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Item Code: IDF503by Rendered into English by C.L. Goswami & M.A. ShastriHardcover (Edition: 2005)Gita Press, Gorakhpur Size: 8.7" X 5.5" Pages: 1719 (Color Illus:15) Weight of the Book:1.205 kg |
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| 1 | A dialogue between Narada and Bhakti (in a living form) | 1 |
| 2 | A dialogue between the Kumaras and Narada | 8 |
| 3 | Cessation of Bhakti's Suffering | 15 |
| 4 | Redemption of a Brahmana (Atmadeva) | 22 |
| 5 | How Gokarna attained final beatitude (alongwith others) | 29 |
| 6 | The procedure of hearing Srimad Bhagavata (in a week) detailed | 36 |
| 1 | Saunaka and other sages interrogate the famous Suta (Ugrasrava) | 1 |
| 2 | Glory of the Lord's narrative and of Devotion to Him | 4 |
| 3 | The Lord's Avataras or Descents into the world of matter | 8 |
| 4 | A sense of frustration overtakes Vedavyasa | 12 |
| 5 | Glory of singing the Lord's praises and an account of Devarsi Narada's previous life | 16 |
| 6 | The rest of the story of Narada's previous birth | 20 |
| 7 | Aswatthama assassinates Draupadi's sons and Arjuna in his turn curbs his pride. | 24 |
| 8 | The Lord delivers Pariksit in the womb and is extolled by Kunti; Yudhisthira gives way to grief | 29 |
| 9 | Yudhisthira and others call on Bhisma and the latter drops his mortal coil, extolling Sri Krsna | 35 |
| 10 | Sri Krsna's Departure to Dwaraka | 40 |
| 11 | Right royal reception of Sri Krsna at Dwaraka | 45 |
| 12 | Birth of Pariksit | 49 |
| 13 | Departure of Dhrtarastra and his wife Gandhari, for the forest at the instance of Vidura | 53 |
| 14 | King Yudhisthira grows apprehensive at the sight of evil omens and Arjuna returns from Dwaraka | 60 |
| 15 | Stricken and grief at their separation from Sri Krsna, the Pandavas install Pariksit on the throne of Hastinapura and ascend to heaven | 64 |
| 16 | Conquest of the world by king Pariksit and the dialogue between Dharma (the god of piety) and Mother Earth | 71 |
| 17 | King Pariksit subdues Kali | 76 |
| 18 | The youthful sage Srngi utters an imprecation against king Pariksit | 80 |
| 19 | Pariksit takes a vow of fasting till death and Suka pays a visit to him | 83 |
| 1 | The process of meditation and the cosmic form of the Lord described | 91 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Worship of different deities for the gratification of various desires and the superiority of Devotion to the Lord | 101 |
| 4 | The king asks a question about the creation of the universe and the sage Suka commences his discourse | 104 |
| 5 | A description of the cosmos | 107 |
| 6 | Glories of the Cosmic Being | 112 |
| 7 | The stories of the Lord's sportful descents | 118 |
| 8 | King Pariksit asks various questions of the sage Suka | 128 |
| 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 |
| 10 | The ten characteristic features of the Bhagavata | 138 |
| 1 | Meeting of Uddhava and Vidura | 145 |
| 2 | Uddhava recounts the childish sports of the Lord | 151 |
| 3 | A brief survey of the Lord's other exploits | 155 |
| 4 | As directed by Uddhava, Vidura calls on the sage Maitreya | 158 |
| 5 | The sage Maitreya describes the process of creation in reply to Vidura's question | 163 |
| 6 | Appearance of the cosmic Body | 169 |
| 7 | Vidura's questions | 174 |
| 8 | Brahma's manifestation | 178 |
| 9 | Brahma extols the Lord. | 183 |
| 10 | Description of the tenfold creation | 189 |
| 11 | Divisions of time such as Manvantara and so on | 193 |
| 12 | The multiplication of creation | 198 |
| 13 | The Lord's Descent as the Divine Boar | 205 |
| 14 | Diti's conception | 212 |
| 15 | Sanaka and his three brothers pronounce a curse against Jaya and Vijaya | 217 |
| 16 | The fall of Jaya and Vijaya from Vaikuntha | 225 |
| 17 | Birth of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa and the latter's conquest of the four quarters | 229 |
