Parīkṣit Mahārāja

218 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.

SB 1.19.32 The fortunate King Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, by your mercy only, you have sanctified us, making us like unto places of pilgrimage, all by…
SB 1.19.33 Simply by our remembering you, our houses become instantly sanctified. And what to speak of seeing you, touching you, washing your holy…
SB 1.19.34 Just as the atheist cannot remain in the presence of the Personality of Godhead, so also the invulnerable sins of a man are immediately…
SB 1.19.35 Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is very dear to the sons of King Pāṇḍu, has accepted me as one of those relatives just to…
SB 1.19.36 Otherwise [without being inspired by Lord Kṛṣṇa] how is it that you have voluntarily appeared here, though you are moving incognito to the…
SB 1.19.37 You are the spiritual master of great saints and devotees. I am therefore begging you to show the way of perfection for all persons, and…
SB 1.19.38 Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me.
SB 1.19.39 O powerful brāhmaṇa, it is said that you hardly stay in the houses of men long enough to milk a cow.
SB 2.1.22 The fortunate King Parīkṣit, inquiring further, said: O brāhmaṇa, please describe in full detail how and where the mind has to be applied…
SB 2.1.23 Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: One should control the sitting posture, regulate the breathing process by the yogic prāṇāyāma and thus control…
SB 2.1.24 This gigantic manifestation of the phenomenal material world as a whole is the personal body of the Absolute Truth, wherein the universal…
SB 2.1.25 The gigantic universal form of the Personality of Godhead, within the body of the universal shell, which is covered by sevenfold material…
SB 2.1.26 Persons who have realized it have studied that the planets known as Pātāla constitute the bottoms of the feet of the universal Lord, and…
SB 2.1.27 The knees of the universal form are the planetary system of the name Sutala, and the two thighs are the Vitala and Atala planetary…
SB 2.1.28 The chest of the Original Personality of the gigantic form is the luminary planetary system, His neck is the Mahar planets, His mouth is…
SB 2.1.29 His arms are the demigods headed by Indra, the ten directional sides are His ears, and physical sound is His sense of hearing. His…
SB 2.1.30 The sphere of outer space constitutes His eyepits, and the eyeball is the sun as the power of seeing. His eyelids are both the day and…
SB 2.1.31 They say that the Vedic hymns are the cerebral passage of the Lord, and His jaws of teeth are Yama, god of death, who punishes the…
SB 2.1.32 Modesty is the upper portion of His lips, hankering is His chin, religion is the breast of the Lord, and irreligion is His back. Brahmājī,…
SB 2.1.33 O King, the rivers are the veins of the gigantic body, the trees are the hairs of His body, and the omnipotent air is His breath. The…
SB 2.1.34 O best amongst the Kurus, the clouds which carry water are the hairs on His head, the terminations of days or nights are His dress, and…
SB 2.1.35 The principle of matter [mahat-tattva] is the consciousness of the omnipresent Lord, as asserted by the experts, and Rudradeva is His ego.…
SB 2.1.36 Varieties of birds are indications of His masterful artistic sense. Manu, the father of mankind, is the emblem of His standard…
SB 2.1.37 The virāṭ-puruṣa’s face is the brāhmaṇas, His arms are the kṣatriyas, His thighs are the vaiśyas, and the śūdras are under the protection…
SB 2.1.38 I have thus explained to you the gross material gigantic conception of the Personality of Godhead. One who seriously desires liberation…
SB 2.1.39 One should concentrate his mind upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who alone distributes Himself in so many manifestations just as…
SB 2.4.5 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O learned brāhmaṇa, you know everything because you are without material contamination. Therefore whatever you…
SB 2.4.6 I beg to know from you how the Personality of Godhead, by His personal energies, creates these phenomenal universes as they are, which are…
