The Bhagavata Purana 1 by Bibek Debroy
This opening volume frames a seven-day discourse to a doomed king in which a sage extols devotion to Vishnu/Krishna, surveying creation and the cosmic form, yogic practices and philosophy, and the purpose of divine descents. Through episodes such as the sages’ gathering, the king’s curse and renunciation, Brahma’s creation, the Varaha rescue, Kapila’s teachings to Devahuti, Daksha’s sacrifice and Shiva’s wrath, and the exemplary devotion of Dhruva and the ideal kingship of Prithu, it blends theology, cosmology, and instructive narratives to affirm that hearing and chanting the divine leads to liberation.
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