vi Srimad-Bhagavatam

Wife, Children and Home Are Mental Concoctions
The Body Is the Source of All Miseries

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord
King Citraketu’s Dead Son Speaks
Traveling from Womb to Womb
The Living Entity Is Equal in Quality to God
Citraketu Leaves the Dark Well of Family Life
Narada Gives a Mantra to Citraketu
Material Words and Minds Cannot Approach the Lord
Angira and Narada Depart for the Topmost Planet
Citraketu Attains the Shelter of Anantadeva
Prayers of Citraketu to Lord Sesa
The Beginning. Middle and End of Everything
Escaping the Repetition of Birth and Death
Low-Class Religious Systems Are Full of Envy
Aryans Worship the Supreme Lord
Hearing the Holy Names Purifies One
Anantadeva Addresses Citraketu
The Dreaming Condition of the Living Entities
The Perfection of Human Life

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu
Citraketu Travels in Outer Space
Citraketu Laughs at Lord Siva’s Embracing His Wife
Parvati Is Furious with Citraketu

Parvati Curses Him to Be Born in a Family of Demons

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