Liberation

Table of contents

1. King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
2. The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu
3. The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni
4. Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
5. Durvāsā Muni’s Life Spared
6. The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
7. The Descendants of King Māndhātā
8. The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
9. The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
10. The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra
11. Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
12. The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra
13. The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi
14. King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī
15. Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation
16. Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class
17. The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā
18. King Yayāti Regains His Youth
19. King Yayāti Achieves Liberation
20. The Dynasty of Pūru
21. The Dynasty of Bharata
22. The Descendants of Ajamīḍha
23. The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
24. Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead

CHAPTER ONE

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

• Chapter Summary
• Kṛṣṇa Exists After the Cosmic Annihilation
• The Hare Kṛṣṇa Chant: Relief for All of Humanity
• As a Person Puts on New Garments, the Soul Accepts New Bodies
• Sudyumna Regains His Male Body

CHAPTER TWO

The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

• Chapter Summary
• Prsadhra’s Mishap: Cow Protection is Essential
• Escaping the Laws of Karma
• Human Society Without a Brain

CHAPTER THREE

The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni

• Chapter Summary
• The Peaceful Home: Vedic Marital Behavior
• The Exalted Values of Vedic Culture
• Lord Brahmā Selects Revati’s Husband

CHAPTER FOUR

Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni

• Chapter Summary
• Nābhāga Returns Home from the Gurukula
• Materialists Regard Temporary Happiness as Everything
• King Ambarīṣa’s Perfect Devotional Service
• The Transcendentalist as Chief Executive
• Kṛṣṇa’s Devotees Uninterested in Mystic Yoga
• Using Material Assets to Spread the Lord’s Glories
• Durvāsā Muni, the Uninvited Guest
• Devotees Often Tortured by Adversaries
• The Lord’s Disc Weapon Follows Durvāsā Everywhere
• Why God Allows His Devotees to Control Him
• Liberation Automatically Waits to Serve Devotees

CHAPTER FIVE

Durvāsā Muni’s Life Spared

• Chapter Summary
• Ambarīṣa Offers Prayers to the Lord’s Disc Weapon
• Durvāsā Spared from the Lord’s Burning Cakra
• Space Travel Without Spacecraft
• No Position in This Material World is Important

CHAPTER SIX

The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

• Chapter Summary
• Beef-eating Strictly Prohibited
• Puranjaya Conquers the Demons
• King Yuvanāśva’s Son Born from His Abdomen
• Saubhari Abandons His Yogīc Austerities for Sex
• Feeding the Blazing Fire of Material Desire
• Why Transcendentalists and Materialists Do Not Mix

CHAPTER SEVEN

The Descendants of King Māndhātā

• Chapter Summary
• Suffering is Inevitable Within This Material World
• Hariścandra Struggles to Save His Son

CHAPTER EIGHT

The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva

• Sagara’s Sons Killed by Their Own Bodily Heat
• All Living Entities Are Born Deluded
• The Supreme Lord Has No Material Name or Form

CHAPTER NINE

The Dynasty of Amsumān

• Chapter Summary
• Neutralizing the Reactions of Sinful Activity
• Bhagiratha Brings the Ganges River to This World
• Saudāsa Cursed to Become a Man-eater
• Escaping the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death
• Life is More Than a Combination of Chemicals
• Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja Achieves Perfection in One Moment
• Transcendental Consciousness Within the Material World
• The Supreme Lord is Neither Impersonal nor Void

CHAPTER TEN

The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra

• Chapter Summary
• The Supreme Lord Expands into Many Incarnations
• Rāmacandra’s Father Exiles Him to the Forest
• Why the Lord’s Punishment Through Nature is Necessary
• Lord Rāmacandra Proves His Omnipotence
• Transcendental Versus Material Strength and Power
• The End of the Demon Rāvana
• The Path of Saintly Feminine Behavior
• Lord Rāmacandra’s Triumphant Return to Ayodhyā
• A Futile Hope: The Kingdom of God Without God
• Kṛṣṇa is Available in the Form of His Name

