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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.1
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, unless one is influenced by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the relationship of the pure soul in pure consciousness with the material body. That relationship is just like a dreamer’s seeing his own body working." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/1
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.2
"The illusioned living entity appears in so many forms offered by the external energy of the Lord. While enjoying in the modes of material nature, the encaged living entity misconceives, thinking in terms of “I” and “mine.”" https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/2
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.3
"As soon as the living entity becomes situated in his constitutional glory and begins to enjoy the transcendence beyond time and material energy, he at once gives up the two misconceptions of life [I and mine] and thus becomes fully manifested as the pure self." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.10
"In that personal abode of the Lord, the material modes of ignorance and passion do not prevail, nor is there any of their influence in goodness. There is no predominance of the influence of time, so what to speak of the illusory, external energy; it cannot enter that region. Without discrimination, both the demigods and the demons worship the Lord as devotees." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/10
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.25-26
"Lord Brahmā said: O Personality of Godhead, You are situated in every living entity’s heart as the supreme director, and therefore You are aware of all endeavors by Your superior intelligence, without any hindrance whatsoever." "In spite of that, my Lord, I am praying to You to kindly fulfill my desire. May I please be informed how, in spite of Your transcendental form, You assume the mundane form, although You have no such form at all." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/25 & https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.33
"Brahmā, it is I, the Personality of Godhead, who was existing before the creation, when there was nothing but Myself. Nor was there the material nature, the cause of this creation. That which you see now is also I, the Personality of Godhead, and after annihilation what remains will also be I, the Personality of Godhead." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/33
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.34
"O Brahmā, whatever appears to be of any value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality. Know it as My illusory energy, that reflection which appears to be in darkness." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/34
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.35
"O Brahmā, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos and at the same time do not enter into the cosmos; similarly, I Myself also exist within everything created, and at the same time I am outside of everything." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.36
"A person who is searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, must certainly search for it up to this, in all circumstances, in all space and time, and both directly and indirectly." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/9/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.1
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are ten divisions of statements regarding the following: the creation of the universe, subcreation, planetary systems, protection by the Lord, the creative impetus, the change of Manus, the science of God, returning home, back to Godhead, liberation, and the summum bonum." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/1
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.3
"The elementary creation of sixteen items of matter — namely the five elements [fire, water, land, air and sky], sound, form, taste, smell, touch, and the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin and mind — is known as sarga, whereas subsequent resultant interaction of the modes of material nature is called visarga." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.4
"The right situation for the living entities is to obey the laws of the Lord and thus be in perfect peace of mind under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Manus and their laws are meant to give right direction in life. The impetus for activity is the desire for fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/4