Source

A curated selection of the most spiritually and philosophically luminous verses of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam) — one of the eighteen great Purāṇas and the foundational scripture of the bhakti (devotional) tradition — spanning all twelve cantos, from the opening invocation and Sūta's teaching on selfless devotion, through Kapila's yoga, Prahlāda's prayers, and Gajendra's surrender, to the Uddhava Gītā. Each verse is a fresh, faithful contemporary English rendering made directly from the Sanskrit and checked for fidelity by an independent adversarial review (no clause omitted, nothing added, no meaning reversed).

Tradition

Hindu

Source text

Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam) — Selected Verses

Chapter

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.7

Verse / page

BP.1.7.7