# 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]]
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## 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]]