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Who is speaking?
Every chapter of the Bhāgavatam, coloured by how many narrators deep it goes. Choose one to see its frames and every verse where a new voice begins.
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The depth map
SB 7.8 · 3 voices deep
Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Slays the King of the Demons
The frames this chapter sits inside, outermost first. Choose one to read its note and the verse where its voice begins.
All of Canto 7 is Nārada's answer to Yudhiṣṭhira's question about Śiśupāla, given at the Rājasūya sacrifice.
Where this voice begins
“The great sage Śrī Nāradajī said: O King, blasphemy and praise, chastisement and respect, are experienced because of ignorance.”
In the translation
Voices in this chapter
Each verse whose translation opens by naming its speaker, in order. Repeated openings by the same speaker are grouped.
- 7.8.1Nārada Muni
- 7.8.5Hiraṇyakaśipu
- 7.8.7Prahlāda Mahārāja· 2 openings
- 7.8.11Hiraṇyakaśipu
- 7.8.40Lord Brahmā
- 7.8.41Lord Śiva
- 7.8.42King Indra
- 7.8.44The inhabitants of Pitṛloka
- 7.8.45The inhabitants of Siddhaloka
- 7.8.46The inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka
- 7.8.47The inhabitants of Nāgaloka
- 7.8.50The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka
- 7.8.51The inhabitants of the Cāraṇa planet
- 7.8.52The inhabitants of Yakṣaloka
- 7.8.53The inhabitants of Kimpuruṣa-loka
- 7.8.54The inhabitants of Vaitālika-loka
- 7.8.55The Kinnaras
The frames come from where the translation itself says who is speaking (“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said …”). Their exact start and end verses, the episode labels and the setting bands are study aids, not words of the scripture; Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on each verse is always the final word.