SB 2.4.7 Kindly describe how the Supreme Lord, who is all-powerful, engages His different energies and different expansions in maintaining and…
SB 2.4.8 O learned brāhmaṇa, the transcendental activities of the Lord are all wonderful, and they appear inconceivable because even great…
SB 2.4.9 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, whether He alone acts with the modes of material nature, or simultaneously expands in many…
SB 2.4.10 Kindly clear up all these doubtful inquiries, because you are not only vastly learned in the Vedic literatures and self-realized in…
SB 6.1.1 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already described [in the Second Canto] the path of liberation…
SB 6.1.2 O great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī, unless the living entity is freed from the infection of the material modes of nature, he receives different…
SB 6.1.3 You have also described [at the end of the Fifth Canto] the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities, and you have…
SB 6.1.4-5 My dear lord, you have described the dynasties and characteristics of King Priyavrata and King Uttānapāda. The Supreme Personality of…
SB 6.1.6 O greatly fortunate and opulent Śukadeva Gosvāmī, now kindly tell me how human beings may be saved from having to enter hellish conditions…
SB 6.1.7 Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: My dear King, if before one’s next death whatever impious acts one has performed in this life with his mind,…
SB 6.1.8 Therefore, before one’s next death comes, as long as one’s body is strong enough, one should quickly adopt the process of atonement…
SB 6.1.9 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: One may know that sinful activity is injurious for him because he actually sees that a criminal is punished by the…
SB 6.1.10 Sometimes one who is very alert so as not to commit sinful acts is victimized by sinful life again. I therefore consider this process of…
SB 6.1.11 Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vedavyāsa, answered: My dear King, since acts meant to neutralize impious actions are also fruitive, they…
SB 6.1.12 My dear King, if a diseased person eats the pure, uncontaminated food prescribed by a physician, he is gradually cured, and the infection…
SB 6.1.13-14 To concentrate the mind, one must observe a life of celibacy and not fall down. One must undergo the austerity of voluntarily giving up…
SB 6.1.15 Only a rare person who has adopted complete, unalloyed devotional service to Kṛṣṇa can uproot the weeds of sinful actions with no…
SB 6.1.16 My dear King, if a sinful person engages in the service of a bona fide devotee of the Lord and thus learns how to dedicate his life unto…
SB 6.1.17 The path followed by pure devotees, who are well-behaved and fully endowed with the best qualifications, is certainly the most auspicious…
SB 6.1.18 My dear King, as a pot containing liquor cannot be purified even if washed in the waters of many rivers, nondevotees cannot be purified by…
SB 6.1.19 Although not having fully realized Kṛṣṇa, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become…
SB 6.1.20 In this regard, learned scholars and saintly persons describe a very old historical incident involving a discussion between the order…
SB 6.1.21 In the city known as Kānyakubja there was a brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila who married a prostitute maidservant and lost all his brahminical…
SB 6.1.22 This fallen brāhmaṇa, Ajāmila, gave trouble to others by arresting them, by cheating them in gambling or by directly plundering them. This…
SB 6.1.23 My dear King, while he thus spent his time in abominable, sinful activities to maintain his family of many sons, eighty-eight years of his…
SB 6.1.24 That old man Ajāmila had ten sons, of whom the youngest was a baby named Nārāyaṇa. Since Nārāyaṇa was the youngest of all the sons, he was…
SB 6.1.25 Because of the child’s broken language and awkward movements, old Ajāmila was very much attached to him. He always took care of the child…
SB 6.1.26 When Ajāmila chewed food and ate it, he called the child to chew and eat, and when he drank he called the child to drink also. Always…
SB 6.1.27 When the time of death arrived for the foolish Ajāmila, he began thinking exclusively of his son Nārāyaṇa.
