KṚṢṆA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead

 

 

Table of Contents

  1. Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb
  3. Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. Kaṁsa Begins His Persecutions
  5. Meeting of Nanda and Vasudeva
  6. Pūtanā Killed
  7. Salvation of Tṛṇāvarta
  8. Vision of the Universal Form
  9. Mother Yaśodā Binding Lord Kṛṣṇa
  10. Deliverance of Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva
  11. Killing the Demons Vatsāsura and Bakāsura
  12. The Killing of the Aghāsura Demon
  13. The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā
  14. Prayers Offered by Lord Brahmā to Lord Kṛṣṇa
  15. Killing of Dhenukāsura
  16. Subduing Kāliya
  17. Extinguishing the Forest Fire
  18. Killing the Demon Pralambāsura
  19. Devouring the Forest Fire
  20. Description of Autumn
  21. The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute
  22. Stealing the Garments of the Unmarried Gopī Girls
  23. Delivering the Wives of the Brahmanas Who Performed Sacrifices
  24. Worshiping Govardhana Hill
  25. Devastating Rainfall in Vṛndāvana
  26. Wonderful Kṛṣṇa
  27. Prayers by Indra, the King of Heaven
  28. Releasing Nanda Mahārāja from the Clutches of Varuṇa
  29. The Rāsa Dance: Introduction
  30. Kṛṣṇa's Hiding from the Gopīs
  31. Songs by the Gopīs
  32. Kṛṣṇa Returns to the Gopīs
  33. Description of the Rāsa Dance
  34. Vidyādhara Liberated and the Demon Śaṅkhāsura Killed
  35. The Gopīs' Feelings of Separation
  36. Kaṁsa Sends Akrūra for Kṛṣṇa
  37. Killing the Keśī Demon and Vyomāsura
  38. Akrūra's Arrival in Vṛndāvana
  39. Akrūra's Return Journey and His Visiting of Viṣṇuloka Within the Yamunā River
  40. Prayers by Akrūra
  41. Kṛṣṇa Enters Mathurā
  42. The Breaking of the Bow in the Sacrificial Arena
  43. The Killing of the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa
  44. The Killing of Kaṁsa
  45. Kṛṣṇa Recovers the Son of His Teacher
  46. Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana
  47. Delivery of the Message of Kṛṣṇa to the Gopīs
  48. Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees
  49. Ill-motivated Dhṛtarāṣṭra
  50. Kṛṣṇa Erects the Dvārakā Fort
  51. Deliverance of Mucukunda
  52. Kṛṣṇa, the Ranchor
  53. Kṛṣṇa Kidnaps Rukmiṇī
  54. Kṛṣṇa Defeats All the Princes and Takes Rukmiṇī Home to Dvārakā
  55. Pradyumna Born to Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
  56. The Story of the Syamantaka Jewel
  57. The Killing of Satrājit and Śatadhanvā
  58. Five Queens Married by Kṛṣṇa
  59. Deliverance of the Demon Bhaumāsura
  60. Talks Between Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
  61. The Genealogical Table of the Family of Kṛṣṇa
  62. The Meeting of Uṣā and Aniruddha
  63. Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura
  64. The Story of King Nṛga
  65. Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana
  66. The Deliverance of Pauṇḍraka and the King of Kāśī
  67. The Deliverance of Dvivida Gorilla
  68. The Marriage of Sāmba
  69. The Great Sage Nārada Visits the Different Homes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  70. Lord Kṛṣṇa's Daily Activities
  71. Lord Kṛṣṇa in Indraprastha City
  72. The Liberation of King Jarāsandha
  73. Lord Kṛṣṇa Returns to the City of Hastināpura
  74. The Deliverance of Śiśupāla
  75. Why Duryodhana Felt Insulted at the End of the Rājasūya Sacrifice
  76. The Battle Between Śālva and the Yadu Dynasty
  77. The Deliverance of Śālva
  78. The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa
  79. The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balarāma's Touring the Sacred Places
  80. Meeting of Lord Kṛṣṇa with Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa
  81. The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Benedicted by Lord Kṛṣṇa
  82. Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
  83. Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa
  84. Sacrificial Ceremonies Performed by Vasudeva
  85. Spiritual Instruction for Vasudeva and Return of the Six Dead Sons of Devakī by Lord Kṛṣṇa
  86. The Kidnapping of Subhadrā and Lord Kṛṣṇa's Visiting Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva
  87. Prayers by the Personified Vedas
  88. The Deliverance of Lord Śiva
  89. The Superexcellent Power of Kṛṣṇa
  90. Summary Description of Lord Kṛṣṇa's Pastimes

From the back cover

The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (“The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead”), the mature contribution of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the compiler of the Vedas. Of the twelve cantos of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the tenth canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa is a summary study of the tenth canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. 

The activities of Kṛṣṇa, which appear to be like those of an ordinary human being, can only be properly understood with the help of a bona fide spiritual master fully realized in the knowledge of this transcendental nature. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda is authorized by an unbreakable disciplic succession of spiritual masters going back thousands of years to the time when Kṛṣṇa appeared. Because he is the representative of the disciplic succession for this age and because of his complete immersion in love of Kṛṣṇa Prabhupāda is uniquely qualified to present Kṛṣṇa as He is. 

Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the original speaker of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, has declared that there are three classes of men and that the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa will be relished by each of them. The liberated soul who is no longer interested in mundane topics most certainly hears about Kṛṣṇa with the highest pleasure. The person who is trying to become liberated will also enjoy these topics of the Personality of Godhead, which purify anyone who hears them. And even the grossest materialist will enjoy hearing about Kṛṣṇa because of the resemblance between His affairs with the gopīs and the loving affairs of ordinary boys and girls. 

Foreseeing the publication of this book, with its fifty-eight full color illustrations, Prabhupāda commented, “No other religion has such a full concept of God. I think our Kṛṣṇa book will convince them. Whoever reads it will become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa.