Ebook: Discourses on Shrimad Bhagavata

Shrimad Bhagavata is renowned as one of the greatest compositions in Sanskrit literature. This eighteenth Purana composed by Maharishi Veda-vyasa is extolled as the Mahapurana and is an integral part of the fabric of Indian culture. It stands unparalleled in its distinct and resplendent exaltation of devotion to God, revealing throughout the quintessence of Vedantic teachings.

Masterfully profound and delightfully enchanting. Shrimad Bhagavata abounds in word-paintings of the supreme Lord’s wondrous and endearing avatars, divine sports, and devotees-paintings that kindle, intensify, and establish devotion in one’s heart. This spring of devotion leads one to satsang, to the Guru, and to teachings that unveil one’s essential nature of Brahman.

Swami Tejomayananda’s acclaimed discourses on Shrimad Bhagavata are a rare treasure trough of spiritual wisdom, illuminating and transformative, inspiring even those immersed in material pursuits to walk the spiritual path. The reader will not only be greatly benefited and enlightened by this treatise, but will also find insightful explanations on weighty and debated topics.

His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda, one of the most illustrious spiritual masters and Vedantins of the twentieth century, said, “Swami Tejomayananda has brought forth and unfolded the deeper import of this renowned and glorious scripture with immense clarify and flowing spontaneity.”

