SB (1962) Second Chapter - Divinity and Devotional Service
SB 1.2.1 (1962): Thus the son of Romaharsan of the name Ugrashrava, after being satisfied fully on the perfect questionnaires of the Brahmins there, he attempted to reply them one by one and thanked them for their words.
SB 1.2.2 (1962): Srila Suta Goswami said, "let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the great sage, who can enter everyone's heart and who was addressed 'as my son' by his father Vyasdeva while he was going away for renounced order of life without being reformed by sacred thread or undergoing the ceremonies observed by the higher castes. The trees absorbed in that way responded to the fearful father feeling the separation of the son."
SB 1.2.3 (1962): Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him who is the spiritual master of all sages and the son of Vyasadeva, who, out of his great compassion for the gross materialists desiring to cross over the darkest region of material existence, said the most confidential supplement of the cream of Vedic knowledge after having personally assimilated the same by experience.
SB 1.2.4 (1962): One should utter the means of conquest (Srimad Bhagwatam) after offering respectful obeisances 1. to the Personality of Godhead Narayana, 2. to the Naranarayan Rishi who is the supermost human being 3. to the mother Saraswati the goddess of learning then 4. to Srila Vyasadeva (the author)
SB 1.2.5 (1962): Oh the sages, I have been justly questioned by you. It is relevant because there is public welfare in the question as they are in relation with Krishna. And this sort of questions only can please the self completely.
SB 1.2.6 (1962): The most perfect occupation for all human kind is what is conductive to the attainment of devotional service of transcendence Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and undeterred so that the same shall completely satisfy the self.
SB 1.2.7 (1962):By the process of applying devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Shri Krishna, the immediate result is that causeless knowledge and detachment follow.
SB 1.2.8 (1962): Occupational activities according to one's own position executed by the human kind, turns into useless labour only if such activities do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead.
SB 1.2.9 (1962): All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation and they are never meant for material gain. Similarly material gain for one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service, is never meant by the sages for attainment of sense gratification.
SB 1.2.10 (1962): Life's desires must not be directed towards the matter of sense gratification. One should desire only for a healthy life or self preservation because the life of a human being is meant for enquiring about the Absolute Truth and nothing more should be desired by all occupational service.
SB 1.2.11 (1962): Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call the nondual substance as Absolute Who is known as Brahman, Parmatma or Bhagwan.
SB 1.2.12 (1962): That Absolute Truth is realised by the seriously inquisitive student or sages well equipped with knowledge and detachment by performance of devotional service in terms of hearing the Vedanta Sruti.
SB 1.2.13 (1962): Oh the best amongst the twiceborn, it is, therefore, concluded that the highest perfection achieved in the matter of discharging one's own prescribed occupational duties, in terms of the division of the institution of four castes and orders of life,—is to please the Personality of Godhead.
SB 1.2.14 (1962): Therefore, the Personality of Godhead Who is the Protector of the devotees, must be always heard of, glorified, remembered and worshipped with one attention.
SB 1.2.15 (1962): Intelligent persons do cut off the interknit of the knot of reactionery work, by remembrance of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, who will not, give attention to His message.
SB 1.2.16 (1962): Oh the twice born sages, by serving those devotees who are completely freed from all ranges of vice, a standard of great service is done. And as the result of such great service affinity in the messages of Vasudeva is made possible.
SB 1.2.17 (1962): Sri Krishna the personality of Godhead who is also the Paramatama in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, does cleanse the desire for material enjoyment in the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge for hearing His (Krishna's) messages which are themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.
SB 1.2.18 (1962): By regular attendance in the Bhagwat-class or rendering service unto the pure devotees all that is inauspicious in the heart of a candidate becomes destroyed almost to nil and thus loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, comes into being as an irrevocable fact.
SB 1.2.19 (1962): As soon as irrevocable loving service is fixed up in one's heart at that time the effects of the nature's modes of passion and ignorance such as lust, desire and hankerings etc do disappear from one's heart and he becomes fixed up in the mode of goodness which makes him completely happy.
SB 1.2.20 (1962): Thus (when one is positively fixed up in the mode of unalloyed goodness) the enlivened minded man effected by contact of devotional service of the Lord, can positively know scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association.
SB 1.2.21 (1962): The knot of one's heart is thus pierced and all misgivings are cut into pieces. The chain of fruitive actions are terminated along with the seeing of one's self the dominating factor.
SB 1.2.22 (1962): All transcendentalists, therefore, certainly render devotional service to Lord Krishna the Personality of Godhead with great delight and from time immemorial because such devotional service is enlivening to the self.
SB 1.2.23 (1962): The transcendental personality of Godhead is indirectly associated with the three modes of material nature namely goodness, passion ignorance and just for material world's creation, maintenance and destruction He accepts the three qualitative forms of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara trio. Out of them the Form of the quality of Goodness (Vishnu) is just suitable for deriving the ultimate benefit for all human beings.
SB 1.2.24 (1962): The fire wood is a transformation of the earth and smoke is better than the raw wood. And fire is still better because by fire we can derive so many benefits by superior knowledge (Vedas). Similarly Rajas quality of matter is better than the tamas quality but Satwa quality is the superior quality by which one can realise the Absolute Truth.
SB 1.2.25 (1962): All previous great sages rendered service unto the transcendental Personality of Godhead on account of His transcendental existence above the three modes of material nature,—for deriving ultimate benefit of being freed from the material conditions. Any one who follows such great authorities is also eligible for such liberation from this material world.
SB 1.2.26 (1962): Persons who are serious about liberation from the material conditions are certainly non-envious and respectful to all and yet they reject the horrible and ghastly forms of demigods and do worship the all blissful forms of Vishnu and His plenary portions.
SB 1.2.27 (1962): Those who are in the modes of passsion and ignorance and persons of the same category do worship the forms of forefathers, other living beings and the deities of the cosmic administration urged by a desire to be materially benefitted with women, wealth and aristocracy.
SB 1.2.28 (1962): The ultimate knowable object in the revealed scriptures is Sri Krishna the Personality of Godhead. The purpose of performing sacrifices is to please Him. The mystic paraphernalia are performed for realising Sri Krishna. All fruitive activities are ultimately rewarded by Him only. He is the Supreme knowledge and all severe austerities are performed to know Him. Religion means to do devotional service unto Him. And He is the Supreme Goal of life.
SB 1.2.29 (1962): That Absolute Personality of Godhead (Vasudeva) in the beginning of the material creation, created the causal and effectual energies in His transcendental position by His own internal energy.
SB 1.2.30 (1962): The Lord (Vasudeva) after creating the ingredients in potency expands Himself by entering into the creative elements. And although He is within the functional affairs and appears to be one of the created beings, He is fully enlightened in His transcendental position.
SB 1.2.31 (1962): The Lord Paramatma is surcharged like the fire in the wood within everything in matter and appears to be of many varieties although He is Absolute one without second.
SB 1.2.32 (1962): That Supersoul enters into the body of the created beings and influenced by the modes of material nature causes to enjoy, the living beings in different bodies, by the subtle mind the effects of the modes of nature.
SB 1.2.33 (1962): Thus the Lord of the universes maintains all the universal planets domiciled by the demigods, human beings or other than the human beings,—by His pastimes and incarnations just to reclaim the living beings there in the mode of pure goodness.