# 2. The Cosmic Manifestation 1. [[sb/2/1|The First Step in God Realization]] 2. [[sb/2/2|The Lord in the Heart]] 3. [[sb/2/3|Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart]] 4. [[sb/2/4|The Process of Creation]] 5. [[sb/2/5|The Cause of All Causes]] 6. [[sb/2/6|Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed]] 7. [[sb/2/7|Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions]] 8. [[sb/2/8|Questions by King Parīkṣit]] 9. [[sb/2/9|Answers by Citing the Lord's Version]] 10. [[sb/2/10|Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions]] *** ## 1. [[sb/2/1|The First Step in God Realization]] * [[sb/2/1/0|Invocation]] * [[sb/2/1/1|Importance of Hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā]] * [[sb/2/1/3|Activities of Envious Householders]] * [[sb/2/1/3|Illusion of the Materially Attached Man]] * [[sb/2/1/5|Hearing and Glorifying the Lord]] * [[sb/2/1/6|The Highest Perfection of Human Life is to Remember Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/2/1/7|The Topmost Transcendentalist]] * [[sb/2/1/8|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam First Heard by Śukadeva Gosvāmī]] * [[sb/2/1/10|Necessity of Hearing from a Bona Fide Spiritual Master]] * [[sb/2/1/11|Offenses Against the Holy Name]] * [[sb/2/1/13|Good Example of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga]] * [[sb/2/1/14|Best Preparation for the Next Life]] * [[sb/2/1/17|Mechanical Process for Controlling the Mind: Prāṇāyāma]] * [[sb/2/1/19|Meditation on the Form of Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/1/22|Meditation on the Universal Form of the Lord, Virāṭa-rūpa]] * [[sb/2/1/26|Description of the Virāṭa-rūpa]] * [[sb/2/1/26|Planetary Systems]] * [[sb/2/1/29|His Arms, Ears, Nostrils, Mouth]] * [[sb/2/1/30|His Eyes, Palate, Tongue]] * [[sb/2/1/31|His Jaws, Cerebral Passage, Teeth, Smile]] * [[sb/2/1/32|His Lips, Chin, Breast, Back, Waist, Bones]] * [[sb/2/1/33|His Veins, Hairs, Breathing, Movements]] * [[sb/2/1/34|His Dress, Intelligence, Mind]] * [[sb/2/1/35|His Consciousness, Ego, Nails]] * [[sb/2/1/36|His Artistic Sense, Residence, Musical Rhythm, Wonderful Prowess]] * [[sb/2/1/37|His Face, Arms, Thighs, Feet]] * [[sb/2/1/39|Worship Kṛṣṇa, the Supersoul of All That Be]] ## 2. [[sb/2/2|The Lord in the Heart]] * [[sb/2/2/1|Even Śrī Brahmājī in a Slumber of Forgetfulness]] * [[sb/2/2/2|Flowery Words of the Vedas Are Misleading]] * [[sb/2/2/3|Material Creation: A Jugglery of Names Only]] * [[sb/2/2/4|So-called Comforts of Life Hinder Spiritual Advancement]] * [[sb/2/2/5|Duties of the Renounced Order of Life]] * [[sb/2/2/6|One Must Render Service unto the Supersoul]] * [[sb/2/2/7|Foolishness of the Gross Materialists]] * [[sb/2/2/8|Twenty-four Forms of Lord Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/2/9|Transcendental Beauty of the Young Lord]] * [[sb/2/2/12|Sex Desire Binds the Conditioned Soul]] * [[sb/2/2/13|Meditation on the Limbs of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/2/14|Natural Positions of Living Entities]] * [[sb/2/2/16|Pure Mind Acts Wonderfully for Going Back to Godhead]] * [[sb/2/2/17|No Devastating Time on the Transcendental Plane]] * [[sb/2/2/18|Only Pure Devotees Have Clear Vision of Vaikuṇṭha Planets]] * [[sb/2/2/19|The Expert Yogī Ceases Useless