Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The Dynasties of the Sons of Purtirava

Chapter Summary
Dhanvantari, Inaugurator of Medical Science

Raji’s Sons Refuse to Return Indra’s Heavenly Planet

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
King Yayati Regains His Youth

Chapter Summary
Hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam Destroys Material Bondage
The Quarrel Between Devayani and Sarmistha
Astrological Compatibility and Vedic Marriages
Yayati Cursed to Suffer Premature Old Age
Yayati Asks His Sons to Trade Youth for Old Age
Piru Accepts His Father’s Old Age and Invalidity
Happiness Depends on Mind and Sense Purification

CHAPTER NINETEEN
King Yayati Achieves Liberation

Chapter Summary
The Allegory of the He-goat and She-goat
When Family Life Is a Dark Well
The Advanced Spiritualist Is Uninterested in Sex
Suffering in the Cycle of Repeated Birth and Death
Devayani Attains Liberation by the Grace of Her Husband

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