Table of Contents:-
Bhāgavata Māhātmya
1. Invocation
2. The Glory of Shrīmad Bhāgavata
3. Maharishi Nārada Meets Bhakti
4. Nārada Meets the Sanatkumāras
5. The Glory of Listening to Bhāgavata
6. Ātmadeva and Dhundhulī
7. The Fall and Redemption of Dhundhukārī
8. Gokarṇa’s Bhāgavata Kathā
9. The Sanatkumāras Conduct a Bhāgavata Saptāḥ
Canto One
1.1 The Questions of Shaunaka Rishi and Others
1.2 Sūta’s Answers
1.3 The Nature and Purpose of Duty
1.4 The Nature of Truth
1.5 The Purpose of the Lord’s Manifestations
1.6 The Discontentment of Maharishi Veda-vyāsa
1.7 Sage Nārada’s Previous Birth
1.8 Parīkshita Is Protected in the Womb
1.9 The Attributes of the Qualified Listener
1.10 Vidura’s Teachings, the Departure of Dhṛtarāshṭra and Gāndhārī
1.11 The Dialogue between Lord Dharma and Mother Earth
1.12 Parīkshita Subdues Kali
1.13 The Five Abodes of Kali
1.14 Raja Parīkshita Is Cursed
1.15 Raja Parīkshita’s Repentance
1.16 Parīkshita’s Dispassion, Arrival of Shri Shukadeva
Canto Two
2.1 The Answers to Parīkshita’s Questions
2.2 Meditation on the Lord’s Cosmic Form
2.3 Meditation on the Lord’s Subtle Form
2.4 Meditation on the Lord’s Attributes
2.5 Parīkshita’s Questions about Creation
2.6 The Puranic Style of Answering Questions
2.7 Sage Nārada Asks Lord Brahma
2.8 Lord Nārāyaṇa and Lord Brahma
2.9 Parīkshita’s Extensive List of Questions
2.10 Catuḥślokī Bhāgavata
2.11 The Ten Topics of Bhāgavata
Canto Three
3.2 Varāha Avatar
3.3 Diti’s Request
3.4 Jaya and Vijaya Are Cursed
3.5 The Birth of Hiraṇyāksha and Hiraṇyakashipu
3.6 The Battle between Lord Varāha and Hiraṇyāksha
3.7 The Avatar of Lord Kapila
3.8 Lord Kapila Teaches Devahūti
Canto Four
4.1 Daksha Prajapati’s Disdain for Lord Shiva
4.2 Sati Immolates Herself at Daksha’s Yajna
4.3 The Fury of Lord Shiva
4.4 The Completion of Daksha’s Sacrifice
4.5 Dhruva Is Dishonoured
4.6 Dhruva Goes to the Forest
4.7 Sage Nārada’s Teachings to Dhruva
4.8 Dhruva Returns Home
4.9 Dhruva’s War on the Yakṣas, Raja Manu’s Teachings
4.10 Ascension to
4.11 Dhruva’s Dynasty, Raja Aṅga, Raja Veṇa
4.12 The Advent of Raja Pṛthu
4.13 The Lord Blesses Raja Pṛthu
4.14 Raja Pṛthu’s Teachings to His Subjects
4.15 Raja Pṛthu Receives Teachings from the Sanatkumāras
4.16 Lord Shiva’s Teachings to the Prachetās
4.17 The Story of Purañjana
4.18 The Symbolism of the Story of Purañjana
Canto Five
5.1 Raja Priyavrata
5.2 Priyavrata’s Dynasty
5.3 Ṛshabha Avatar
5.4 Lord Ṛshabha’s Teachings to His Sons
5.5 Dharma of the Paramahaṁsa
5.6 Bharata’s Attachment
5.7 Jaḍa-bharata Meets King Rahūgaṇa
5.8 Jaḍa-bharata’s Teachings
5.9 The Allegory of Bhavāṭavī
5.10 Description of the Universe
5.11 The Myriad Hells and Their Punishments
Canto Six
6.1 The Story of Ajāmila
6.2 The Glory of the Lord’s Name
6.3 Indra Insults His Guru
6.4 The Devas Choose Vishvarūpa
6.5 The Bones of Dadhīchi Rishi
6.6 Vṛtrāsura’s Devotion
6.7 Vṛtrāsura’s Previous Birth
Canto Seven
7.1 Yudhishṭhira’s Dialogue with Sage Nārada
7.2 Hiraṇyakashipu, the Sermonizer
7.3 Hiraṇyakashipu’s Austerities and Boons
7.4 Prahlāda
7.5 Hiraṇyakashipu’s Atrocities against Prahlāda
7.6 Prahlāda and the Asura Children
7.7 Nṛsiṁha Avatar
7.8 Dharmas of Āśramas and Varṇas
7.9 Universal Dharma
7.10 Dharma of a Woman
7.11
7.12
7.13
7.14 The Way to Liberation for Householders
Canto Eight
8.1 Gajendra’s Moksha
8.2 Lord Brahma’s Prayer to Lord Ajita
8.3 The Devas Offer a Proposal
8.4 The Churning of the Milky Ocean
8.5 Lord Shiva Drinks Poison
8.6 Mohinī Avatar
8.7 Symbolism of the Churning of the Milky Ocean
8.8 Battle of the Devas and Asuras
8.9 The Enchantment of Lord Shiva
8.10 Raja Bali Conquers Amarāvatī
8.11 Vāmana Avatar
8.12 Raja Bali Holds on to Truth
8.13 The Crushing of Raja Bali’s Ego
8.14 The Lord’s Love for His Devotees
8.15 Matsya Avatar
Canto Nine
9.1 The Tale of Ambarīsha
9.2 The Ikshvāku Dynasty
9.3 Shri Rama and Shri Krishna
9.4 Shri Rama: The Epitome of Virtues
9.5 Parashurāma Avatar
9.6 The Story of Yayāti
9.7 Rantideva’s Compassion and Magnanimity
Canto Ten
10.1 The Prelude to an Avatar
10.2 The Lord’s Assurance to Mother Earth
10.3 The Wedding of Vasudeva and Devakī
10.4 Vasudeva Makes a Promise
10.5 The Killing of Devakī’s Six Sons
10.6 Lord Brahma Sings Praises of the Supreme
10.7 The Lord Manifests as Shri Krishna
10.8 Shri Krishna Is Taken to Gokul