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World

• Chapter Summary
• Serving the Supreme Lord to Gain Material Profit
• Emotions in the Spiritual World
• Why the Lord Performs Uncommon Pastimes
• Executing the Order of the Supreme Personality
• The Opulences of the City of Ayodhyā During the Lord’s Reign

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Dynasty of Kusa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra

• Chapter Summary
• The Perfect Yogī Can Live as Long as He Desires

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi

• Chapter Summary
• Mahārāja Nimi Refuses to Accept a Material Body
• The Temporary Body is the Source of All Problems
• The Effect of Unsteady, Unregulated Governments
• Why Goodness and Badness Are Both the Same

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvasi

• Chapter Summary
• Soma Born from Atri’s Tears of Joy
• Tara, Brihaspati’s Unchaste Wife
• The Meeting of Urvasi and Purūravā
• Heavenly Planets’ Living Standards Differ from Earth’s
• Urvaśī Abandons Purūravā
• Feminine Behavior in the Material World
• The Tretā Millennium Begins
• Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation

• Chapter Summary
• Ṛcīka Pays an Unusual Dowry
• Irreligious Governments Swallow the Citizens
• Why Cow Protection is Stressed
• Paraśurāma Annihilates Kārtaviryārjuna’s Military Forces
• Kārtavirayārjuna Killed by Lord Paraśurāma
• Forgiveness is the Brāhmana’s Special Quality

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class

• Chapter Summary
• Paraśurāma Kills His Mother and Brothers
• The Cruel Slaying of Jamadagni
• The Supreme Lord’s Eternal Mission
• Visvāmitra’s History: One’s Status Does Not Depend on Birth
• Mass Degradation in the Current Age

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā

• Chapter Summary
• Dhanvantari, Inaugurator of Medical Science
• Rajis Sons Refuse to Return Indra’s Heavenly Planet

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

King Yayāti Regains His Youth

• Chapter Summary
• Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Destroys Material Bondage
• The Quarrel Between Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā
• Astrological Compatibility and Vedic Marriages
• Yayāti Cursed to Suffer Premature Old Age
• Yayāti Asks His Sons to Trade Youth for Old Age
• Puru Accepts His Father’s Old Age and Invalidity
• Happiness Depends on Mind and Sense Purification

CHAPTER NINETEEN

King Yayāti Achieves Liberation

• Chapter Summary
• The Allegory of the He-goat and She-goat
• When Family Life is a Dark Well
• The Advanced Spiritualist is Uninterested in Sex
• Suffering in the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death
• Devayānī Attains Liberation by the Grace of Her Husband

CHAPTER TWENTY

The Dynasty of Pūru

• Chapter Summary
• Śakuntalā’s Beauty Attracts King Duṣmanta
• Sex Life and Vedic Religious Principles
• Kṛṣṇa, the Seed of All Living Entities
• The Reign of Mahārāja Bharata
• The Illegitimate Birth of Bhāradvāja

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

The Dynasty of Bharata

• Chapter Summary
• Rantideva, Exalted Devotee of the Lord
• Human Society’s Real Welfare Workers
• Surpassing the Influence of Illusion
• The Imitation Śukadeva Gosvāmī

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

The Descendants of Ajamidha

• Chapter Summary
• Bhīṣmadeva, the Greatest Warrior
• The Five Pāndava Brothers
• Future Sons of the Pāndu Family Described
• The Future of the Māgadha Dynasty

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti

• Chapter Summary
• Description of the Yadu Dynasty
• Few Understand That the Supreme Truth is a Person

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

• Chapter Summary
• Kuntī Calls for the Demigod of the Sun
• The Wives and Offspring of Vāsudeva
• Why the Lord’s Incarnations Descend
• Relieving the Earth of Its Demoniac Burden
• Freedom from Material Contamination
• Seeing the Lord’s Beauty: A Daily Festival

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