Activities]] * [[sb/2/2/21|How the Bhakti-yogī Gives Up Material Connections]] * [[sb/2/2/23|Easy Journey to Other Planets]] * [[sb/2/2/26|Authenticity of the Vedic Version]] * [[sb/2/2/28|Description of the Cosmic Phenomena]] * [[sb/2/2/30|Watering the Devotional Creeper]] * [[sb/2/2/31|Only the Purified Soul Can Attain Love of Godhead]] * [[sb/2/2/32|Vedic Knowledge Received by Disciplic Succession]] * [[sb/2/2/33|Bhakti-yoga, the Only Absolute Means of Deliverance]] * [[sb/2/2/35|Supersoul is Our Friend and Guide]] * [[sb/2/2/37|Polluted Aim of Life Purified by Sufficiently Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam]] ## 3. [[sb/2/3|Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart]] * [[sb/2/3/1|Duty of the Intelligent Man on the Threshold of Death]] * [[sb/2/3/2-7|Different Modes of Worship]] * [[sb/2/3/10|Kṛṣṇa, the Ultimate Beneficiary of All Sacrifices]] * [[sb/2/3/11|Association of a Pure Devotee of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/3/12|Hari-kathā Defeats All Mundane Topics]] * [[sb/2/3/14|Discussion of Lord Hari Relished by Paramahaṁsas]] * [[sb/2/3/15|The Way of Lucky Vaiṣṇava Families]] * [[sb/2/3/16|Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī Both Unalloyed Devotees]] * [[sb/2/3/17|A Devotee of Kṛṣṇa is Guaranteed Eternal Life]] * [[sb/2/3/18|A Society of Polished Animals Cannot Benefit Suffering Humanity]] * [[sb/2/3/19|Men Who Are Like Dogs, Hogs, Camels and Asses]] * [[sb/2/3/20|The Tongue Chanting Mundane Sound is a Prostitute]] * [[sb/2/3/21|Three Classes of Devotees]] * [[sb/2/3/22|Deity Worship Purifies One’s Very Existence]] * [[sb/2/3/23|Pure Devotee Tries to Please the Servant of the Lord’s Servants]] * [[sb/2/3/24|Symptoms of the Change in Heart]] ## 4. [[sb/2/4|The Process of Creation]] * [[sb/2/4/1|The Vedic Adventure]] * [[sb/2/4/2|Dark Well of Household Life]] * [[sb/2/4/3-4|Mahārāja Parīkṣit Renounces All Fruitive Activities]] * [[sb/2/4/6|The Question of Creation Posed by Parīkṣit Mahārāja]] * [[sb/2/4/7|Kṛṣṇa’s Internal, External and Marginal Energies]] * [[sb/2/4/8|Acts of the Lord Are Inconceivably Wonderful]] * [[sb/2/4/10|Innumerable Forms of Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/2/4/12|Prayers of Śukadeva Gosvāmī]] * [[sb/2/4/14|Mundaners Unqualified to Enter Vaikuṇṭha Planets]] * [[sb/2/4/15|Hear, Glorify and Remember the Lord]] * [[sb/2/4/17|Dovetail All Qualities in Kṛṣṇa’s Service]] * [[sb/2/4/18|The International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] * [[sb/2/4/19|Devotees are Free from All Pretensions]] * [[sb/2/4/20|Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme All-in-All]] * [[sb/2/4/21|Humbleness of the Pure Devotee]] * [[sb/2/4/22|Transcendental Sound Vibration]] * [[sb/2/4/23|The Source of Everything is the Supreme Spirit]] * [[sb/2/4/24|Nectar from the Mouth of Lord Kṛṣṇa]] ## 5. [[sb/2/5|The Cause of All causes]] * [[sb/2/5/1|Śrī Nārada Muni Inquires from Brahmājī]] * [[sb/2/5/3|Nārada Mistakes Brahmā for the Cause of All Causes]] * [[sb/2/5/9|Basic Principle of Missionary Activities]] * [[sb/2/5/10|The Lord is Always the Lord]] * [[sb/2/5/11|Brahmajyoti, Potential Seed of All Creation]] * [[sb/2/5/13|Bewildered Persons Talk Nonsense]] * [[sb/2/5/14|Elementary Ingredients of Creation]] * [[sb/2/5/16|Nārāyana