# 6. Prescribed Duties for Mankind 1. [[sb/6/1|The History of the Life of Ajāmila]] 2. [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas]] 3. [[sb/6/3|Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers]] 4. [[sb/6/4|The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers]] 5. [[sb/6/5|Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa]] 6. [[sb/6/6|The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa]] 7. [[sb/6/7|Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati]] 8. [[sb/6/8|The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield]] 9. [[sb/6/9|Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura]] 10. [[sb/6/10|The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura]] 11. [[sb/6/11|The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura]] 12. [[sb/6/12|Vṛtrāsura's Glorious Death]] 13. [[sb/6/13|King Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction]] 14. [[sb/6/14|King Citraketu's Lamentation]] 15. [[sb/6/15|The Saints Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu]] 16. [[sb/6/16|King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord]] 17. [[sb/6/17|Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu]] 18. [[sb/6/18|Diti Vows to Kill King Indra]] 19. [[sb/6/19|Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony]] *** ## 1. [[sb/6/1|The History of the Life of Ajāmila]] * [[sb/6/1|The Path Beyond the Highest Planet]] * [[sb/6/1|Devotees Want to Save Their Fellow Men]] * [[sb/6/1|Proper Atonement Counteracts Impious Deeds]] * [[sb/6/1|Atonement is Compared to the Bathing of an Elephant]] * [[sb/6/1|A Cure for the Material Disease]] * [[sb/6/1|How One Can Uproot Sinful Desires]] * [[sb/6/1|Bhakti: The Best Thing in This World]] * [[sb/6/1|Devotees Never Even Dream of Death]] * [[sb/6/1|The Story of the Fallen Ajāmila]] * [[sb/6/1|Ajāmila’s Tenth and Special Son]] * [[sb/6/1|Ajāmila Chants at the Time of Death]] * [[sb/6/1|The Servants of Death Surprised]] * [[sb/6/1|God’s Messengers Intervene]] * [[sb/6/1|Real Religion Exists Eternally]] * [[sb/6/1|How the Supreme Lord Controls the Universe]] * [[sb/6/1|Nature and God Witness Our Activities]] * [[sb/6/1|Karma in Past and Future Lives]] * [[sb/6/1|Yamarāja, the Lord of Death]] * [[sb/6/1|The Lonely Struggle for Existence]] * [[sb/6/1|The Living Entity Traps Himself]] * [[sb/6/1|The Roots of Reincarnation]] * [[sb/6/1|A Prostitute Corrupts Ajāmila]] * [[sb/6/1|Servants of Death Give Their Verdict]] ## 2. [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas]] * [[sb/6/2|Needless Punishment of Sinless Persons]] * [[sb/6/2|The Duty of Government]] * [[sb/6/2|Millions of Lifetimes Can Be Purified by Chanting]] * [[sb/6/2|Chanting Delivers Even Thieves, Murderers and Fornicators]] * [[sb/6/2|Chanting Absolves One from Hell]] * [[sb/6/2|The Lord’s Name Burns to Ashes All Sinful Reaction]] * [[sb/6/2|Death’s Ropes Are Cut]] * [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Regrets His Past Sinful Life]] * [[sb/6/2|Why He Was Saved from Hellish Worlds]] * [[sb/6/2|We Must All Have His Determination]] * [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Goes to Hardwar]] * [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Regains His Spiritual Body]] * [[sb/6/2|How to Get Free from Material Bondage]] ## 3. [[sb/6/3|Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers]] * [[sb/6/3|The