SB 6.1.28-29 Ajāmila then saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and hair standing erect on their bodies. With…
SB 6.1.30 My dear King, the order carriers of Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, immediately arrived when they heard the holy name of their master from the…
SB 6.1.31 The order carriers of Yamarāja were snatching the soul from the core of the heart of Ajāmila, the husband of the prostitute, but with…
SB 6.1.32 When the order carriers of Yamarāja, the son of the sun-god, were thus forbidden, they replied: Who are you, sirs, that have the audacity…
SB 6.1.33 Dear sirs, whose servants are you, where have you come from, and why are you forbidding us to touch the body of Ajāmila? Are you demigods…
SB 6.1.34-36 The order carriers of Yamarāja said: Your eyes are just like the petals of lotus flowers. Dressed in yellow silken garments, decorated…
SB 6.1.37 Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Being thus addressed by the messengers of Yamarāja, the servants of Vāsudeva smiled and spoke the following…
SB 6.1.38 The blessed messengers of Lord Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, said: If you are actually servants of Yamarāja, you must explain to us the meaning…
SB 6.1.39 What is the process of punishing others? Who are the actual candidates for punishment? Are all karmīs engaged in fruitive activities…
SB 6.1.40 The Yamadūtas replied: That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is…
SB 6.1.41 The supreme cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, is situated in His own abode in the spiritual world, but nevertheless He controls the entire…
SB 6.1.42 The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all witness the activities of…
SB 6.1.43 The candidates for punishment are those who are confirmed by these many witnesses to have deviated from their prescribed regulative…
SB 6.1.44 O inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha, you are sinless, but those within this material world are all karmīs, whether acting piously or impiously.…
SB 6.1.45 In proportion to the extent of one’s religious or irreligious actions in this life, one must enjoy or suffer the corresponding reactions…
SB 6.1.46 O best of the demigods, we can see three different varieties of life, which are due to the contamination of the three modes of nature. The…
SB 6.1.47 Just as springtime in the present indicates the nature of springtimes in the past and future, so this life of happiness, distress or a…
SB 6.1.48 The omnipotent Yamarāja is as good as Lord Brahmā, for while situated in his own abode or in everyone’s heart like the Paramātmā, he…
SB 6.1.49 As a sleeping person acts according to the body manifested in his dreams and accepts it to be himself, so one identifies with his present…
SB 6.1.50 Above the five senses of perception, the five working senses and the five objects of the senses is the mind, which is the sixteenth…
SB 6.1.51 The subtle body is endowed with sixteen parts — the five knowledge-acquiring senses, the five working senses, the five objects of sense…
SB 6.1.52 The foolish embodied living entity, inept at controlling his senses and mind, is forced to act according to the influence of the modes of…
SB 6.1.53 Not a single living entity can remain unengaged even for a moment. One must act by his natural tendency according to the three modes of…
SB 6.1.54 The fruitive activities a living being performs, whether pious or impious, are the unseen cause for the fulfillment of his desires. This…
SB 6.1.55 Since the living entity is associated with material nature, he is in an awkward position, but if in the human form of life he is taught…
SB 6.1.56-57 In the beginning this brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila studied all the Vedic literatures. He was a reservoir of good character, good conduct and…
SB 6.1.58-60 Once this brāhmaṇa Ajāmila, following the order of his father, went to the forest to collect fruit, flowers and two kinds of grass, called…
SB 6.1.61 The śūdra, his arm decorated with turmeric powder, was embracing the prostitute. When Ajāmila saw her, the dormant lusty desires in his…
SB 6.1.62 As far as possible he patiently tried to remember the instructions of the śāstras not even to see a woman. With the help of this knowledge…
SB 6.1.63 In the same way that the sun and moon are eclipsed by a low planet, the brāhmaṇa lost all his good sense. Taking advantage of this…
SB 6.1.64 Thus Ajāmila began spending whatever money he had inherited from his father to satisfy the prostitute with various material presentations…
SB 6.1.65 Because his intelligence was pierced by the lustful glance of the prostitute, the victimized brāhmaṇa Ajāmila engaged in sinful acts in…
SB 6.1.66 Although born of a brāhmaṇa family, this rascal, bereft of intelligence because of the prostitute’s association, earned money somehow or…
SB 6.1.67 This brāhmaṇa irresponsibly spent his long lifetime transgressing all the rules and regulations of the holy scripture, living…
SB 6.1.68 This man Ajāmila did not undergo atonement. Therefore because of his sinful life, we must take him into the presence of Yamarāja for…