is the Ultimate Destination]] * [[sb/2/5/17|The Lord Empowers the Individual Soul to Create]] * [[sb/2/5/21|The Law of Creation]] * [[sb/2/5/23|Modes of Goodness, Passion, and Ignorance]] * [[sb/2/5/24|The Self-centered Materialistic Ego]] * [[sb/2/5/25|Sky and Its Subtle Form, Sound]] * [[sb/2/5/26-29|Evolution Described]] * [[sb/2/5/30|The Path of Light: To Satisfy Kṛṣṇa’s Senses]] * [[sb/2/5/32|Machine of the Body]] * [[sb/2/5/32|The Maidservant of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/5/33|Breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/5/35|Virāṭa-rūpa]] * [[sb/2/5/37|Four Divisions of Human Society]] * [[sb/2/5/38|Planetary Systems Described]] ## 6. [[sb/2/6|Purusa-sūkta confirmed]] * [[sb/2/6/1|Opulences of the Universal Form]] * [[sb/2/6/6|Kṛṣṇa, the Source of All Power]] * [[sb/2/6/7|Lotus Feet of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/6/11|Annihilation of the Universe]] * [[sb/2/6/13-16|Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Separate Identity]] * [[sb/2/6/18|The Dazzling Vaikuṇṭha Planets]] * [[sb/2/6/20|Vow of Celibacy is Necessary]] * [[sb/2/6/21|Nescience and Transcendence]] * [[sb/2/6/22|Puruṣottama is Like the Sun]] * [[sb/2/6/24|Requirements for Sacrificial Ceremonies]] * [[sb/2/6/28|Peace Formula]] * [[sb/2/6/32|Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva]] * [[sb/2/6/34|Vedic Wisdom Through Disciplic Succession]] * [[sb/2/6/35|Purport of Bhakti-vedānta]] * [[sb/2/6/36|The Ocean of Spiritual Bliss]] * [[sb/2/6/38|Prescribed Devotional Duties]] * [[sb/2/6/39|The Lord’s Inconceivable Personal Energies]] * [[sb/2/6/40-41|Kṛṣṇa is Pure and Uncontaminated]] * [[sb/2/6/42|Illusory Play of Material Creation]] * [[sb/2/6/46|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Gives the Utmost Satisfaction]] ## 7. [[sb/2/7|Scheduled incarnations with Specific Functions]] * [[sb/2/7/1|Gigantic Boar Incarnation]] * [[sb/2/7/3|His Lordship Kapila]] * [[sb/2/7/5|The Four Kumāras]] * [[sb/2/7/6|The Spell of Womanly Attraction]] * [[sb/2/7/8|Prince Dhruva Mahārāja]] * [[sb/2/7/10|Emperor Ṛṣabhadeva]] * [[sb/2/7/11|The Hayagrīva Incarnation]] * [[sb/2/7/12|Lord Fish]] * [[sb/2/7/12|Lord Tortoise]] * [[sb/2/7/14|Narasiṁhadeva]] * [[sb/2/7/15|The Holy Name is Worth Chanting]] * [[sb/2/7/17|Vāmanadeva Favors Bali Mahārāja]] * [[sb/2/7/19|Haṁsāvatāra Instructs Nārada]] * [[sb/2/7/20|Manvantara Incarnations]] * [[sb/2/7/21|Dhanvantari Inaugurates Medical Science]] * [[sb/2/7/22|Paraśurāma Uproots the Thorns of the Earth]] * [[sb/2/7/23|Śrīmad Rāmāyana Summarized]] * [[sb/2/7/26|The Lord with Beautiful Black Hair]] * [[sb/2/7/27|Pūtanā Witch Killed by Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/2/7/28|The Venomous Kāliya Snake Chastised]] * [[sb/2/7/32|Govardhana Hill Lifted by Lord Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/2/7/34-35|How Demons May Attain Salvation]] * [[sb/2/7/36|The Tree of Vedic Knowledge]] * [[sb/2/7/38|Kalki: The Supreme Chastiser]] * [[sb/2/7/40|The Prowess of Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/7/42|The Hoax of Altruism]] * [[sb/2/7/43-45|Surrendering unto the Lord]] * [[sb/2/7/49|The Ultimate Benefactor]] * [[sb/2/7/51|Bhāgavatam in a Nutshell]] ## 8. [[sb/2/8|Questions by King Parīkṣit]] * [[sb/2/8/1|Descending