HariHariBol
Ask Sakha

Scripture

Srimad Bhagavatam

The Bhagavata Purana, in twelve cantos.

12 cantos · 335 chapters · 13,000 verses

Begin reading
1Creation19 chapters
  1. 1Questions by the Sages23 verses
  2. 2Divinity and Divine Service33 verses
  3. 3Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations44 verses
  4. 4The Appearance of Śrī Nārada31 verses
  5. 5Nārada’s Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva40 verses
  6. 6Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva38 verses
  7. 7The Son of Droṇa Punished56 verses
  8. 8Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved52 verses
  9. 9The Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa48 verses
  10. 10Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā33 verses
  11. 11Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance into Dvārakā37 verses
  12. 12Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit36 verses
  13. 13Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home59 verses
  14. 14The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa41 verses
  15. 15The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely48 verses
  16. 16How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali29 verses
  17. 17Punishment and Reward of Kali43 verses
  18. 18Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy49 verses
  19. 19The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī39 verses
2The Cosmic Manifestation10 chapters
  1. 1The First Step in God Realization39 verses
  2. 2The Lord in the Heart37 verses
  3. 3Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart20 verses
  4. 4The Process of Creation24 verses
  5. 5The Cause of All Causes38 verses
  6. 6Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed40 verses
  7. 7Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions50 verses
  8. 8Questions by King Parīkṣit29 verses
  9. 9Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version46 verses
  10. 10Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions47 verses
3The Status Quo33 chapters
  1. 1Questions by Vidura45 verses
  2. 2Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa34 verses
  3. 3The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana28 verses
  4. 4Vidura Approaches Maitreya36 verses
  5. 5Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya51 verses
  6. 6Creation of the Universal Form40 verses
  7. 7Further Inquires by Vidura42 verses
  8. 8Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu33 verses
  9. 9Brahmā’s Prayers for Creative Energy43 verses
  10. 10Divisions of the Creation29 verses
  11. 11Calculation of Time, from the Atom42 verses
  12. 12Creation of the Kumāras and Others57 verses
  13. 13The Appearance of Lord Varāha50 verses
  14. 14Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening50 verses
  15. 15Description of the Kingdom of God50 verses
  16. 16The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages37 verses
  17. 17Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe31 verses
  18. 18The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa27 verses
  19. 19The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa38 verses
  20. 20Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura53 verses
  21. 21Conversation Between Manu and Kardama50 verses
  22. 22The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti37 verses
  23. 23Devahūti’s Lamentation54 verses
  24. 24The Renunciation of Kardama Muni46 verses
  25. 25The Glories of Devotional Service43 verses
  26. 26Fundamental Principles of Material Nature71 verses
  27. 27Understanding Material Nature29 verses
  28. 28Kapila’s Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service44 verses
  29. 29Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila43 verses
  30. 30Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities34 verses
  31. 31Lord Kapila’s Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities47 verses
  32. 32Entanglement in Fruitive Activities38 verses
  33. 33Activities of Kapila36 verses
4The Creation of the Fourth Order31 chapters
  1. 1Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu60 verses
  2. 2Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva34 verses
  3. 3Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī23 verses
  4. 4Satī Quits Her Body34 verses
  5. 5Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa26 verses
  6. 6Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva50 verses
  7. 7The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa61 verses
  8. 8Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest81 verses
  9. 9Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home63 verses
  10. 10Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas28 verses
  11. 11Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting35 verses
  12. 12Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead51 verses
  13. 13Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja46 verses
  14. 14The Story of King Vena44 verses
  15. 15King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation25 verses
  16. 16Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters27 verses
  17. 17Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth34 verses
  18. 18Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet30 verses
  19. 19King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices41 verses
  20. 20Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu37 verses
  21. 21Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu51 verses
  22. 22Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras63 verses
