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Compare themes

Follow two themes through the twelve cantos, and see which of the eighteen themes travel together and where they meet.

How devotion reorganizes desire and action.

Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence.

0123451Canto 1: Creation2Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation3Canto 3: The Status Quo4Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order5Canto 5: The Creative Impetus6Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind7Canto 7: The Science of God8Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations9Canto 9: Liberation10Canto 10: The Summum Bonum11Canto 11: General History12Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationBhakti · Canto 1 (Creation): average 2.7, 11 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 2 (The Cosmic Manifestation): average 3.9, 6 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 3 (The Status Quo): average 2, 10 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 4 (The Creation of the Fourth Order): average 2.7, 7 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 5 (The Creative Impetus): average 1.5, 0 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 6 (Prescribed Duties for Mankind): average 0.8, 3 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 7 (The Science of God): average 3.3, 11 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 8 (Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations): average 1, 5 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 9 (Liberation): average 1, 2 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 10 (The Summum Bonum): average 0.9, 17 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 11 (General History): average 3.7, 26 strong chaptersBhakti · Canto 12 (The Age of Deterioration): average 2.5, 7 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 1 (Creation): average 1.7, 6 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 2 (The Cosmic Manifestation): average 0, 0 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 3 (The Status Quo): average 0.6, 4 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 4 (The Creation of the Fourth Order): average 0, 0 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 5 (The Creative Impetus): average 0, 0 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 6 (Prescribed Duties for Mankind): average 0.6, 3 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 7 (The Science of God): average 0, 0 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 8 (Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations): average 0, 0 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 9 (Liberation): average 0.5, 3 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 10 (The Summum Bonum): average 1.4, 28 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 11 (General History): average 1.3, 8 strong chaptersViraha · Canto 12 (The Age of Deterioration): average 0, 0 strong chapters

Average strength of each theme across the chapters of each canto (0–5). Hover a point for details.

Bhakti · Devotion and loving serviceStrongest in Canto 2 (The Cosmic Manifestation), average 3.9; 105 chapters at strength 4 or 5.

Viraha · Longing in separationStrongest in Canto 1 (Creation), average 1.7; 52 chapters at strength 4 or 5.

Which themes travel together

Each square counts the chapters where both themes are at least supporting (3+). Tap one to compare that pair.

BhaktiŚaraṇāgatiKṛpāRakṣāAbhayaVairāgyaDainyaPremaVirahaVātsalyaSakhyaKaruṇāDharmaJñānaŚuddhiKīrtanaRāja-dharmaMoha
Bhakti
Śaraṇāgati
Kṛpā
Rakṣā
Abhaya
Vairāgya
Dainya
Prema
Viraha
Vātsalya
Sakhya
Karuṇā
Dharma
Jñāna
Śuddhi
Kīrtana
Rāja-dharma
Moha

Theme strengths (0–5) are an editorial reading of each chapter's story, not a count of verses or words. Interpretive learning aid, not exhaustive chapter-by-chapter or verse-by-verse textual annotation. A highlighted cell may reflect its narrative phase rather than a passage specifically verified in that chapter. Follow the Vedabase link and read the context before public teaching.

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