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This chapter describes the occupational duties of the householder according to the time, the country and the performer. When Yudhiṣṭhira …

As for the maintenance of his family, a gṛhastha, while earning what he requires for his living, must be very …

A gṛhastha should be very much affectionate toward lower animals, birds and bees, treating them exactly like his own children. …

A gṛhastha should not be very much attached to his wife; he should engage even his own wife in serving …

This chapter particularly describes the brahmacārī and the person in the vānaprastha stage, and it also gives a general description …

The brahmacārī should live under the care of the true spiritual master, giving him sincere respect and obeisances, acting as …

After completing one’s education as a brahmacārī in this way, one should give dakṣiṇā, an offering of gratitude, to one’s …

After the gṛhastha-āśrama is another āśrama, known as vānaprastha, which is midway between gṛhastha and sannyāsa. A person in the …

This Thirteenth Chapter describes the regulative principles for sannyāsīs and also describes the history of an avadhūta. It concludes with …

Śrī Nārada Muni has been describing the symptoms of various āśramas and varṇas. Now, in this chapter, he specifically describes …

In this regard, Nārada Muni described a meeting between Prahlāda and a saintly person who had adopted the mode of …

This chapter describes the general principles by following which a human being, and specifically one who is interested in advancing …

By hearing about the characteristics of Prahlāda Mahārāja, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira became extremely pleased. Now he inquired from Nārada Muni about …

The varṇāśrama system delineates the divisions of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra. It also sets forth the system of saṁskāras. …

One who is in a lower grade of social life cannot accept the profession of a higher class unless necessary. …

Nārada Muni also described that the symptom of a brāhmaṇa is controlled senses, the symptoms of a kṣatriya are power …

This chapter fully describes how Hiraṇyakaśipu obtained power from Lord Brahmā and misused it by harassing all the living entities …

By severe austerities, Hiraṇyakaśipu satisfied Lord Brahmā and obtained the benedictions he desired. After he received these benedictions, his body, …

Lord Viṣṇu informed the demigods that they and the other living entities would be saved from the fearful conditions created …

Finally, Nārada Muni describes the characteristics of Prahlāda Mahārāja, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, and describes how his father envied his …