  23. 23Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home37 verses
  24. 24Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva76 verses
  25. 25The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana58 verses
  26. 26King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry24 verses
  27. 27Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Purañjana; the Character of Kālakanyā30 verses
  28. 28Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life64 verses
  29. 29Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi74 verses
  30. 30The Activities of the Pracetās49 verses
  31. 31Nārada Instructs the Pracetās31 verses
5The Creative Impetus26 chapters
  1. 1The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata41 verses
  2. 2The Activities of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra23 verses
  3. 3Ṛṣabhadeva’s Appearance in the Womb of Merudevī, the Wife of King Nābhi19 verses
  4. 4The Characteristics of Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead18 verses
  5. 5Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s Teachings to His Sons31 verses
  6. 6The Activities of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva19 verses
  7. 7The Activities of King Bharata14 verses
  8. 8A Description of the Character of Bharata Mahārāja31 verses
  9. 9The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata18 verses
  10. 10The Discussion Between Jaḍa Bharata and Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa25 verses
  11. 11Jaḍa Bharata Instructs King Rahūgaṇa16 verses
  12. 12Conversation Between Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa and Jaḍa Bharata15 verses
  13. 13Further Talks Between King Rahūgaṇa and Jaḍa Bharata26 verses
  14. 14The Material World as the Great Forest of Enjoyment46 verses
  15. 15The Glories of the Descendants of King Priyavrata15 verses
  16. 16A Description of Jambūdvīpa27 verses
  17. 17The Descent of the River Ganges23 verses
  18. 18The Prayers Offered to the Lord by the Residents of Jambūdvīpa39 verses
  19. 19A Description of the Island of Jambūdvīpa29 verses
  20. 20Studying the Structure of the Universe45 verses
  21. 21The Movements of the Sun18 verses
  22. 22The Orbits of the Planets17 verses
  23. 23The Śiśumāra Planetary Systems9 verses
  24. 24The Subterranean Heavenly Planets31 verses
  25. 25The Glories of Lord Ananta15 verses
  26. 26A Description of the Hellish Planets40 verses
6Prescribed Duties for Mankind19 chapters
  1. 1The History of the Life of Ajāmila60 verses
  2. 2Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas44 verses
  3. 3Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers33 verses
  4. 4The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa47 verses
  5. 5Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa40 verses
  6. 6The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa34 verses
  7. 7Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati.33 verses
  8. 8The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield35 verses
  9. 9Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura49 verses
  10. 10The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura28 verses
  11. 11The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura26 verses
  12. 12Vṛtrāsura’s Glorious Death33 verses
  13. 13King Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction19 verses
  14. 14King Citraketu’s Lamentation60 verses
  15. 15The Saints Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu22 verses
  16. 16King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord62 verses
  17. 17Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu38 verses
  18. 18Diti Vows to Kill King Indra73 verses
  19. 19Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony24 verses
7The Science of God15 chapters
  1. 1The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone45 verses
  2. 2Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons55 verses
  3. 3Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal34 verses
  4. 4Hiraṇyakaśipu Terrorizes the Universe38 verses
  5. 5Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu53 verses
  6. 6Prahlāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates23 verses
  7. 7What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb51 verses
  8. 8Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Slays the King of the Demons50 verses
  9. 9Prahlāda Pacifies Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva with Prayers55 verses
  10. 10Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees65 verses
  11. 11The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes27 verses
  12. 12The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes27 verses
  13. 13The Behavior of a Perfect Person44 verses
  14. 14Ideal Family Life34 verses
  15. 15Instructions for Civilized Human Beings75 verses
8Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations24 chapters
  1. 1The Manus, Administrators of the Universe33 verses
  2. 2The Elephant Gajendra’s Crisis22 verses
  3. 3Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender29 verses
  4. 4Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World17 verses
  5. 5The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection46 verses
  6. 6The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce34 verses
  7. 7Lord Śiva Saves the Universe by Drinking Poison46 verses
  8. 8The Churning of the Milk Ocean40 verses
  9. 9The Lord Incarnates as Mohinī-Mūrti27 verses
  10. 10The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons43 verses
