# 10. The Summum Bonum * **[[sb/10/0|Summary of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 10]]** 1. [[sb/10/1|The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction]] 2. [[sb/10/2|Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb]] 3. [[sb/10/3|The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa]] 4. [[sb/10/4|The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa]] 5. [[sb/10/5|The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva]] 6. [[sb/10/6|The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā]] 7. [[sb/10/7|The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta]] 8. [[sb/10/8|Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth]] 9. [[sb/10/9|Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa]] 10. [[sb/10/10|Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees]] 11. [[sb/10/11|The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa]] 12. [[sb/10/12|The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura]] 13. [[sb/10/13|The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā]] *** ## 1. [[sb/10/1|The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/1/1|The Supreme Abode of the Personality of Godhead]] * [[sb/10/1/4|Curing the Disease of Repeated Birth and Death]] * [[sb/10/1/7|Shelter at the Lotus Feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/1/10|God is Never Formless]] * [[sb/10/1/15|Kṛṣṇa-kathā Compulsory for Government Leaders]] * [[sb/10/1/21|Kṛṣṇa is Not an Ordinary, Historical Person]] * [[sb/10/1/25|How the Supreme Lord’s Energies Function]] * [[sb/10/1/32|Age-old Vedic Marriage Customs]] * [[sb/10/1/39|The Living Entity Constantly Changes Bodies]] * [[sb/10/1/41|The Next Body Develops According to One’s State of Mind]] * [[sb/10/1/42|Why the Living Entity Identifies with His Body]] * [[sb/10/1/47|The Vedic Culture Aims at Avoiding Death]] * [[sb/10/1/52|Vāsudeva Promises Kaṁsa His Newborn Sons]] * [[sb/10/1/39|Devotees Summoned to Participate in the Lord’s Pastimes]] * [[sb/10/1/64|Kaṁsa Kills Vāsudeva’s Children]] ## 2. [[sb/10/2|Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/2/68|Why the Lord Descends]] * [[sb/10/2/8|“All Beings Are in Me, But I Am Not in Them”]] * [[sb/10/2/10|Ātma-tattva: Knowledge of the Spirit Soul]] * [[sb/10/2/18|Night for the Materialist is Day for the Self-Realized]] * [[sb/10/2/22|The Worldwide Distribution of Vedic Knowledge]] * [[sb/10/2/25|Suffering in the Bodily Concept of Life]] * [[sb/10/2/27|The Demigods Invisibly Enter Devaki’s Room to Offer Prayers]] * [[sb/10/2/30|Erroneous Conclusions of the Material Scientists]] * [[sb/10/2/32|Crossing the Ocean of Repeated Birth and Death]] * [[sb/10/2/34|The “Many Paths, Same Result” Philosophy Rejected]] * [[sb/10/2/36|The Importance of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra]] * [[sb/10/2/37|Material Minds and Senses Cannot Understand Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/2/38|The Supreme Lord is Not Forced to Take Birth]] * [[sb/10/2/42|The Demigods Return to the Heavenly Planets]] ## 3. [[sb/10/3|The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/3/5|The Universe Surcharged with Auspicious Symptoms]] * [[sb/10/3/10|Description of the Supreme Lord as a Newborn Child]] * [[sb/10/3/14|Vāsudeva Offers Prayers to His Son, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/3/18|Why Life Cannot Be Created in a Laboratory]] * [[sb/10/3/21|Kṛṣṇa Descends to Protect the Innocent Public]] * [[sb/10/3/24|Devaki Offers Prayers to Her Transcendental Child]] * [[sb/10/3/26|The Supreme Lord Has No Fear of Time]] * [[sb/10/3/28|Kṛṣṇa Requested to Assume the Form of an Ordinary Child]] * [[sb/10/3/32|The Previous Births of Lord Krsna’s Parents]] * [[sb/10/3/38|Love of Godhead, the Highest Achievement]] * [[sb/10/3/25|Misconstruing Krsna to be an Ordinary Human Being]] * [[sb/10/3/49|Vasudeva Carries Krsna to Vrndavana]] * [[sb/10/3/30|Kevala-bhakti: Intense Love of the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] ## 4. [[sb/10/4|The Atrocities of King Kamsa]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/4/53|Pseudo Guardians of the Material World]] * [[sb/10/4/5|Devaki Tries Diplomacy to Save Her Child]] * [[sb/10/4/14|Worshipers of Durgä Must Accept Body After Body]] * [[sb/10/4/19|The Soul Is Always Aloof From Bodily Changes]] * [[sb/10/3/50|Kaihsa Repents His Abominable Acts]] * [[sb/10/4/32|The Materialist Is Only Superficially Expert]] * [[sb/10/4/10|Description of Eternal Religious Principles]] * [[sb/10/4/45|Kamsa’s Demons Begin the Persecution of Saintly Persons]] ## 5. [[sb/10/5|The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/5/1-2|Lord Sri Krsna ’s Vedic