"name":"SB Canto 3",
  "label":"Canto 3",
  "h1":"The Status Quo",
  "title":"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 3: The Status Quo",
  "description":"1. Questions by Vidura; 2. Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa; 3. The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana; 4. Vidura Approaches Maitreya; 5. Vidura's Talks with Maitreya; 6. Creation of the Universal Form; 7. Further Inquires by Vidura; 8. Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; 9. Brahmā's Prayers for Creative Energy; 10. Divisions of the Creation; 11. Calculation of Time, from the Atom; 12. Creation of the Kumāras and Others; 13. The Appearance of Lord Varāha; 14. Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening; 15. Description of the Kingdom of God; 16. The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages; 17. Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe; 18. The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa; 19. The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa; 20. Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura; 21. Conversation Between Manu and Kardama; 22. The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti; 23. Devahūti's Lamentation; 24. The Renunciation of Kardama Muni; 25. The Glories of Devotional Service; 26. Fundamental Principles of Material Nature; 27. Understanding Material Nature; 28. Kapila's Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service; 29. Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila; 30. Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities; 31. Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities; 32. Entanglement in Fruitive Activities; 33. Activities of Kapila."

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Table of contents

1. Questions by Vidura
2. Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
3. The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana
4. Vidura Approaches Maitreya
5. Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
6. Creation of the Universal Form
7. Further Inquires by Vidura
8. Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
9. Brahmā's Prayers for Creative Energy
10. Divisions of the Creation
11. Calculation of Time, from the Atom
12. Creation of the Kumāras and Others
13. The Appearance of Lord Varāha
14. Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
15. Description of the Kingdom of God
16. The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages
17. Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
18. The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
19. The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
20. Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
21. Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
22. The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti
23. Devahūti's Lamentation
24. The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
25. The Glories of Devotional Service
26. Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
27. Understanding Material Nature
28. Kapila's Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service
29. Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila
30. Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities
31. Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities
32. Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
33. Activities of Kapila

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CHAPTER ONE

Questions by Vidura

• Vidura Questions Maitreya Rsī
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra Sets Fire to the House of the Pāṇḍavas
• Yudhiṣṭhira Unfairly Defeated in Gambling
• Political Suggestions by Vidura
• Vidura Insulted by Duryodhana
• Vidura the Pilgrim
• The Yadus Die Due to Violent Passion
• Vidura Meets Uddhava
• Vidura Questions Uddhava
• How Akrūra Fell on Kṛṣṇa’s Footsteps
• How Arjuna Satisfied Lord Śiva
• Vidura Laments for Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Why Kṛṣṇa Refrained from Killing the Kurus
• Kṛṣṇa Appears for the Sake of the Yadus

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CHAPTER TWO

• Uddhava in His Childhood
• Uddhava’s Ecstatic Changes
• The Sun of the World Has Set
• The Yadus Unable to Know Kṛṣṇa as Supreme
• Kṛṣṇa’s Body the Ornament of All Ornaments
• The Gopīs’ Anguish when Kṛṣṇa Left
• Kṛṣṇa’s Behavior Pains Vidura
• Śiśupāla’s Merging into the Body of Kṛṣṇa
• Putanā Granted the Position of Kṛṣṇa’s Mother
• Kṛṣṇa Dispatched to the House of Nanda Mahārāja
• Child Kṛṣṇa Appeared Like a Lion Cub
• Great Wizards Killed by Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa Enjoyed the Rāsa Dance

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CHAPTER THREE

• Kaṁsa Killed by Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
• Rukminī Swept Away by Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa Marries the Kidnapped Princesses
• Kṛṣṇa Exhibits the Powers of His Devotees
• The Great Burden of Earth Abated
• The Yadus Quarrel Among Themselves
• Horse Sacrifices Performed by Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa Enjoys Conjugal Love
• The Yadus Visit Places of Pilgrimage

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CHAPTER FOUR

• The Yadus Destroyed by the Will of Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa’s Eyes Reddish Like the Sunrise
• Uddhava Awarded Kṛṣṇa’s Ultimate Favor
• Although Unborn, Kṛṣṇa Takes Birth
• Pure Devotees Have No Material Afflictions
• Nara-Nārāyaṇa Still in the Himālayas
• Devotees Are Servants of Society
• Vidura Afflicted by Kṛṣṇa’s Departure
• Kṛṣṇa Leaves the Vision of the Mundane World
• Uddhava Reaches Badarikāśrama
• Envious Beasts Cannot Know Kṛṣṇa