  11. 11King Indra Annihilates the Demons48 verses
  12. 12The Mohinī-mūrti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Śiva45 verses
  13. 13Description of Future Manus34 verses
  14. 14The System of Universal Management11 verses
  15. 15Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets33 verses
  16. 16Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship60 verses
  17. 17The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son27 verses
  18. 18Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation30 verses
  19. 19Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja43 verses
  20. 20Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe29 verses
  21. 21Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord31 verses
  22. 22Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life34 verses
  23. 23The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets27 verses
  24. 24Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation59 verses
9Liberation24 chapters
  1. 1King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman38 verses
  2. 2The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu31 verses
  3. 3The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni36 verses
  4. 4Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni60 verses
  5. 5Durvāsā Muni’s Life Spared28 verses
  6. 6The Downfall of Saubhari Muni48 verses
  7. 7The Descendants of King Māndhātā24 verses
  8. 8The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva27 verses
  9. 9The Dynasty of Aṁśumān45 verses
  10. 10The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra48 verses
  11. 11Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World32 verses
  12. 12The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra15 verses
  13. 13The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi26 verses
  14. 14King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī46 verses
  15. 15Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation35 verses
  16. 16Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class35 verses
  17. 17The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā15 verses
  18. 18King Yayāti Regains His Youth47 verses
  19. 19King Yayāti Achieves Liberation27 verses
  20. 20The Dynasty of Pūru35 verses
  21. 21The Dynasty of Bharata30 verses
  22. 22The Descendants of Ajamīḍha36 verses
  23. 23The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti30 verses
  24. 24Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead52 verses
10The Summum Bonum90 chapters
  1. 1The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction63 verses
  2. 2Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb39 verses
  3. 3The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa42 verses
  4. 4The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa45 verses
  5. 5The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva30 verses
  6. 6The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā34 verses
  7. 7The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta33 verses
  8. 8Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth49 verses
  9. 9Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa21 verses
  10. 10The Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees38 verses
  11. 11The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa57 verses
  12. 12The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura40 verses
  13. 13The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā63 verses
  14. 14Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa61 verses
  15. 15The Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon49 verses
  16. 16Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya62 verses
  17. 17The History of Kāliya23 verses
  18. 18Lord Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba32 verses
  19. 19Swallowing the Forest Fire16 verses
  20. 20The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana48 verses
  21. 21The Gopīs Glorify the Song of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute20 verses
  22. 22Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs36 verses
  23. 23The Brāhmaṇas’ Wives Blessed48 verses
  24. 24Worshiping Govardhana Hill37 verses
  25. 25Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill33 verses
  26. 26Wonderful Kṛṣṇa25 verses
  27. 27Lord Indra and Mother Surabhi Offer Prayers27 verses
  28. 28Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa17 verses
  29. 29Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance44 verses
  30. 30The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa43 verses
  31. 31The Gopīs’ Songs of Separation19 verses
  32. 32The Reunion21 verses
  33. 33The Rāsa Dance38 verses
  34. 34Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śaṅkhacūḍa Slain31 verses
  35. 35The Gopīs Sing of Kṛṣṇa as He Wanders in the Forest13 verses
  36. 36The Slaying of Ariṣṭā, the Bull Demon38 verses
  37. 37The Killing of the Demons Keśi and Vyoma26 verses
  38. 38Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana37 verses
  39. 39Akrūra’s Vision46 verses
  40. 40The Prayers of Akrūra28 verses
  41. 41Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā49 verses
  42. 42The Breaking of the Sacrificial Bow34 verses
  43. 43Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa38 verses
  44. 44The Killing of Kaṁsa49 verses
  45. 45Kṛṣṇa Rescues His Teacher’s Son44 verses
  46. 46Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana44 verses
  47. 47The Song of the Bee67 verses
  48. 48Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees34 verses
  49. 49Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura29 verses