Messengers of Death Had Never Been Defeated]] * [[sb/6/3|Justice in the Universe]] * [[sb/6/3|Viṣṇu’s Mysterious Messengers]] * [[sb/6/3|Creation Has Only One Master]] * [[sb/6/3|How God Controls Men]] * [[sb/6/3|Only the Devotees Know the Lord]] * [[sb/6/3|The Lord’s Servants Are Almost as Qualified as He is]] * [[sb/6/3|Surrender to Kṛṣṇa is the Real Religion]] * [[sb/6/3|Chanting is Always Beneficial]] * [[sb/6/3|The Secret Religion of the Twelve Mahājanas]] * [[sb/6/3|Yamarāja Punishes Materialists]] * [[sb/6/3|The Lord of Death Begs Pardon]] * [[sb/6/3|Chanting Completes All Purification the Servants of Death Fear Devotees]] ## 4. [[sb/6/4|The Hamsa-Guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa]] * [[sb/6/4|The Anger of the Pracetās After Long Austerities]] * [[sb/6/4|Soma Pleads for the Life of the Trees]] * [[sb/6/4|The Lord of Lords Provides Food for Everyone]] * [[sb/6/4|A Good King Protects All Forms of Life]] * [[sb/6/4|The Body is a Temple]] * [[sb/6/4|Dakṣa is Born to Populate the Universe]] * [[sb/6/4|Dakṣa Retires for Austerities]] * [[sb/6/4|The Lord is Invisible to Material Eyes]] * [[sb/6/4|The Trance of God Realization]] * [[sb/6/4|How Yogīs Find the Supersoul]] * [[sb/6/4|The Person Behind Everything]] * [[sb/6/4|Learned Men Forget Their Souls for Philosophy]] * [[sb/6/4|The Common Basis for All Philosophies]] * [[sb/6/4|The Lord Descends to Favor the Devotees]] * [[sb/6/4|Only Kṛṣṇa is to Be Worshiped]] * [[sb/6/4|The Lord, Riding on Garuda, Appears to Dakṣa]] * [[sb/6/4|Dakṣa Congratulated]] * [[sb/6/4|How to See God's Impersonal Form]] * [[sb/6/4|Before the Creation]] * [[sb/6/4|A Wife for Dakṣa]] ## 5. [[sb/6/5|Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa]] * [[sb/6/5|The Haryasvas Perform Austerities]] * [[sb/6/5|Nārada Muni’s Allegory]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Earth”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The One Male”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Hole”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Prostitute”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Husband”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The River”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The House”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Swan”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Razors and Thunderbolts”]] * [[sb/6/5|“The Father”]] * [[sb/6/5|The Haryasvas Are Convinced by Nārada]] * [[sb/6/5|The Goodness of Nārada Muni]] * [[sb/6/5|The Savalāsvas Perform Austerities]] * [[sb/6/5|Nārada Preaches Again]] * [[sb/6/5|The Savalāsvas Follow Their Brothers]] * [[sb/6/5|Dakṣa’s Shortsightedness in Anger]] * [[sb/6/5|A Brahmāna's Debts]] * [[sb/6/5|Nārada is Accused by Dakṣa]] * [[sb/6/5|Renunciation Requires Knowledge]] * [[sb/6/5|Dakṣa’s False Arguments]] * [[sb/6/5|How Nārada Was Both Cursed and Favored by Dakṣa]] ## 6. [[sb/6/6|The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa]] * [[sb/6/6|Dakṣa Begets Sixty Daughters]] * [[sb/6/6|Upendra Born of Marutvati]] * [[sb/6/6|Viśvakarmā Born of Āṅgirasī]] * [[sb/6/6|Dakṣa Curses the Moon-god]] * [[sb/6/6|Description of the Descendants of Aditi]] ## 7. [[sb/6/7|Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati]] * [[sb/6/7|Bṛhaspati Rejects the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/7|Indra Condemns His Own