# Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 4 **53 images** --- <h3>The Pracetas See Visnu Under the Sea</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-4-6.jpg]] <h3>Narada Speaks to Pracinabarhi</h3> ![[0040_SB-4-4-1.jpg]] <h3>Puranjana’s Body Attacked by Jara</h3> ![[0060_SB-4-4-2.jpg]] <h3>Prthu Levels the Earth for Agriculture</h3> ![[0224_SB4-69.jpg]] <h3>Dadhici Teaches the Asvini-kumaras Through the Head of a Horse</h3> ![[0227_SB4-78.jpg]] <h3>0227/SB4 79</h3> ![[0227_SB4-79.jpg]] <h3>Siva and His Followers</h3> ![[0231_SB4.10-NE.jpg]] <h3>Art 0036/0036/SB 4-2-6</h3> ![[0036_SB-4-2-6.jpg]] <h3>Art 0060/0060/SB 4-4-4</h3> ![[0060_SB-4-4-4.jpg]] <h3>Art 0144/0144/SB 4-3-3</h3> ![[0144_SB-4-3-3.jpg]] <h3>Prithu Maharaja Pursues Mother Bhumi</h3> ![[Art-0217_SB4-52.jpg]] <h3>Lord Indra Steals Prthu's Sacrificial Horse</h3> ![[Art-0217_SB4-53.jpg]] <h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 27</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-27.jpg]] <h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 33</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-33.jpg]] <h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 48</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-48.jpg]] <h3>Vena Cursed</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-29.jpg]] <h3>Prthu Inquires from the Four Kumara</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-36_1.jpg]] <h3>Art 0220/Art 0220/SB4 16</h3> ![[Art-0220_SB4-16.jpg]] <h3>Art 0220/Art 0220/SB4 23</h3> ![[Art-0220_SB4-23.jpg]] <h3>The Inhabitants of the Universe Choking Due to Dhruva's Austerities</h3> ![[Art-0220_SB4-30.jpg]] <h3>Dhruva Returns After Being in the Forest</h3> ![[Art-0220_SB4-49.jpg]] <h3>Art 0221/Art 0221/SB4 13</h3> ![[Art-0221_SB4-13.jpg]] <h3>Art 0221/Art 0221/SB4 2</h3> ![[Art-0221_SB4-2.jpg]] <h3>Art 0222/Art 0222/SB4 54</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-54.jpg]] <h3>The Forest of Material Existence</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-55.jpg]] <h3>Candra and Marisa</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-56.jpg]] <h3>Malayadhvaja Goes to the Forest, Followed by His Wife</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-57.jpg]] <h3>Art 0222/SB4 59</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-59.jpg]] <h3>Lord Siva and the Pracetas</h3> ![[Art-0222_SB4-60.jpg]] ## Volume 1 <h3>Lord Visnu Appears at Daksa's Sacrifice</h3> ![[0036_SB-4-1-(FC).jpg]] *As soon as Dakṣa had offered clarified butter and chanted mantras from the Yajur Veda, Lord Viṣṇu appeared in the sacrificial arena, riding upon the back of Garuḍa.* <h3>Appearance of Nara-Narayana Rsi</h3> ![[0036_SB-4-1-2.jpg]] *ln the heavenly planets, bands began to play, and they showered flowers from the sky. Great demigods like Brahmā also offered their respectful prayers.* <h3>Sati Immolates Herself</h3> ![[0037_SB-4-1-4.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: Satī became completely cleansed of all taints of sin and quit her body in a blazing fire by meditation on the fiery elements.* <h3>Narada and Brahma Pacify Lord Siva</h3> ![[0037_SB-4-1-5.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: Speaking to all the sages present, Lord Śiva sat as gravely as time eternal under the giant banyan tree.* <h3>Narada Instructs Dhruva</h3> ![[0037_SB-4-1-7.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: After Dhruva Mahārāja received instructions from his spiritual master Nārada and entered Madhuvana Forest to execute devotional service, Nārada thought it wise to go to the king.* <h3>Suruci Chases Dhruva From the Throne</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-1-6.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: When Dhruva Mahārāja, struck by the strong words of his stepmother, saw that his father was silent and did not protest, he immediately left the palace.* <h3>Dhruva Offers Dandavats to the Lord</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-2-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: Dhruva was greatly agitated by transcendental ecstasy when he saw his Lord. Falling flat before Him like a rod, Dhruva became absorbed in love of Godhead.* <h3>Atri Muni Given Darsana of Three Deities</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-1-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: The three deities approached the hermitage of Atri Muni, accompanied by the denizens of the heavenly planets.