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CONTENTS

	Srimad Bhagavata-Mahapurana
	Mahatmya
	Number of Discourses
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
	Book One
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
	Book Two
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
	Book Three
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
	Book Four
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
	Book Five
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
	Book Six
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
	Book Seven
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
	Book Eight
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
	Volume II
	Book Nine
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
	Book Ten (First Half)
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
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