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Chapter 1: Questions
by the Sages
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(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.
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Chapter 2: Divinity
and Divine Service
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(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].
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Chapter 3: Krishna
is the Source of all Incarnations
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(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.
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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.
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Chapter 5: Nârada's
Instructions on S'rîmad Bhâgavatam for Vyâsadeva
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(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.
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Chapter 6: Conversation
Between Nârada and Vyâsadeva
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(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.