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CHAPTER FIVE

• Vidura Satisfied in Transcendence
• Great Philanthropic Souls
• The Independent Desireless Lord
• A Civilized Man Must Be Twice Born
• The Nectar of Topics of Kṛṣṇa
• Topics of Kṛṣṇa the Only Remedy
• Materialists Pitied by the Pitiable
• The All-Inclusive Service
• Vidura Formerly the Controller Yamarāja
• Compassion of the Lord for the Sleeping Energy
• The Reservoir of Would-Be Entities
• The Chief Function of False Ego is Godlessness
• Controlling Deities of Physical Elements
• The Shade of Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet
• Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara
• The Kingdom of All Pleasures
• Lumps of Sin in the Shape of Foodstuffs
• Implication in Conditions of Cosmic Creation

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CHAPTER SIX

• The Supreme Lord Enters the Twenty-three Elements
• The Gigantic Universal Form Manifested
• The Aggregate Creation Rests in Viṣṇu
• Demigods Construct the Cosmos
• The Mouth of the Universal Form Manifested
• His Eyes Manifested
• His Ears Manifested
• His Skin Manifested
• His Hands and Legs Manifested
• His Heart Manifested
• His Ego Manifested
• Planets Manifested from the Universal Form
• Vedic Wisdom Manifested
• Service Manifested from the Legs of Viṣṇu
• The Creation of the Social Divisions
• Glorification of Kṛṣṇa by Pure Speech
• Kṛṣṇa’s Bewildering Potency
• Obeisances to Kṛṣṇa a Matter of Sanity

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CHAPTER SEVEN

• Kṛṣṇa, Master of All Energies
• Pure Soul is Pure Consciousness
• Maitreya Agitated by the Inquisitive Vidura
• The Bewilderment of Mischievous Living Beings
• Cessation of Unlimited Miserable Conditions
• The Lowest of Fools Live Merrily
• Questions by Vidura
• Contradictions of Faithless Atheists
• Spiritual Masters are Kind to the Needy
• Spotless Devotees of the Lord
• Maitreya Ṛṣi Immortal

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CHAPTER EIGHT

• The Book Bhāgavatam and Devotee Bhāgavata
• Great Sages Travel Via the Ganges
• The Brahminical Power of Forgiveness
• The Subtle Subject of Creation
• Lord Brahmā Born of the Lotus Flower
• The Eternal Wheel in the Hand of Viṣṇu
• Brahmā Developed Required Knowledge
• The Lord Shows His Lotus Feet
• Viṣṇu, the Self-Situated Tree
• Brahmā Inclined to Create

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CHAPTER NINE

• Brahmā Born from the Lotus Flower
• Those Who Neglect the Lord’s Personal Form
• The Perplexities of the Conditioned Souls
• Devotees See Through the Ears
• Acts of Religion Never Go in Vain
• The Tree of the Cosmic Manifestation
• Brahmā Prays for the Lord’s Protection
• The Lord Instructs the Devotee from Within
• Transcendental Vision Frees One from Illusion
• The Lord Pleased with the Prayers of Brahmā
• The Dearmost Object is the Lord

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CHAPTER TEN

• Penances of Brahmā
• Fourteen Planetary Divisions Created
• Unchangeable and Limitless Eternal Time
• Nine Kinds of Creation
• Creation of Human Beings
• Creation of the Demigods

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

• The Ultimate Particle is the Atom
• Division of Gross Time
• Duration of Life of the Human Being
• The Sun Enlivens All Living Beings
• Duration of the Four Millenniums
• Duration of Life of the Manus
• Brahmā’s Night
• Radius of the Material World

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CHAPTER TWELVE

• Creation of the Nescient Engagements
• Creation of the Four Kumāras
• Creation of Rudra
• The Sons and Grandsons of Rudra
• Narada Born from the Deliberation of Brahmā
• Brahmā Attracted to His Daughter
• Brahmā Gives Up His Body
• Manifestation of the Four Vedas
• Varṇāśrama-dharma Established by Brahmā
• Brahmā as the Complete Form of the Absolute Truth
• Creation of Svāyambhuva Manu

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

• Hearing from the Mouths of Pure Devotees
• Brahmā Pleased with Manu
• Devotional Service as One’s Own Self Interest
• Small Boar Comes Out of Brahmā’s Nostril
• The Tumultuous Voice of Lord Boar
• Lord Boar Lifts the Earth
• Prayers of the Sages to Lord Boar
• The Lord is Bound by Sacrifice Only
• The Earth as the Wife of the Lord
• Hearing the Auspicious Narration of Lord Boar

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

• Two Different Boar Incarnations
• Diti Afflicted with Sex Desire
• Kaśyapa Marries Thirteen Daughters of Dakṣa
• Taking Shelter of a Wife
• Lord Śiva, the King of the Ghosts
• Kaśyapa Obliged to Perform a Forbidden Act
• Śiva as the Worshipable Lord of All Women
• Sons Born of Diti’s Condemned Womb
• Prahlāda as the Would-be Grandson of Diti
• Satisfaction of Diti

