Bhagwat Session 9

Shrimad Bhagavata Mahapurana Synopsis of the Ninth Session - Part 1 Bhagavata Dwitiya Skanda (Book Two) Chapter 4 to 10 ————————————

By now we have realised in the Bhagawtam that when a question in asked, the speakers, says that the same question was asked by so and so. When he answers also, he says that this answer was given to the question asked by so and so. 

This serves very important purpose, Firstly it deflates the ego of the questioner, stating that this question has already been asked and at the same time keeps the ego of the person answering in check, as he knows that the knowledge that is being imparted is already there, and he is just re-stating it and not creating anything new.

Secondly, it also validates and gives credibility to the answer that is being given. In which, the questioner knows that it is an answer which is not personal to the speaker, but has been given by authorities in the subject, and enlightened souls. The same is being experience and shared. 

Below is a long list of question asked by Pariksit and Narad muni. Pariksit while asking these questions says, inspite of fasting I feel nourished by the nectar like stories and talks of Shri Hari. They are nourishing my very soul.

Questions 

Narada to Brahma

1. What is the wisdom that make me realise the truth of the spirit? 2. Kindly tell me in essence the truth about the universe, as to;   - What its characteristics are   - On what it is supported   - By whom it has been created   - Where it ultimately rests   - By what power it is ruled    - What it essentially is 3. What is the source of your special knowledge and by who are you supported

Pariksit to Sukhdevji

1. How the Lord by his own Maya creates this universe? 2. How the all pervading Lord protects the universe and how again he destroys it? 3. Which of his innumerable power does the supreme person assume when he plays with his own self, transforming himself into so many playthings? 4. How does the Lord who is one without a second, assumes all at ones the three guna of prakriti in order to perform the various function and manifest himself in different forms? 5. When Brahma urged Narad muni to describe at length the virtues of the Lord, to what particular individuals did he discourse and in what manner? 6. Who are foremost among the knower of the vedas? 7. How am I to fix my mind which is free from all attachments, on the Lord, before casting off my body? 8. In what way does the Lord differ from the common man? 9. Where does the supreme person, who is the Lord of Maya and the indweller of all hearts, rest after throwing off his maya? 10. What is the length of the Mahakalpa and a vikalpas? 11. How is the passage of time (past present and future) to be known? 12. What is the allotted span of life of the creatures that have identified themselves with the physical body? 13. How can the subtle and the long movement of the time be perceived? 14. How many destines are to be reached through Karma and what are their characteristic? 15. What kind of jivas, resort to what kind of action, to gain what kind of fruits? 16. How does everything come into existance? 17. What are the dimensions of the egg shaped universe, within and without? 18. What are the characteristics of various yugas, the duration of each and the course of duties prescribed to each? 19. The stories of Shri Hari’s decent. 20. The stories of the exalted souls. 21. Distinctive characteristics of different Varnas and Ashrams. 22. What are the common duties enjoyed on men, what are the special duties and what...