Bhagavatam & Bhagavat Purana

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> Just to churn the topic a little more:

>

> Does anyone know anything about the Bhagavat Purana existing prior to Srila

> Vyasadeva's writing the revised Bhagavatam?

 

SB is mentioned in many other Puranas - Garuda, Matsya, Padma, Skanda...

 

"Gautama said: O Lord of the Earth, do you recite the Bhagavata

Purana in front of the Deity of Lord Hari, especially the narration of the

king of the demons, Prahlada Maharaja?" (Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda 22.115)

 

Again, in the Padma Purana, in the section glorifying the vow of Vyanjuli

Mahadvadasi, Gautama instructs King Ambarisa, "One should stay awake (on the

night of Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi) and hear the scriptures that narrate the

stories of Lord Visnu and His devotees, especially the Bhagavad-gita, the

thousand names of Lord Visnu, and the Purana narrated by Suka (Srimad

Bhagavatam). These should be recited with care since they are pleasing to Lord

Hari."

 

And in the same section of the Padma Purana: "O Ambarisa, if you desire an end

to your material existence, then everyday hear Srimad Bhagavatam narrated by

Suka, and also recite it yourself."

 

[All this is in Satya-yuga: SB is eternal.]

 

ys bh. Jan

[Guest guest]

thank you prabhu

 

pamho agtsp!

 

 

Jan.Mares (AT) bbt (DOT) se [Jan.Mares (AT) bbt (DOT) se]

Sunday, February 20, 2000 9:32 PM

Dina-Anukampana Dasa; COM: (Krsna) Katha

RE: Bhagavatam & Bhagavat Purana

 

 

[Text 3028659 from COM]

 

> Is there a reference in Srila Prabhupada's writings that the Bhagavatam in

> the heavenly planets is much bigger work, not merely 18,000 slokas?

 

I didn't find any in Folio.

 

But there is such statement re Mahabharata, on its beginning: "The sage

compiled versions of the Mahabharata for the demigods in six million verses

and in three million verses. The forefathers received 1,500,000 verses, the

Raksasas and Yaksas 1,400,000, and human society 100,000. Narada Muni

revealed

it to the demigods, Asita Devala to the forefathers, and Suka, the son of

Vyasa, taught it to the Gandharvas and Yaksas."

 

Hope this helps

 

ys bh. Jan