Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
First Canto (Part Three – Chapters 13-19)
with the original Sanskrit text, its Roman transliteration, word-for-word synonyms, translation and elaborate purports by
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda  Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
446 pages
12 color illustrations
EXPLANATION OF THE COVER
1. The original spiritual planet, which resembles the whorl of a huge lotus flower, is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is the abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead.
2. This original planet Goloka throws off a spiritual ray of effulgence called  brahmajyoti  which is the ultimate goal of the impersonalists.
3. Within this unlimited  brahmajyoti  there are unlimited numbers of spiritual planets, as there are innumerable material planets within the sun rays of the material universes. These spiritual planets are dominated by plenary expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and the inhabitants there are ever liberated living beings. They are all four-handed. The Lord is known there as Narāyāṇa, and the planets are known as Vaikuṇṭhas.
4. Sometimes a spiritual cloud overtakes a corner of the spiritual sky of  brahmajyoti , and the covered portion is called the  mahat-tattva . The Lord then, by His portion as Mahā-Viṣṇu, lies down in the water within the  mahat-tattva . The water is called the Causal Ocean ( kāraṇa-jala ).
5. As He sleeps within the Causal Ocean, innumerable universes are generated with His breathing. These floating universes are scattered all over the Causal Ocean. They stay during a breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
6. In each and every universal globe the same Mahā-Viṣṇu enters again as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and lies there on the Garbha Ocean on the serpentine Śeṣa incarnation. From His navel-abdomen sprouts a lotus stem, and on the lotus, Brahmā, the lord of the universe, is born. Brahmā creates all living beings of different shapes in terms of desire within the universe. He also creates the sun, moon and other demigods.
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