram bewildered.

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Brahma seeing so many Vishnus

• Brahma amazed to see Krsna still playing with
  cowherd boys.
• All cowherd boys transformed into Vishnu forms
  and thus Brahma bewildered.

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Brahma humbled

• Brahma becoming confused and bewilderd and then
  finally realized that Krsna is not a ordinary
  boy, but master of all the mystics.
• Brahma offering prayers to Krsna.

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Lord Shiva bewildered

• After the churning of milk ocean and hearing the
  wonderful deeds of Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva
  approached and requested to see Mohini Murty form
  of Lord.

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Lord Shiva runs behind Mohini

• Lord Vishnu reveals His maya potency and Lord
  Shiva gets bewildered and runs behind Mohini
  Murty.
• Prayers by Lord Shiva to glorify Supreme Lord.

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Many demigods bewildered

• Indra bewildered so many times.
• Thus Lords potencies are unsurmountable and only
  who take shelter of Him can overcome the illusory
  potency.
• Lord Kapilas statement in 3rd Canto on how maya
  keeps everyone captured in material world.

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Escaping illusory potency

• Krsna says in Bg.,daivé hy eñä guëa-mayé mama
  mäyä duratyayä mäm eva ye prapadyante mäyäm etäà
  taranti teThis divine energy of Mine,
  consisting of the three modes of material nature,
  is difficult to overcome. But those who have
  surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.
• The easiest way to surrender to Krsna is by,

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• Simply chanting
• Hare Krsna Hare Krsna
• Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
• Hare Rama Hare Rama
• Rama Rama Hare Hare