26. The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy, Dhruva Maharaja, and after offering him His abode, Lord Visnu, on the back of Garuda, returned to His abode, a... Read more
Chapter Ten Dhruva Maharaja’s Fight With the Yaksas 1. The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, thereafter Dhruva Maharaja married the daughter of Prajapati Sisumara, whose name was Bhr... Read more
Chapter Nine Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 1. The great sage Maitreya told Vidura: When the demigods were thus reassured by the Personality of Godhead, they were freed from all fears, and aft... Read more
41. Any person who desires the fruits of the four principles religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and, at the end, liberation, should engage himself in the devotional servi... Read more
Chapter Eight Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 1. The great sage Maitreya said: The four great Kumara sages headed by Sanaka, as well as Narada, Rbhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati, all so... Read more
41. The fire-god said: My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because by Your favor I am as luminous as blazing fire and I accept the offerings mixed with butter and offered... Read more
Chapter Seven The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 1. The sage Maitreya said: O mighty-armed Vidura, Lord Siva, being thus pacified by the words of Lord Brahma, spoke as follows in answer to Lor... Read more
Chapter Six Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva 1-2. Maitreya said: All the priests and other members of the sacrificial assembly and all the demigods, having been defeated by the soldiers of Lord Si... Read more
Chapter Five Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa 1. Maitreya said: When Lord Siva heard from Narada that Sati, his wife, was now dead because of Prajapati Daksa’s insult to her and that hi... Read more
Chapter Four Sati Quits Her Body 1. The sage Maitreya said: Lord Siva was silent after speaking to Sati, seeing her between decisions. Sati was very much anxious to see her relatives at her... Read more