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  1. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/26/2
    ऋषिरुवाच त्रिगुणत्वात्कर्तुः श्रद्धया कर्मगतयः पृथग्विधाः सर्वा एव सर्वस्य तारतम्येन भवन्ति ॥ ५-२६-२ ॥RSiruvAca triguNatvAtkartuH zraddhayA karmagatayaH pRthagvidhAH sarvA eva sarvasya tAratamyena bhavanti ॥ 5-26-2 ॥The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in this material world there are three kinds of activities — those in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Because all people are influenced by the three modes of material nature, the results of their activities are also divided into three. One who acts in the mode of goodness is religious and happy, one who acts in passion achieves mixed misery and happiness, and one who acts under the influence of ignorance is always unhappy and lives like an animal. Because of the varying degrees to which the living entities are influenced by the different modes of nature, their destinations are also of different varieties. ॥ 5-26-2 ॥
  2. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/25/8
    य एष एवमनुश्रुतो ध्यायमानो मुमुक्षूणामनादिकालकर्मवासनाग्रथितमविद्यामयं हृदयग्रन्थिं सत्त्वरजस्तमोमयमन्तर्हृदयं गत आशु निर्भिनत्ति तस्यानुभावान् भगवान् स्वायम्भुवो नारदः सह तुम्बुरुणा सभायां ब्रह्मणः संश्लोकयामास ॥ ५-२५-८ ॥ya eSa evamanuzruto dhyAyamAno mumukSUNAmanAdikAlakarmavAsanAgrathitamavidyAmayaM hRdayagranthiM sattvarajastamomayamantarhRdayaM gata Azu nirbhinatti tasyAnubhAvAn bhagavAn svAyambhuvo nAradaH saha tumburuNA sabhAyAM brahmaNaH saMzlokayAmAsa ॥ 5-25-8 ॥If persons who are very serious about being liberated from material life hear the glories of Anantadeva from the mouth of a spiritual master in the chain of disciplic succession, and if they always meditate upon Saṅkarṣaṇa, the Lord enters the cores of their hearts, vanquishes all the dirty contamination of the material modes of nature, and cuts to pieces the hard knot within the heart, which has been tied tightly since time immemorial by the desire to dominate material nature through fruitive activities. Nārada Muni, the son of Lord Brahmā, always glorifies Anantadeva in his father’s assembly. There he sings blissful verses of his own composition, accompanied by his stringed instrument ॥ or a celestial singer॥ known as Tumburu. ॥ 5-25-8 ॥
  3. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/25/6
    स एव भगवाननन्तोऽनन्तगुणार्णव आदिदेव उपसंहृतामर्षरोषवेगो लोकानां स्वस्तय आस्ते ॥ ५-२५-६ ॥sa eva bhagavAnananto'nantaguNArNava Adideva upasaMhRtAmarSaroSavego lokAnAM svastaya Aste ॥ 5-25-6 ॥Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is the ocean of unlimited spiritual qualities, and thus He is known as Anantadeva. He is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For the welfare of all living entities within this material world, He resides in His abode, restraining His anger and intolerance. ॥ 5-25-6 ॥
  4. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/25/1
