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Canto 1 · Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā

1.10.23 1.10.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.24

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.10.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

स वा अयं सख्यनुगीतसत्कथो

वेदेषु गुह्येषु च गुह्यवादिभि: ।

य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलया

सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते ॥ २४ ॥

sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-katho

vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥ

ya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayā

sṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate

Translation

O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Spiritual Person

1
All Vedic literature glorifies Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam especially describes His confidential activities through the confidential devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
2
The Lord’s form, name, qualities and paraphernalia are fully spiritual, not material. Distinguishing Him from matter does not mean that He is impersonal.
3
He is the Supreme Person, Bhagavān, partially represented as Paramātmā or impersonal Brahman. He creates, maintains and annihilates the material world while remaining unaffected.

Key points from the purport

As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, all the Vedic literatures are glorifying the greatness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
The Vedas are expanded by many branches and subbranches by great devotees and empowered incarnations of the Lord like Vyāsa, Nārada, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bali and Yamarāja, but in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam especially, the confidential parts of His activities are described by the confidential devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
In the Vedānta-sūtras or Upaniṣads there is only a hint of the confidential parts of His pastimes.

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

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

saḥHe
vaialso
ayamthis
sakhiO my friend
anugītadescribed
sat-kathaḥthe excellent pastimes
vedeṣuin the Vedic literatures
guhyeṣuconfidentially

Key ideas in this verse

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

Āśraya · The summum bonum
Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.10
In this verse: “devotees”, “devotee”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.10
In this verse: “material”
Sakhya · Sacred friendship
The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 1.10
In this verse: “friends”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I sometimes mistake freedom from material qualities for having no personal form or qualities?

Practice

Reread the translation and name one quality of the Lord that you can appreciate and glorify today.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 1.10's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Spiritual PersonThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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