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Srimad Bhagavata-Mahapurana
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Mahatmya |
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Number of Discourses |
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1 |
A dialogue between Narada and Bhakti (in a living form) |
1 |
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2 |
A dialogue between the Kumaras and Narada |
8 |
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3 |
Cessation of Bhakti's Suffering |
15 |
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4 |
Redemption of a Brahmana (Atmadeva) |
22 |
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5 |
How Gokarna attained final beatitude (alongwith others) |
29 |
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6 |
The procedure of hearing Srimad Bhagavata (in a week) detailed |
36 |
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Book One
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1 |
Saunaka and other sages interrogate the famous Suta (Ugrasrava) |
1 |
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2 |
Glory of the Lord's narrative and of Devotion to Him |
4 |
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3 |
The Lord's Avataras or Descents into the world of matter |
8 |
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4 |
A sense of frustration overtakes Vedavyasa |
12 |
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5 |
Glory of singing the Lord's praises and an account of Devarsi Narada's previous life |
16 |
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6 |
The rest of the story of Narada's previous birth |
20 |
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7 |
Aswatthama assassinates Draupadi's sons and Arjuna in his turn curbs his pride. |
24 |
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8 |
The Lord delivers Pariksit in the womb and is extolled by Kunti; Yudhisthira gives way to grief |
29 |
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9 |
Yudhisthira and others call on Bhisma and the latter drops his mortal coil, extolling Sri Krsna |
35 |
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10 |
Sri Krsna's Departure to Dwaraka |
40 |
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11 |
Right royal reception of Sri Krsna at Dwaraka |
45 |
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12 |
Birth of Pariksit |
49 |
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13 |
Departure of Dhrtarastra and his wife Gandhari, for the forest at the instance of Vidura |
53 |
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14 |
King Yudhisthira grows apprehensive at the sight of evil omens and Arjuna returns from Dwaraka |
60 |
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15 |
Stricken and grief at their separation from Sri Krsna, the Pandavas install Pariksit on the throne of Hastinapura and ascend to heaven |
64 |
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16 |
Conquest of the world by king Pariksit and the dialogue between Dharma (the god of piety) and Mother Earth |
71 |
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17 |
King Pariksit subdues Kali |
76 |
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18 |
The youthful sage Srngi utters an imprecation against king Pariksit |
80 |
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19 |
Pariksit takes a vow of fasting till death and Suka pays a visit to him |
83 |
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Book Two
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1 |
The process of meditation and the cosmic form of the Lord described |
91 |
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Concentration on the gross and subtle forms of the Lord and the two types of Mukti (Liberation), viz., Kramamukti or gradual Liberation and Sadyomukti or immediate Liberation |
95 |
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3 |
Worship of different deities for the gratification of various desires and the superiority of Devotion to the Lord |
101 |
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4 |
The king asks a question about the creation of the universe and the sage Suka commences his discourse |
104 |
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5 |
A description of the cosmos |
107 |
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6 |
Glories of the Cosmic Being |
112 |
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7 |
The stories of the Lord's sportful descents |
118 |
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8 |
King Pariksit asks various questions of the sage Suka |
128 |
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9 |
Brahma beholds the divine Abode of the Lord and is taught by Him the text of the Bhagavata, consisting of four couplets only |
132 |
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10 |
The ten characteristic features of the Bhagavata |
138 |
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Book Three
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1 |
Meeting of Uddhava and Vidura |
145 |
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2 |
Uddhava recounts the childish sports of the Lord |
151 |
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3 |
A brief survey of the Lord's other exploits |
155 |
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4 |
As directed by Uddhava, Vidura calls on the sage Maitreya |
158 |
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5 |
The sage Maitreya describes the process of creation in reply to Vidura's question |
163 |
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6 |
