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Canto 2 · Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
2.9.462.10.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.10.1

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 2.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

अत्र सर्गो विसर्गश्च स्थानं पोषणमूतय: ।

मन्वन्तरेशानुकथा निरोधो मुक्तिराश्रय: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

atra sargo visargaś ca

sthānaṁ poṣaṇam ūtayaḥ

manvantareśānukathā

nirodho muktir āśrayaḥ

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are ten divisions of statements regarding the following: the creation of the universe, subcreation, planetary systems, protection by the Lord, the creative impetus, the change of Manus, the science of God, returning home, back to Godhead, liberation, and the summum bonum.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ten Subjects of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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    Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes ten divisions of statements in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These include creation, subcreation and planetary systems.

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    Other divisions concern protection by the Lord, the creative impetus, the change of Manus and the science of God.

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    The remaining subjects are returning home, back to Godhead, liberation and the summum bonum—the ultimate subject.

Connected verses· 2

Quoted in the purport ofSB 12.7.9-10

The ten subjects of a great Purāṇa are also described in the Second Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.1): “Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are ten divisions of statements regarding the following: the creation of the universe, subcreation, planetary systems, protection by the Lord, the creative impetus, the change of Manus, the science of God, returning home (back to…

Quoted in the purport ofCC Ādi 2.91-92

These verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.1-2) list the ten subject matters dealt with in the text of the Bhāgavatam.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Inquiry → Conviction. Divine knowledge resolves fundamental cosmic uncertainty.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 2: Parīkṣit questions; Brahmā receives revelation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

Śukadeva outlines the Bhāgavatam’s subjects and describes creation through the Lord’s universal form.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. atrain this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  3. sargaḥstatement of the creation of the universe
  4. visargaḥstatement of subcreation
  5. caalso
  6. sthānamthe planetary systems
  7. poṣaṇamprotection
  8. ūtayaḥthe creative impetus
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 2.10

    In this verse: “protection”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these ten subjects would you most like to understand more clearly?

Practice

Write down the ten subjects and underline one you want to study carefully.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTen Subjects of Śrīmad-BhāgavatamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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