Bhagavata Tattva Vicara – A Thematic Study of Srimad Bhagavatam

About the Author Pavaneshwar Das, a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami, is a monk in ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Mumbai, India. He has studied Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya Caritamrta systematically at the Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha, Govardhan Ecovillage. He holds a master's degree in Electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He graduated with honors as a Gold medalist. an academic distinction rarely achieved.

He teaches Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti Vaibhav courses in the Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture and Education (BACE) at Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir. He also teaches Srimad Bhagavatam, especially the Cosmology section of the Fifth Canto for the Bhakti Vaibhava course at several places in India. He has given multiple seminars on the Fifth Canto at various places in Mumbai. He has presented the Bhagavata Cosmology at numerous ISKCON Centers in the US - Atlanta, Seattle, Kansas, Columbus and Flemington.

Introduction Every person has two types of characteristics, svarupa (personal) and ratastha (marginal), and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is no exception. In our present conditioned state, we have no experience of His personal features, and so if we hear these descriptions without proper commentary we may misconstrue them because of our strong material conditioning. However, whether we adopt the aggregate or the individual viewpoint, we can more easily understand the Lord's marginal characteristics manifested within the material nature, for they are within the scope of our personal experience.

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