# Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1
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<h3>Panca-tattva</h3>
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<h3>ISKCON Logo</h3>
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<h3>Srila Prabhupada on Vyasasana, New Vrindavan</h3>
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<h3>The Panca-tattva</h3>
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*EN CC Adi 1 1974, 1996: Lord Caitanya and His associates chanted and danced again and again and thus made it easier to drink nectarean love of Godhead.*
<h3>Cleaning the Cage Doesn't Satisfy the Bird</h3>
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*Simply by cleansing the birdcage, one does not satisfy the bird. Similarly, without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply by gratifying the body and mind.*
<h3>Narada Walks the Mystic Pathways</h3>
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*Nārada Muni, a liberated spaceman, travels throughout the material and spiritual worlds singing the glories of the Lord and delivering the fallen souls.*
<h3>Brahma, Visnu, and Siva</h3>
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*The transcendental Personality of Godhead accepts the three qualitative forms
of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.*
<h3>Krsna Stands at Bhisma’s Deathbed</h3>
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*EN SB 1 1987: At the close of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Bhīṣmadeva, the valiant grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, lay mortally wounded on a bed of arrows. All the great personalities present, including Lord Kṛṣṇa, assembled to offer respects.*
<h3>Krsna Honored at the Rajasuya Sacrifice</h3>
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*EN SB 1 1987: Lord Kṛṣṇa was the cynosure of all eyes at the magnificent Rājasūya sacrifice held by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira after the Battle of Kurukṣetra.*
<h3>Goloka Vrndavana</h3>
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<h3>Dhrtarastra Leaves His Body</h3>
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*EN SB 1 1987: King Dhṛtarāṣṭra burned his body to ashes in a fire he himself generated through mystic power. Then his chaste wife, Gāndhārī, entered the fire with rapt attention.*
<h3>Yudhisthira Sees Omens Related to Krsna's Disappearance</h3>
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*As Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīma waited for Arjuna to return from Dvārakā, they witnessed many evil omens, which indicated the disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa and the advent of the Age of Kali.*
<h3>The Battle Between Arjuna and Bhisma</h3>
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*On the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, the invincible military strength of the Kauravas was like a great ocean. But because of Kṛṣṇa's friendship, Arjuna, seated on his chariot, was able to cross over it.*
<h3>Panca-tattva In Their Temple</h3>
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*Śrī Pañca-tattva: Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the ideal preacher of Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā, accompanied by His principal associates.*
<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Giving Light to the Age of Kali</h3>
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*The sunlike Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam can bring enlightenment to those who are immersed in the darkness of ignorance produced by the Age of Kali.*
<h3>The Beauty of Vraja Krsna</h3>
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*Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely lovable because of His eternal, transcendental qualities. The beauty of this world is but a dim reflection of the unlimited beauty of the Lord.*
<h3>Kunti Is Surprised to Meet the Sun God</h3>
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*To test the mystic power received from Durvāsā Muni, Kuntī called for the sun god, who immediately appeared before her, must to her surprise.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama in Mathura</h3>
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*Lord Kṛṣṇa and His elder brother, Balarāma – the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His immediate expansion – appeared on earth as the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations of the Lord.*
<h3>Kunti Prays to Krsna</h3>
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*EN SB 1 1987: As Queen Kuntī offered her heartfelt prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa just before His departure for Dvārakā, the Lord mildly smiled out of compassion.*
<h3>0158/QK 3</h3>
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*Foolish Duryodhana, maddened by greed for the throne, tried in many ways to destroy his imagined rivals, the Pāṇḍavas. Queen Kuntī recalls how he had tried to entice her sons to meet their death on the pretext of a friendly invitation for them to visit the new provincial palace at Vāraṇāvata. Duryodhana's wicked friends had intentionally constructed this building out of combustible shellac and were planning to burn it down in the middle of the night with their enemies inside. but the saintly uncle of Duryodhana, Mahātmā Vidura, gave forewarning to the Pāṇḍavas and Kuntī that they were likely to meet with danger there. Heeding his advice they excavated a hidden tunnel beneath the palace. On the night secretly designated for the massacre, he sent them the following cryptic message: "Fire can burn a man's body, but not his eternal soul." Thus advised, the brothers and mother managed to escape in time. They thereupon went into hiding to avoid further attacks from their envious cousin.*