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

• The Force of the Pregnancy of Diti
• Living Entities Conducted by the Vedic Directions
• The Lord and His Devotees Reside in Vaikuṇṭha
• The Inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha
• Importance of the Human Form of Life
• The Four Kumāras Reach Vaikuṇṭha
• The Doormen Block the Kumāras Way
• There is Complete Harmony in Vaikuṇṭha
• A Brāhmana’s Curse Cannot be Counteracted
• The Lord is the Reservoir of All Pleasure
• The Kumāras Smell the Aroma of Tulasī Leaves
• Prayers of the Kumāras

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

• The Lord Always Favors the Brāhmanas
• The Brāhmanas Are Ever Satisfied with the Lord’s Prasāda
• The Lord’s Lovely and Illuminating Speech
• Prayers of the Sages
• Laksmī Waits Upon the Lord
• Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Exhibited by Submission
• The Sages Leave the Transcendental Abode
• The Gatekeepers Fall from Vaikuṇṭha

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

• The Birth of the Two Demons
• Omens of Evil Times
• The Benediction of Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Hiraṇyākṣa Shows His Splendor
• Varuna Waxes Angry

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

• The Lord in His Boar Incarnation
• The Abusive Words of the Demon
• The Lord Expresses His Terrible Anger
• Hiraṇyākṣa and the Lord Strike Each Other
• Brahmā Addresses Nārāyana

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CHAPTER NINETEEN

• The Lord Accepts Brahmā's Prayer
• The Lord Invokes His Sudarśana Discus
• The Great Demon’s Valor Frustrated
• The Demon Employs Many Conjuring Tricks
• Diti Recalls the Words of Her Husband
• Brahmā Arrives on the Spot
• Lord Hari Returns to His Own Abode
• Hearing the Works and Deeds of Devotees

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CHAPTER TWENTY

• Vidura Born from the Body of Vedavyāsa
• Hearing the Magnanimous Activities of the Lord
• Questions by Vidura
• Production of the Total Material Elements
• Brahmā Born from the Lotus Flower
• Brahmā Throws Off the Body of Ignorance
• Demons Born from the Backside of Brahmā
• The Demons Take Twilight for a Damsel
• Brahmā Gives Up His Form of Moonlight
• Creation of the Siddhas and Vidyādharas
• Brahmā Evolves Great Sages as His Sons

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

• Priyavrata and Uttānapāda Rule the World Penance Practiced by Kardama Muni
• Description of the Form of the Lord
• Prayers by Kardama Muni
• The Umbrella of the Lord’s Lotus Feet
• The Lord Creates Just Like a Spider
• Viṣṇu’s Words as Sweet as Nectar
• Svāyambhuva Manu’s Daughter Promised to Kardama
• The Lord to Appear as the Son of Devahūti
• Sāma-Veda Vibrated by the Wings of Garuda
• The Holy Lake Bindu-sarovara Described
• Kardama Delights the King with Sweet Accents

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

• The Emperor Addresses Kardama
• The Brāhmanas and Kṣatriyas Protect Each Other
• Devahūti Desires a Suitable Husband
• Kardama is Offered Devahūti’s Hand
• The Captivating Beauty of Devahūti
• Kardama’s Face Captures Devahūti’s Mind
• Satarūpā Gives a Dowry to the Bride
• The Citizens of Brahmāvarta Greet the Emperor
• Svāyambhuva Manu as a Saintly King

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

• Devahūti Serves Kardama with Intimacy and Respect
• Kardama Benedicts Devahūti
• Devahūti Desires a Child by Bodily Union
• Kardama Creates an Aerial Mansion
• Devahūti’s Heart Displeased
• One Thousand Maidservants Serve Devahūti
• Devahūti Appears Before Kardama
• Kardama Enjoys for Many, Many Years
• Kardama Returns to His Hermitage
• Devahūti Gives Birth to Nine Daughters
• Devahūti Laments
• The Value of Association with a Saintly Person

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

• Devahūti Worships the Master of the Universe
• The Supreme Lord Appears in Devahūti
• Lord Brahmā Praises Kardama
• Description of Kapila Munis Bodily Features
• Kardama Gives His Daughters in Marriage
• Kardama’s Prayers to Kapila
• The Lord Has Innumerable Forms
• Kardama Desires to Renounce Family Life
• Kapila Appears to Explain Sānkhya Philosophy
• Kardama Leaves for the Forest
• Kardama Becomes Situated in Devotional Service