| 18 | Encounter of the divine Boar with Hiranyaksa | 233 |
| 19 | Death of Hiranyaksa | 236 |
| 20 | The various species of living beings created by Brahma | 240 |
| 21 | The sage Kardama practises austere penance and the Lord confers a boon on him | 245 |
| 22 | The sage Kardama accepts the hand of Devahuti | 252 |
| 23 | Amorous pastimes of Kardama and Devahuti | 256 |
| 24 | Descent of Lord Kapila | 262 |
| 25 | Lord Kapila expatiates on the glory of Devotion in response to the query of mother Devahuti | 267 |
| 26 | The process of evolution of the Mahat-tattva and other fundamental principles | 271 |
| 27 | How to attain Liberation through the differentiation of Matter and Spirit? | 280 |
| 28 | The process of the eightfold Yoga | 283 |
| 29 | True meaning of devotion and the glory of Time | 289 |
| 30 | Downfall of men attacked to their body, house etc. | 294 |
| 31 | The stages of growth of a human embryo. | 297 |
| 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 |
| 33 | Devahuti receives the light of wisdom and attains final beatitude | 308 |
| 1 | The Progeny of Swayambhuva Manu's Daughters | 313 |
| 2 | Ill-feeling between Lord Siva and Daksa | 319 |
| 3 | Sati insists on joining the sacrificial festival at her father's | 323 |
| 4 | Sati burns herself with the fire of Yoga | 326 |
| 5 | Virabhadra wrecks Daksa's sacrifice and beheads him | 331 |
| 6 | Brahma and the other gods proceed to Kailasa and appease Lord Siva | 335 |
| 7 | Completion of Daksa's sacrifice | 341 |
| 8 | Dhruva's departure for the woods | 350 |
| 9 | Dhruva returns home after receiving a boon from the Lord | 358 |
| 10 | Uttama's death at the hands of the Yaksas and Dhruva's encounter with them | 365 |
| 11 | Swayambhuva Manu intervenes and persuades Dhruva to cease fighting. | 368 |
| 12 | Kubera confers a boon on Dhruva, who ascends to the abode of Lord Visnu | 372 |
| 13 | Dhruva's posterity and the narrative of king Anga | 378 |
| 14 | The story of king Vena | 382 |
| 15 | Descent and coronation of king Prthu | 387 |
| 16 | Glorification of king Prthu by the bards | 390 |
| 17 | King Prthu gets angry with Earth and the latter extols him | 394 |
| 18 | King Prthu milks Goddess Earth in the form of a cow | 398 |
| 19 | King Prthu milks Goddess Earth in the form of a cow | 398 |
| 20 | Lord Visnu manifests Himself in the sacrificial hall of king Prthu | 406 |
| 21 | King Prthu's teaching to his subjects | 411 |
| 22 | The sage Sanaka and his three brothers impart instruction to king Prthu | 417 |
| 23 | King Prthu practises asceticism and departs for the other world | 425 |
| 24 | The hymn sung by Lord Siva (and taught to the Pracetas) | 429 |
| 25 | Introductory part of the parable of Puranjana | 438 |
| 26 | Puranjana goes a hunting to the forest and the queen gets angry with him | 444 |
| 27 | Raid of Candavega against the capital o Puranjana and the story of Kalakanya | 446 |
| 28 | Puranjana is reborn as a woman and attains liberation through the teaching of his friend, Avijnata | 449 |
| 29 | The dialogue between king Pracinabarhi and the sage Narada (continued) | 455 |
| 30 | Bhagavan Visnu confers a boon on the Pracetas, who then return to their city and marry the foster-daughter of the trees. | 465 |
| 31 | The story of the Pracetas | 471 |
| 1 | The story of Priyavrata | 475 |
| 2 | An account of Agnidhra | 481 |
| 3 | The descent of Lord Rsabha | 485 |
| 4 | The sovereignty of Rsabha | 489 |
| 5 | Lord Rsabhadeva instructs His sons and Himself takes to the life of an ascetic who has shaken off worldly feeling and obligation | 492 |
| 6 | Lord Rsabha quits His body | 498 |
| 7 | The story of Bharata | 501 |
| 8 | Bharata conceives an infatuation for a fawn and is reborn as a deer | 504 |
| 9 | Bharata reborn for a second time in a Brahmana family | 509 |