10.9 Yogamāyā Foretells the Future
10.10 Celebrations in Nanda’s Home
10.11 The Liberation of Pūtanā
10.12 The Redemption of Shakaṭāsura
10.13 The Salvation of Tṛnāvarta
10.14 The Naming Ceremony of Nanda’s Sons
10.15 The Childhood Plays and Divine Sports of Shri Krishna
10.16 Why Shri Krishna Ate Mud
10.17 Shri Krishna Is Tied
10.18 The Release of Kubera’s Sons
10.19 The Liberation of Vatsāsura
10.20 The Salvation of Bakāsura
10.21 The Redemption of Aghāsura
10.22 Lord Brahma’s Delusion
10.23 The Salvation of Dhenukāsura
10.24 The Subjugation of Kāliya
10.25 Shri Krishna Swallows Fire
10.26 Balarāma Redeems Pralambāsura
10.27 Shri Krishna Drinks the Forest Fire
10.28 The Glory of the Lord’s Flute
10.29 The Song of the Flute
10.30 The Significance of Shri Krishna Stealing Clothes
10.31 The Gopa-bālas Ask the Brahmins for Food
10.32 The Crushing of Indra’s Ego
10.33 Mount Govardhan Is Lifted
10.34 Nanda Bābā Is Rescued from
10.35 Introduction to
10.36
10.37 Gopī-gīta
10.38 The Liberation of Sudarshana and Shaṅkhachūḍa
10.39 Yugala-gīta
10.40 The Redemption of Arishṭāsura, Keshi, and Vyomāsura
10.41 Akrūra’s Arrival in Vraja
10.42 Shri Krishna and Balarāma Leave for Mathura
10.43 Shri Krishna Enters Mathura
10.44 The Lord’s Grace on Kubjā
10.45 The Bow Is Broken
10.46 The Moksha of Kuvalayāpīḍa
10.47 The Redemption of Chāṇūra, Mushṭika, and Others
10.48 Kaṁsa Is Liberated
10.49 Student Life at Sāndīpani Ashram
10.50 Uddhava’s Pilgrimage to Vraja
10.51 Uddhava’s Dialogue with the Gopīs
10.52 Shri Krishna Visits Kubjā
10.53 Shri Krishna Visits Akrūra
10.54 Jarāsandha’s Seventeen Attacks on Mathura
10.55 The Creation of Dvārakā
10.56 Kālayavana Chases Shri Krishna
10.57 The Waking of Raja Muchukunda
10.58 The Weddings of Balarāma and Shri Krishna
10.59 Rukmiṇī’s Message to Shri Krishna
10.60 Rukmiṇī Is Taken Away
10.61 Shri Krishna and Rukmiṇī Wed in Vedic Tradition
10.62 Pradyumna Slays Shambarāsura
10.63 The Syamantaka Jewel
10.64 Shri Krishna Marries Jāmbavatī
10.65 Shri Krishna Weds Satyabhāmā
10.66 Shri Krishna’s Other Weddings
10.67 The Redemption of Bhaumāsura
10.68 Shri Krishna’s Sixteen Thousand Wives
10.69 Shri Krishna and Rukmiṇī’s Dialogue
10.70 Shri Krishna’s Descendants
10.71 The Redemption of King Nṛga
10.72 The Story of King Pauṇḍraka
10.73 Nārada Witnesses Shri Krishna’s Life as a Householder
10.74 A Plea from the Kings Imprisoned by Jarāsandha
10.75 Journey to Indraprastha
10.76 The Redemption of Jarāsandha
10.77 Lord Krishna Is Honoured and Shishupāla Is Redeemed
10.78 Duryodhana Feels Humiliated
10.79 Balarāma’s Pilgrimage
10.80 The Story of Sudāmā
10.81 Devakī’s Six Sons Are Brought Back
10.82 Subhadrā and Arjuna
10.83 Shri Krishna Appears in Two Places at Once
10.84 The Destruction of Bhasmāsura
10.85 Bhṛgu Rishi Tests Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva
Canto Eleven
11.1 The Circumstances Leading to the Destruction of the Yādava Clan
11.2 The Brahmins’ Curse on the Yadu Dynasty
11.3 Sage Nārada’s Advice to Vasudeva
11.4 The Dialogue between Raja Nimi and the Nine Yogis
11.5 The First Question: The Meaning of
11.6 The Second Question: The Attributes of a Devotee
11.7 The Third Question: The Nature of Maya
11.8 The Fourth Question: The Means to Conquer Maya
11.9 The Fifth Question: The Nature of Lord Nārāyaṇa
11.10 The Sixth Question: The Nature of
11.11 The Seventh Question: The Stories of the Lord’s Avatars
11.12 The Eighth Question: The Fate of Non-devotees
11.13 The Ninth Question: The Means to Attain the Lord in the Four Yugas
11.14 The Devas Pray for the Lord’s Return to
11.15 Uddhava’s Prayer to Shri Krishna
11.16
Avadhūta-gītā
11.18 The Characteristics of Bondage, Liberation, and the Devotee
11.19 The Glory of Satsang
11.20 The Legend of the
11.21 The Best Path to Reach God
11.22 Exposition on Siddhis
11.23 The
11.24 Dharma in the Various Stages of Life
11.25 The Description of Pure Knowledge and Pure Devotion
11.26
11.27 Deliberation on Virtue and Vice
11.28 Deliberation on
11.29
11.30
11.31 The Effects of the Three Gunas
11.32
11.33
11.34 Shri Krishna Speaks on Knowledge of the Self
Canto Twelve
12.1 The Characteristics of Kali-yuga
12.2 The Four Types of Dissolution
12.3 The Liberation of Parīkshita
12.4 Mārkaṇḍeya Rishi’s Vision of Maya
12.5 Epilogue