1. The Lotus Feet of Krishna
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The Lotus Feet of Krishna
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Srimad Bhagavatam
Cantos One and Two

2. Srimad Bhagavatam is complete in 12-cantos
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3. The 10th Canto is His smiling face12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
11 & 12 are the Crown of His head
The 10th Canto is His smiling face
Cantos 3-9 rise up to His lotus face
The First Two Cantos are Krishna´s lotus feet

4. Srimad Bhagavatam is the literary incarnation of God
Include Picture of Krsna.

5. General Summary Epilog Krsna’s-pastimes Manvantaras12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Krsna’s-pastimes
Manvantaras
Lotus Feet of Krsna

6. The first two cantos – we will discuss them later
The first two cantos – we will discuss them later. Now let’s see how they fit in with the other ten cantos. 2 1
Lotus Feet of Krsna

7. Cantos 3-9 discuss Manu-avatars and other incarnations up to the 10th canto.8 7 6 5 4 3
Manvantaras

8. 11 10
Krishna’s Pastimes
Krsna is not an avatar, incarnation of God. He is avatara-avatari, the source of all incarnations.
To appreciate His full personality we must first see His different partial incarnations in Cantos 3-9.

9. Types of Avataras
Purusa-avataras – They are like the Minister of Prisons, Prison Warden & Prison Guards. They are always with the material world.
Include picture of Maha-visnu

10. Types of Avataras
Lila-avataras – They come to the “prison” some times to show a certain truth.
Picture of Rama

11. Types of Avataras
Manu-avataras – They are in charge of the universe for a fixed period during each day of Brahma.
Brahma is the demigod in charge of the universe for each breath of the Purusa, but he is not managing things from moment to moment.
Just like on a ship there is the Captain and the Officers of the Watch.
Picture of Rama

12. Manu-avataras
Brahma is the head of this universe. In each of his days there are fourteen Manu-avatars one after another and the Srimad Bhagavatam takes us through them in Cantos 3-9.
Along with them we see so many other incarnations of Krsna until in the 10th Canto we can understand Krsna directly.
Picture of Rama

13. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Our Manu, Vaisvata-manu The other fourteen Manu’s
The first Manu, Svayambhuva, and his children
Details of Cantos 3 – 9
The Manu-avataras

14. Cantos Three - Nine
Svayambhuva-man and his wife Satarupa had five children.
Three daughters: Devahuti, Akuti and Prasuti (The Uti sisters)
Two sons: Uttanapada and Priya-vrata
A memory device: DAPUP, the order of the children’s appearance in the Bhagavatam

15. Cantos Three – Seven
Analysis by Chapter Groups 7 6 5 4 3
11-15 Narada X Yuddhisthira> VAD
1-10 K equal to everyone (Hiranyakaspiu)
18-19 Daksa> 60 Girls> Hiranyaksa
14-17 Vrtasura
7-13 Indra/V’rupa/Tvasta/Vrta
4-6 Pracetas> Daksa>
1-3 Hells Avoided (Ajamila)
14-26 SG x MP (Forest of ME, Hells)
7-13 Bharata x Rahugana (Forest of ME)
4-6 Rsabhadeva
1-3 Priyavrata > Agnidhra> Nabhi>
24-31 Puranjana> Pracetas
15-23 Prthu
13-14 Dhruva> 6> Anga> Vena
8-12 Uttanapada> Dhruva
2-7 Prasuti x Daksa > Sati
1 Akuti x Ruci, Devah. Daughters
20-33 Devahuti x Kardama> Kapila
13-19 Varaha avatara
5-12 Maitreya x Vidura
1-4 Vidura x Uddhava
Do you see each of the children of Svaymbhuva Manu on the right?
The Bhagavatam tells about them and their children one after another.

16. Canto
Eight
Analysis by Chapter Groups
15-24 Bali, Vamanadeva, Matsya
13-14 Manus 8-14
5-12 Manus 5-6 (Kurma, Mohini)
1-4 Manus 1-4 (Gajendra) 8
In Canto Eight Maharaja Pariksit asks about the other Manu’s after Svayambhuva

17. Canto
Nine
Analysis by Chapter Groups
In Canto Nine we hear about the current Manu, Vaivasvata Manu.
His descendents include Krsna. 9
14-24 Ila> Pururava>>Yadu (Krsna-Balrama) & Puru, Kurus
6-12 VM> Iksvaku>>Saubhari Muni>> Sagar>>Rama
4-5 Ambarisa
1-3 Vaivasvata Manu> Ila, Sukanya x Cyavana, Nabhi

18. Canto
Ten &
Eleven
Analysis by Chapter Groups
30-31 Dep Yadus & Krsna
7-29 Final Instruction to Uddhava
2-5 Final Yud'str (Nava yogendras)
50-90 Dvaraka
41-49 Mathura,
4-40 Vrndavana
1-3 Birth of Krsna 11 10
Canto Ten are Krsna’s pastimes in Vrndavana, Mathura, Dvaraka and Canto Eleven His departure

19. Canto
Twelve
Analysis by Chapters
7-13 Summary & Glories of SB
4-6 Dep of M. Parikshit
1-3 Conclude Dynasty Vaivasvata 12
Canto Twelve returns to finish the dynasty of Vaisvata Manu and includes a summary of Srimad Bhagavatam.

20. General Summary Epilog Krsna’s-pastimes Manvantaras12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Krsna’s-pastimes
Manvantaras
Lotus Feet of Krsna

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PdP 12 Cantos Summary
Rev. 19 July 2006