| 10 | T he meeting of Jadabharata with king Rahugana | 514 |
| 11 | Bharata's teaching to king Rahugana | 519 |
| 12 | Bharata Answers the query of Rahugana | 522 |
| 13 | Bharata allegorically represents this state or worldly existence as a forest and the doubts of Rahugana get resolved | 525 |
| 14 | Jadabharata elucidated the meaning of the allegory | 529 |
| 15 | An account of Priyavrata's posterity continued | 536 |
| 16 | A description of the terrestrial world | 539 |
| 17 | An account of the descent of the holy Ganga and a song of praise to Lord Sankarsana by the divine Sankara | 544 |
| 18 | A description of (the various Varsas) of the terrestrial globe continued | 549 |
| 19 | The description of Jambudwipa concluded | 556 |
| 20 | A description of the other six Dwipas and the mountain-range called Lokaloka | 562 |
| 21 | A description of the stellar sphere as well as of the chariot of the sun-god and his entourage | 570 |
| 22 | The relative position of the planets and their movements | 575 |
| 23 | The disposition of the stellar sphere represented in the form of a dolphin | 580 |
| 24 | The position of Rahu etc. and the limits of the heaven like subterranean regions | 583 |
| 25 | A supplement to the description of the subterranean system | 589 |
| 26 | A description of the infernal regions | 593 |
| 1 | The introductory part of the story of Ajamila | 603 |
| 2 | The messengers of Lord Visnu expound the Bhagavata Dharma (the cult of Devotion) and Ajamila ascends to the Lord's supreme Abode | 611 |
| 3 | A dialogue between Yama (the god of retribution) and his messengers | 618 |
| 4 | Daksa extols the Lord, who appears in person before him | 623 |
| 5 | Narada subjected to an execration (by Daksa) | 631 |
| 6 | The posterity of Daksa through his sixty daughters | 637 |
| 7 | Deserted by the sage Brhaspati, the gods choose Viswarupa for their preceptor | 642 |
| 8 | The text of the (holy) Narayana-Kavaca (a prayer invoking the protection of Lord Narayana) taught (to Indra) | 647 |
| 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 |
| 10 | An account of the conflict between Indra and Vrtra | 664 |
| 11 | Vrtra's teaching to Indra. | 667 |
| 12 | The demon Vrtra slain | 671 |
| 13 | Indra's Victory | 675 |
| 14 | The lament of Citraketu | 678 |
| 15 | Citraketu consoled | 685 |
| 16 | Citraketu realizes (his oneness with) the Supreme Spirit | 688 |
| 17 | Citraketu cursed (by goddess Parvati) | 696 |
| 18 | An account of the birth of the Maruts (the forty-nine wind-gods) | 701 |
| 19 | The procedure of observing the sacred vow of Pumsavana | 710 |
| 1 | A dialogue between Narada and Yudhisthira; the story of Jaya and Vijaya | 714 |
| 2 | Hiranyakasipu rids his mother (Diti) of her grief (caused by the death of his younger brother, Hiranyaksa) | 719 |
| 3 | Hiranyakasipu asks a number of boons (of Brahma, who is pleased with his austerities) | 726 |
| 4 | Hiranyakasipu's atrocities and Prahrada's virtues recounted | 731 |
| 5 | Hiranyakasipu attempts the life of Prahrada | 736 |
| 6 | Prahrada's teaching to the demon boys | 742 |
| 7 | (Prahrada's) teaching to the Daityas' sons | 746 |
| 8 | Lord Nrsimha extolled on the death of the demon king (at His hands) | 752 |
| 9 | A Eulogy of the Lord (by Prahrada) | 760 |
| 10 | (The story of) the conquest of Tripura | 771 |
| 11 | An Inquiry into right conduct | 779 |
| 12 | An inquiry into right conduct (continued) | 786 |
| 13 | The course of conduct prescribed for a Sanyasi and a dialogue between an Avadhuta and Prahrada | 791 |
| 14 | An inquiry into right conduct (continued) | 791 |
| 15 | An inquiry into right conduct (concluded) | 803 |
| 1 | The Manvantaras described | 818 |
| 2 | The lord of elephants is caught in the grip of an alligator | 823 |
| 3 | The leader of the elephants extols the Lord and is rescued from the dangerous situation | 827 |
