A Chronicle in 8 volumes
The Srimad Bhagavata Chronicles
भागवत गाथा
The complete Srimad Bhagavata — all twelve skandhas — as a single continuous work, in graphic novel form in Hindi, Marathi and English.
- Volumes
- 8
- Skandhas
- 12
- Chapters
- 335
- Languages
- 3
Where would you like to begin?
The shape of the Chronicle
12 skandhas. 335 chapters. Seven days.
Each bar is drawn to scale by chapter. The days cut across the skandhas where the tradition cuts them — at an event, not a midpoint.
The seven days
- 1 ends at 3.22
- 2 ends at 5.14
- 3 ends at 7.15
- 4 ends at 10.3
- 5 ends at 10.54
- 6 ends at 11.13
- 7 ends at 12.13
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10 · the Krshn-lila · 90 chapters
- 11
- 12
Skandha · width = chapters
- Bound
- In production
- Planned
The day divisions follow the most widely kept traditional scheme; the seven-day hearing itself is prescribed in the Mahatmya, chapter six.
The books
Book Zero, and one book for each day
Covers for the later books are placeholders until their jackets are drawn.
Now in production
Book One · Day One
Parasharya returns to the temple courtyard the next day, and more people have come to listen. Part One is Skandha One — how a dying king came to hear the story.
Part One — Skandha One · 6 episodes
- The Seven Day Yajña Episode One · 1.1–1.3 · 7 chapters Bound in proof
- Vyasa’s Sorrow and Narada’s Song Episode Two · 1.4–1.7.12 · 6 chapters In boards
- The Weapon and the Womb Episode Three · 1.7.13–1.8 Planned
- The Bed of Arrows Episode Four · 1.9–1.11 Planned
- The Great Departure Episode Five · 1.12–1.15 Planned
- Seven Days Episode Six · 1.16–1.19 Planned
Then Part Two — Skandha Two; Part Three — Skandha Three, chapters 1–22.
Cast
Who you will meet
Names as they are written in the books — Krshn, Narada, Dwarka, Vaikunth.
Verses
Every shloka in the books has its own page
Glossary
The words the telling leans on
What each word means, and where it appears in the books.
The opening of every book is free — in the app and on this site.