# 9. Liberation 1. [[sb/9/1|King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman]] 2. [[sb/9/2|The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu]] 3. [[sb/9/3|The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni]] 4. [[sb/9/4|Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni]] 5. [[sb/9/5|Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared]] 6. [[sb/9/6|The Downfall of Saubhari Muni]] 7. [[sb/9/7|The Descendants of King Māndhātā]] 8. [[sb/9/8|The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva]] 9. [[sb/9/9|The Dynasty of Aṁśumān]] 10. [[sb/9/10|The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra]] 11. [[sb/9/11|Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World]] 12. [[sb/9/12|The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra]] 13. [[sb/9/13|The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi]] 14. [[sb/9/14|King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī]] 15. [[sb/9/15|Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation]] 16. [[sb/9/16|Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class]] 17. [[sb/9/17|The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā]] 18. [[sb/9/18|King Yayāti Regains His Youth]] 19. [[sb/9/19|King Yayāti Achieves Liberation]] 20. [[sb/9/20|The Dynasty of Pūru]] 21. [[sb/9/21|The Dynasty of Bharata]] 22. [[sb/9/22|The Descendants of Ajamīḍha]] 23. [[sb/9/23|The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti]] 24. [[sb/9/24|Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] *** ## 1. [[sb/9/1|King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/1/1|Kṛṣṇa Exists After the Cosmic Annihilation]] * [[sb/9/1/18|The Hare Kṛṣṇa Chant: Relief for All of Humanity]] * [[sb/9/1/29|As a Person Puts on New Garments, the Soul Accepts New Bodies]] * [[sb/9/1/37|Sudyumna Regains His Male Body]] ## 2. [[sb/9/2|The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/1/7|Prsadhra’s Mishap: Cow Protection is Essential]] * [[sb/9/2/15|Escaping the Laws of Karma]] * [[sb/9/2/25|Human Society Without a Brain]] ## 3. [[sb/9/3|The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/3/10|The Peaceful Home: Vedic Marital Behavior]] * [[sb/9/3/20|The Exalted Values of Vedic Culture]] * [[sb/9/3/30|Lord Brahmā Selects Revati’s Husband]] ## 4. [[sb/9/4|Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/4/36|Nābhāga Returns Home from the Gurukula]] * [[sb/9/4/18-20|Materialists Regard Temporary Happiness as Everything]] * [[sb/9/4/17|King Ambarīṣa’s Perfect Devotional Service]] * [[sb/9/4/21|The Transcendentalist as Chief Executive]] * [[sb/9/4/25|Kṛṣṇa’s Devotees Uninterested in Mystic Yoga]] * [[sb/9/4/27|Using Material Assets to Spread the Lord’s Glories]] * [[sb/9/4/30|Durvāsā Muni, the Uninvited Guest]] * [[sb/9/4/47|Devotees Often Tortured by Adversaries]] * [[sb/9/4/31|The Lord’s Disc Weapon Follows Durvāsā Everywhere]] * [[sb/9/4/63|Why God Allows His Devotees to Control Him]] * [[sb/9/4/68|Liberation Automatically Waits to Serve Devotees]] ## 5. [[sb/9/5|Durvāsā Muni’s Life Spared]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/5/1|Ambarīṣa Offers Prayers to the Lord’s Disc Weapon]] * [[sb/9/5/12|Durvāsā Spared from the Lord’s Burning Cakra]] * [[sb/9/5/23|Space Travel Without Spacecraft]] * [[sb/9/5/25|No Position in This Material World is Important]] ## 6. [[sb/9/6|The Downfall of Saubhari Muni]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/6/1|Beef-eating Strictly Prohibited]] * [[sb/9/6/1|Puranjaya