SB 6.3.1 King Parīkṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja is the controller of all living entities in terms of their religious and…
SB 6.3.2 O great sage, never before has it been heard anywhere that an order from Yamarāja has been baffled. Therefore I think that people will…
SB 6.3.3 Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: My dear King, when the order carriers of Yamarāja were baffled and defeated by the order carriers of Viṣṇu,…
SB 6.3.4 The Yamadūtas said: Our dear lord, how many controllers or rulers are there in this material world? How many causes are responsible for…
SB 6.3.5 If in this universe there are many rulers and justices who disagree about punishment and reward, their contradictory actions will…
SB 6.3.6 The Yamadūtas continued: Since there are many different karmīs, or workers, there may be different judges or rulers to give them justice,…
SB 6.3.7 The supreme judge must be one, not many. It was our understanding that you are that supreme judge and that you have jurisdiction even over…
SB 6.3.8 But now we see that the punishment ordained under your authority is no longer effective, since your order has been transgressed by four…
SB 6.3.9 We were bringing the most sinful Ajāmila toward the hellish planets, following your order, when those beautiful persons from Siddhaloka…
SB 6.3.10 As soon as the sinful Ajāmila uttered the name Nārāyaṇa, these four beautiful men immediately arrived and reassured him, saying, “Do not…
SB 6.19.1 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: My dear lord, you have already spoken about the puṁsavana vow. Now I want to hear about it in detail, for I…
SB 8.1.1 King Parīkṣit said: O my lord, my spiritual master, now I have fully heard from Your Grace about the dynasty of Svāyambhuva Manu. But…
SB 8.1.2 O learned brāhmaṇa, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the great learned persons who are completely intelligent describe the activities and appearance of…
SB 8.1.3 O learned brāhmaṇa, kindly describe to us whatever activities the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created this cosmic manifestation,…
SB 8.1.31 King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Bādarāyaṇi, we wish to hear from you in detail how the King of the elephants, when attacked by a crocodile,…
SB 8.1.32 Any literature or narration in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uttamaśloka, is described and glorified is certainly great, pure,…
SB 8.24.1 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is eternally situated in His transcendental position, yet He descends to…
SB 8.24.2-3 What was the purpose for which the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted the abominable form of a fish, exactly as an ordinary living…
SB 9.1.1 King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have elaborately described all the periods of the various Manus and, within those…
SB 9.1.2-3 Satyavrata, the saintly king of Draviḍadeśa who received spiritual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of the…
SB 9.1.4 O greatly fortunate Śukadeva Gosvāmī, O great brāhmaṇa, kindly describe to us separately the dynasties and characteristics of all those…
SB 9.1.5 Kindly tell us about the abilities of all the celebrated kings born in the dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu, including those who have already…
SB 9.1.28 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O most powerful brāhmaṇa, why was this place so empowered, and who made it so powerful? Kindly answer this…
SB 9.1.29 Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: Great saintly persons who strictly observed the spiritual rules and regulations and whose own effulgence…
SB 9.1.30 When the goddess Ambikā saw the great saintly persons, she was very much ashamed because at that time she was naked. She immediately got…
SB 9.1.31 Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed…
SB 9.1.32 Thereupon, just to please his wife, Lord Śiva said, “Any male entering this place shall immediately become a female!”
SB 9.1.33 Since that time, no male had entered that forest. But now King Sudyumna, having been transformed into a female, began to walk with his…
SB 9.1.34 Sudyumna had been transformed into the best of beautiful women who excite sexual desire and was surrounded by other women. Upon seeing…
SB 9.1.35 The beautiful woman also desired to accept Budha, the son of the king of the moon, as her husband. Thus Budha begot in her womb a son…
SB 9.1.36 I heard from reliable sources that King Sudyumna, the son of Manu, having thus achieved femininity, remembered his familial spiritual…
SB 9.1.37 Upon seeing Sudyumna’s deplorable condition, Vasiṣṭha was very much aggrieved. Desiring for Sudyumna to regain his maleness, Vasiṣṭha…
SB 9.1.38-39 O King Parīkṣit, Lord Śiva was pleased with Vasiṣṭha. Therefore, to satisfy him and to keep his own word to Pārvatī, Lord Śiva said to…
SB 9.1.40 Thus being favored by the spiritual master, according to the words of Lord Śiva, Sudyumna regained his desired maleness every alternate…
SB 9.1.41 O King, Sudyumna had three very pious sons, named Utkala, Gaya and Vimala, who became the kings of the Dakṣiṇā-patha.
