Inference on Creation, Secondary Creation, Destruction of World ,Manifestation Creation of the world continued, genesis of brahma,vAyu and others, creation of the universe, shriHari’s matsya and other incarnation, rAmAvatAra 3.1 - praise of srivyAsa 3.2 - praise of srirAma 3.3 - praise of kRushNa 3.4 - explanation of the meaning of nArAyanaM namaskRutya and other verses 3.5 - jaya means bharata, narOttama(best among men) is vAyu 3.7 - nara is upasAdhaka and mahAlakshmi is dEvi 3.8 - intializing the topic 3.9 - continuation of the process of creation - genesis of brahma 3.10 - vAyu is born as the son of saMkarshana and jayA 3.11 - saraswati and bhArati devi are born from pradyumna and kRuti 3.12 - shEsha and garuDa are created by brahmA and vAyu 3.14 - origin of vishwaksEna 3.15 - Creation of tattvas(realities) by aniruddha 3.16 - Creation of mahat-tattva, ahaMkAra tattwa, buddhi tattwa 3.17 - Creation of mind and other realities 3.18 - brahmA devaru creates all the deities 3.19 - The three forms of viShNu - brahma,viShNu,mahEshwara originate from vasudEva and mAyE 3.20 - deities request to create the universe. 3.21 - Creation of the universe. 3.22 - bramhadEvaru arises from the lotus like navel 3.23 - examination of vAyu being the greatest among souls 3.25 - creation of the universe and shiva and other deities by brahma 3.29 - Creation that is a reminder of the gradation among the deities. 3.30 - reasons for predominance of qualities 3.31 - the manner in which shriHari is present during pralaya 3.32 - repetition of creation by shriHari - permanence of souls 3.33 - dissolution of the universe 3.34 - the reward for gaining the knowledge of shriHari’s power of creation 3.36 - deities incarnate again from kashyapa 3.37 - varAha incarnation of shrIhari 3.38 - hiraNyAksha and hiraNyakashipu 3.39 - varAha slays hiraNyaksha 3.40 - assassination of hayagrIvAsura by matsyarUpa hari 3.41 - incarnation as matsya 3.42 - deities request of narasimha incarnation 3.44 - kUrma who bore the weight of mandara mountain during the churning of ocean 3.45 - incarnation of vAmana 3.47 - reason for begging bali 3.48 - request for parashurama incarnation 3.51 - incarnation as parashurama 3.52 - birth of rAvaNa and kumbhakarNa - gaining of boons 3.56 - measurement of time - A day in the life of brahma 3.58 - slaying of madhu and kaitabha 3.63 - incarnation of shrirAma 3.64 - deities incarnate as humans and monkies. 3.65 - vAyu incarnates as hanumaMta - iMdra incarnates as vAli 3.66 - birth of sugrIva and jAmbuvanta 3.68 - birth of tAra and others 3.72 - varuNa as suShENA, ashwini dEvatAs as maiMda vividha, agni as nIla,kAma as bharata 3.73 - mahAlakshmi as sIhari’s conch and discus 3.74 - vAyu as mace - saraswati as shArNga 3.75 - respective deities for chakra and others 3.76 - incarnations of bharata, shatrugna, lakshmana 3.77 - Four sons of dasharatha 3.78 - four forms starting from vasudeva as fours sons of dasharatha 3.79 - shrIhari’s special presence in kArtavIryArjuna and others 3.80 - mahAlakshmi’s manifestation as sIta 3.81 - epilogue of the chapter 3.82 - discussion on differences in chapters. |