"name":"SB Canto 9",
  "label":"Canto 9",
  "h1":"Liberation",
  "title":"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 9: Liberation",
  "description":"1. King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman; 2. The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu; 3. The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni; 4. Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni; 5. Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared; 6. The Downfall of Saubhari Muni; 7. The Descendants of King Māndhātā; 8. The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva; 9. The Dynasty of Aṁśumān; 10. The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra; 11. Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World; 12. The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra; 13. The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi; 14. King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī; 15. Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation; 16. Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class; 17. The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā; 18. King Yayāti Regains His Youth; 19. King Yayāti Achieves Liberation; 20. The Dynasty of Pūru; 21. The Dynasty of Bharata; 22. The Descendants of Ajamīḍha; 23. The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti; 24. Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

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Table of contents

1. King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
2. The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu
3. The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni
4. Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
5. Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared
6. The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
7. The Descendants of King Māndhātā
8. The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
9. The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
10. The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra
11. Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
12. The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra
13. The Dynasty of Mahārāja Nimi
14. King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī
15. Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
16. Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class
17. The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā
18. King Yayāti Regains His Youth
19. King Yayāti Achieves Liberation
20. The Dynasty of Pūru
21. The Dynasty of Bharata
22. The Descendants of Ajamīḍha
23. The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
24. Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead

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CHAPTER ONE

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

• Chapter Summary
• Kṛṣṇa Exists After the Cosmic Annihilation
• The Hare Kṛṣṇa Chant: Relief for All of Humanity
• As a Person Puts on New Garments, the Soul Accepts New Bodies
• Sudyumna Regains His Male Body

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CHAPTER TWO

• Chapter Summary
• Prsadhra’s Mishap: Cow Protection is Essential
• Escaping the Laws of Karma
• Human Society Without a Brain

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CHAPTER THREE

• Chapter Summary
• The Peaceful Home: Vedic Marital Behavior
• The Exalted Values of Vedic Culture
• Lord Brahmā Selects Revati’s Husband

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CHAPTER FOUR

• Chapter Summary
• Nābhāga Returns Home from the Gurukula
• Materialists Regard Temporary Happiness as Everything
• King Ambarīṣa’s Perfect Devotional Service
• The Transcendentalist as Chief Executive
• Kṛṣṇa’s Devotees Uninterested in Mystic Yoga
• Using Material Assets to Spread the Lord’s Glories
• Durvāsā Muni, the Uninvited Guest
• Devotees Often Tortured by Adversaries
• The Lord’s Disc Weapon Follows Durvāsā Everywhere
• Why God Allows His Devotees to Control Him
• Liberation Automatically Waits to Serve Devotees

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CHAPTER FIVE

• Chapter Summary
• Ambarīṣa Offers Prayers to the Lord’s Disc Weapon
• Durvāsā Spared from the Lord’s Burning Cakra
• Space Travel Without Spacecraft
• No Position in This Material World is Important

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CHAPTER SIX

• Chapter Summary
• Beef-eating Strictly Prohibited
• Puranjaya Conquers the Demons
• King Yuvanāśva’s Son Born from His Abdomen
• Saubhari Abandons His Yogīc Austerities for Sex
• Feeding the Blazing Fire of Material Desire
• Why Transcendentalists and Materialists Do Not Mix

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CHAPTER SEVEN

• Chapter Summary
• Suffering is Inevitable Within This Material World
• Hariścandra Struggles to Save His Son

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CHAPTER EIGHT

• Sagara’s Sons Killed by Their Own Bodily Heat
• All Living Entities Are Born Deluded
• The Supreme Lord Has No Material Name or Form

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CHAPTER NINE

• Chapter Summary
• Neutralizing the Reactions of Sinful Activity
• Bhagiratha Brings the Ganges River to This World
• Saudāsa Cursed to Become a Man-eater
• Escaping the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death
• Life is More Than a Combination of Chemicals
• Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja Achieves Perfection in One Moment
• Transcendental Consciousness Within the Material World
• The Supreme Lord is Neither Impersonal nor Void

