Srimad Maha Bhagavatham : 5.1 - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================== ======================================================================== Friday, December 02, 2022. 06:00. Discourse 5: Narada Instructs Yudhisthira on Ashrama Dharma -1. ========================================================================= The Sixth and Seventh Skandhas of the Srimad Bhagavata are devoted entirely to the great battle that was waged between Indra and Vritra, and in this context we also have the story of Chitraketu. It is in the Seventh Skandha that we have a more detailed analysis of Ashrama dharma, which Narada recounts to Yudhishthira in the context of his question concerning the birth of Prahlada, ending with Narasimha avatara due the activities of Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu, two children born to Kashyapa and Diti under queer circumstances. Narada's instruction to Yudhishthira is especially on the dharmas to be followed in the Ashrama system of life. From the birth of a child into