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Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces of …

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, when Bali Mahārāja lost all his opulence and died in the fight, Śukrācārya, a descendant …

The brāhmaṇa descendants of Bhṛgu Muni were very pleased with Bali Mahārāja, who desired to conquer the kingdom of Indra. …

When ghee [clarified butter] was offered in the fire of sacrifice, there appeared from the fire a celestial chariot covered …

A gilded bow, two quivers of infallible arrows, and celestial armor also appeared. Bali Mahārāja’s grandfather Prahlāda Mahārāja offered Bali …

When Mahārāja Bali had thus performed the special ritualistic ceremony advised by the brāhmaṇas and had received, by their grace, …

Then, after getting on the chariot given by Śukrācārya, Bali Mahārāja, decorated with a nice garland, put protective armor on …

When he assembled with his own soldiers and the demon chiefs, who were equal to him in strength, opulence and …

King Indra’s city was full of pleasing orchards and gardens, such as the Nandana garden. Because of the weight of …

Beautiful women protected by the demigods sported in the gardens, which had lotus ponds full of swans, cranes, cakravākas and …

The city was surrounded by trenches full of Ganges water, known as Ākāśa-gaṅgā, and by a high wall, which was …

The doors were made of solid gold plates, and the gates were of excellent marble. These were linked by various …

The city was full of courtyards, wide roads, assembly houses, and not less than one hundred million airplanes. The crossroads …

Everlastingly beautiful and youthful women, who were dressed with clean garments, glittered in the city like fires with flames. They …

The breezes blowing in the streets of the city bore the fragrance of the flowers falling from the hair of …

Apsarās passed on the streets, which were covered with the white, fragrant smoke of aguru incense emanating from windows with …

The city was shaded by canopies decorated with pearls, and the domes of the palaces had flags of pearl and …

The city was filled with the sounds of mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, kettledrums, flutes and well-tuned stringed instruments all playing in concert. …

No one who was sinful, envious, violent toward other living entities, cunning, falsely proud, lusty or greedy could enter that …

Bali Mahārāja, who was the commander of numberless soldiers, gathered his soldiers outside this abode of Indra and attacked it …