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CHAPTER TEN

• Chapter Summary
• The Supreme Lord Expands into Many Incarnations
• Rāmacandra’s Father Exiles Him to the Forest
• Why the Lord’s Punishment Through Nature is Necessary
• Lord Rāmacandra Proves His Omnipotence
• Transcendental Versus Material Strength and Power
• The End of the Demon Rāvana
• The Path of Saintly Feminine Behavior
• Lord Rāmacandra’s Triumphant Return to Ayodhyā
• A Futile Hope: The Kingdom of God Without God
• Kṛṣṇa is Available in the Form of His Name

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

• Chapter Summary
• Serving the Supreme Lord to Gain Material Profit
• Emotions in the Spiritual World
• Why the Lord Performs Uncommon Pastimes
• Executing the Order of the Supreme Personality
• The Opulences of the City of Ayodhyā During the Lord’s Reign

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CHAPTER TWELVE

• Chapter Summary
• The Perfect Yogī Can Live as Long as He Desires

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Mahārāja Nimi Refuses to Accept a Material Body
• The Temporary Body is the Source of All Problems
• The Effect of Unsteady, Unregulated Governments
• Why Goodness and Badness Are Both the Same

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Soma Born from Atri’s Tears of Joy
• Tara, Brihaspati’s Unchaste Wife
• The Meeting of Urvasi and Purūravā
• Heavenly Planets’ Living Standards Differ from Earth’s
• Urvaśī Abandons Purūravā
• Feminine Behavior in the Material World
• The Tretā Millennium Begins
• Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Ṛcīka Pays an Unusual Dowry
• Irreligious Governments Swallow the Citizens
• Why Cow Protection is Stressed
• Paraśurāma Annihilates Kārtaviryārjuna’s Military Forces
• Kārtavirayārjuna Killed by Lord Paraśurāma
• Forgiveness is the Brāhmana's Special Quality

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Paraśurāma Kills His Mother and Brothers
• The Cruel Slaying of Jamadagni
• The Supreme Lord’s Eternal Mission
• Visvāmitra’s History: One’s Status Does Not Depend on Birth
• Mass Degradation in the Current Age

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Dhanvantari, Inaugurator of Medical Science
• Rajis Sons Refuse to Return Indra's Heavenly Planet

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

• Chapter Summary
• Hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Destroys Material Bondage
• The Quarrel Between Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā
• Astrological Compatibility and Vedic Marriages
• Yayāti Cursed to Suffer Premature Old Age
• Yayāti Asks His Sons to Trade Youth for Old Age
• Puru Accepts His Father's Old Age and Invalidity
• Happiness Depends on Mind and Sense Purification

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CHAPTER NINETEEN

• Chapter Summary
• The Allegory of the He-goat and She-goat
• When Family Life is a Dark Well
• The Advanced Spiritualist is Uninterested in Sex
• Suffering in the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death
• Devayānī Attains Liberation by the Grace of Her Husband

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CHAPTER TWENTY

• Chapter Summary
• Śakuntalā’s Beauty Attracts King Duṣmanta
• Sex Life and Vedic Religious Principles
• Kṛṣṇa, the Seed of All Living Entities
• The Reign of Mahārāja Bharata
• The Illegitimate Birth of Bhāradvāja

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

• Chapter Summary
• Rantideva, Exalted Devotee of the Lord
• Human Society's Real Welfare Workers
• Surpassing the Influence of Illusion
• The Imitation Śukadeva Gosvāmī

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

• Chapter Summary
• Bhīṣmadeva, the Greatest Warrior
• The Five Pāndava Brothers
• Future Sons of the Pāndu Family Described
• The Future of the Māgadha Dynasty

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

• Chapter Summary
• Description of the Yadu Dynasty
• Few Understand That the Supreme Truth is a Person

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

• Chapter Summary
• Kuntī Calls for the Demigod of the Sun
• The Wives and Offspring of Vāsudeva
• Why the Lord’s Incarnations Descend
• Relieving the Earth of Its Demoniac Burden
• Freedom from Material Contamination
• Seeing the Lord’s Beauty: A Daily Festival

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<grid class=“pagenav-canto”> <box class=“col-6”><- Canto 8</box> <box class=“col-6”>Canto 10 -></box> </grid>