SB 9.1.42 Thereafter, when the time was ripe, when Sudyumna, the king of the world, was sufficiently old, he delivered the entire kingdom to his son…
SB 9.9.19 King Parīkṣit said: O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, why did Vasiṣṭha, the spiritual master of Saudāsa, curse that great soul? I wish to know of this.…
SB 9.18.5 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: Śukrācārya was a very powerful brāhmaṇa, and Mahārāja Yayāti was a kṣatriya. Therefore I am curious to know how…
SB 10.1.1 King Parīkṣit said: My dear lord, you have elaborately described the dynasties of both the moon-god and the sun-god, with the exalted and…
SB 10.1.2 O best of munis, you have also described the descendants of Yadu, who were very pious and strictly adherent to religious principles. Now,…
SB 10.1.3 The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the cause of the cosmic manifestation, appeared in the dynasty of Yadu.…
SB 10.1.4 Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparā system, that is, it is conveyed from the spiritual…
SB 10.1.5-7 Taking the boat of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, my grandfather Arjuna and others crossed the ocean of the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, in which such…
SB 10.1.8 My dear Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already explained that Saṅkarṣaṇa, who belongs to the second quadruple, appeared as the son of Rohiṇī…
SB 10.1.9 Why did Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leave the house of His father, Vasudeva, and transfer Himself to the house of Nanda in…
SB 10.1.10 Lord Kṛṣṇa lived both in Vṛndāvana and in Mathurā. What did He do there? Why did He kill Kaṁsa, His mother’s brother? Such killing is not…
SB 10.1.11 Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did He live with the…
SB 10.1.12 O great sage, who know everything about Kṛṣṇa, please describe in detail all the activities of which I have inquired and also those of…
SB 10.1.13 Because of my vow on the verge of death, I have given up even drinking water, yet because I am drinking the nectar of topics about Kṛṣṇa,…
SB 10.7.1-2 King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, all the various activities exhibited by the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of…
SB 10.7.3 Please describe other pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality, who appeared on this planet earth, imitating a human child and…
SB 10.14.49 King Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, how could the cowherd women have developed for Kṛṣṇa, someone else’s son, such unprecedented pure love —…
SB 10.29.12 Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O sage, the gopīs knew Kṛṣṇa only as their lover, not as the Supreme Absolute Truth. So how could these girls,…
SB 10.33.26-27 Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O brāhmaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the universe, has descended to this earth along with…
SB 10.33.28 O faithful upholder of vows, please destroy our doubt by explaining to us what purpose the self-satisfied Lord of the Yadus had in mind…
SB 10.51.13 King Parīkṣit said: Who was that person, O brāhmaṇa? To which family did he belong, and what were his powers? Why did that destroyer of…
SB 10.52.18 King Parīkṣit said: The Supreme Lord married Rukmiṇī, the beautiful-faced daughter of Bhīṣmaka, in the Rākṣasa style — or so I have heard.
SB 10.52.19 My lord, I wish to hear how the immeasurably powerful Lord Kṛṣṇa took away His bride while defeating such kings as Māgadha and Sālva.
SB 10.52.20 What experienced listener, O brāhmaṇa, could ever grow satiated while listening to the pious, charming and ever-fresh topics of Lord…
SB 10.52.21 Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: There was a king named Bhīṣmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely…
SB 10.52.22 Rukmī was the first-born son, followed by Rukmaratha, Rukmabāhu, Rukmakeśa and Rukmamālī. Their sister was the exalted Rukmiṇī.
