Chapter 19:
King Yayâti Achieves Liberation:
the Goats of Lust
(20) When
one
perceives
[one's desires] and listens [to them] one should know them
to be of a temporary nature. One
should not give it any further thought or strive for it. He who is
mindful of the fact that they lead to the prolongation of a worldly
existence
and to forgetfulness about the real self, is a self-realized soul [see also B.G. 2:
13].'
Chapter 20:
The Dynasty of Pûru up to Bharata
(8-9) Dushmanta one day
went hunting and arrived at the âs'rama of Kanva. There he
saw a woman sitting who radiated with a beauty like that of the goddess
of fortune. Seeing her he immediately felt himself strongly drawn
towards this manifestation of divine feminine beauty. In the company of
some of his soldiers he then addressed that finest one of all ladies.
Chapter 21:
The Dynasty of Bharata:
the Story of Rantideva
(3-5) Subsisting on that
what fate provided he [Rantideva] took pleasure in distributing to
others whatever grain of food he had. Being very poor he with all his
family members lived most soberly and had to suffer a lot. One morning
when forty-eight days had passed and he even was deprived of drinking
water, he happened to receive water and different foodstuffs prepared
with ghee and milk. While the family was shaky because of the thirst
and hunger they suffered, that very moment a brahmin guest arrived who
also liked to eat.
Chapter 22:
The Descendants of Ajamîdha:
the Pândavas and Kauravas
(21-24) Citrângada
was killed by a Gandharva carrying the same name. Vicitravîrya was a younger brother of Citrângada. The sage
Parâs'ara gave with his mother [Satyavatî, previous to her
marriage to S'ântanu] life to a direct expansion of the Lord, a
great muni who protected the Vedas: Krishna Dvaipâyana Vyâsadeva [also called
Bâdarâyana], from
whom
I [S'ukadeva] was born. With him I studied this [Bhâgavatam]
thoroughly. He, the [partial] incarnation of the Lord, rejected his
pupils Paila and others. But me, his son who was far removed from
sense gratification, he taught this
supreme
literature
of
confidential
knowledge.
Vicitravîrya later on married the two
daughters of Kâs'îrâja called Ambikâ and Ambâlikâ who by force were brought from
the arena of selection. But because he was too attached in his heart to
the both of them he died of an
infection with tuberculosis.