<h3>Mucukunda Incinerates Kalayavana</h3>
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*"Kālayavana burnt to ashes within a moment."*
<h3>Art 0022/0022/SB 1-1 f.c.</h3>
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<h3>Art 0029/0029/SB 1/2/2</h3>
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<h3>Art 0031/0031/SB 1/2/11</h3>
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<h3>Art 0062/0062/SB 1-1 f.c. (NE)</h3>
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<h3>Art 0080/0080/SB 1-2 front</h3>
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<h3>Light of the Bhagavata Purana</h3>
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*This Bhāgavata Purāṇa is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali shall get light from this Purāṇa.*
<h3>Art 0216/Art 0216/SB1 47</h3>
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<h3>Art 0217/Art 0217/SB1 19</h3>
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<h3>Pariksit Meets Sukadeva</h3>
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## Volume 1
<h3>Lord Caitanya Calls the Sudarsana Cakra to Punish Jagai</h3>
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*The Lord invoked His Sudarśana:cakra to kill the sinners.*
<h3>Krsna Appears in the Prison to Vasudeva and Devaki</h3>
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*Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī.*
<h3>Cleaning the Cage Doesn't Satisfy the Bird</h3>
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*Simply by cleansing the birdcage, one does not satisfy the bird. Similarly, without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply by gratifying the body and mind.*
<h3>Narada Walks the Mystic Pathways</h3>
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*Nārada Muni, a liberated spaceman, travels throughout the material and spiritual worlds singing the glories of the Lord and delivering the fallen souls.*
<h3>Arjuna Cuts the Jewel from Asvatthama's Hair</h3>
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*Arjuna severed both hair and jewel from the head of Aśvatthamā.*
<h3>The Lord's Incarnations</h3>
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*The incarnations of Godhead are innumerable, like the waves in the ocean.*
<h3>Brahma, Visnu, and Siva</h3>
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*The transcendental Personality of Godhead accepts the three qualitative forms
of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.*
<h3>Paramatma in All Beings</h3>
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*Lord Paramātmā pervades all things, just as fire permeates wood.*
<h3>Rama and the Monkey Army Cross the Stone Bridge</h3>
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*On His royal road of stones, Lord Rāmacandra crossed the Indian Ocean.*
<h3>Sukadeva Gosvami Leaves Homes</h3>
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*Śukadeva Gosvāmī was transcendental to sex relations, and he appeared very
innocent.*
<h3>Literature for Swans; Literature for Crows</h3>
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*The swanlike spiritually advanced men do not take pleasure in dead literatures,
which are sources of pleasure for men who are spiritually dead.*
<h3>Radha, Krsna, and the Gopis on a Boat</h3>
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*The Lord's pastimes with the gopīs are displays of His transcendental existence, bliss, and knowledge.*
<h3>Lord Visnu Appears to Narada</h3>
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*"O Nārada, I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me
anymore."*
<h3>Krsna, the Goal of Life</h3>
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*Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the supreme goal of life.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Exploring Mathura</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma appeared in the family of Vṛṣṇi, and by so doing They
removed the burden of the world.*
<h3>Narada Comes to Instruct Vyasa</h3>
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*The auspicious arrival of Śrī Nārada.*
<h3>Maha-visnu Breathes In the Universes</h3>
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*At the end of the millennium Nārada entered the body of the Personality of
Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.*
<h3>Baby Nimai Plays with a Snake</h3>
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*A snake appeared before the baby, and the Lord began to play with it.*
<h3>The Sankirtana Party Confronts Chand Kazi</h3>
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*Lord Caitanya convinced the Kazi about His saṅkīrtana movement.*
<h3>Vyasadeva Meditates on the Supreme Lord</h3>
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*Vyāsadeva meditating on Lord Kṛṣṇa, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead.*
<h3>Suta Gosvami at Naimisaranya</h3>
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*After respectfully offering a seat to Sūta Gosvāmī, the great sages began to
inquire of him.*
## Volume 2
<h3>Krsna Embraces His Son; His Queen Embraces Him With Her Eyes</h3>
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*The queens first embraced the Lord in the innermost recesses of their hearts.