Conquers the Demons]] * [[sb/9/6/30|King Yuvanāśva’s Son Born from His Abdomen]] * [[sb/9/6/47|Saubhari Abandons His Yogic Austerities for Sex]] * [[sb/9/6/52|Feeding the Blazing Fire of Material Desire]] * [[sb/9/6/51|Why Transcendentalists and Materialists Do Not Mix]] ## 7. [[sb/9/7|The Descendants of King Māndhātā]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/7/55|Suffering is Inevitable Within This Material World]] * [[sb/9/7/14|Hariścandra Struggles to Save His Son]] ## 8. [[sb/9/8|The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva]] * [[sb/9/8/11|Sagara’s Sons Killed by Their Own Bodily Heat]] * [[sb/9/8/21|All Living Entities Are Born Deluded]] * [[sb/9/8/24|The Supreme Lord Has No Material Name or Form]] ## 9. [[sb/9/9|The Dynasty of Amsumān]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/9/1|Neutralizing the Reactions of Sinful Activity]] * [[sb/9/9/10|Bhagiratha Brings the Ganges River to This World]] * [[sb/9/9/19|Saudāsa Cursed to Become a Man-eater]] * [[sb/9/9/28|Escaping the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death]] * [[sb/9/9/31|Life is More Than a Combination of Chemicals]] * [[sb/9/9/36|Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja Achieves Perfection in One Moment]] * [[sb/9/9/44|Transcendental Consciousness Within the Material World]] * [[sb/9/9/49|The Supreme Lord is Neither Impersonal nor Void]] ## 10. [[sb/9/10|The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/10/1|The Supreme Lord Expands into Many Incarnations]] * [[sb/9/10/1|Rāmacandra’s Father Exiles Him to the Forest]] * [[sb/9/10/13|Why the Lord’s Punishment Through Nature is Necessary]] * [[sb/9/10/13|Lord Rāmacandra Proves His Omnipotence]] * [[sb/9/10/21|Transcendental Versus Material Strength and Power]] * [[sb/9/10/27|The End of the Demon Rāvana]] * [[sb/9/10/33|The Path of Saintly Feminine Behavior]] * [[sb/9/10/41|Lord Rāmacandra’s Triumphant Return to Ayodhyā]] * [[sb/9/10/50|A Futile Hope: The Kingdom of God Without God]] * [[sb/9/10/54|Kṛṣṇa is Available in the Form of His Name]] ## 11. [[sb/9/11|Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/11/55|Serving the Supreme Lord to Gain Material Profit]] * [[sb/9/11/15|Emotions in the Spiritual World]] * [[sb/9/11/21|Why the Lord Performs Uncommon Pastimes]] * [[sb/9/11/21|Executing the Order of the Supreme Personality]] * [[sb/9/11/26|The Opulences of the City of Ayodhyā During the Lord’s Reign]] ## 12. [[sb/9/12|The Dynasty of Kusa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/12/1|The Perfect Yogī Can Live as Long as He Desires]] ## 13. [[sb/9/13|The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/13/1|Mahārāja Nimi Refuses to Accept a Material Body]] * [[sb/9/13/10|The Temporary Body is the Source of All Problems]] * [[sb/9/13/12|The Effect of Unsteady, Unregulated Governments]] * [[sb/9/13/27|Why Goodness and Badness Are Both the Same]] ## 14. [[sb/9/14|King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvasi]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/14/1|Soma Born from Atri’s Tears of Joy]] * **[[sb/9/14|Tara, Brihaspati’s Unchaste Wife]]** * [[sb/9/14/19|The Meeting of Urvasi and Purūravā]] * [[sb/9/14/23|Heavenly Planets’ Living Standards Differ from Earth’s]] * [[sb/9/14/32|Urvaśī Abandons Purūravā]] * [[sb/9/14/36|Feminine Behavior in the Material World]] * [[sb/9/14/43|The Tretā Millennium Begins]] * [[sb/9/14/47|Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra]] ## 