Appearance of the cosmic Body |
169 |
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7 |
Vidura's questions |
174 |
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8 |
Brahma's manifestation |
178 |
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9 |
Brahma extols the Lord. |
183 |
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10 |
Description of the tenfold creation |
189 |
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11 |
Divisions of time such as Manvantara and so on |
193 |
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12 |
The multiplication of creation |
198 |
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13 |
The Lord's Descent as the Divine Boar |
205 |
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14 |
Diti's conception |
212 |
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15 |
Sanaka and his three brothers pronounce a curse against Jaya and Vijaya |
217 |
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16 |
The fall of Jaya and Vijaya from Vaikuntha |
225 |
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17 |
Birth of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa and the latter's conquest of the four quarters |
229 |
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18 |
Encounter of the divine Boar with Hiranyaksa |
233 |
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19 |
Death of Hiranyaksa |
236 |
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20 |
The various species of living beings created by Brahma |
240 |
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21 |
The sage Kardama practises austere penance and the Lord confers a boon on him |
245 |
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22 |
The sage Kardama accepts the hand of Devahuti |
252 |
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23 |
Amorous pastimes of Kardama and Devahuti |
256 |
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24 |
Descent of Lord Kapila |
262 |
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25 |
Lord Kapila expatiates on the glory of Devotion in response to the query of mother Devahuti |
267 |
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26 |
The process of evolution of the Mahat-tattva and other fundamental principles |
271 |
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27 |
How to attain Liberation through the differentiation of Matter and Spirit? |
280 |
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28 |
The process of the eightfold Yoga |
283 |
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29 |
True meaning of devotion and the glory of Time |
289 |
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30 |
Downfall of men attacked to their body, house etc. |
294 |
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31 |
The stages of growth of a human embryo. |
297 |
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32 |
Destiny of the souls departing from this world by the "Bright Path", the "Dark Path" and so on, and the superiority of Bhaktiyoga |
303 |
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33 |
Devahuti receives the light of wisdom and attains final beatitude |
308 |
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Book Four
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The Progeny of Swayambhuva Manu's Daughters |
313 |
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Ill-feeling between Lord Siva and Daksa |
319 |
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3 |
Sati insists on joining the sacrificial festival at her father's |
323 |
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4 |
Sati burns herself with the fire of Yoga |
326 |
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5 |
Virabhadra wrecks Daksa's sacrifice and beheads him |
331 |
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6 |
Brahma and the other gods proceed to Kailasa and appease Lord Siva |
335 |
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7 |
Completion of Daksa's sacrifice |
341 |
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8 |
Dhruva's departure for the woods |
350 |
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9 |
Dhruva returns home after receiving a boon from the Lord |
358 |
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10 |
Uttama's death at the hands of the Yaksas and Dhruva's encounter with them |
365 |
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11 |
Swayambhuva Manu intervenes and persuades Dhruva to cease fighting. |
368 |
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12 |
Kubera confers a boon on Dhruva, who ascends to the abode of Lord Visnu |
372 |
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13 |
Dhruva's posterity and the narrative of king Anga |
378 |
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14 |
The story of king Vena |
382 |
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15 |
Descent and coronation of king Prthu |
387 |
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16 |
Glorification of king Prthu by the bards |
390 |
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17 |
King Prthu gets angry with Earth and the latter extols him |
394 |
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18 |
King Prthu milks Goddess Earth in the form of a cow |
398 |
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19 |
King Prthu milks Goddess Earth in the form of a cow |
398 |
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20 |
Lord Visnu manifests Himself in the sacrificial hall of king Prthu |
406 |
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21 |
King Prthu's teaching to his subjects |
411 |