SB 10.52.23 Hearing of the beauty, prowess, transcendental character and opulence of Mukunda from visitors to the palace who sang His praises, Rukmiṇī…
SB 10.52.24 Lord Kṛṣṇa knew that Rukmiṇī possessed intelligence, auspicious bodily markings, magnanimity, beauty, proper behavior and all other good…
SB 10.52.25 O King, because Rukmī envied the Lord, he forbade his family members to give his sister to Kṛṣṇa, although they wanted to. Instead, Rukmī…
SB 10.52.26 Dark-eyed Vaidarbhī was aware of this plan, and it deeply upset her. Analyzing the situation, she quickly sent a trustworthy brāhmaṇa to…
SB 10.52.27 Upon reaching Dvārakā, the brāhmaṇa was brought inside by the gatekeepers and saw the primeval Personality of Godhead sitting on a golden…
SB 10.52.28 Seeing the brāhmaṇa, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Lord of the brāhmaṇas, came down from His throne and seated him. Then the Lord worshiped him just as He…
SB 10.52.29 After the brāhmaṇa had eaten and rested, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the goal of saintly devotees, came forward, and while massaging the brāhmaṇa’s feet…
SB 10.59.1 [King Parīkṣit said:] How was Bhaumāsura, who kidnapped so many women, killed by the Supreme Lord? Please narrate this adventure of Lord…
SB 10.61.20 King Parīkṣit said: How could Rukmī give his daughter to his enemy’s son? After all, Rukmī had been defeated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in battle and…
SB 10.61.21 Mystic yogīs can perfectly see that which has not yet happened, as well as things in the past or present, beyond the senses, remote or…
SB 10.62.1 King Parīkṣit said: The best of the Yadus married Bāṇāsura’s daughter, Ūṣā, and as a result a great, fearsome battle occurred between Lord…
SB 10.67.1 The glorious King Parīkṣit said: I wish to hear further about Śrī Balarāma, the unlimited and immeasurable Supreme Lord, whose activities…
SB 10.75.1-2 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, according to what I have heard from you, all the assembled kings, sages and demigods were delighted to…
SB 10.75.3 Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: At the Rājasūya sacrifice of your saintly grandfather, his family members, bound by their love for him, engaged…
SB 10.75.4-7 Bhīma supervised the kitchen, Duryodhana looked after the treasury, while Sahadeva respectfully greeted the arriving guests. Nakula…
SB 10.75.8 After the priests, the prominent delegates, the greatly learned saints and the King’s most intimate well-wishers had all been properly…
SB 10.75.9 During the avabhṛtha celebration, the music of many kinds of instruments resounded, including mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, panavas, dhundhuris,…
SB 10.75.10 Female dancers danced with great joy, and choruses sang, while the loud vibrations of vīnās, flutes and hand cymbals reached all the way…
SB 10.75.11 All the kings, wearing gold necklaces, then set off for the Yamunā. They had flags and banners of various colors and were accompanied by…
SB 10.75.12 The massed armies of the Yadus, Sṛñjayas, Kāmbojas, Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas made the earth tremble as they followed Yudhiṣṭhira…
SB 10.75.13 The assembly officials, the priests and other excellent brāhmaṇas resoundingly vibrated Vedic mantras, while the demigods, divine sages,…
SB 10.75.14 Men and women, all adorned with sandalwood paste, flower garlands, jewelry and fine clothing, sported by smearing and sprinkling one…
SB 10.75.15 The men smeared the courtesans with plentiful oil, yogurt, perfumed water, turmeric and kuṅkuma powder, and the courtesans playfully…
SB 10.75.16 Surrounded by guards, King Yudhiṣṭhira’s queens came out on their chariots to see the fun, just as the demigods’ wives appeared in the sky…
SB 10.75.17 As the queens squirted water from syringes at their brothers-in-law and other male companions, their own garments became drenched,…
SB 10.75.18 The emperor, mounted upon his chariot drawn by excellent horses wearing golden collars, appeared splendid in the company of his wives,…
SB 10.75.19 The priests led the King through the execution of the final rituals of patnī-saṁyāja and avabhṛthya. Then they had him and Queen Draupadī…
SB 10.75.20 The kettledrums of the gods resounded, along with those of human beings. Demigods, sages, forefathers and humans all poured down showers…
SB 10.75.21 All the citizens belonging to the various orders of varṇa and āśrama then bathed in that place, where even the most grievous sinner can…
SB 10.75.22 Next the King put on new silken garments and adorned himself with fine jewelry. He then honored the priests, assembly officials, learned…
SB 10.75.23 In various ways King Yudhiṣṭhira, who had totally dedicated his life to Lord Nārāyaṇa, continuously honored his relatives, his immediate…
SB 10.75.24 All the men there shone like demigods. They were adorned with jeweled earrings, flower garlands, turbans, waistcoats, silk dhotīs and…
