Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 2 - The Cosmic Manifestation

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281rājovāca brahmaṇā codito brahman guṇākhyāne ’guṇasya ca yasmai yasmai yathā prāha nārado deva-darśanaḥ
282etad veditum icchāmi tattvaṁ tattva-vidāṁ vara harer adbhuta-vīryasya kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
283kathayasva mahābhāga yathāham akhilātmani kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṁ manas tyakṣye kalevaram
284śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṁ gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi
285praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṇa svānāṁ bhāva-saroruham dhunoti śamalaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ salilasya yathā śarat
286dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa- pāda-mūlaṁ na muñcati mukta-sarva-parikleśaḥ pānthaḥ sva-śaraṇaṁ yathā
287yad adhātu-mato brahman dehārambho ’sya dhātubhiḥ yadṛcchayā hetunā vā bhavanto jānate yathā
288āsīd yad-udarāt padmaṁ loka-saṁsthāna-lakṣaṇam yāvān ayaṁ vai puruṣa iyattāvayavaiḥ pṛthak tāvān asāv iti proktaḥ saṁsthāvayavavān iva
289ajaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni bhūtātmā yad-anugrahāt dadṛśe yena tad-rūpaṁ nābhi-padma-samudbhavaḥ
2810sa cāpi yatra puruṣo viśva-sthity-udbhavāpyayaḥ muktvātma-māyāṁ māyeśaḥ śete sarva-guhāśayaḥ
2811puruṣāvayavair lokāḥ sapālāḥ pūrva-kalpitāḥ lokair amuṣyāvayavāḥ sa-pālair iti śuśruma
2812yāvān kalpo vikalpo vā yathā kālo ’numīyate bhūta-bhavya-bhavac-chabda āyur-mānaṁ ca yat sataḥ
2813kālasyānugatir yā tu lakṣyate ’ṇvī bṛhaty api yāvatyaḥ karma-gatayo yādṛśīr dvija-sattama
2814yasmin karma-samāvāyo yathā yenopagṛhyate guṇānāṁ guṇināṁ caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām
2815bhū-pātāla-kakub-vyoma- graha-nakṣatra-bhūbhṛtām sarit-samudra-dvīpānāṁ sambhavaś caitad-okasām
2816pramāṇam aṇḍa-kośasya bāhyābhyantara-bhedataḥ mahatāṁ cānucaritaṁ varṇāśrama-viniścayaḥ
2817yugāni yuga-mānaṁ ca dharmo yaś ca yuge yuge avatārānucaritaṁ yad āścaryatamaṁ hareḥ
2818nṛṇāṁ sādhāraṇo dharmaḥ saviśeṣaś ca yādṛśaḥ śreṇīnāṁ rājarṣīṇāṁ ca dharmaḥ kṛcchreṣu jīvatām
2819tattvānāṁ parisaṅkhyānaṁ lakṣaṇaṁ hetu-lakṣaṇam puruṣārādhana-vidhir yogasyādhyātmikasya ca
2820yogeśvaraiśvarya-gatir liṅga-bhaṅgas tu yoginām vedopaveda-dharmāṇām itihāsa-purāṇayoḥ
2821samplavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ vikramaḥ pratisaṅkramaḥ iṣṭā-pūrtasya kāmyānāṁ tri-vargasya ca yo vidhiḥ
2822yo vānuśāyināṁ sargaḥ pāṣaṇḍasya ca sambhavaḥ ātmano bandha-mokṣau ca vyavasthānaṁ sva-rūpataḥ
2823yathātma-tantro bhagavān vikrīḍaty ātma-māyayā visṛjya vā yathā māyām udāste sākṣivad vibhuḥ
2824sarvam etac ca bhagavan pṛcchato me ’nupūrvaśaḥ tattvato ’rhasy udāhartuṁ prapannāya mahā-mune
2825atra pramāṇaṁ hi bhavān parameṣṭhī yathātma-bhūḥ apare cānutiṣṭhanti pūrveṣāṁ pūrva-jaiḥ kṛtam
2826na me ’savaḥ parāyanti brahmann anaśanād amī pibato ’cyuta-pīyūṣam tad vākya-abdhi-viniḥsṛtam
2827sūta uvāca sa upāmantrito rājñā kathāyām iti sat-pateḥ brahmarāto bhṛśaṁ prīto viṣṇurātena saṁsadi
2828prāha bhāgavataṁ nāma purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktaṁ brahma-kalpa upāgate
2829yad yat parīkṣid ṛṣabhaḥ pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam ākyātum upacakrame
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