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Srimad BhagavatamCantos One and Two

Pada-padmaThe Lotus Feet of Krishna

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1 The First Two Cantos are Krishna´s lotus feet

Cantos 3-9 rise up to His lotus face

The 10th Canto is His smiling face

11 & 12 are the Crown of His head

Srimad Bhagavatam is the literary incarnation of God

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Lotus Feet of Krsna

The first two cantos – we will discuss them later. Now let’s see how they fit in

with the other ten cantos.

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Manvantaras

Cantos 3-9 discuss Manu-avatars and other incarnations up to the 10th canto.

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Krishna’s Pastimes

Krsna is not an avatar, incarnation of God. He is avatara-avatari, the source of all incarnations.

To appreciate His full personality we must first see His different partial incarnations in Cantos 3-9.

Types of Avataras

Purusa-avataras – They are like the Minister of Prisons, Prison Warden & Prison Guards. They are always with the material world.

Types of Avataras

Lila-avataras – They come to the “prison” some times to show a certain truth.

Types of Avataras

Manu-avataras – They are in charge of the universe for a fixed period during each day of Brahma.

Brahma is the demigod in charge of the universe for each breath of the Purusa, but he is not managing things from moment to moment.

Just like on a ship there is the Captain and the Officers of the Watch.

Manu-avataras

Brahma is the head of this universe. In each of his days there are fourteen Manu-avatars one after another and the Srimad Bhagavatam takes us through them in Cantos 3-9.

Along with them we see so many other incarnations of Krsna until in the 10th Canto we can understand Krsna directly.

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The first Manu, Svayambhuva, and his children

The other fourteen Manu’s

Our Manu, Vaisvata-manu

Details of Cantos 3 – 9

The Manu-avataras

Svayambhuva-man and his wife Satarupa had five children.

Three daughters: Devahuti, Akuti and Prasuti (The Uti sisters)

Two sons: Uttanapada and Priya-vrata

Cantos Three - Nine

A memory device: DAPUP, the order of the children’s appearance in the Bhagavatam

Cantos Three – SevenAnalysis by Chapter Groups

11-15 Narada X Yuddhisthira> VAD1-10 K equal to everyone (Hiranyakaspiu)

18-19 Daksa> 60 Girls> Hiranyaksa14-17 Vrtasura7-13 Indra/V’rupa/Tvasta/Vrta4-6 Pracetas> Daksa>1-3 Hells Avoided (Ajamila)

14-26 SG x MP (Forest of ME, Hells)7-13 Bharata x Rahugana (Forest of ME)4-6 Rsabhadeva1-3 Priyavrata > Agnidhra> Nabhi>

24-31 Puranjana> Pracetas 15-23 Prthu13-14 Dhruva> 6> Anga> Vena8-12 Uttanapada> Dhruva2-7 Prasuti x Daksa > Sati1 Akuti x Ruci, Devah. Daughters

20-33 Devahuti x Kardama> Kapila13-19 Varaha avatara5-12 Maitreya x Vidura 1-4 Vidura x Uddhava

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Do you see each of the children of Svaymbhuva Manu on the right?

The Bhagavatam tells about them and their children one after another.

CantoEightAnalysis by Chapter Groups

15-24 Bali, Vamanadeva, Matsya13-14 Manus 8-145-12 Manus 5-6 (Kurma, Mohini)1-4 Manus 1-4 (Gajendra)

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In Canto Eight Maharaja Pariksit asks about the other Manu’s after Svayambhuva

CantoNineAnalysis by Chapter Groups

14-24 Ila> Pururava>>Yadu (Krsna-Balrama) & Puru, Kurus6-12 VM> Iksvaku>>Saubhari Muni>> Sagar>>Rama4-5 Ambarisa1-3 Vaivasvata Manu> Ila, Sukanya x Cyavana, Nabhi

9In Canto Nine we hear about the current Manu, Vaivasvata Manu.His descendents include Krsna.

CantoTen &ElevenAnalysis by Chapter Groups

30-31 Dep Yadus & Krsna7-29 Final Instruction to Uddhava2-5 Final Yud'str (Nava yogendras)

50-90 Dvaraka41-49 Mathura,4-40 Vrndavana1-3 Birth of Krsna

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Canto Ten are Krsna’s pastimes in Vrndavana, Mathura, Dvaraka and Canto Eleven His departure

CantoTwelveAnalysis by Chapters

7-13 Summary & Glories of SB4-6 Dep of M. Parikshit1-3 Conclude Dynasty Vaivasvata

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Canto Twelve returns to finish the dynasty of Vaisvata Manu and includes a summary of Srimad Bhagavatam.

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PdP 12 Cantos Summary

Rev. 19 July 2006