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22 |
The sage Sanaka and his three brothers impart instruction to king Prthu |
417 |
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23 |
King Prthu practises asceticism and departs for the other world |
425 |
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24 |
The hymn sung by Lord Siva (and taught to the Pracetas) |
429 |
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25 |
Introductory part of the parable of Puranjana |
438 |
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26 |
Puranjana goes a hunting to the forest and the queen gets angry with him |
444 |
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27 |
Raid of Candavega against the capital o Puranjana and the story of Kalakanya |
446 |
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28 |
Puranjana is reborn as a woman and attains liberation through the teaching of his friend, Avijnata |
449 |
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29 |
The dialogue between king Pracinabarhi and the sage Narada (continued) |
455 |
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30 |
Bhagavan Visnu confers a boon on the Pracetas, who then return to their city and marry the foster-daughter of the trees. |
465 |
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31 |
The story of the Pracetas |
471 |
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Book Five
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1 |
The story of Priyavrata |
475 |
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An account of Agnidhra |
481 |
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3 |
The descent of Lord Rsabha |
485 |
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4 |
The sovereignty of Rsabha |
489 |
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5 |
Lord Rsabhadeva instructs His sons and Himself takes to the life of an ascetic who has shaken off worldly feeling and obligation |
492 |
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6 |
Lord Rsabha quits His body |
498 |
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7 |
The story of Bharata |
501 |
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8 |
Bharata conceives an infatuation for a fawn and is reborn as a deer |
504 |
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9 |
Bharata reborn for a second time in a Brahmana family |
509 |
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10 |
T he meeting of Jadabharata with king Rahugana |
514 |
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11 |
Bharata's teaching to king Rahugana |
519 |
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12 |
Bharata Answers the query of Rahugana |
522 |
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13 |
Bharata allegorically represents this state or worldly existence as a forest and the doubts of Rahugana get resolved |
525 |
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14 |
Jadabharata elucidated the meaning of the allegory |
529 |
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15 |
An account of Priyavrata's posterity continued |
536 |
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16 |
A description of the terrestrial world |
539 |
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17 |
An account of the descent of the holy Ganga and a song of praise to Lord Sankarsana by the divine Sankara |
544 |
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18 |
A description of (the various Varsas) of the terrestrial globe continued |
549 |
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19 |
The description of Jambudwipa concluded |
556 |
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20 |
A description of the other six Dwipas and the mountain-range called Lokaloka |
562 |
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21 |
A description of the stellar sphere as well as of the chariot of the sun-god and his entourage |
570 |
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22 |
The relative position of the planets and their movements |
575 |
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23 |
The disposition of the stellar sphere represented in the form of a dolphin |
580 |
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24 |
The position of Rahu etc. and the limits of the heaven like subterranean regions |
583 |
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25 |
A supplement to the description of the subterranean system |
589 |
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26 |
A description of the infernal regions |
593 |
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Book Six
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1 |
The introductory part of the story of Ajamila |
603 |
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The messengers of Lord Visnu expound the Bhagavata Dharma (the cult of Devotion) and Ajamila ascends to the Lord's supreme Abode |
611 |
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3 |
A dialogue between Yama (the god of retribution) and his messengers |
618 |
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4 |
Daksa extols the Lord, who appears in person before him |
623 |
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5 |
Narada subjected to an execration (by Daksa) |
631 |
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6 |
The posterity of Daksa through his sixty daughters |
637 |
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7 |
Deserted by the sage Brhaspati, the gods choose Viswarupa for their preceptor |
642 |
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8 |
The text of the (holy) Narayana-Kavaca (a prayer invoking the protection of Lord Narayana) taught (to Indra) |