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

• The Lord Takes Birth as Kapila Muni
• Devahūti Questions Her Son
• The Lord Explains the Path of the Transcendentalists
• Conditional Life and Liberation
• Devotional Service is the Only Auspicious Path
• The Symptoms of a Sādhu
• The Value of Attachment to Devotees
• The Easiest Process of Mystic Power
• Devahūti Inquires About Devotional Service
• The Senses Represent the Demigods
• Devotional Service Dissolves the Subtle Body
• Devotees Like to See the Forms of the Lord
• Devotees Enjoy All Offered Benedictions
• Unflinching Devotional Service Described
• The Wind Blows Out of Fear of the Lord

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

• Knowledge is the Ultimate Perfection
• The Lord Accepts the Subtle Material Energy
• Material Consciousness Causes Conditional Life
• The Aggregate Elements are Known as the Pradhāna
• Time is the Twenty-fifth Element
• The Lord Impregnates Material Nature
• The Characteristics of Pure Consciousness
• The Mind is Known as Lord Aniruddha
• The Characteristics of Intelligence
• Manifestation of the Sound Element
• The Characteristics of the Ethereal Element
• The Characteristics of Form
• The Characteristics of Water
• The Earth Sustains All Elements
• Appearance of the Celebrated Cosmic Being
• Division of the Universe
• The Demigods Try to Awaken the Universal Form
• The Cosmic Being Arises from the Causal Waters

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

• Transmigration of the Conditioned Soul
• The Controlling Process of the Yoga System
• The Qualities of a Devotee
• A Liberated Soul Realizes the Lord
• A Devotee is Freed from False Ego
• Devahūti Makes Her First Inquiry
• Devotional Service Performed in Knowledge
• Material Nature Cannot Harm an Enlightened Soul
• The Devotee Goes to the Transcendental Abode

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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

• Kapila Explains the System of Yoga
• One Should Eat Very Frugally
• One Must Control the Unbridled Mind
• The Yogīs Are Freed from Mental Disturbances
• Description of the Form of the Lord
• The Lord is Eternally Very Beautiful
• The Pastimes of the Lord Are Always Attractive
• The Lord’s Lotus Feet Act Like Thunderbolts
• The Moonlike Navel of the Lord
• The Lord’s Club Smashes Demons
• The Benevolent Smile of Lord Śrī Hari
• The Yogī Develops Pure Love of God
• The Liberated Soul Forgets His Bodily Demands
• The Supreme Lord is the Seer
• The Spirit Soul Manifests in Different Bodies

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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

• The Ultimate End of All Philosophical Systems
• Lord Kapila Speaks
• Devotion in the Mode of Passion
• Unadulterated Devotional Service
• A Devotee Must Execute Prescribed Duties
• Temple Worship is the Duty of a Devotee
• A Devotee Avoids the Company of Nondevotees
• The Supreme Soul is Present Everywhere
• A Separatist Never Attains Peace of Mind
• Different Grades of Living Entities
• Different Grades of Human Beings
• A Devotee Offers Respect to All Living Beings
• Lord Viṣṇu is the Time Factor
• Expansion of the Total Universal Body

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CHAPTER THIRTY

• The Powerful Strength of the Time Factor
• Conditioned Souls Delight in Hellish Enjoyment
• The Attached Householder Remains in Family Life
• The Foolish Family Man Prepares for Death
• The Materialist Dies Most Pathetically
• The Criminal is Brought Before Yamarāja
• Hellish Punishments on this Planet

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

• Development of the Material Body
• Agony of the Child in the Womb
• Prayers of the Child in the Womb
• One Must Surrender to Paramātmā
• The Human Form of Life is the Highest
• The Pangs of Birth
• The Distresses of Boyhood
• The Conditioned Soul Again Goes to Hell
• Dangers of Association with Women
• The Woman is the Representation of Māyā
• The Materialist Involves Himself in Fruitive Activities
• One Should Not View Death with Horror

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

• Materialists Can Be Elevated to the Moon
• The Path of Illumination
• Lord Brahmā Closes the Material Universe
• Materialists Work with Attachment to the Result
• Materialists Are Compared to Hogs
• The Devotee’s Mind Becomes Equipoised
• The Greatest Common Understanding for All Yogīs
• The Entire Universe Has Come from the Lord
• The Supreme Personality of Godhead is One
• Kapila’s Instruction is Not Meant for the Envious

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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

• Prayers of Devahūti
• The Lord Assumes Many Incarnations
• Those Who Chant the Holy Names Are Glorious
• Kapila Replies to His Mother
• Devahūti Begins to Practice Bhakti-yoga
• The Opulence of Kardama Muni’s Household
• Devahūti Aggrieved at the Loss of Her Son
• Devahūti Attains Transcendental Bliss
• Devahūti Appears Like Fire Surrounded by Smoke
• The Ocean Offers Kapila a Place of Residence

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