    श्रीशुक उवाच तस्य मूलदेशे त्रिंशद्योजनसहस्रान्तर आस्ते या वै कला भगवतस्तामसी समाख्यातानन्त इति सात्वतीया द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः सङ्कर्षणमहमित्यभिमानलक्षणं यं सङ्कर्षणमित्याचक्षते ॥ ५-२५-१ ॥zrIzuka uvAca tasya mUladeze triMzadyojanasahasrAntara Aste yA vai kalA bhagavatastAmasI samAkhyAtAnanta iti sAtvatIyA draSTRdRzyayoH saGkarSaNamahamityabhimAnalakSaNaM yaM saGkarSaNamityAcakSate ॥ 5-25-1 ॥Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, approximately 240,000 miles beneath the planet Pātāla lives another incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the expansion of Lord Viṣṇu known as Lord Ananta or Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. He is always in the transcendental position, but because He is worshiped by Lord Śiva, the deity of tamo-guṇa or darkness, He is sometimes called tāmasī. Lord Ananta is the predominating Deity of the material mode of ignorance as well as the false ego of all conditioned souls. When a conditioned living being thinks, “I am the enjoyer, and this world is meant to be enjoyed by me,” this conception of life is dictated to him by Saṅkarṣaṇa. Thus the mundane conditioned soul thinks himself the Supreme Lord. ॥ 5-25-1 ॥
  5. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/29
    ततोऽधस्तान्महातले काद्रवेयाणां सर्पाणां नैकशिरसां क्रोधवशो नाम गणः कुहकतक्षककालियसुषेणादिप्रधाना महाभोगवन्तः पतत्त्रिराजाधिपतेः पुरुषवाहादनवरतमुद्विजमानाः स्वकलत्रापत्यसुहृत्कुटुम्बसङ्गेन क्वचित्प्रमत्ता विहरन्ति ॥ ५-२४-२९ ॥tato'dhastAnmahAtale kAdraveyANAM sarpANAM naikazirasAM krodhavazo nAma gaNaH kuhakatakSakakAliyasuSeNAdipradhAnA mahAbhogavantaH patattrirAjAdhipateH puruSavAhAdanavaratamudvijamAnAH svakalatrApatyasuhRtkuTumbasaGgena kvacitpramattA viharanti ॥ 5-24-29 ॥The planetary system below Talātala is known as Mahātala. It is the abode of many-hooded snakes, descendants of Kadrū, who are always very angry. The great snakes who are prominent are Kuhaka, Takṣaka, Kāliya and Suṣeṇa. The snakes in Mahātala are always disturbed by fear of Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, but although they are full of anxiety, some of them nevertheless sport with their wives, children, friends and relatives. ॥ 5-24-29 ॥
  6. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/28
    ततोऽधस्तात्तलातले मयो नाम दानवेन्द्रस्त्रिपुराधिपतिर्भगवता पुरारिणा त्रिलोकीशं चिकीर्षुणा निर्दग्धस्वपुरत्रयः तत्प्रसादाल्लब्धपदो मायाविनामाचार्यो महादेवेन परिरक्षितो विगतसुदर्शनभयो महीयते ॥ ५-२४-२८ ॥tato'dhastAttalAtale mayo nAma dAnavendrastripurAdhipatirbhagavatA purAriNA trilokIzaM cikIrSuNA nirdagdhasvapuratrayaH tatprasAdAllabdhapado mAyAvinAmAcAryo mahAdevena parirakSito vigatasudarzanabhayo mahIyate ॥ 5-24-28 ॥Beneath the planet known as Sutala is another planet, called Talātala, which is ruled by the Dānava demon named Maya. Maya is known as the ācārya ॥ master॥ of all the māyāvīs, who can invoke the powers of sorcery. For the benefit of the three worlds, Lord Śiva, who is known as Tripurāri, once set fire to the three kingdoms of Maya, but later, being pleased with him, he returned his kingdom. Since that time, Maya Dānava has been protected by Lord Śiva, and therefore he falsely thinks that he need not fear the Sudarśana cakra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ॥ 5-24-28 ॥
  7. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/27