647 |
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9 |
Indra slays Viswarupa; and routed by the demon Vrtra (the younger brother of Viswarupa), the gods call on the sage Dadhici at the instance of the Lord |
654 |
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10 |
An account of the conflict between Indra and Vrtra |
664 |
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11 |
Vrtra's teaching to Indra. |
667 |
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12 |
The demon Vrtra slain |
671 |
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13 |
Indra's Victory |
675 |
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14 |
The lament of Citraketu |
678 |
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15 |
Citraketu consoled |
685 |
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16 |
Citraketu realizes (his oneness with) the Supreme Spirit |
688 |
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17 |
Citraketu cursed (by goddess Parvati) |
696 |
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18 |
An account of the birth of the Maruts (the forty-nine wind-gods) |
701 |
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19 |
The procedure of observing the sacred vow of Pumsavana |
710 |
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Book Seven
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1 |
A dialogue between Narada and Yudhisthira; the story of Jaya and Vijaya |
714 |
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2 |
Hiranyakasipu rids his mother (Diti) of her grief (caused by the death of his younger brother, Hiranyaksa) |
719 |
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3 |
Hiranyakasipu asks a number of boons (of Brahma, who is pleased with his austerities) |
726 |
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4 |
Hiranyakasipu's atrocities and Prahrada's virtues recounted |
731 |
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5 |
Hiranyakasipu attempts the life of Prahrada |
736 |
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6 |
Prahrada's teaching to the demon boys |
742 |
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7 |
(Prahrada's) teaching to the Daityas' sons |
746 |
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8 |
Lord Nrsimha extolled on the death of the demon king (at His hands) |
752 |
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9 |
A Eulogy of the Lord (by Prahrada) |
760 |
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10 |
(The story of) the conquest of Tripura |
771 |
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11 |
An Inquiry into right conduct |
779 |
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12 |
An inquiry into right conduct (continued) |
786 |
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13 |
The course of conduct prescribed for a Sanyasi and a dialogue between an Avadhuta and Prahrada |
791 |
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14 |
An inquiry into right conduct (continued) |
791 |
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15 |
An inquiry into right conduct (concluded) |
803 |
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Book Eight
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1 |
The Manvantaras described |
818 |
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The lord of elephants is caught in the grip of an alligator |
823 |
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3 |
The leader of the elephants extols the Lord and is rescued from the dangerous situation |
827 |
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4 |
Deliverance of the lord of the elephants |
833 |
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5 |
The gods resort to Brahma and the latter glorifies the Lord |
837 |
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6 |
Transportation of Mount Mandara (to serve as a churn-staff for stirring the ocean of milk) |
844 |
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The gods and demons proceed to churn the ocean and Lord Siva drinks the poison appearing out of it. |
849 |
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8 |
The manifestation (in a personal form) of the Lords' (own) enchanting potency |
855 |
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Appearing in the form of Mohini (an enchanting damsel), the Lord deals out nectar among the gods |
861 |
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10 |
Outbreak of hostilities between the gods and the Asuras |
864 |
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11 |
Conclusion of the conflict between the god and the demons |
870 |
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12 |
Infatuation of Lord Sankara |
874 |
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13 |
An account of the (Concluding eight) Manvantaras |
880 |
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14 |
Functions of a Manu and other functionaries holding office in his administration |
884 |
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15 |
Conquest of heaven by Bali |
886 |
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16 |
The procedure of (observing the vow of) Payovrata disclosed to Aditi |
890 |
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17 |
The Lord manifests Himself before Aditi and grants her desired boon |
897 |
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18 |
The Lord appears as the divine Dwarf and visits the sacrificial performance of Bali |
900 |
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19 |
The Lord asks three paces of land of Bali, who gives his word; while Sukra remonstrates with him against this course |
