# 6. Prescribed Duties for Mankind
1. [[sb/6/1|The Story of the Fallen Ajamila]]
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]]
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## 1. [[sb/6/1|The Story of the Fallen Ajamila]]
* [[sb/6/1/1|The Path Beyond the Highest Planet]]
* [[sb/6/1/7|Devotees Want to Save Their Fellow Men]]
* [[sb/6/1/7|Proper Atonement Counteracts Impious Deeds]]
* [[sb/6/1/11|Atonement is Compared to the Bathing of an Elephant]]
* [[sb/6/1/13-14|A Cure for the Material Disease]]
* [[sb/6/1/15|How One Can Uproot Sinful Desires]]
* [[sb/6/1/19|Bhakti: The Best Thing in This World]]
* [[sb/6/1/1|Devotees Never Even Dream of Death]]
* [[sb/6/1/2|The Story of the Fallen Ajamila]]
* [[sb/6/1/6|Ajamila's Tenth and Special Son]]
* [[sb/6/1/10|Ajamila Chants at the Time of Death]]
* [[sb/6/1/11|The Servants of Death Surprised]]
* [[sb/6/1/15|God's Messengers Intervene]]
* [[sb/6/1/16|Real Religion Exists Eternally]]
* [[sb/6/1/18|How the Supreme Lord Controls the Universe]]
* [[sb/6/1/19|Nature and God Witness Our Activities]]
* [[sb/6/1/20|Karma in Past and Future Lives]]
* [[sb/6/1/22|Yamarāja, the Lord of Death]]
* [[sb/6/1/26|The Lonely Struggle for Existence]]
* [[sb/6/1/30|The Living Entity Traps Himself]]
* [[sb/6/1/31|The Roots of Reincarnation]]
* [[sb/6/1/34-36|A Prostitute Corrupts Ajamila]]
* [[sb/6/1/40|Servants of Death Give Their Verdict]]
## 2. [[sb/6/2|Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas]]
* [[sb/6/2/42|Needless Punishment of Sinless Persons]]
* [[sb/6/2/45|The Duty of Government]]
* [[sb/6/2/49|Millions of Lifetimes Can Be Purified by Chanting]]
* [[sb/6/2/51|Chanting Delivers Even Thieves, Murderers and Fornicators]]
* [[sb/6/2/56|Chanting Absolves One from Hell]]
* [[sb/6/2/1|The Lord’s Name Burns to Ashes All Sinful Reaction]]
* [[sb/6/2/1|Death’s Ropes Are Cut]]
* [[sb/6/2/68|Ajāmila Regrets His Past Sinful Life]]
* [[sb/6/2/2|Why He Was Saved from Hellish Worlds]]
* [[sb/6/2/7|We Must All Have His Determination]]
* [[sb/6/2/9-10|Ajāmila Goes to Hardwar]]
* [[sb/6/2/13|Ajāmila Regains His Spiritual Body]]
* [[sb/6/2/16|How to Get Free from Material Bondage]]
## 3. [[sb/6/3|Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers]]
* [[sb/6/3/22|The Messengers of Death Had Never Been Defeated]]
* [[sb/6/3/24|Justice in the Universe]]
* [[sb/6/3/2|Viṣṇu’s Mysterious Messengers]]
* [[sb/6/3/33|Creation Has Only One Master]]
* [[sb/6/3/36|How God Controls Men]]
* [[sb/6/3/39|Only the Devotees Know the Lord]]
* [[sb/6/3/2|The Lord’s Servants Are Almost as Qualified as He is]]
* [[sb/6/3/49|Surrender to Kṛṣṇa is the Real Religion]]
* [[sb/6/3/49|Chanting is Always Beneficial]]
* [[sb/6/3/49|The Secret Religion of the Twelve Mahājanas]]
* [[sb/6/3/9|Yamarāja Punishes Materialists]]
* [[sb/6/3/12|The Lord of Death Begs Pardon]]
* [[sb/6/3/13|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/6/4/18|The Anger of the Pracetās After Long Austerities]]
* [[sb/6/4/21|Soma Pleads for the Life of the Trees]]
* [[sb/6/4/24|The Lord of Lords Provides Food for Everyone]]
* [[sb/6/4/24|A Good King Protects All Forms of Life]]
* [[sb/6/4/25|The Body is a Temple]]
* [[sb/6/4/27-28|Dakṣa is Born to Populate the Universe]]
* [[sb/6/4/29|Dakṣa Retires for Austerities]]
* [[sb/6/4/30|The Lord is Invisible to Material Eyes]]
* [[sb/6/4/33|The Trance of God Realization]]
* [[sb/6/4/35-39|How Yogīs Find the Supersoul]]
* [[sb/6/4/6|The Person Behind Everything]]
* [[sb/6/4/8|Learned Men Forget Their Souls for Philosophy]]
* [[sb/6/4/12|The Common Basis for All Philosophies]]
* [[sb/6/4/15|The Lord Descends to Favor the Devotees]]
* [[sb/6/4/19|Only J<r�I).a Is to Be Worshiped]]
* [[sb/6/4/24|The Lord, Riding on Garw�a, Appears to Dak�a]]
* [[sb/6/4/26|Dak�a Congratulated]]
* [[sb/6/4/29|How to See God's Impersonal Form]]
* [[sb/6/4/30|Before the Creation]]
* [[sb/6/4/32|A Wife for Dak�a]]
