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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
1.10.21.10.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.3

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.10.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

निशम्य भीष्मोक्तमथाच्युतोक्तं

प्रवृत्तविज्ञानविधूतविभ्रम: ।

शशास गामिन्द्र इवाजिताश्रय:

परिध्युपान्तामनुजानुवर्तित: ॥ ३ ॥

niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ

pravṛtta-vijñāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ

śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ

paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ

Translation

Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, after being enlightened by what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the infallible, engaged himself in matters of perfect knowledge because all his misgivings were eradicated. Thus he ruled over the earth and seas and was followed by his younger brothers.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow the Lord’s Infallible Guidance

  1. 1

    Hearing from Bhīṣmadeva and the infallible Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa removed Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s misgivings. He then ruled with perfect knowledge.

  2. 2

    His younger brothers fully cooperated with him as ministers and commanders. He ruled as an ideal representative of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    He followed the Lord and His authorized representative rather than a manufactured ideology of his own. The purport teaches following such authority without personal motive.

Key points from the purport
  • But a king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira had no ideology of his own.
  • Therefore, the executive head must be a trained person like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, and he must have the full autocratic power to rule over the world.
  • The world was happy in those days because there were kings like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira to rule over the world.

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. niśamyaafter listening
  2. bhīṣma-uktamwhat was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva
  3. athaas also
  4. acyuta-uktamwhat was spoken by the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. pravṛttabeing engaged in
  6. vijñānaperfect knowledge
  7. vidhūtacompletely washed
  8. vibhramaḥall misgivings
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “knowledge”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “hearing”

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

Where might a personal motive be keeping me from accepting the Lord’s guidance?

Practice

Before one decision today, pause and examine whether a selfish motive is shaping your choice.

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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.

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayFollow the Lord’s Infallible GuidanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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