Table of Contents
Preface   xi     Introduction   xiv
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Material World as the Great Forest of Enjoyment
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The Soul Is Conditioned by the Material Atmosphere  5    Family Members Are Like Tigers and Jackals  10    Gold Is the Source of Opulence and Envy  14    The Mirage of Material Enjoyment  19    So-called  Sādhus  Preach Against Vedic Principles  23    Family Life Is Like a Forest Fire  25    Materialists Are Devoured by the Python of Sleep  30    Transcendentalists Condemn the Path of Fruitive Activity  33    The Miseries of the Conditioned Soul  38    Unauthorized Man-made Gods  43    Family Life Affords Momentary Sex Pleasure  49    No One Can Be Happy in Material Life  55    The Creeper of Fruitive Activity  59    The Wonderful Activities of Bharata Mahārāja  65    One Should Study the Life of Mahārāja Bharata  69
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Glories of the Descendants of King Priyavrata
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Sumati Followed the Path of Rṣabhadeva  72    King Pratiha As the Paragon of Bona Fide Preachers  75
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