Chapter Twenty Lord Visnu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena 1. The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being very much satisfied by the performance of ninety-nine horse sacrif... Read more
Chapter Nineteen King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 1. The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, King Prthu initiated the performance of one hundred horse sacrifices at the s... Read more
Chapter Eighteen Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 1. The great saint Maitreya continued to address Vidura: My dear Vidura, at that time, after the planet earth finished her prayers, Kin... Read more
Chapter Seventeen Maharaja Prthu Becomes Angry at the Earth 1. The great sage Maitreya continued: In this way the reciters who were glorifying Maharaja Prthu readily described his qualities... Read more
Chapter Sixteen Praise of King Prthu by the Professional Reciters 1. The great sage Maitreya continued: While King Prthu thus spoke, the humility of his nectarean speeches pleased the recite... Read more
VI-31-32. ‘With the sharp needle of (penetrating) intelligence, tear up the nest cast by the fisher-woman of Craving in the waters of transmigratory life – a net made of the cords of (varieg... Read more
V-161. ‘In large groups he behold bygone orders of (cosmic) manifestation. Next he recollected them all in the due order of all their attributes. V-162. ‘(Then) sportively he fashioned, by (... Read more
V-91. ‘This (mode) promotes liberation and not bondage. (Witness) the case of the Liberated in-life. V-92. ‘The conviction that I am no more than a bundle of parts like hands, feet, etc.; is... Read more
My son, my wealth, he is mine – such propensity leaps about by the tangle of senses. Do not be ignorant, be wise; give up involvement is samsara – why do you wail like an ignorant person by... Read more
He is the contented one who gives up (longing for) what is not got and is even towards what is got, not seeing (i.e. ignoring) grief and joy, who does not admire what is not got, enjoys acco... Read more