* <h3>The Appearance of Prthu and Arci</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-2-7.jpg]] *EN SB 4.2 1972: The male and female born of the arms of Vena's body were an expansion of Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.* <h3>Siva and Sati</h3> ![[0040_SB-4-1-3.jpg]] *Satī could not persuade Lord Śiva to give her permission to go to her father's home.* <h3>King Prthu</h3> ![[0060_SB-4-2-7.jpg]] *As a partial representation of the Supreme Lord, King Pṛthu embodied His monarchical power. Thus at King Pṛthu's coronation the various demigods offered him wonderful gifts.* <h3>The Three Modes of Material Nature</h3> ![[0107_SB-3-2-2.jpg]] *Ikvienu būtni vada trīs materiālās dabas īpašības - skaidrība, kaislības un neziņa.* <h3>Dhruva Defeats the Illusions of the Yaksas</h3> ![[0119_SB-4-2-4.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: Dhruva heard threatening thunder and saw flashing lightning and severe rainfall. He also saw many lions, tigers, and made elephants, as well as enormous serpents vomiting forth fire and coming to devour him.* <h3>Dhruva Goes Back to Godhead</h3> ![[0119_SB-4-2-6.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: After boarding a transcendental airplane for the journey to Vaikuṇṭha, Dhruva Mahārāja thought, “How shall I go alone to Vaikuṇṭha and leave behind my poor mother?” Nanda and Sunanda could understand his mind, and thus they showed him that his mother, Sunīti, was traveling in another plane. Then the planes ascended and started for the spiritual world. While Dhruva passed through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system, and the demigods in their airplanes showered flowers upon him like rain.* ## Volume 2 <h3>Dhruva Offers Dandavats to the Lord</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-2-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: Dhruva was greatly agitated by transcendental ecstasy when he saw his Lord. Falling flat before Him like a rod, Dhruva became absorbed in love of Godhead.* <h3>The Appearance of Prthu and Arci</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-2-7.jpg]] *EN SB 4.2 1972: The male and female born of the arms of Vena's body were an expansion of Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.* <h3>Rukmini-Dvarakadhisa</h3> ![[0060_SB-3-4-2--NE.jpg]] <h3>King Prthu Enters His City</h3> ![[0060_SB-4-3-2.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Reveals Himself to His Devotee</h3> ![[0078_BG-28.jpg]] *9.11: “Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.” Fools mock Kṛṣṇa’s humanlike form but devotees offer their obeisances. Behind Kṛṣṇa are Mahā-Viṣṇu and, in the smaller inset, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, with creator Brahmā sitting on the lotus growing from His navel.* <h3>The Three Modes of Material Nature</h3> ![[0107_SB-3-2-2.jpg]] *Ikvienu būtni vada trīs materiālās dabas īpašības - skaidrība, kaislības un neziņa.* <h3>Dhruva Goes Back to Godhead</h3> ![[0119_SB-4-2-6.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: After boarding a transcendental airplane for the journey to Vaikuṇṭha, Dhruva Mahārāja thought, “How shall I go alone to Vaikuṇṭha and leave behind my poor mother?” Nanda and Sunanda could understand his mind, and thus they showed him that his mother, Sunīti, was traveling in another plane. Then the planes ascended and started for the spiritual world. While Dhruva passed through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system, and the demigods in their airplanes showered flowers upon him like rain.* ## Volume 3 <h3>Radha-Govinda in Vrndavana</h3> ![[0028_TLC-3.jpg]] *Among the many transcendental lovers of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs [cowherd girls of Vṛndāvana are the best, and among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the best.* <h3>Prthu Maharaja Washes the Kumaras' Feet</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-3-2.jpg]] <h3>Song Sung by Lord Siva</h3> ![[0164_SB-4_3_4.jpg]] ## Volume 4 --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. These images are reproduced here with permission for educational and devotional purposes. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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