| 4 | Deliverance of the lord of the elephants | 833 |
| 5 | The gods resort to Brahma and the latter glorifies the Lord | 837 |
| 6 | Transportation of Mount Mandara (to serve as a churn-staff for stirring the ocean of milk) | 844 |
| 7 | The gods and demons proceed to churn the ocean and Lord Siva drinks the poison appearing out of it. | 849 |
| 8 | The manifestation (in a personal form) of the Lords' (own) enchanting potency | 855 |
| 9 | Appearing in the form of Mohini (an enchanting damsel), the Lord deals out nectar among the gods | 861 |
| 10 | Outbreak of hostilities between the gods and the Asuras | 864 |
| 11 | Conclusion of the conflict between the god and the demons | 870 |
| 12 | Infatuation of Lord Sankara | 874 |
| 13 | An account of the (Concluding eight) Manvantaras | 880 |
| 14 | Functions of a Manu and other functionaries holding office in his administration | 884 |
| 15 | Conquest of heaven by Bali | 886 |
| 16 | The procedure of (observing the vow of) Payovrata disclosed to Aditi | 890 |
| 17 | The Lord manifests Himself before Aditi and grants her desired boon | 897 |
| 18 | The Lord appears as the divine Dwarf and visits the sacrificial performance of Bali | 900 |
| 19 | The Lord asks three paces of land of Bali, who gives his word; while Sukra remonstrates with him against this course | 905 |
| 20 | A vision of the Cosmic Body (of the Lord) | 910 |
| 21 | Bali put in bonds | 914 |
| 22 | A dialogue between king Bali and Lord Vamana | 918 |
| 23 | Freed from bondage, Bali enters the region of Sutala | 923 |
| 24 | The story of the descent of the divine fish recounted. | 926 |
| 1 | The story of King Sudyumna, son of Vaivaswata Manu | 1 |
| 2 | The posterity of Karusa and other four sons of Vaivaswata Manu | 5 |
| 3 | The story of the Sage Cyavana and his wife Sukanya; the posterity of King Saryati | 9 |
| 4 | The stories of Nabhaga and king Ambarisa | 12 |
| 5 | The story of Ambarisa (concluded) | 21 |
| 6 | the posterity of Ikswaku: the stories of Mandhata and the sage Saubhari | 24 |
| 7 | The story of King Hariscandra | 30 |
| 8 | The story of King Sagara | 34 |
| 9 | The story of King Bhagiratha: the descent of the holy Ganga | 38 |
| 10 | An account of Sri Rama's pastimes | 44 |
| 11 | The other pastimes of Sri Rama | 51 |
| 12 | The genealogy of (the remaining kings of) Ikswaku's line | 55 |
| 13 | The posterity of Nimi described | 57 |
| 14 | A brief survey of the Lunar Dynasty | 60 |
| 15 | The stories of Rcika, Jamadagni and Parasurama | 64 |
| 16 | Extermination of the Ksatriyas by Parasurama: an account o the posterity of the sage Viswamitra | 69 |
| 17 | The posterity of Kings Ksatravrddha, Raji and other of the Lunar Dynasty | 72 |
| 18 | The story of Yayati | 74 |
| 19 | Yayati's Renunciation | 79 |
| 20 | The posterity of Puru and the stories of Dusyanta and Bharata | 82 |
| 21 | The posterity of Bharata and the story of Rantideva | 86 |
| 22 | The genealogy of the Pancalas, the Kurus and the kings of Magadha | 90 |
| 23 | An account of the posterity of Anu, Druhyu, Turvasu and Yadu | 95 |
| 24 | An account of the posterity of Yadu | 99 |
| 1 | The Lord reassures Mother Earth; Vasudeva marries Devaki and Kamsa dispatches the six sons of Devaki | 105 |
| 2 | The Lord enters the womb of Devaki and is extolled by the gods | 112 |
| 3 | Advent of Lord Sri Krsna | 118 |
| 4 | Slipping from the grip of Kamsa, Yogamaya asgamaya ascends to the heavens and utters a prophecy | 124 |
| 5 | Festivities connected with the Birth of Lord Sri Krsna at Gokula | 129 |
| 6 | Deliverance of Putana | 132 |
| 7 | Deliverance of the demon Trnavarta | 138 |
| 8 | The Naming Ceremony of the Lord and His Infantile Sports | 143 |
| 9 | Grace (showered) on Yasoda | 149 |
| 10 | The imprecation pronounced (on Kubera's sons) by Narada (and their consequent redemption) | 151 |