905 |
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20 |
A vision of the Cosmic Body (of the Lord) |
910 |
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21 |
Bali put in bonds |
914 |
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22 |
A dialogue between king Bali and Lord Vamana |
918 |
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23 |
Freed from bondage, Bali enters the region of Sutala |
923 |
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24 |
The story of the descent of the divine fish recounted. |
926 |
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Volume II
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Book Nine
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1 |
The story of King Sudyumna, son of Vaivaswata Manu |
1 |
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The posterity of Karusa and other four sons of Vaivaswata Manu |
5 |
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3 |
The story of the Sage Cyavana and his wife Sukanya; the posterity of King Saryati |
9 |
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4 |
The stories of Nabhaga and king Ambarisa |
12 |
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5 |
The story of Ambarisa (concluded) |
21 |
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6 |
the posterity of Ikswaku: the stories of Mandhata and the sage Saubhari |
24 |
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7 |
The story of King Hariscandra |
30 |
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8 |
The story of King Sagara |
34 |
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9 |
The story of King Bhagiratha: the descent of the holy Ganga |
38 |
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10 |
An account of Sri Rama's pastimes |
44 |
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11 |
The other pastimes of Sri Rama |
51 |
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12 |
The genealogy of (the remaining kings of) Ikswaku's line |
55 |
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13 |
The posterity of Nimi described |
57 |
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14 |
A brief survey of the Lunar Dynasty |
60 |
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15 |
The stories of Rcika, Jamadagni and Parasurama |
64 |
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16 |
Extermination of the Ksatriyas by Parasurama: an account o the posterity of the sage Viswamitra |
69 |
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17 |
The posterity of Kings Ksatravrddha, Raji and other of the Lunar Dynasty |
72 |
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18 |
The story of Yayati |
74 |
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19 |
Yayati's Renunciation |
79 |
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20 |
The posterity of Puru and the stories of Dusyanta and Bharata |
82 |
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21 |
The posterity of Bharata and the story of Rantideva |
86 |
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22 |
The genealogy of the Pancalas, the Kurus and the kings of Magadha |
90 |
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23 |
An account of the posterity of Anu, Druhyu, Turvasu and Yadu |
95 |
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24 |
An account of the posterity of Yadu |
99 |
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Book Ten (First Half)
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The Lord reassures Mother Earth; Vasudeva marries Devaki and Kamsa dispatches the six sons of Devaki |
105 |
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2 |
The Lord enters the womb of Devaki and is extolled by the gods |
112 |
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3 |
Advent of Lord Sri Krsna |
118 |
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4 |
Slipping from the grip of Kamsa, Yogamaya asgamaya ascends to the heavens and utters a prophecy |
124 |
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5 |
Festivities connected with the Birth of Lord Sri Krsna at Gokula |
129 |
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6 |
Deliverance of Putana |
132 |
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7 |
Deliverance of the demon Trnavarta |
138 |
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8 |
The Naming Ceremony of the Lord and His Infantile Sports |
143 |
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9 |
Grace (showered) on Yasoda |
149 |
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10 |
The imprecation pronounced (on Kubera's sons) by Narada (and their consequent redemption) |
151 |
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11 |
Destruction of Vatsasura and Bakasura |
156 |
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12 |
Deliverance of Aghasura |
161 |
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13 |
Brahma is seized with and ultimately rid of infatuation |
166 |
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14 |
Brahma extols the Lord |
174 |
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15 |
The demon Dhenuka slain |
183 |
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16 |
The Deliverance of Kaliya |
188 |
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17 |
The Lord rescues the inhabitants of Vraja from a wild fire |
196 |
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18 |
The Lord slays the demon Pralamba |
199 |
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19 |
The Lord swallows up a wild fire (again) |
202 |
