Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the preference to the first major story in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam's Fifth Canto: The Story of Ṛṣabha. In this preface we hear about Ṛṣabha's ancestor, Priyavrata - and why he abandoned his spiritual practices to become a king.

My translations of Parts 1-4 of Bhagavatam are available here: vicdicara.com/books.php