Opulence]] * [[sb/6/7|Those Who Mislead People Go to Hell]] * [[sb/6/7|The Demons Declare War Against the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/7|The Demigods Approach Visvarūpa]] * [[sb/6/7|The Spiritual Master Personifies the Vedas]] * [[sb/6/7|Visvarūpa Becomes the Priest of the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/7|Visvarūpa Composes a Protective Prayer]] ## 8. [[sb/6/8|The Nārāyana-kavaca Shield]] * [[sb/6/8|Explanation of the Viṣṇu Mantra Armor]] * [[sb/6/8|Prayers to Vāmana and Nṛsṁhadeva]] * [[sb/6/8|Prayers to Hayagrīva, Nārada and Kūrma]] * [[sb/6/8|Prayers to Vyāsa, Buddha and Kalki]] * [[sb/6/8|Prayer to the Sudarśana Cakra]] * [[sb/6/8|Advanced Souls See Unity in Diversity]] * [[sb/6/8|Nārāyana-kavaca Protects One from Danger]] ## 9. [[sb/6/9|Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/9|Visvarūpa Offers Oblations to the Demons]] * [[sb/6/9|Indra Accepts Sinful Reactions]] * [[sb/6/9|Description of Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/9|Prayers of the Demigods to Nārāyana]] * [[sb/6/9|The Lord Accepts Various Transcendental Bodies]] * [[sb/6/9|Lord Hari Appears Before the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/9|All Contradictions Are Reconciled in the Lord]] * [[sb/6/9|Devotees Are the Real Friends of Everyone]] * [[sb/6/9|The Demigods Take Shelter at the Lord’s Lotus Feet]] * [[sb/6/9|The Lord Replies to the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/9|A Pure Devotee is Like an Expert Physician]] ## 10. [[sb/6/10|The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/10|The Demigods Ask Dadhīci for His Body]] * [[sb/6/10|The Body Must Be Engaged for the Benefit of Others]] * [[sb/6/10|Indra Rides Off to Kill Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/10|The Demons Resist the Armies of Indra]] * [[sb/6/10|Vṛtrāsura Addresses the Heroes of the Demons]] ## 11. [[sb/6/11|The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/11|Vṛtrāsura Rebukes the Demigods]] * [[sb/6/11|The Demigods Trampled by Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/11|Vṛtrāsura Condemns Indra]] * [[sb/6/11|Vṛtrāsura Desires the Mercy of Great Devotees]] * [[sb/6/11|Material Opulences Increase Anxiety and Pride]] * [[sb/6/11|Vṛtrāsura Yearns to Serve the Lord]] ## 12. [[sb/6/12|Vṛtrāsura’s Glorious Death]] * [[sb/6/12|Vṛtrāsura Attacks Lord Indra]] * [[sb/6/12|Lord Indra is Encouraged by Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/12|Everyone Dances to the Desire of the Lord]] * [[sb/6/12|Indra Replies to Vṛtrāsura]] * [[sb/6/12|Vṛtrāsura Swallows Indra]] * [[sb/6/12|The Demigods Praise the Victory of Indra]] ## 13. [[sb/6/13|King Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction]] * [[sb/6/13|The Unhappiness of Indra]] * [[sb/6/13|The Demigods Reassure Lord Indra]] * [[sb/6/13|Personified Sin Chases Indra]] * [[sb/6/13|Indra Returns to the Heavenly Planets]] * [[sb/6/13|The Value of Hearing this Narration]] ## 14. [[sb/6/14|King Citraketu’s Lamentation]] * [[sb/6/14|The Mystery of Vṛtrāsura: Sinful Demon or Great Saint]] * [[sb/6/14|A Real Devotee of God is Extremely Rare]] * [[sb/6/14|King Citraketu’s Ten Million Barren Wives]] * [[sb/6/14|The Sage Angirā Visits the King]] * [[sb/6/14|The King’s Deep Anxiety]] * [[sb/6/14|Citraketu’s Empire Means Nothing Without a Son]] * [[sb/6/14|A Son is Born to the King]] * [[sb/6/14|The