Adhyaya 229: The Gradations of Devotion and the Mystery of Vishnu’s Maya: Narada, Kokamukha, and Kapālamocana Tirtha

Adhyaya 229 opens with the sages questioning Vyāsa about how devotion (bhakti) to Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa arises and why some people remain non-Vaiṣṇava. Vyāsa frames human birth as rare within the perilous saṃsā