## 5. [[sb/6/5|Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa]]
* [[sb/6/5/33|The Haryasvas Perform Austerities]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|Nārada Muni’s Allegory]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Earth”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The One Male”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Hole”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Prostitute”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Husband”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The River”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The House”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Swan”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Razors and Thunderbolts”]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|“The Father”]]
* [[sb/6/5/53|The Haryasvas Are Convinced by Nārada]]
* [[sb/6/5/54|The Goodness of Nārada Muni]]
* [[sb/6/5/6-8|The Savalāsvas Perform Austerities]]
* [[sb/6/5/12|Nārada Preaches Again]]
* [[sb/6/5/14|The Savalāsvas Follow Their Brothers]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|Dakṣa’s Shortsightedness in Anger]]
* [[sb/6/5/16|A Brahmāna's Debts]]
* [[sb/6/5/18|Nārada is Accused by Dakṣa]]
* [[sb/6/5/20|Renunciation Requires Knowledge]]
* [[sb/6/5/1|Dakṣa’s False Arguments]]
* [[sb/6/5/22|How Nārada Was Both Cursed and Favored by Dakṣa]]
## 6. [[sb/6/6|The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa]]
* [[sb/6/6/3|Dakṣa Begets Sixty Daughters]]
* [[sb/6/6/3|Upendra Born of Marutvati]]
* [[sb/6/6/3|Viśvakarmā Born of Āṅgirasī]]
* [[sb/6/6/3|Dakṣa Curses the Moon-god]]
* [[sb/6/6/3|Description of the Descendants of Aditi]]
## 7. [[sb/6/7|Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati]]
* [[sb/6/7/2-8|Bṛhaspati Rejects the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/7/1|Indra Condemns His Own Opulence]]
* [[sb/6/7/2-8|Those Who Mislead People Go to Hell]]
* [[sb/6/7/2-8|The Demons Declare War Against the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/7/2-8|The Demigods Approach Visvarūpa]]
* [[sb/6/7/13|The Spiritual Master Personifies the Vedas]]
* [[sb/6/7/15|Visvarūpa Becomes the Priest of the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/7/16|Visvarūpa Composes a Protective Prayer]]
## 8. [[sb/6/8|The Nārāyana-kavaca Shield]]
* [[sb/6/8/20|Explanation of the Viṣṇu Mantra Armor]]
* [[sb/6/8/23|Prayers to Vāmana and Nṛsṁhadeva]]
* [[sb/6/8/27-28|Prayers to Hayagrīva, Nārada and Kūrma]]
* [[sb/6/8/31|Prayers to Vyāsa, Buddha and Kalki]]
* [[sb/6/8/32-33|Prayer to the Sudarśana Cakra]]
* [[sb/6/8/38|Advanced Souls See Unity in Diversity]]
* [[sb/6/8/42|Nārāyana-kavaca Protects One from Danger]]
## 9. [[sb/6/9|Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/9/50|Visvarūpa Offers Oblations to the Demons]]
* [[sb/6/9/53|Indra Accepts Sinful Reactions]]
* [[sb/6/9/61|Description of Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/9/65|Prayers of the Demigods to Nārāyana]]
* [[sb/6/9/1|The Lord Accepts Various Transcendental Bodies]]
* [[sb/6/9/2|Lord Hari Appears Before the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/9/9|All Contradictions Are Reconciled in the Lord]]
* [[sb/6/9/13-17|Devotees Are the Real Friends of Everyone]]
* [[sb/6/9/1|The Demigods Take Shelter at the Lord’s Lotus Feet]]
* [[sb/6/9/28|The Lord Replies to the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/9/33|A Pure Devotee is Like an Expert Physician]]
## 10. [[sb/6/10|The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/10/40|The Demigods Ask Dadhīci for His Body]]
* [[sb/6/10/42|The Body Must Be Engaged for the Benefit of Others]]
* [[sb/6/10/49|Indra Rides Off to Kill Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/10/4|The Demons Resist the Armies of Indra]]
* [[sb/6/10/9|Vṛtrāsura Addresses the Heroes of the Demons]]
## 11. [[sb/6/11|The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/11/15|Vṛtrāsura Rebukes the Demigods]]
* [[sb/6/11/18|The Demigods Trampled by Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/11/20|Vṛtrāsura Condemns Indra]]
