Chapter
1:
Questions
by the Sages
(4)
In the forest of Naimishâranya,
a spot favored by Vishnu,
sages headed by the sage S'aunaka
performed a thousand-year sacrifice for the Lord of
heaven and the devotees on earth.
Chapter
2:
Divinity
and Divine Service
(5)
O sages, your questions about Lord Krishna are of
relevance for the welfare of the world because they
satisfy the true self. (6) That duty no doubt is for
mankind the highest, of which there is the causeless,
uninterrupted devotional service unto Krishna as the One
in the Beyond [Vishnu] that leads to the full
satisfaction of the soul. (7) The practice of connecting
oneself in devotion unto Vâsudeva, the Personality
of Godhead, very soon leads to the detachment and
spiritual knowledge that relies on its own power. (8)
What mankind does in its duties according to each his own
position, is useless labor leading nowhere, if it does
not lead to the message of Vishvaksena [Krishna as
the Supreme Commander].
Chapter
3:
Krishna
is the Source of all Incarnations
(3) One
believes the different worlds [as expansions] to
be part of the form of the Fortunate One that constitutes
the excellence of the purest existence.
Chapter
4:
The
Appearance of S'rî Nârada
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(32)
While Krishna Dvaipâyana Vyâsa thus
regretfully thought about his shortcomings, Nârada,
as I stated before, reached his
cottage.
Chapter
5:
Nârada's
Instructions on S'rîmad Bhâgavatam for
Vyâsadeva
(9)
Although you, great sage, repeatedly were writing for the
sake of the four principles of religion [dharma,
artha, kâma, moksha or righteousness, economy,
sense gratification and liberation], you have not
been doing so for the sake of
Vâsudeva.
Chapter
6:
Conversation
Between Nârada and Vyâsadeva
(12) I
saw hills and mountains full of gold, silver and copper
and elephants pulling branches from the trees nearby
delightful lakes and ponds full of the lotus flowers
aspired by the denizens of heaven - and my heart was
pleased with the birds and the amount of bees hovering
about.