Then they embraced Him visually, and then they sent their sons to embrace Him.*
<h3>Arjuna Satisfies Bhisma's Thirst</h3>
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*Although Bhīṣmadeva lay on the bed of arrows for three days, he did not
accept water when it was offered. But then Arjuna, understanding his mind, shot an
arrow in the ground, causing Mother Ganges River to come up and enter the mouth of Bhīṣmadeva.*
<h3>Krsna Stands at Bhisma’s Deathbed</h3>
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*EN SB 1 1987: At the close of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Bhīṣmadeva, the valiant grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, lay mortally wounded on a bed of arrows. All the great personalities present, including Lord Kṛṣṇa, assembled to offer respects.*
<h3>Krsna Prepares to Leave Hastinapura</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa departed from the city of Hastināpura.*
<h3>Krsna Shows Arjuna the Enemy</h3>
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*In obedience to the command of His friend, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa pointed out the
enemies.*
<h3>The Gopis Imitate Krsna's Pastimes</h3>
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*The gopīs imitated the characteristic movements of the Lord.*
<h3>Krsna Saves Pariksit in the Womb</h3>
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*Just to protect the progeny of the Kuru dynasty, Śrī Kṛṣṇa covered the
embryo of Uttarā by His personal energy.*
<h3>Pariksit Born</h3>
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*King Yudhiṣṭhira, very much satisfied by the birth of Maharaja Parīkṣit, had the purificatory birth ceremony performed.*
<h3>Krsna Rushes Bhisma With a Chariot Wheel</h3>
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*"He got down from the chariot, took up its wheel, and ran towards me hurriedly, just like a lion goes to kill an elephant."*
<h3>Krsna Plays His Flute for the Gopis</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa's deep loving attitude attracted the damsels of Vrajadhāma.*
<h3>Yasoda Binds Krsna</h3>
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*With maternal affection, Queen Kuntī here remembers another of Lord Kṛṣṇa's bewildering pastimes. One day, the Lord, playing just like a human child, spoiled the stocked butter of Mother Yaśodā by breaking the pots and distributing the contents to His friends and playmates, including the celebrated monkeys of Vṛndāvana, who took full advantage of the Lord's munificence. Mother Yaśodā saw this, and out of her pure love she wanted to make a show of punishment for her transcendental child. She took a rope and threatened to tie Him up, as is generally done with ordinary children who have been naughty. Seeing the rope in her hands, the Lord bowed down His head and began to weep, and as tears rolled down His cheeks they washed off the black ointment smeared about His beautiful eyes. Because Queen Kuntī felt maternal love for Kṛṣṇa, she adored this image of Him. But because she knew Kṛṣṇa's supreme position, she was amazed that although He was feared by fear personified, He appeared to be afraid of His mother, who wanted to punish Him just like an ordinary child.*
## Volume 3
<h3>Srngi Cursing Maharaja Pariksit</h3>
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*After hearing from his son that the king had been cursed, the sage repented
his son's sinful act.*
<h3>Vidura Returns to Hastinapura</h3>
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*Mahātmā Vidura describing his personal experiences in the palace of the Pāṇḍavas.*
<h3>Pariksit Drapes a Snake Over Samika Rsi's Shoulders</h3>
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*King Parīkṣit rewarded the sage coldly by offering him a garland of a dead snake.*
<h3>Krsna on the Yamuna</h3>
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*Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a mindenkit vonzó Istenség Legfelsőbb Személyiesége. Csodálatos formáját az esőfelhők kék színe árnyalja, szemei olyanok, akéar a nyīló lótuszvirág szirmai, fejét pedig a leggyönyörűbb pávatol díszíti.*
<h3>The Spiritual World</h3>
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*The Lord's abode and the Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual sky are far beyond these mundane universes.*
<h3>Pariksit Sits at the Riverbank Preparing to Die</h3>
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*All the demigods living in the higher planets praised the action of the king,
and in pleasure they continually scattered flowers over the earth.*
<h3>Krsna and Arjuna As Friends</h3>
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*0 King! His jokings and frank talks, which were pleasing and beautifully
decorated with smiles, are now remembered by me.*
<h3>Yudhisthira Goes North</h3>
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*Maharaja Yudhiṣṭhira started toward the North, treading the path which was accepted by his forefathers.*
<h3>Maharaja Pariksit Punishes Kali</h3>
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*Mahārāja Parīkṣit, being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave him permission
to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution, and animal slaughter were performed.*
<h3>Arjuna Remembers Krsna After His Disappearance</h3>
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*Remembering Lord Kṛṣṇa and His well wishes, benefactions, intimate familial
relations and His chariot driving, Arjuna, overwhelmed and breathing very heavily,
began to speak.*
<h3>Draupadi's Svayamvara</h3>
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*By Kṛṣṇa's merciful strength only, Arjuna was able to pierce the fish target
and thereby gain the hand of Draupadī.*
<h3>Bhima and Jarasandha Fight</h3>
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*EN KB: At once Bhīma pinned one of Jarāsandha's legs to the ground, gripped the other leg with both hands, and tore the demon's body in two.*
<h3>Krsna Saves Pariksit in the Womb</h3>
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*Just to protect the progeny of the Kuru dynasty, Śrī Kṛṣṇa covered the
embryo of Uttarā by His personal energy.*
<h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Return to Vrndavana</h3>
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