  50. 50Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā45 verses
  51. 51The Deliverance of Mucukunda54 verses
  52. 52Rukmiṇī’s Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa43 verses
  53. 53Kṛṣṇa Kidnaps Rukmiṇī47 verses
  54. 54The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī59 verses
  55. 55The History of Pradyumna38 verses
  56. 56The Syamantaka Jewel42 verses
  57. 57Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned39 verses
  58. 58Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses56 verses
  59. 59The Killing of the Demon Naraka41 verses
  60. 60Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.55 verses
  61. 61Lord Balarāma Slays Rukmī36 verses
  62. 62The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha29 verses
  63. 63Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura50 verses
  64. 64The Deliverance of King Nṛga40 verses
  65. 65Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana30 verses
  66. 66Pauṇḍraka, the False Vāsudeva38 verses
  67. 67Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla24 verses
  68. 68The Marriage of Sāmba49 verses
  69. 69Nārada Muni Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Palaces in Dvārakā34 verses
  70. 70Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Activities44 verses
  71. 71The Lord Travels to Indraprastha42 verses
  72. 72The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha44 verses
  73. 73Lord Kṛṣṇa Blesses the Liberated Kings29 verses
  74. 74The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice46 verses
  75. 75Duryodhana Humiliated34 verses
  76. 76The Battle Between Śālva and the Vṛṣṇis29 verses
  77. 77Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva35 verses
  78. 78The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa34 verses
  79. 79Lord Balarāma Goes on Pilgrimage26 verses
  80. 80The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā39 verses
  81. 81The Lord Blesses Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa34 verses
  82. 82Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana39 verses
  83. 83Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa38 verses
  84. 84The Sages’ Teachings at Kurukṣetra62 verses
  85. 85Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī’s Sons53 verses
  86. 86Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees56 verses
  87. 87The Prayers of the Personified Vedas49 verses
  88. 88Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura36 verses
  89. 89Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa’s Sons52 verses
  90. 90Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories42 verses
11General History31 chapters
  1. 1The Curse upon the Yadu Dynasty20 verses
  2. 2Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras54 verses
  3. 3Liberation from the Illusory Energy52 verses
  4. 4Drumila Explains the Incarnations of Godhead to King Nimi23 verses
  5. 5Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva49 verses
  6. 6The Yadu Dynasty Retires to Prabhāsa44 verses
  7. 7Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava72 verses
  8. 8The Story of Piṅgalā43 verses
  9. 9Detachment from All that Is Material32 verses
  10. 10The Nature of Fruitive Activity32 verses
  11. 11The Symptoms of Conditioned and Liberated Living Entities34 verses
  12. 12Beyond Renunciation and Knowledge18 verses
  13. 13The Haṁsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā41 verses
  14. 14Lord Kṛṣṇa Explains the Yoga System to Śrī Uddhava37 verses
  15. 15Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Description of Mystic Yoga Perfections33 verses
  16. 16The Lord’s Opulence44 verses
  17. 17Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Description of the Varṇāśrama System54 verses
  18. 18Description of Varṇāśrama-dharma47 verses
  19. 19The Perfection of Spiritual Knowledge27 verses
  20. 20Pure Devotional Service Surpasses Knowledge and Detachment35 verses
  21. 21Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Explanation of the Vedic Path39 verses
  22. 22Enumeration of the Elements of Material Creation56 verses
  23. 23The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa59 verses
  24. 24The Philosophy of Sāṅkhya24 verses
  25. 25The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond33 verses
  26. 26The Aila-gītā34 verses
  27. 27Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Instructions on the Process of Deity Worship48 verses
  28. 28Jñāna-yoga43 verses
  29. 29Bhakti-yoga45 verses
  30. 30The Disappearance of the Yadu Dynasty46 verses
  31. 31The Disappearance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa26 verses
12The Age of Deterioration13 chapters
  1. 1The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga27 verses
  2. 2The Symptoms of Kali-yuga38 verses
  3. 3The Bhūmi-gītā46 verses
  4. 4The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation38 verses
  5. 5Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s Final Instructions to Mahārāja Parīkṣit12 verses
  6. 6Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away71 verses
  7. 7The Purāṇic Literatures23 verses
  8. 8Mārkaṇḍeya’s Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi38 verses
  9. 9Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord27 verses
  10. 10Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi38 verses
  11. 11Summary Description of the Mahāpuruṣa43 verses
  12. 12The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized62 verses
  13. 13The Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam17 verses