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20 |
A description of the rains and Autumn |
204 |
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21 |
The Song Inspired by the Flute |
209 |
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22 |
The Lord steals away the garments of cowherd maids |
213 |
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23 |
Redemption of the wives of some Brahmanas engaged in a sacrifice |
217 |
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24 |
The Lord stops the sacrifice to Indra |
223 |
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25 |
The Lord lifts up Mount Govardhana |
227 |
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26 |
Nanda's conversation with the cowherds about Sri Krsna glory |
230 |
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27 |
Indra extols Sri Krsna |
332 |
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28 |
Sri Krsna rescues His father from the realm of Varuna |
235 |
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29 |
A description of the (celebrated) Rasa-Play (of the Lord) |
237 |
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30 |
The Gopis' Question for Sri Krsna during the Rasa-Play |
243 |
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31 |
The Gopis' Song (at the Lord's disappearance) during the Rasa-Play |
249 |
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32 |
The Lord comforts the Gopis during the Rasa-Play |
252 |
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33 |
A Description of the Rasa-Play |
255 |
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34 |
The Lord makes short work of Sankhacuda |
260 |
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35 |
The gopis' song in pairs of verses |
263 |
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36 |
Kamsa sends Akrura to Vraja to bring Sri Krsna and Balarama to Mathura |
267 |
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37 |
The demon Vyoma slain (by the Lord) |
271 |
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38 |
Akrura's arrival (in Vraja) |
275 |
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39 |
Departure of Sri Krsna and Balarama for Mathura |
280 |
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40 |
Akrura's eulogy (of the Lord) |
286 |
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41 |
Entry into Mathura (of Sri Krsna and Balarama) |
290 |
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42 |
A description of the amphitheatre for wrestlers (set up by Kamsa) |
296 |
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43 |
The elephant Kuvalayapida killed (by the Lord) |
300 |
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44 |
Kamsa slain (by the Lord) |
304 |
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45 |
The Lord brings back His preceptor's son (from the abode of Death) |
309 |
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46 |
The Lord relieves the agony of Nanda (by dispatching Uddhava to Vraja with a message of endearment) |
316 |
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47 |
Dialogue between Uddhava and gopis and ode to a black bee |
321 |
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48 |
The Lord pays a visit to Kubja (the hunchbacked woman) and Akrura at their respective places |
331 |
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49 |
Akrura's visit to Hastinapura |
336 |
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Book Ten (Latter Half)
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50 |
The Lord ensconces Himself in a fortress (built by Him in the western sea under the name of Dwaraka) |
340 |
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51 |
(Kalayavana gets burnt and) King Mucukunda glorifies the Lord |
347 |
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52 |
Sri Krsna's withdrawal to Dearaka; Balarama's marriage; Rukmini sends a Brahmana with a message to Sri Krsna |
354 |
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53 |
Sri Krsna carries away Rukmini |
360 |
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54 |
Discomfiture of Sisupala's allies and Rukmi and the espousal of Rukmini by Sri Krsna solemnized |
366 |
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55 |
The story of Pradyumna's birth (and the destruction of the demon Sambara) |
372 |
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56 |
The story of the Syamantaka gem; Sri Krsna weds Jambavati and Satyabhama |
376 |
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57 |
Syamantaka stolen; Satadhanva killed and Akrura recalled to Dwaraka |
381 |
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58 |
Sri Krsna's espousal with (the rest of) His eight principal spouses |
385 |
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59 |
The Lord snatches away (by force) a Parijata tree (from Indra's paradise) and kills the demon Naraka (the son of Mother Earth) |
391 |
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60 |
A dialogue between Sri Krsna and Rukmini |
398 |
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61 |
(A description of the Lord's progeny;) Rukmi killed (by Balarama) during Aniruddha's wedding |
405 |
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62 |
Aniruddha made captive |
409 |
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63 |
Aniruddha brought back (to Dwaraka) |
413 |
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64 |
the story of king Nrga |
418 |
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65 |
Baladeva triumphantly diverts the rive Yamuna from its course |
422 |
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66 |