Process of Disciplic Succession]] * [[sb/2/8/4|Professional Bhāgavatam. Reciters are Useless]] * [[sb/2/8/5|Autumnal Rains upon Muddy Pools]] * [[sb/2/8/6|Home after a Troubled Journey]] * [[sb/2/8/7|Questions to Establish Philosophical Basis of Bhāgavatam]] * [[sb/2/8/14|Actions and Reactions of Karma]] * [[sb/2/8/16|Scientific Divisions of Human Society]] * [[sb/2/8/18|Common Religious Affiliations]] * [[sb/2/8/20|Devotees Can Defeat Mystic Yogīs]] * [[sb/2/8/21|Plying the Boat in the Ocean]] * [[sb/2/8/22|The Faithful and the Infidels]] * [[sb/2/8/26|The Nectar of the Message]] * [[sb/2/8/27|Viṣṇurātas Should Hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam]] ## 9. [[sb/2/9|Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version]] * [[sb/2/9/1|Dreaming that One is King]] * [[sb/2/9/2|Different Dresses Offered by Illusory Energy]] * [[sb/2/9/3|Misconceptions of “I” and “Mine”]] * [[sb/2/9/4|Kṛṣṇa’s Form is Sac-cid-ānanda]] * [[sb/2/9/6|Penance: The Wealth of the Brahmānas]] * [[sb/2/9/8|Transcendental Sound from the Right Source]] * [[sb/2/9/9|Spiritual Sky Manifested to Lord Brahmā]] * [[sb/2/9/10|Conspicuous Absence of Time]] * [[sb/2/9/13|Ladies Beautiful as Lightning]] * [[sb/2/9/16|Intoxicating Sight of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/9/18|Paramahaṁsas Free from Malice]] * [[sb/2/9/19|The Lord Shakes Hands with Brahmā]] * [[sb/2/9/22|Highest Perfectional Ingenuity]] * [[sb/2/9/24|Potential Power is Penance Only]] * [[sb/2/9/25|Desiring is the Living Symptom]] * [[sb/2/9/28|Kṛṣṇa Plays Like a Spider]] * [[sb/2/9/30|The Pitfall of Pride]] * [[sb/2/9/31|Paraphernalia of Devotional Service]] * [[sb/2/9/33|The Creator “I” and the Created “I”]] * [[sb/2/9/34|Take Shelter of the Light of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/9/35|Eyes Smeared with the Ointment of Love]] * [[sb/2/9/36|The Ultimate Goal of Life is Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/9/36|Dresses for Dead Men]] * [[sb/2/9/36|The Fire is Always Fire]] * [[sb/2/9/36|The Cream of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam]] * [[sb/2/9/37|The Completely Satisfied Stage of Life]] * [[sb/2/9/39|Brahmā Recreates the Universe]] * [[sb/2/9/41|Nārada, the Dearmost Son of His Father]] * [[sb/2/9/45|The Brahmā-Sampradāya]] ## 10. [[sb/2/10|Bhāgavatam is The Answer]] * [[sb/2/10/3|Sixteen Elementary Manifestations]] * [[sb/2/10/4|The Right Direction of Life]] * [[sb/2/10/6|Winding Up the Cosmic Manifestation]] * [[sb/2/10/7|The Supreme Fountainhead]] * [[sb/2/10/8|The Controller and the Controlled]] * [[sb/2/10/10|One Should Praise the Engineer]] * [[sb/2/10/13|The Glance of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/10/17|Sense Organs and Sense Perceptions]] * [[sb/2/10/20|Man Proposes and God Disposes]] * [[sb/2/10/22|Aural Reception of Knowledge]] * [[sb/2/10/25|Dutiful Occupational Sacrifice]] * [[sb/2/10/26|Begetting Offspring]] * [[sb/2/10/30|Supersoul Sits in the Heart]] * [[sb/2/10/35|Eternal Forms of the Lord]] * [[sb/2/10/37-40|The Almighty Father Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/10/42|The Frog in the Well]] * [[sb/2/10/44|Kṛṣṇa’s Pleasure Feature]] * [[sb/2/10/45|The Exhaling and Inhaling of Viṣṇu]] * [[sb/2/10/49-50|Intelligence Behind the Beauty]]