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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
1.10.11.10.3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.2

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.10.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

सूत उवाच

वंशं कुरोर्वंशदवाग्निनिर्हृतं

संरोहयित्वा भवभावनो हरि: ।

निवेशयित्वा निजराज्य ईश्वरो

युधिष्ठिरं प्रीतमना बभूव ह ॥ २ ॥

sūta uvāca

vaṁśaṁ kuror vaṁśa-davāgni-nirhṛtaṁ

saṁrohayitvā bhava-bhāvano hariḥ

niveśayitvā nija-rājya īśvaro

yudhiṣṭhiraṁ prīta-manā babhūva ha

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the maintainer of the world, became pleased after reestablishing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in his own kingdom and after restoring the Kuru dynasty, which had been exhausted by the bamboo fire of anger.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Wants Us Back Home

  1. 1

    The anger of those who want to lord it over material nature produces wars, like a fire arising among bamboo bushes. Such conflict exhausts those caught in it.

  2. 2

    Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, maintains the world and wants suffering living beings to follow the path of self-realization. His desire is that they return home to Him and cease suffering.

  3. 3

    The Lord wanted a peaceful kingdom under His devotee. He was fully satisfied when Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was established on the throne and Mahārāja Parīkṣit was saved.

Key points from the purport
  • Similarly, in the material world the wrath of those who want to lord it over material nature interacts, and the fire of war takes place, exhausting the unwanted population.
  • The Lord therefore wants His bona fide representative to rule the world.
  • The Lord was therefore fully satisfied when King Yudhiṣṭhira was on the throne and the seedling of the dynasty of Kuru, in the person of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was saved.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Longing → Joy and continuity. Departure and welcome coexist; Parīkṣit embodies continuity of grace.

Chapters 10–12 of Canto 1: Kṛṣṇa returns to Dvārakā; Parīkṣit is born. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā

Kṛṣṇa leaves Hastināpura for Dvārakā amid His relatives’ affection and praise.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sūtaḥ uvācaSūta Gosvāmī replied
  2. vaṁśamdynasty
  3. kuroḥof King Kuru
  4. vaṁśa-dava-agnia forest fire set by the bamboos
  5. nirhṛtamexhausted
  6. saṁrohayitvāseedling of the dynasty
  7. bhava-bhāvanaḥthe maintainer of creation
  8. hariḥthe Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “kingdom”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “saved”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “material”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that the Lord wants me back with Him affect my priorities?

Practice

Set aside a quiet minute to reflect on returning to the Lord as the purpose of self-realization.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 other lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayThe Lord Wants Us Back HomeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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