* [[sb/6/11/24|Vṛtrāsura Desires the Mercy of Great Devotees]]
* [[sb/6/11/25|Material Opulences Increase Anxiety and Pride]]
* [[sb/6/11/28|Vṛtrāsura Yearns to Serve the Lord]]
## 12. [[sb/6/12|Vṛtrāsura’s Glorious Death]]
* [[sb/6/12/35|Vṛtrāsura Attacks Lord Indra]]
* [[sb/6/12/35|Lord Indra is Encouraged by Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/12/1|Everyone Dances to the Desire of the Lord]]
* [[sb/6/12/6|Indra Replies to Vṛtrāsura]]
* [[sb/6/12/17|Vṛtrāsura Swallows Indra]]
* [[sb/6/12/26|The Demigods Praise the Victory of Indra]]
## 13. [[sb/6/13|King Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction]]
* [[sb/6/13/28|The Unhappiness of Indra]]
* [[sb/6/13/29|The Demigods Reassure Lord Indra]]
* [[sb/6/13/31|Personified Sin Chases Indra]]
* [[sb/6/13/33|Indra Returns to the Heavenly Planets]]
* [[sb/6/13/35|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/6/14/1|The Queens Poison the Baby]]
* [[sb/6/14/4|Grief Devastates King Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/14|The Queen Blames the Supreme Lord for Her Son’s Death]]
* [[sb/6/14/8|The Kingdom Becomes an Ocean of Lamentation]]
## 15. [[sb/6/15|The Saints Nārada and Angirā Instruct King Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/15/12-15|Conditioned Souls Are Joined and Separated by Time]]
* [[sb/6/15/12-15|The Supreme Lord Controls Everything]]
* [[sb/6/15|King Citraketu’s Enlightenment]]
* [[sb/6/15/18-19|Great Souls Wander the Earth to Instruct the People]]
* [[sb/6/15/20|Wife, Children and Home Are Mental Concoctions]]
* [[sb/6/15/27|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/6/16/38|Traveling from Womb to Womb]]
* [[sb/6/16/40|The Living Entity is Equal in Quality to God]]
* [[sb/6/16/42|Citraketu Leaves the Dark Well of Family Life]]
* [[sb/6/16/49|Nārada Gives a Mantra to Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/16/52|Material Words and Minds Cannot Approach the Lord]]
* [[sb/6/16/53-54|Ahgirā and Nārada Depart for the Topmost Planet]]
* [[sb/6/16/58|Citraketu Attains the Shelter of Anantadeva]]
* [[sb/6/16/61-62|Prayers of Citraketu to Lord Sesa]]
* [[sb/6/16/68|The Beginning, Middle and End of Everything]]
* [[sb/6/16/4|Escaping the Repetition of Birth and Death]]
* [[sb/6/16/7|Low-Class Religious Systems Are Full of Envy]]
* [[sb/6/16/12|Aryans Worship the Supreme Lord]]
* [[sb/6/16/16|Hearing the Holy Names Purifies One]]
* [[sb/6/16/21|Anantadeva Addresses Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/16/27|The Dreaming Condition of the Living Entities]]
* [[sb/6/16/36|The Perfection of Human Life]]
## 17. [[sb/6/17|Mother Pārvati Curses Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/17/47|Citraketu Travels in Outer Space]]
* [[sb/6/17/49|Citraketu Laughs at Lord Śiva's Embracing His Wife]]
* [[sb/6/17/49|Pārvati is Furious with Citraketu]]
* [[sb/6/17/4-5|Pārvati Curses Him to Be Born in a Family of Demons]]
* [[sb/6/17/10|Citraketu Calmly Accepts the Curse]]
* [[sb/6/17/12|Happiness and Distress Flow like the Waves of a River]]
* [[sb/6/17/14|Lord Śiva Praises the Glories of Devotees]]
* [[sb/6/17/19|The Devotee is Detached from this World]]
* [[sb/6/17/24|King Citraketu Takes Birth as a Demon]]
## 18. [[sb/6/18|Diti Vows to Kill King Indra]]
* [[sb/6/18/29|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/6/18/11|A Woman Should Worship Her Husband as Lord]]
* [[sb/6/18/15|Diti Begs for a Son who Can Kill Indra]]
* [[sb/6/18|A Woman’s Heart is like a Razor Blade]]
* [[sb/6/18/22|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/6/18/33-34|Indra Satisfies Diti]]
## 19. [[sb/6/19|Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony]]
* [[sb/6/19/40|Description of the Puṁsavana Vow]]
* [[sb/6/19/43|Prayers to Lord Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī]]
* [[sb/6/19/43|The Duty of Everyone is to Worship Lakṣmī-Nārāyana]]
* [[sb/6/19/46|A Wife Should Worship Her Husband]]
* [[sb/6/19/51|Results of Observing the Puṁsavana Vow]]