15. [[sb/9/15|Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/15/1|Ṛcīka Pays an Unusual Dowry]] * [[sb/9/15/15|Irreligious Governments Swallow the Citizens]] * [[sb/9/15/23|Why Cow Protection is Stressed]] * [[sb/9/15/30|Paraśurāma Annihilates Kārtaviryārjuna’s Military Forces]] * [[sb/9/15/41|Kartavirayarjuna Killed by Lord Para8urama]] * [[sb/9/15/40|Forgiveness is the Brāhmana's Special Quality]] ## 16. [[sb/9/16|Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/16/1|Paraśurāma Kills His Mother and Brothers]] * [[sb/9/16/17|The Cruel Slaying of Jamadagni]] * [[sb/9/16/24|The Supreme Lord’s Eternal Mission]] * [[sb/9/16/34|Visvāmitra’s History: One’s Status Does Not Depend on Birth]] * [[sb/9/16/36|Mass Degradation in the Current Age]] ## 17. [[sb/9/17|The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/17/4|Dhanvantari, Inaugurator of Medical Science]] * [[sb/9/17/14|Rajis Sons Refuse to Return Indra's Heavenly Planet]] ## 18. [[sb/9/18|King Yayāti Regains His Youth]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/18/1|Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Destroys Material Bondage]] * [[sb/9/18/24|The Quarrel Between Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā]] * [[sb/9/18/32|Astrological Compatibility and Vedic Marriages]] * [[sb/9/18/36|Yayāti Cursed to Suffer Premature Old Age]] * [[sb/9/18/40|Yayāti Asks His Sons to Trade Youth for Old Age]] * [[sb/9/18/46|Puru Accepts His Father's Old Age and Invalidity]] * [[sb/9/18/50|Happiness Depends on Mind and Sense Purification]] ## 19. [[sb/9/19|King Yayāti Achieves Liberation]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/19/50|The Allegory of the He-goat and She-goat]] * [[sb/9/19/11|When Family Life is a Dark Well]] * [[sb/9/19/17|The Advanced Spiritualist is Uninterested in Sex]] * [[sb/9/19/21|Suffering in the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death]] * [[sb/9/19/27|Devayānī Attains Liberation by the Grace of Her Husband]] ## 20. [[sb/9/20|The Dynasty of Pūru]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/20/8|Śakuntalā’s Beauty Attracts King Duṣmanta]] * [[sb/9/20/17|Sex Life and Vedic Religious Principles]] * [[sb/9/20/20|Kṛṣṇa, the Seed of All Living Entities]] * [[sb/9/20/29|The Reign of Mahārāja Bharata]] * [[sb/9/20/35|The Illegitimate Birth of Bhāradvāja]] ## 21. [[sb/9/21|The Dynasty of Bharata]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/21/3|Rantideva, Exalted Devotee of the Lord]] * [[sb/9/21/10|Human Society's Real Welfare Workers]] * [[sb/9/21/17|Surpassing the Influence of Illusion]] * [[sb/9/21/23|The Imitation Śukadeva Gosvāmī]] ## 22. [[sb/9/22|The Descendants of Ajamidha]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/22/20|Bhīṣmadeva, the Greatest Warrior]] * [[sb/9/22/29|The Five Pāndava Brothers]] * [[sb/9/22/36|Future Sons of the Pāndu Family Described]] * [[sb/9/22/46|The Future of the Māgadha Dynasty]] ## 23. [[sb/9/23|The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/23/20|Description of the Yadu Dynasty]] * [[sb/9/23/22|Few Understand That the Supreme Truth is a Person]] ## 24. [[sb/9/24|Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] * [[sb/9/24/38|Chapter Summary]] * [[sb/9/24/12|Kuntī Calls for the Demigod of the Sun]] * [[sb/9/24/28|The Wives and Offspring of Vāsudeva]] * [[sb/9/24/45|Why the Lord’s Incarnations Descend]] * [[sb/9/24/5|Relieving the Earth of Its Demoniac Burden]] * [[sb/9/24/65|Freedom from Material Contamination]] * [[sb/9/24/67|Seeing the Lord’s Beauty: A Daily Festival]]