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Here's is HpSwami's Essay for the week.
ASA - BhVai = One chapter, Memorize One verse, Write One page Each Week!

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SB 1.16

We like our analysis of the verse groups in the above summary. Maharaja Pariksit (MP) assumes the service of protecting the people after his granfathers leave but then he gets a sniff of the appearance of Kali-yuga. So, he goes out to find him and fight or die.

This chapter and the next fit together as a unit very closely. Now we are coming closer and closer to the meeting of MP and Suka-deva Goswami (SG) and thus the appearance of Srimad Bhagavatam (SB), our very means back home, back to Godhead!

There is so much description of the situacion in Kali-yuga in these two chapters. This is important because we have to do our service in Kali-yuga. Also, there is a lot of description of Raja-dhama in Kali-yuga, how ot practically deal with Kali-yuga. We find this interesting because we can replace the words, “King” and “Kingdom”, in the chapters with “GBC” and “ISKCON” and get a very immediate view of what is happening.

These are some of the specific notes that we added to our Index:

Chapter in General

-Kali-yuga = SB 1.16.4,19, 20, 21, 31 Sudras disguised as Ksatriyas, four principles prominent, world become hell for the animals and uninhabitable for saner people, women et al unprotected so seek independence, marriage in name only, brahmanas become expert technicians but morally most degraded, many student, Ajamilas, first symptom is attack on VAD

-VAD = SB 1.16,  M. Pariksit in Relations to Kali-yuga

Text 1 – Bibliography = Three principle Dharma-sastra authors are Manu, Yajnavalkya and Parasara.

Text 2 – VAD = Incest;   Biography = Janamejaya Maharaja.

3 – VAD (Ksatriya) = Satisfied citizens do not revolt.

4 – VAD (Brahman) = Brahmanas, Milk, Mode of Goodness;      VAD (Ksatriya) = Protect cow and Brahmana first.

7.  Biographies (Yamaraja) = Great devotee, likes invitations to Kirtana.

8. Yoga-ladder = Avoid death by becoming accustomed to hear Krsna’s pastimes.

10. Four-regs = “Taking pleasure in gambling”, but is gambling inevitable?; 4-sins are root cause of quarrel.

12. Cosmology = Varsas are Continents, Planets are Dvipas

13. Kaunteya pratijanihi = Devotees never subjected to apparent dangers, these glorify Lord.

20. VAD = General classification to Candalas.

22. VAD = Classifications – Ksatriyas are meant for administration and Brahmanas are meant for knowledge.

25. Four-regs = The best part of valor is to maintain the principles despite all odds.

26-30. Krsna’s Qualities; Cosmology = Krsna is the Control Switch of the material energy; “Sri Krsna Govinda, Hare Murare, He Natha Narayana, Vasudevaya”.

31 VAD = Distinction between animal and human life begins with VAD; Bibliography = Rama-carita-manasa; Biography = Tulsi Das (Supports Brahmana by Birthright)

32 Peace, Prosperity and Friendship; Ecology

33. Demons = Enjoy life even at cost of happiness of others.

35. Biography = Bhumi feels more separation from Krsna than Laksmi.