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