SB 10.75.25-26 Then the highly cultured priests, the great Vedic authorities who had served as sacrificial witnesses, the specially invited kings, the…
SB 10.75.27 As they all glorified the wonderful Rājasūya-yajña performed by that great saintly King and servant of Lord Hari, they were not satiated,…
SB 10.75.28 At that time Rājā Yudhiṣṭhira stopped a number of his friends, immediate family members and other relatives from departing, among them…
SB 10.75.29 My dear Parīkṣit, the Supreme Lord remained there for some time to please the King, after first sending Sāmba and the other Yadu heroes…
SB 10.75.30 Thus King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, was at last relieved of his burning ambition, having by the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa successfully…
SB 10.75.31 One day Duryodhana, while observing the riches of King Yudhiṣṭhira’s palace, felt greatly disturbed by the magnificence of both the…
SB 10.75.32 In that palace all the collected opulences of the kings of men, demons and gods were brilliantly manifest, having been brought there by…
SB 10.75.33 Lord Madhupati’s thousands of queens were also staying in the palace. Their feet moved slowly, weighed down by their hips, and the bells…
SB 10.75.34-35 It so happened that Emperor Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, was sitting just like Indra on a golden throne in the assembly hall built by…
SB 10.75.36 Proud Duryodhana, holding a sword in his hand and wearing a crown and necklace, angrily went into the palace in the company of his…
SB 10.75.37 Bewildered by the illusions created through Maya Dānava’s magic, Duryodhana mistook the solid floor for water and lifted the end of his…
SB 10.75.38 My dear Parīkṣit, Bhīma laughed to see this, and so did the women, kings and others. King Yudhiṣṭhira tried to stop them, but Lord Kṛṣṇa…
SB 10.75.39 Humiliated and burning with anger, Duryodhana turned his face down, left without uttering a word and went back to Hastināpura. The saintly…
SB 10.75.40 I have now replied to your question, O King, concerning why Duryodhana was dissatisfied on the occasion of the great Rājasūya sacrifice.
SB 10.80.1 King Parīkṣit said: My lord, O master, I wish to hear about other valorous deeds performed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda,…
SB 10.80.2 O brāhmaṇa, how could anyone who knows the essence of life and is disgusted with endeavoring for sense gratification give up the…
SB 10.80.3 Actual speech is that which describes the qualities of the Lord, real hands are those that work for Him, a true mind is that which always…
SB 10.80.4 An actual head is one that bows down to the Lord in His manifestations among the moving and nonmoving creatures, real eyes are those that…
SB 10.86.1 King Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, we would like to learn how Arjuna married Lord Balarāma’s and Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sister, who was my grandmother.
SB 10.87.1 Śrī Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, how can the Vedas directly describe the Supreme Absolute Truth, who cannot be described in words? The Vedas…
SB 10.88.1 King Parīkṣit said: Those demigods, demons and humans who worship Lord Śiva, a strict renunciant, usually enjoy wealth and sense…
SB 10.88.2 We wish to properly understand this matter, which greatly puzzles us. Indeed, the results attained by the worshipers of these two lords of…
SB 11.30.1 King Parīkṣit said: After the great devotee Uddhava left for the forest, what did the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the protector of all…
SB 11.30.2 After His own dynasty met destruction from the curse of the brāhmaṇas, how could the best of the Yadus give up His body, the dearmost…
SB 11.30.3 Once their eyes were fixed upon His transcendental form, women were unable to withdraw them, and once that form had entered the ears of…
SB 12.3.16 King Parīkṣit said: My lord, how can persons living in the Age of Kali rid themselves of the cumulative contamination of this age? O great…
SB 12.3.17 Please explain the different ages of universal history, the special qualities of each age, the duration of cosmic maintenance and…
SB 12.6.2 Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: I have now achieved the purpose of my life, because a great and merciful soul like you has shown such kindness to…
SB 12.6.3 I do not consider it at all amazing that great souls such as yourself, whose minds are always absorbed in the infallible Personality of…
SB 12.6.4 I have heard from you this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the perfect summary of all the Purāṇas and which perfectly describes the Supreme…
SB 12.6.5 My lord, I now have no fear of Takṣaka or any other living being, or even of repeated deaths, because I have absorbed myself in that…
SB 12.6.6 O brāhmaṇa, please give me permission to resign my speech and the functions of all my senses unto Lord Adhokṣaja. Allow me to absorb my…
SB 12.6.7 You have revealed to me that which is most auspicious, the supreme personal feature of the Lord. I am now fixed in knowledge and…