    तस्यानुचरितमुपरिष्टाद्विस्तरिष्यते यस्य भगवान् स्वयमखिलजगद्गुरुर्नारायणो द्वारि गदापाणिरवतिष्ठते निजजनानुकम्पितहृदयो येनाङ्गुष्ठेन पदा दशकन्धरो योजनायुतायुतं दिग्विजय उच्चाटितः ॥ ५-२४-२७ ॥tasyAnucaritamupariSTAdvistariSyate yasya bhagavAn svayamakhilajagadgururnArAyaNo dvAri gadApANiravatiSThate nijajanAnukampitahRdayo yenAGguSThena padA dazakandharo yojanAyutAyutaM digvijaya uccATitaH ॥ 5-24-27 ॥Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, how shall I glorify the character of Bali Mahārāja? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the three worlds, who is most compassionate to His own devotee, stands with club in hand at Bali Mahārāja’s door. When Rāvaṇa, the powerful demon, came to gain victory over Bali Mahārāja, Vāmanadeva kicked him a distance of eighty thousand miles with His big toe. I shall explain the character and activities of Bali Mahārāja later ॥ in the Eighth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam॥. ॥ 5-24-27 ॥
  8. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/21
    तद्भक्तानामात्मवतां सर्वेषामात्मन्यात्मद आत्मतयैव ॥ ५-२४-२१ ॥tadbhaktAnAmAtmavatAM sarveSAmAtmanyAtmada Atmatayaiva ॥ 5-24-21 ॥The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul, sells Himself to His devotees such as Nārada Muni. In other words, the Lord gives pure love to such devotees and gives Himself to those who love Him purely. Great, self-realized mystic yogīs such as the four Kumāras also derive great transcendental bliss from realizing the Supersoul within themselves. ॥ 5-24-21 ॥
  9. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/20
    यस्य ह वाव क्षुतपतनप्रस्खलनादिषु विवशः सकृन्नामाभिगृणन् पुरुषः कर्मबन्धनमञ्जसा विधुनोति यस्य हैव प्रतिबाधनं मुमुक्षवोऽन्यथैवोपलभन्ते ॥ ५-२४-२० ॥yasya ha vAva kSutapatanapraskhalanAdiSu vivazaH sakRnnAmAbhigRNan puruSaH karmabandhanamaJjasA vidhunoti yasya haiva pratibAdhanaM mumukSavo'nyathaivopalabhante ॥ 5-24-20 ॥If one who is embarrassed by hunger or who falls down or stumbles chants the holy name of the Lord even once, willingly or unwillingly, he is immediately freed from the reactions of his past deeds. Karmīs entangled in material activities face many difficulties in the practice of mystic yoga and other endeavors to achieve that same freedom. ॥ 5-24-20 ॥
  10. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/24/18
    ततोऽधस्तात्सुतले उदारश्रवाः पुण्यश्लोको विरोचनात्मजो बलिर्भगवता महेन्द्रस्य प्रियं चिकीर्षमाणेनादितेर्लब्धकायो भूत्वा वटुवामनरूपेण पराक्षिप्तलोकत्रयो भगवदनुकम्पयैव पुनः प्रवेशित इन्द्रादिष्वविद्यमानया सुसमृद्धया श्रियाभिजुष्टः स्वधर्मेणाराधयंस्तमेव भगवन्तमाराधनीयमपगतसाध्वस आस्तेऽधुनापि ॥ ५-२४-१८ ॥tato'dhastAtsutale udArazravAH puNyazloko virocanAtmajo balirbhagavatA mahendrasya priyaM cikIrSamANenAditerlabdhakAyo bhUtvA vaTuvAmanarUpeNa parAkSiptalokatrayo bhagavadanukampayaiva punaH pravezita indrAdiSvavidyamAnayA susamRddhayA zriyAbhijuSTaH svadharmeNArAdhayaMstameva bhagavantamArAdhanIyamapagatasAdhvasa Aste'dhunApi ॥ 5-24-18 ॥Below the planet Vitala is another planet, known as Sutala, where the great son of Mahārāja Virocana, Bali Mahārāja, who is celebrated as the most pious king, resides even now. For the welfare of Indra, the King of heaven, Lord Viṣṇu appeared in the form of a dwarf brahmacārī as the son of Aditi and tricked Bali Mahārāja by begging for only three paces of land but taking all the three worlds. Being very pleased with Bali Mahārāja for giving all his possessions, the Lord returned his kingdom and made him richer than the opulent King Indra. Even now, Bali Mahārāja engages in devotional service by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the planet of Sutala. ॥ 5-24-18 ॥