Krishna's last teaching, to Uddhava, before he leaves the world: twenty-four teachers, the swan, and the mendicant's song.
What happens in this skandha
A curse falls on the Yadus. Vasudeva hears from Narada of the nine yogis who taught King Nimi. Uddhava, knowing Krishna is about to leave, asks to go with him, and receives instead the Uddhava Gita: the avadhuta's twenty-four teachers, the swan's teaching, the mendicant's song. The Yadus destroy one another at Prabhasa, and Krishna departs.
Episodes in this skandha
The nine yogis and King Nimi — Skandha 11, adhyayas 2-5 — Nine sages answer nine questions from a king: who a devotee is, what maya is, how to cross it, and what the Lord looks like in each age.
The avadhuta's twenty-four teachers — Skandha 11, adhyayas 7-9 — King Yadu asks a carefree wanderer where his joy comes from, and hears of twenty-four teachers, among them a pigeon and a courtesan.
The Uddhava Gita — Skandha 11, adhyayas 6; 10-29 — Krishna's last and longest teaching, given to a friend who asks only to go with him when he leaves the world.
Krishna leaves the world — Skandha 11, adhyayas 30-31 — At Prabhasa the Yadus destroy each other, and a hunter's arrow finds the foot of Krishna resting under a pipal tree.
Continue through the Bhagavatam
Dashama Skandha — Skandha 10 — The heart of the Bhagavatam: Krishna's birth, his childhood in Vraja, Mathura, Dvaraka — ninety chapters of one life.
Dvadasha Skandha — Skandha 12 — The future of the Kali age, a king who meets death without fear, and a sage who sees the cosmos inside a child.
