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THE TRAGIC and heroic figure of Queen Kunti emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As the wife of King Panḍu and the mother of five illustrious sons (the Panḍavas), she was a central figure in a complex political drama that fifty centuries ago culminated in the devastating Kuruksetra War.

At the conclusion of the war, Queen Kunti approaches Lord Krsna as He prepares to depart from the scene of battle. Although Kunti is Lord Krsna's aunt (He incarnated as her brother Vasudeva's son), she perfectly understands His exalted and divine identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She knows full well that He descended from His abode in the spiritual world to rid the earth of demoniac military forces and reestablish peace and righteousness. Thus the prayers she offers Him on this occasion are not the conventional pious solicitations. Rather, they are philosophical reflections, devotional illuminations, even mystical exultations. As such they have been recorded and immortalized in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, India's greatest philosophical and spiritual classic.

Queen Kunti's prayers-the simple and illuminating outpourings of the soul of a great and saintly woman devotee-reveal both the deepest transcendental emotions of the heart and the most profound philosophical and theological penetrations of the intellect. Her words have been recited, chanted, and sung by sages and philosophers in India for thousands of years.

Teachings of Queen Kunti consists of Kunti's celebrated prayers as recorded in the Srimad-Bhagavatam together with illuminating commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada-Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the most renowned Vedic scholar and religious leader of our time and author of more than seventy volumes of translation and commentary on India's ancient Vedic literature.
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BOOKS by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Srimad Bhagavatam, cantos 1-10 (50 vols.)

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (17 vols.)

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

The Nectar of Devotion

The Nectar of Instruction

Sri Isopanisad

Easy Journey to Other Planets

Krsna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System

Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead (3 vols.)

Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers

Dialectical Spiritualism-A Vedic View ofWestern Philosophy

Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti

Transcendental Teachings of Prahlada Maharaja

Teachings of Queen Kunti

Krsna, the Reservior of Pleasure

The Science of Self-Realization

Life Comes From Life

The Perfection of Yoga

Beyond Birth and Death

On the Way to Krsna

Geetar-gan (Bengali)
Vairagya-vidya (Bengali)
Buddhi-yoga (Bengali)
Bhakti-ratna-boli (Bengali)

Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge

Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

Krsna Consciousness: The Matchless Gift

Back to Godhead magazine (founder)

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First Printing, 1978: 57,300 copies

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Bhaktivedanta Swami, A.C., 1896-1977.
Teachings of Queen Kunti.
Bibliography: p.
Includes Index.
BL1132.K8B45 294.5'43 78-20437
ISBN 0-89213-102-0