Sonless Queens Condemn Themselves]] * [[sb/6/14|The Queens Poison the Baby]] * [[sb/6/14|Grief Devastates King Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/14|The Queen Blames the Supreme Lord for Her Son’s Death]] * [[sb/6/14|The Kingdom Becomes an Ocean of Lamentation]] ## 15. [[sb/6/15|The Saints Nārada and Angirā Instruct King Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/15|Conditioned Souls Are Joined and Separated by Time]] * [[sb/6/15|The Supreme Lord Controls Everything]] * [[sb/6/15|King Citraketu’s Enlightenment]] * [[sb/6/15|Great Souls Wander the Earth to Instruct the People]] * [[sb/6/15|Wife, Children and Home Are Mental Concoctions]] * [[sb/6/15|The Body is the Source of All Miseries]] ## 16. [[sb/6/16|King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord]] * [[sb/6/16|King Citraketu’s Dead Son Speaks]] * [[sb/6/16|Traveling from Womb to Womb]] * [[sb/6/16|The Living Entity is Equal in Quality to God]] * [[sb/6/16|Citraketu Leaves the Dark Well of Family Life]] * [[sb/6/16|Nārada Gives a Mantra to Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/16|Material Words and Minds Cannot Approach the Lord]] * [[sb/6/16|Ahgirā and Nārada Depart for the Topmost Planet]] * [[sb/6/16|Citraketu Attains the Shelter of Anantadeva]] * [[sb/6/16|Prayers of Citraketu to Lord Sesa]] * [[sb/6/16|The Beginning, Middle and End of Everything]] * [[sb/6/16|Escaping the Repetition of Birth and Death]] * [[sb/6/16|Low-Class Religious Systems Are Full of Envy]] * [[sb/6/16|Aryans Worship the Supreme Lord]] * [[sb/6/16|Hearing the Holy Names Purifies One]] * [[sb/6/16|Anantadeva Addresses Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/16|The Dreaming Condition of the Living Entities]] * [[sb/6/16|The Perfection of Human Life]] ## 17. [[sb/6/17|Mother Pārvati Curses Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/17|Citraketu Travels in Outer Space]] * [[sb/6/17|Citraketu Laughs at Lord Śiva's Embracing His Wife]] * [[sb/6/17|Pārvati is Furious with Citraketu]] * [[sb/6/17|Pārvati Curses Him to Be Born in a Family of Demons]] * [[sb/6/17|Citraketu Calmly Accepts the Curse]] * [[sb/6/17|Happiness and Distress Flow like the Waves of a River]] * [[sb/6/17|Lord Śiva Praises the Glories of Devotees]] * [[sb/6/17|The Devotee is Detached from this World]] * [[sb/6/17|King Citraketu Takes Birth as a Demon]] ## 18. [[sb/6/18|Diti Vows to Kill King Indra]] * [[sb/6/18|The Descendants of Aditi]] * [[sb/6/18|Diti’s Demoniac Children]] * [[sb/6/18|Diti Won’t Rest until Indra is Dead]] * [[sb/6/18|Sweet Words and Smiles Control Kaśyapa’s Mind]] * [[sb/6/18|A Woman Should Worship Her Husband as Lord]] * [[sb/6/18|Diti Begs for a Son who Can Kill Indra]] * [[sb/6/18|A Woman’s Heart is like a Razor Blade]] * [[sb/6/18|Kaśyapa Muni Instructs His Wife]] * [[sb/6/18|Indra Observes Diti’s Progress]] * [[sb/6/18|Indra Cuts Diti’s Embryo into Forty-Nine Pieces]] * [[sb/6/18|Diti’s Heart is Purified by Devotional Service]] * [[sb/6/18|Indra Satisfies Diti]] ## 19. [[sb/6/19|Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony]] * [[sb/6/19|Description of the Puṁsavana Vow]] * [[sb/6/19|Prayers to Lord Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī]] * [[sb/6/19|The Duty of Everyone is to Worship Lakṣmī-Nārāyana]] * [[sb/6/19|A Wife Should Worship Her Husband]] * [[sb/6/19|Results of Observing the Puṁsavana Vow]]