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Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After hearing about the activities and character of Prahlāda Mahārāja, which are adored and discussed among great …

Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: My dear lord, I wish to hear from you about the principles of religion by which one …

O best of the brāhmaṇas, you are directly the son of Prajāpati [Lord Brahmā]. Because of your austerities, mystic yoga …

No one is superior to you in peaceful life and mercy, and no one knows better than you how to …

Śrī Nārada Muni said: After first offering my obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, the protector of the religious principles of all …

Lord Nārāyaṇa, along with His partial manifestation Nara, appeared in this world through the daughter of Dakṣa Mahārāja known as …

The Supreme Being, the Personality of Godhead, is the essence of all Vedic knowledge, the root of all religious principles, …

These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: truthfulness, mercy, austerity (observing fasts on certain days …

Those who have been reformed by the garbhādhāna ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without …

For a brāhmaṇa there are six occupational duties. A kṣatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other …

The mercantile community should always follow the directions of the brāhmaṇas and engage in such occupational duties as agriculture, trade, …

As an alternative, a brāhmaṇa may also take to the vaiśya’s occupational duty of agriculture, cow protection, or trade. He …

Except in a time of emergency, lower persons should not accept the occupational duties of those who are higher. When …

In time of emergency, one may accept any of the various types of professions known as ṛta, amṛta, mṛta, pramṛta …

The symptoms of a brāhmaṇa are control of the mind, control of the senses, austerity and penance, cleanliness, satisfaction, forgiveness, …

To be influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, challenging and charitable, to control the bodily necessities, to be forgiving, to be …

Being always devoted to the demigods, the spiritual master and the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; endeavoring for advancement in religious principles, …

Offering obeisances to the higher sections of society [the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas], being always very clean, being free from …

To render service to the husband, to be always favorably disposed toward the husband, to be equally well disposed toward …

A chaste woman must dress nicely and decorate herself with golden ornaments for the pleasure of her husband. Always wearing …