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SRIMAD MAHABHAGAVATHAM : 2.6 - Swami Krishnananda.

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  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday,  February  023, 2021. 09 : 39. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incidentally, we have to say how the Bhagavata came into being at all. It was written by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the great sage, after he completed writing the Mahabharata and the seventeen Puranas. It is said in the beginning of the Srimad Bhagavata that after having completed the Mahabharata, the great epic into which every knowledge has been pressed into service by the wise Vyasa, he felt that something had been left out and he had not completed his work, and he was disturbed by this ‘something’ which he could not properly comprehend. At that time Narada came and asked, “What is the problem? Why are you looking despondent?” Vyasa re...

SRIMAD MAHABHAGAVATHAM : 2.5 - Swami Krishnananda.

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  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday,  February  08, 2021. 09:04. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We consider human beings as everything. We think of peace in the world—world peace. Generally, as human beings, we only think of peace for humanity, and not for lions and snakes. We do not think of their peace, as it is not our intention. We do not want peace for any animal or insect in the world; our attitude is that they can take care of themselves. We have roundtable conferences only for the peace of mankind because man can think only as man, and he cannot think as any other species. We are to give justice to everybody, but that is not possible because of the insistence of the personality of each individual. A snake cares only for itself, and it can strike any...