Birth Ceremony]] * [[sb/10/5/11|Killing the Opportunity of Human Civilization]] * [[sb/10/5/14|No Food Shortages in Vedic Society]] * [[sb/10/5/20|Nanda Goes to Mathura to Pay Taxes]] * [[sb/10/5/25|The Disastrous Results of Cow Slaughter]] ## 6. [[sb/10/6|The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/6/2|Taking Shelter of the Supreme Controller]] * [[sb/10/6/11|Pūtanā Attempts to Poison Baby Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/6/20|The Lord's Forms Are Always Omnipotent]] * [[sb/10/6/24|Vedic Mantras: Practical Protection from Danger]] * [[sb/10/6/34|Pūtanā Freed from Material Contamination]] * [[sb/10/6/34|Transcendental Relationships with Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa]] ## 7. [[sb/10/7|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/7/43|The Root Cause of All Suffering]] * [[sb/10/7/4|Pregnancy Never a Burden in Vedic Society]] * [[sb/10/7/6|Kṛṣṇa’s Pastime of Breaking the Cart]] * [[sb/10/7/12|Human Society Requires an Ideal Class of Men]] * [[sb/10/7/20|Trnāvarta, Demon in the Form of a Whirlwind]] * [[sb/10/6/24|Yogesvara, the Source of All Mystic Power]] * [[sb/10/7/32|Protection by the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] ## 8. [[sb/10/8|Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/8/3|The Science of the Soul’s Transmigration]] * [[sb/10/8/7|Kṛṣṇa’s Name-giving Ceremony Performed Secretly]] * [[sb/10/8/15|God is One, Yet He Has Many Names and Forms]] * [[sb/10/8/22|The Childhood Play of the Supreme Lord]] * [[sb/10/8/32|Kṛṣṇa’s Playmates Complain, “Kṛṣṇa Has Eaten Earth”]] * [[sb/10/8/35|Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth Reveals the Cosmic Manifestation]] * [[sb/10/8/42|The Ultimate Proprietor of Everything]] * [[sb/10/8/48|Nanda Mahārāja and Mother Yasodā’s Past Lives]] * [[sb/10/8/50|Avoiding the Risky Life of Material Existence]] ## 9. [[sb/10/9|Mother Yasodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/9/1-2|Advanced Devotees Cherish Kṛṣṇa’s Mother’s]] * [[sb/10/9/1-2|Description]] * [[sb/10/9/10|The Supreme Lord Chased by Mother Yasodā]] * [[sb/10/9/12|The All-pervading Supreme Cause of all Causes]] * [[sb/10/9/19|The Lord Can Be Controlled by Unalloyed Devotion]] ## 10. [[sb/10/10|Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/10/2-3|The Abominable Behavior of Nalakūvara and Manigriva]] * [[sb/10/10/9|Western Civilization: Wine, Women and Gambling]] * [[sb/10/10/2-3|Punar Mūṣiko Bhava: “Again Become a Mouse”]] * [[sb/10/10/18|The Symptoms of a Saintly Person]] * [[sb/10/10/26|Child Kṛṣṇa Uproots the Yamala-arjuna Trees]] * [[sb/10/10/33|Kṛṣṇa Exists Before the Creation]] * [[sb/10/10/39|God Consciousness Cannot Be Manufactured]] ## 11. [[sb/10/11|The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/11/3|Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Bewilder Nanda and the Cowherd Men]] * [[sb/10/11/17|The Supreme Personality of Godhead Late for Lunch]] * [[sb/10/11/28|Kṛṣṇa Consciousness’s Forward March, Past and Present]] * [[sb/10/11/38|The Vedic System of Education]] * [[sb/10/11/49|The Bakāsura Demon Swallows Lord Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/11/55|Srīmad-Bhāgavatam: Transcendental Happiness and Freedom from All Misery]] ## 12. [[sb/10/12|The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/12/4|Thousands of Cowherd Boys Go with Kṛṣṇa to the Forest]] * [[sb/10/12/12|Spiritual Enjoyment in the Spiritual World]] * [[sb/10/12/17|Srīmad-Bhāgavatam Stops the Cycle of Birth and Death]] * [[sb/10/12/24|Aghāsura Assumes the Form of a Python]] * [[sb/10/12/31|Kṛṣṇa Kills Aghāsura from Within the Mouth]] * [[sb/10/12/35|Spiritual Individuality and Liberation Demonstrated]] * [[sb/10/12/38|Simply by Thinking of Kṛṣṇa, One Can Attain Him]] ## 13. [[sb/10/13|The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā]] * [[sb/10/12/59|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/10/13/1|The Lord’s Activities Are Very Confidential]] * [[sb/10/13/1|Kṛṣṇa is Always Visible to His Devotees]] * [[sb/10/13/13|The Devotee of the Lord is Free from Fear]] * [[sb/10/13/17|Brahmā Steals the Calves and Boys]] * [[sb/10/13/22|Kṛṣṇa Expands as the Calves and Boys to Astonish Brahmā]] * [[sb/10/13/28|The Supreme Lord is Everything]] * [[sb/10/13/35|Baladeva Surprised by Kṛṣṇa’s Yogamāyā]] * [[sb/10/13/44|Brahmā Bewildered by His Own Mystic Power]] * [[sb/10/13/50|The Glance of Viṣṇu Creates the Devotees’ Desires]] * [[sb/10/13/52|All Living Entities Are Servants of Kṛṣṇa]] * [[sb/10/13/54|The Supreme Lord Known Only by Devotion]] * [[sb/10/13/56|Brahmā Stunned by Transcendental Bliss]] * [[sb/10/13/59|The Lord is One Without a Second]]