Chatusloki Bhagavatam

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The Chatushloki Bhagavatam (चतुःश्लोकी भागवतम्) are four verses spoken by Lord Narayana to Brahmaji in the Bhagavata Purana (Canto 2, Chapter 9, verses 33–36).

Here they are in Sanskrit with English meaning:

1. Bhagavatam 2.9.33

अहं एव आसीम् एवाग्रे नान्यद् यत् सद् असत् परम्।

पश्चाद् अहं यद् एतच्च योऽवशिष्येत सोऽस्म्यहम्॥

Meaning:

Before creation, only I existed, and nothing else—neither the cause nor the effect. That which appears after creation is also Me, and whatever remains after dissolution is also Me alone.

2. Bhagavatam 2.9.34

ऋतेऽर्थं यत् प्रतीतं तत् न प्रतीतं च आत्मनि।

तद् विद्याद् आत्मनो मायां यथाऽऽभासो यथा तमः॥

Meaning:

What appears to have meaning, apart from Me, has no true existence. Know it as My illusory energy (Maya)—just like reflections and darkness, which seem real but are not independent of light.

3. Bhagavatam 2.9.35

यथा महान्ति भूतानि भूतेषूच्चावचेष्वनु।

प्रविष्टान्यप्रविष्टानि तथा तेषु न तेष्वहम्॥

Meaning:

Just as the great elements (earth, water, fire, air, space) enter into all beings—remaining both within and outside them—similarly, I exist in all beings, yet I am also beyond them.

4. Bhagavatam 2.9.36

एतावदेव जिज्ञास्यं तत्त्वजिज्ञासुनात्मनः।

अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यां यत् स्यात् सर्वत्र सर्वदा॥

Meaning:

Therefore, one who seeks the Absolute Truth should inquire into this: by seeing both the direct (presence) and indirect (absence) aspects, one should understand Me everywhere and always.

✨ These four verses are considered the seed essence of the entire Srimad Bhagavatam. All 12 Cantos are expansions of these four shlokas.

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