Paundraka and others killed |
425 |
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67 |
Paundraka and (by Balarama) |
429 |
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68 |
triumph of Sankarsana-in the form of dragging Hastinapura |
431 |
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69 |
A Glimpse into the household life of Sri Krsna |
436 |
|
70 |
Sri Krsna's daily routine; kings taken captive by Jarasandha send their messenger to Sri Krsna |
436 |
|
71 |
Sri Krsna goes to Indraprastha |
446 |
|
72 |
Jarasandha killed |
451 |
|
73 |
Sri Krsna and others return to Indraprastha |
455 |
|
74 |
Sisupala killed (by Sri Krsna) |
458 |
|
75 |
Duryodhana's humiliation |
464 |
|
76 |
Salva's encounter with the Yadavas |
468 |
|
77 |
Salva's deliverance |
471 |
|
78 |
Deliverance of Dantavaktra and Viduratha; Suta killed by Sri Balarama during his Pilgrimage |
474 |
|
79 |
An account of Balarama's pilgrimage |
478 |
|
80 |
Sri Krsna's reception of Sudama |
481 |
|
81 |
the story of parched rice brought as a present (for Sri Krsna) by Sudama |
486 |
|
82 |
Meeting of the Vrsnis with the Gopas and Gopis (of Vrndavana) |
490 |
|
83 |
Conversation between Bhagavan Sri Krsna's consorts and Draupadi |
496 |
|
84 |
An Account of the pilgrimage (undertaken by Lord Sri Krsna) |
501 |
|
85 |
The Lord brings back (from the abode of Death) His (six) elder brothers (throttled by Kamsa) |
509 |
|
86 |
(Subhadra carried away by Arjuna;) the Lords grace on Srutadeva |
516 |
|
87 |
A Song of praise uttered by the Vedas (in their living form) |
522 |
|
88 |
Lord Rudra rescued (from trouble) |
533 |
|
89 |
(The three chief gods put to test by the sage Bhrgu;) the Lord brings back the (dead) sons of a Brahmana |
537 |
|
90 |
The Story of (the amorous sports of) Sri Krsna narrated |
544 |
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Book Eleven
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|
|
1 |
The curse of the Rasis invoking the destruction of Yadu's race |
551 |
|
2 |
Narada visits Vasudeva and reproduces the dialogue between king Janaka and the nine Yogiswaras |
553 |
|
3 |
A description of Maya and the means of transcending it. An exposition of Brahma and the path of Action |
559 |
|
4 |
A description of the Lord's descents |
566 |
|
5 |
The fate of non-devotees, different methods of the Lord's worship according to the different Yugas |
569 |
|
6 |
The gods entreat the Lord to return to His divine realm and Uddhava approaches Him on the eve of the Yadus departure for Prabhasa |
575 |
|
7 |
The legend of an ascetic-the story of eight (out of twenty-four) preceptors (from the earth to the pigeon) recognized by him |
580 |
|
8 |
What the Avadhuta learnt from the nine preceptors |
588 |
|
9 |
Story of the seven preceptors-the osprey and others; and the end of the Avadhuta's discourse |
591 |
|
10 |
The emptiness of earthly and other worldly enjoyments exposed |
594 |
|
11 |
The characteristics of bound and liberated souls as well as of devotees |
598 |
|
12 |
The glory of Satsanga' how to perform one's prescribed duty and how to relinquish it? |
604 |
|
13 |
The teaching imparted by the Lord in the form of the divine Swan to the sage Sanaka and his three brothers |
608 |
|
14 |
Glory of the path of devotion and the process of meditation described |
614 |
|
15 |
Names and characteristics of the various Siddhis (mystic powers) acquired through Yoga |
619 |
|
16 |
Glorious manifestation of the Lord enumerated |
624 |
|
17 |
The duties pertaining to the four Varnas and four Asramas |
630 |
|
18 |
The duties of anchorites and recluses |
638 |
|
19 |
A dissertation on devotion, spiritual enlightenment and Yogic disciplines in the form of the five Yamas, the (five) Niyamas and so on |
645 |
|
20 |
Jnanayoga, Karmayoga and Bhaktiyoga analysed |
651 |
|
21 |
The process of determining what is good and what is evil and the secret underlying it |
656 |
|
22 |
Categories enumerated; distinction between Prakrti and Purusa |
663 |
|
23 |
The episode of a forbearing Brahmana |
672 |
|
24 |
A dissertation on Sankhyayoga |
681 |
|
25 |
The operation of the three Gunas described |
685 |
|
26 |
The utterance of Pururava bearing on aversion for the pleasures of sense |
690 |
|
27 |
The Yoga of formal worship |
694 |
|
28 |
The highest truth discussed |
703 |
|
29 |
The courses of conduct pleasing to the Lord; Uddhava's departure for Badarikasrama |
709 |
|
30 |
Holocaust of Yadu's race |
715 |
|
31 |
The Lords' ascent to His divine realm |
721 |
|
|
Book Twelve
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|
|
1 |
Lines of kings of Kaliyuga |
725 |
|
2 |
The evils of Kaliyuga |
729 |
|
3 |
Vanity of kings; righteous conduct for every Yuga; the means to escape the evils of Kaliyuga-loud chanting of the divine name |
733 |
|
4 |
The fourfold Pralaya |
738 |
|
5 |
The (final) teaching (of Sukadeva) concerning Brahma |
743 |
|
6 |
(Pariksit attains the supreme goal and Janamejaya commences a snake-sacrifice;) classification of the Vedas into so many Sakhas or schools |
744 |
|
7 |
Different schools of Atharvaveda and the characteristics of the Puranas |
753 |
|
8 |
The sage Markandeya embarks on a course of austerities and receives a boon |
756 |
|
9 |
The sage Markandeya witnesses the Lord's Maya |
762 |
|
10 |
Lord Siva confers a boon on Markandeya |
766 |
|
11 |
The significance of the Lord's own limbs, attendants and weapons and a description of the retinue of the sun-god (changing every month in the course of a solar year) |
770 |
|
12 |
A synopsis of (all) the twelve Skandhas (of Srimad Bhagavata) |
777 |
|
13 |
The extent of the eighteen Puranas and the glory of the Bhagavata |
785 |
