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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 1 · Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā
1.10.9-101.10.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 1.10.11-12

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

सत्सङ्गान्मुक्तदु:सङ्गो हातुं नोत्सहते बुध: ।

कीर्त्यमानं यशो यस्य सकृदाकर्ण्य रोचनम् ॥ ११ ॥

तस्मिन्न्यस्तधिय: पार्था: सहेरन् विरहं कथम् ।

दर्शनस्पर्शसंलापशयनासनभोजनै: ॥ १२ ॥

sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo

hātuṁ notsahate budhaḥ

kīrtyamānaṁ yaśo yasya

sakṛd ākarṇya rocanam

tasmin nyasta-dhiyaḥ pārthāḥ

saheran virahaṁ katham

darśana-sparśa-saṁlāpa-

śayanāsana-bhojanaiḥ

Translation

The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once. How then could the Pāṇḍavas tolerate His separation, for they had been intimately associated with His person, seeing Him face to face, touching Him, conversing with Him, and sleeping, sitting and dining with Him?

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotee Association Awakens Service to the Lord

  1. 1

    Our eternal position is to serve the Lord, not the demands of the senses. Serving material desires brings no lasting satisfaction.

  2. 2

    Association with pure devotees and submissive hearing weaken attachment to material enjoyment. Attraction for hearing the Lord’s activities then grows steadily.

  3. 3

    The Pāṇḍavas could not imagine separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa because of their constant personal association. Remembering His form, qualities, name and pastimes also keeps a pure devotee in contact with Him.

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