ŚRĪMAD BHĀGAVATA

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Preface, Introduction and Editorial Note

  1. IPreface
  2. IIIntroduction
  3. IIIEditorial Note

Canto 1

  1. 01 The Six Questions of Śaunaka Ṛṣi
  2. 02 Bhakti Is Both the Means and the Ultimate End
  3. 03 Svayaṁ Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Avatāras of the Puruṣa
  4. 04 Vyāsa’s Dissatisfaction
  5. 05 Nārada’s Instructions to Vyāsadeva Regarding Śrīmad Bhāgavata
  6. 06 Nārada Relates His Past Life to Vyāsa
  7. 07 The Samādhi of Vyāsa and Aśvatthāmā’s Punishment
  8. 08 The Prayers of Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved
  9. 09 Bhīṣma Leaves His Body in Kṛṣṇa’s Presence
  10. 10 Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Departure for Dvārakā
  11. 11 Kṛṣṇa Enters Dvārakā
  12. 12 The Birth of Parīkṣit
  13. 13 The Return of Vidura and the Departure of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī to the Himālayas
  14. 14 Yudhiṣṭhira’s Apprehension at the Sight of Inauspicious Omens and Arjuna’s Return from Dvārakā
  15. 15 Arjuna Recollects Kṛṣṇa’s Grace and the Pāṇḍavas Attain Kṛṣṇa
  16. 16 Parīkṣit Subdues Kali and the Conversation between Dharma and the Earth Goddess
  17. 17 Parīkṣit Subdues Kali
  18. 18 Parīkṣit Cursed by Śṛṅgī
  19. 19 Parīkṣit Resolves to Fast until Death and Inquires from Śukadeva as to Life’s Ultimate Duty

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