Bhāgavata Vāhini

His Telugu retelling of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa in forty-two chapters: from Parīkṣit's curse and Śuka Maharṣi's telling of the story, through Śrī Kṛṣṇa's avatāra and his childhood līlās as Gopāla, to his schooling and the account of his birth.

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Chapter 1The Principle of the Avatāra
Chapter 2The Birth of the Foremost of Bhāgavatas
Chapter 3The Voice of the Future
Chapter 4A Yajña for the Expiation of the Sin of War
Chapter 5The Splendour of Dharmaja's Yajña
Chapter 6Reflections on Vairāgya
Chapter 7Vidura's Teaching on Right Conduct
Chapter 8The Transformation That Arose in Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Chapter 9The Conclusion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Avatāra
Chapter 10The Sūtradhāri of the Līlā Drama
Chapter 11The Pāṇḍavas at Fault, Out of Grief
Chapter 12The Advent of the Kali Age
Chapter 13The Coronation of Parīkṣit
Chapter 14The Mahāprasthāna of the Pāṇḍavas
Chapter 15Parīkṣit's Righteous Rule
Chapter 16Parīkṣit's Boundless Kṛṣṇa-Bhakti
Chapter 17Remembrances of the Līlās of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 18The Burning of the Khāṇḍava Forest
Chapter 19The Pāṇḍavas, Ideal Dharmātmas
Chapter 20The Special Graces of Kṛṣṇa upon Draupadī
Chapter 21The Episode of Durvāsa
Chapter 22Pārtha's Battle with Paśupati
Chapter 23Kṛṣṇa, Charioteer of Vijaya
Chapter 24Parīkṣit, Struck by a Curse
Chapter 25The Compassionate Śamīka Muni
Chapter 26A Curse? Or a Boon of Grace?
Chapter 27The Arrival of Śuka Maharṣi
Chapter 28The Nectar of the Story of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 29The Dialogue of Śuka and Parīkṣit
Chapter 30The Special Greatness of Hearing the Bhāgavata Story
Chapter 31The Removal of Parīkṣit's Doubts
Chapter 32The Purāṇas and the Avatāras
Chapter 33The Avatāra of Śrī Rāma
Chapter 34The Avatāra of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 35Gopāla — the Gopas and the Gopikās
Chapter 36Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Childhood Play
Chapter 37The Slaying of the Rākṣasas
Chapter 38The Subduing of Kāḷiya
Chapter 39The Schooling of the All-Knowing Lord of All
Chapter 40"Mṛtyor Mā Amṛtaṃ Gamaya" — "Lead Me from Death to Immortality"
Chapter 41The Account of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Birth
Chapter 42"The Mahārāja Has Reached Gopāla"