Chapter
8: Mârkandeya Resists All
Temptation
and Prays to Nara-Nârâyana Rishi
(23) The servants of Indra found him sitting there in
meditation
after
having
offered
his
sacrificial
oblations,
with
his
eyes
closed
as
invincible as fire personified.
Chapter
9: Mârkandeya is
Shown
the Lord's Bewildering Potency
(21) Upon a branch of it toward the northeast he
saw an infant boy lying
within the fold of a
leaf swallowing the darkness with His effulgence [see also 3.33:
4].
Chapter 10: S'iva, Lord and
Helper
Glorifies Mârkandeya Rishi
(6) The mighty Lord said: 'I am
sure that the brahmin seer does not desire any
benedictions in any field, not even liberation, for he has achieved the
transcendental devotional service unto the Supreme Lord, the
Inexhaustible Original Person. (7) Nevertheless Bhavânî, let us
talk to this pure devotee. It
is indeed man's highest achievement to gain the association of saintly
souls.' "
Chapter 11: Vishnu His Attributes
and the
Order of the Month of Him as the Sun-god
(11-12) His material energy consisting of different
combinations of the natural modes is represented by His flower garland,
the yellow garment He wears
stands for the Vedic metres and His sacred thread represents the three
syllable AUM. The processes of sânkhya and yoga are carried by the
Godhead in the
form of His makara ['sea-monster'] earrings, and His crown,
freeing all the worlds from fear, represents the superior
[transcendental] position.
(45) All these [personalities]
constitute the glories of Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in
the form of the sun god; they take away the sinful reactions
of everyone who in the morning and the evening, day after day
remember them.
Chapter 12: The Topics of
S'rîmad-Bhâgavatam
Summarized
(19-20) The
reigns of the
Manus [8.1] are
described in detail as also the liberation of the king of the
elephants [Gajendra, 8.2-4]
and
the avatâras of Lord Vishnu for each
period of Manu [8.5 and 13], like
Hayas'îrshâ [8.24:
8 and 57; 5.18:
1], Nrisimha [7.9-10], Vâmana [8.18-22], Mâtsya [8.24] and the descent of Kûrma for the
purpose of [supporting the] churning
of the nectar from the milk ocean by the inhabitants of heaven [8.7-8].
(27) [It
is] the
dynasty in which the Supreme Lord known as
Krishna, the Master of the Universe, descended in the house of Vasudeva. Subsequently His birth [10.3] and how He grew up in Gokula are described [10.4-10].
(55) The remembrance of Lord Krishna's lotus feet
destroys everything inauspicious and leads to good fortune. Connected
in knowledge, wisdom and detachment one with devotion unto the Supreme
Soul arrives at purification of the heart.
Chapter 13: The Glories of
S'rîmad-Bhâgavatam
