Where is the original Srimad Bhagavatam?

[Guest guest]

Srila Vyasadeva wrote the Srimad Bhagavatam before he spoke to his son Sukadeva Goswami. The Bhagavatam widely read is the one spoken by Srila Suta Goswami to the sages at Naimisaranya disclosing the Bhagavatam by the great devotee Sukadeva Goswami to Maharaja Pariksit who is awaiting impending death in seven days time.

 

The question is where is the original Bhagavatam by Srila Vyasadeva which would not refer to his son Sukadeva Goswami or Maharaja Pariksit?

 

[Jahnava Nitai Das]

That version of the Bhagavatam was never put into writing separate from Shuka Muni's recital. As Kali yuga progressed and people took shelter of written material all other versions of scriptures would be lost to ordinary humans.

 

 

[Guest guest]

good one LOL

That version of the Bhagavatam was never put into writing separate from Shuka Muni's recital. As Kali yuga progressed and people took shelter of written material all other versions of scriptures would be lost to ordinary humans.

[Guest guest]

Hello guest

why are you laughing out aloud?

whats a good one?

i don't understand

[theist]

Sometimes I wonder what the Bhagavatam found on the heavenly planets would be like? Different pastimes? Fuller descriptions? Interesting for me to think about.

 

Or are we to assume that the SB is some kind of static document unable to grow or condense according to the circumstances of the culture that it appears in?

 

I heard the original was only four verses or something,is that true?

[Avinash]

Who is the author of the Bhagvatam as it is found currently?

[Guest guest]

So what was written in Mana with the help of Sri Ganesh?

 

Srila Vyasadev is said to have not only diveded the Vedas into four parts here but that He also wrote Puranas here.

 

He is said to have narrated Mahabharat and Srimad Bhagavatam to Sri Ganesh under the condition that He would not stop reciting.

 

All this was done due to the onset of kali yuga. So why is this original version of Bhagavatam not presently available?

[Guest guest]

 

 

All this was done due to the onset of kali yuga. So why is this original version of Bhagavatam not presently available?

 

 

The Mahaabhaarata is similar to the Puraanaas for it starts off as a dialogue too. Set in the same Naimisha forest, one guy comes along who just heard Vyaasa's Mahaabhaarata and then proceeds to describe it to a gathering. So here again, where is the *original* Mahaabhaaratha, dictated by Vyaasa and scribed by Ganesha?

 

These works were targetted towards lay people, who were unscholarly and disinclined to get into rigorous metaphysical details. They were mostly recited in temples and in religious gatherings. Such works, to captivate listeners, were presented in the form of stories and organized as nested conversations where x is conversing with y and within the topic of discussion, x1 talks to y1 and so on. All works of this period are organized this way without exception. The Gita for instance, is presented as a conversation between Sanjaya and Dhiritaraashtra. Within this conversation, there is another discussion between Krishna and Arjuna. If you browse through the Mahaabhaaratha, you will find that all other instructive portions are similarly fashioned. Ditto with the Puraanaas.

 

Therefore, the originals that you are looking for, never existed in a written form. Whatever has come down to us, minus interpolations, was what was originally written.

 

Cheers