SB (1962) Volume 1 Contents
Introduction
- Conception of God and the Absolute Truth.
- Source of material energy.
- Preacher of Srimad Bhagwatam.
- Science of Krishna and its need.
- Sri Chaitanya Maha Prabhu.
- His mission.
- His birth.
- His early childhood.
- His student life.
- His civil disobedience.
- Reclaiming the sinners.
- His Sannyas.
- Khirchora Gopinath.
- Meeting with Bhattacharya.
- His discourse on the Vedanta.
- His meeting with Ramananda Roy.
- Importance of submissive hearing.
- Instructive story of Junior Haridas.
- Power of Samkirtan movement.
- His talks with Mayavadi Sanyasi Prakasananda.
- The Lord visits Mathura and Vrindaban.
- He converts Pathans to Vaisnava cult.
- Obstacles on the path of Devotion.
- Eight modes of Prayer by a pure devotee.
- Sanskrit Text of the First Chapter inserted.
First Chapter
- Purpose of the Gayatree Mantra.
- Parameswer the Supreme.
- Three divisions of Vedic ways.
- Exchange of Rasas between two equals.
- Watering the root of tree.
- Symptoms of men in the age of quarrel or Kali.
- Scriptures summarised
- Glories of the Name of the Lord.
- Real remedy for peace in the world.
- Incarnation of Godhead is distinguished.
Second Chapter
- Divinity and Divine Service.
- Obeisances unto spiritual master and the Lord.
- Srimad Bhagwatam summarised.
- Scope of sense-satisfaction.
- Definition of the Absolute Truth.
- Process of its realisation.
- Duty of all classes of human being.
- Service unto the devotees.
- The Book and the Person Bhagwatam.
- Seeing the Lord.
- Forms of the Lord and the living beings.
- Quality of worship and the demi-gods.
- Lord Sri Krishna or Vasudeva is all in all.
- He is all pervading.
Third Chapter
- Description of Incarnations of Godhead.
- Purusha incarnations the cause of matter and the material world.
- From Him Brahma is manifested.
- Description of the Universal Form.
- Short description of various incarnations.
- 1st Kumaras Incarnation
- 2nd Sukara
- 3rd Narad
- 4th Nara Navayana
- 5th Kapila the author of Samkhya philosophy.
- 6th Daryatreya incarnation
- 7th Yajna
- 8th Rishava
- 9th Prithu
- 10th Matsya
- 11th Kurma
- 12th Dhanantari
- 13th Mohini
- 14th Narasingha
- 15th Vamana
- 16th Bhrigupati (Parsurama).
- 17th Vyasdeva
- 18th Rama
- 19th Valarama.
- 20th Krishna
- 21st Buddha Deva.
- 22nd Kalki.
- Lord Krishna the Original Personality of Godhead.
- His Virata Rupa, an imagination.
- The Lord or the living being all are spirit.
- Self-realisation means seeing the Lord.
- He is unknowable by mental speculation.
- Srimad Bhagwatam is the cream of histories.
- The mode of its reception.
- Srimad Bhagwatam is representation of Lord Krishna.
- Srimad Bhagwatam and its incompatibilities.
Fourth Chapter
- Appearance of Sri Narada.
- Paramhansa Sukhdeva Goswami.
- The ideal King Maharaj Parikshit.
- Birth date of Vyasdeva.
- His activities in preparing transcendental works.
- His surveying of the general situation.
- Different in-charges of the divisions of Veda.
- Vedas made easy for the less intelligent class.
- Mercy of Vyasdeva
- Unworthy Sons of the Higher Castes
- Dissatisfaction of Vyasdeva and its Cause
Fifth Chapter.
- Sri Narada's Instructions on Srimad Bhagwatam for
- Vyasdeva
- The mind and the Body
- Identification of Self with the Body or Mind is the
- Cause of Despondency
- The Cause Explained
- Flowery Language without Divinity is Condemned
- Need of Preaching Srimad Bhagwatam
- Nothing is Good without God.
- Be fixed up on the Complete Whole
- Human Frailties
- A boon to the Layman
- The Prime Duty.
- The Permanent Gain
- Personal and Impersonal Features of the Lord
- Purpose of all Cultural Assets
- Previous Life of Narada
- The Bhaktivedantas
- Principles of Saintly Association
- Miraculous Act of Hearing Bhagwatam
- Effects of Spiritual Association
- Duties of a Neophyte
- Real Spiritual Master
- Meaning of Surrender
- The Cause of Miseries
- Import of Bhaktiyoga
- Cent per cent engagement
- Sound as Form
- Concluding instruction of Narada
Sixth Chapter.
- Further Enquiry by Vyasdeva
- History of Narada's Previous Life
- His Touring
- His Momentous Hankering for the Lord
- Seeing the Lord
- Message of Godhead
- Narada's Eternal Engagement
- His transcendental Body
- His Re-appearance
- His Freedom of Movement in all Planets
- The Lord, His Constant Companion
- Comparative Importance of Bhaktiyoga and Mystic Powers
Seventh Chapter.
- Vyasdeva's Meditation
- His Clear Conception
- Acts of Maya Illusory Energy
- Effects of Bhaktiyoga
- Effects of Hearing Srimad Bhagwatam
Appendices.
- Glossary
- Errata
- Notice
THE MOTTO
It is admitted even in the higher circle that in fact, the whole root and background of Indian culture is wrapped in the Sanskrit language. And we know that the foreign invaders of India could break down some of the monumental architectural work in India but they were unable to break up the perfect ideals of human civilization so far kept hidden within the Sanskrit language of Vedic wisdom.
Srimad Bhagwatam is the mature ripen fruit of the tree of Vedic literature (pp. 66.). We have just begun to give it rendered into English with broader outlook and it is the duty of the leading Indians to spread up the culture all over the world at this momentous hour of need.