| 11 | Destruction of Vatsasura and Bakasura | 156 |
| 12 | Deliverance of Aghasura | 161 |
| 13 | Brahma is seized with and ultimately rid of infatuation | 166 |
| 14 | Brahma extols the Lord | 174 |
| 15 | The demon Dhenuka slain | 183 |
| 16 | The Deliverance of Kaliya | 188 |
| 17 | The Lord rescues the inhabitants of Vraja from a wild fire | 196 |
| 18 | The Lord slays the demon Pralamba | 199 |
| 19 | The Lord swallows up a wild fire (again) | 202 |
| 20 | A description of the rains and Autumn | 204 |
| 21 | The Song Inspired by the Flute | 209 |
| 22 | The Lord steals away the garments of cowherd maids | 213 |
| 23 | Redemption of the wives of some Brahmanas engaged in a sacrifice | 217 |
| 24 | The Lord stops the sacrifice to Indra | 223 |
| 25 | The Lord lifts up Mount Govardhana | 227 |
| 26 | Nanda's conversation with the cowherds about Sri Krsna glory | 230 |
| 27 | Indra extols Sri Krsna | 332 |
| 28 | Sri Krsna rescues His father from the realm of Varuna | 235 |
| 29 | A description of the (celebrated) Rasa-Play (of the Lord) | 237 |
| 30 | The Gopis' Question for Sri Krsna during the Rasa-Play | 243 |
| 31 | The Gopis' Song (at the Lord's disappearance) during the Rasa-Play | 249 |
| 32 | The Lord comforts the Gopis during the Rasa-Play | 252 |
| 33 | A Description of the Rasa-Play | 255 |
| 34 | The Lord makes short work of Sankhacuda | 260 |
| 35 | The gopis' song in pairs of verses | 263 |
| 36 | Kamsa sends Akrura to Vraja to bring Sri Krsna and Balarama to Mathura | 267 |
| 37 | The demon Vyoma slain (by the Lord) | 271 |
| 38 | Akrura's arrival (in Vraja) | 275 |
| 39 | Departure of Sri Krsna and Balarama for Mathura | 280 |
| 40 | Akrura's eulogy (of the Lord) | 286 |
| 41 | Entry into Mathura (of Sri Krsna and Balarama) | 290 |
| 42 | A description of the amphitheatre for wrestlers (set up by Kamsa) | 296 |
| 43 | The elephant Kuvalayapida killed (by the Lord) | 300 |
| 44 | Kamsa slain (by the Lord) | 304 |
| 45 | The Lord brings back His preceptor's son (from the abode of Death) | 309 |
| 46 | The Lord relieves the agony of Nanda (by dispatching Uddhava to Vraja with a message of endearment) | 316 |
| 47 | Dialogue between Uddhava and gopis and ode to a black bee | 321 |
| 48 | The Lord pays a visit to Kubja (the hunchbacked woman) and Akrura at their respective places | 331 |
| 49 | Akrura's visit to Hastinapura | 336 |
| 50 | The Lord ensconces Himself in a fortress (built by Him in the western sea under the name of Dwaraka) | 340 |
| 51 | (Kalayavana gets burnt and) King Mucukunda glorifies the Lord | 347 |
| 52 | Sri Krsna's withdrawal to Dearaka; Balarama's marriage; Rukmini sends a Brahmana with a message to Sri Krsna | 354 |
| 53 | Sri Krsna carries away Rukmini | 360 |
| 54 | Discomfiture of Sisupala's allies and Rukmi and the espousal of Rukmini by Sri Krsna solemnized | 366 |
| 55 | The story of Pradyumna's birth (and the destruction of the demon Sambara) | 372 |
| 56 | The story of the Syamantaka gem; Sri Krsna weds Jambavati and Satyabhama | 376 |
| 57 | Syamantaka stolen; Satadhanva killed and Akrura recalled to Dwaraka | 381 |
| 58 | Sri Krsna's espousal with (the rest of) His eight principal spouses | 385 |
| 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 |
| 60 | A dialogue between Sri Krsna and Rukmini | 398 |
| 61 | (A description of the Lord's progeny;) Rukmi killed (by Balarama) during Aniruddha's wedding | 405 |
| 62 | Aniruddha made captive | 409 |
| 63 | Aniruddha brought back (to Dwaraka) | 413 |
| 64 | the story of king Nrga | 418 |
| 65 | Baladeva triumphantly diverts the rive Yamuna from its course | 422 |
| 66 | Paundraka and others killed | 425 |
| 67 | Paundraka and (by Balarama) | 429 |
| 68 | triumph of Sankarsana-in the form of dragging Hastinapura | 431 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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