Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed

Brahmā describes the universal form, his sacrifice, and the Lord’s control over creation, maintenance, and destruction.

Themes of SB 2.6Jñāna4 Rakṣā3 Bhakti3 Kṛpā2 from its story phase

Connected storiesThe four KumārasQueen Kuntī

Who is speakingSūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Brahmā → Nārada MuniEvery voice in this chapter ›

What this chapter speaks about · the ten subjects

In this chapter

Who · Lord Brahmā, Nārada, the Supreme Lord, Lord Śiva

The story · Brahmā described to Nārada how the universal form supplies the sources of vegetation and other sacrificial ingredients. He prepared the ingredients and equipment for sacrifice from parts of the Supreme Lord’s body. He then performed the sacrifice to satisfy the Lord, who is its enjoyer. Brahmā explained that he creates by the Lord’s will, Lord Śiva destroys, and the Personality of Godhead maintains everything.

What it teaches · The Lord supplies the ingredients of sacrifice and is the one to be satisfied by it. Brahmā concludes that surrender to His feet delivers one from the miseries of repeated birth and death.

SB 2.6.28 SB 2.6.32 SB 2.6.36 Read chapter 6 ›

Beyond this chapter

Connected stories across the Bhāgavatam

Stories told in other chapters that this chapter's verses or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purports bring in, the other Bhāgavatam verses the purports quote, and stories in other cantos with the same themes. Each link shows the sentence it comes from.

The four Kumāras

SB 3.15–16 · The doorkeepers’ fall SB 4.21–23 · Pṛthu’s life of devoted service SB 11.13 · The Lord teaches as Haṁsa

What it teaches · The Lord’s conduct shows how dearly He values the brāhmaṇas and how seriously He regards disrespect toward them. Even while facing punishment, the doorkeepers sought the shelter of remembering Him.

Also, the consciousness of that great personality is the abode of religious principles — mine, yours, and those of the four bachelors Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanat-kumāra and Sanandana.
In the verse · SB 2.6.12 (Text 12)

…Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, great generators of living beings like Dakṣa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower…
In the verse · SB 2.6.43-45 (Texts 43-45)

Read the story in SB 3.15–16

Queen Kuntī

SB 1.8 · Kuntī’s prayer for undivided devotion

What it teaches · Kuntī’s prayer expresses dependence on Kṛṣṇa and the desire for uninterrupted devotion. The Lord remains unborn and transcendental even while protecting His devotees within this world.

“O son of Kuntī, please declare it.” The Lord asks Arjuna to declare, and why?
Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport · SB 2.6.34 (Text 34)

“O son of Kuntī, when the kalpa, or the duration of the life of Brahmā, is ended, then all the created manifestations enter into My prakṛti, or energy, and again, when I desire, the same creation takes place by My personal energy.” The conclusion is that…
Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport · SB 2.6.39 (Text 39)

Read the story in SB 1.8

Other Bhāgavatam verses Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes here

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