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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
1.10.31.10.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.4

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

कामं ववर्ष पर्जन्य: सर्वकामदुघा मही ।

सिषिचु: स्म व्रजान् गाव: पयसोधस्वतीर्मुदा ॥ ४ ॥

kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ

sarva-kāma-dughā mahī

siṣicuḥ sma vrajān gāvaḥ

payasodhasvatīr mudā

Translation

During the reign of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the clouds showered all the water that people needed, and the earth produced all the necessities of man in profusion. Due to its fatty milk bag and cheerful attitude, the cow used to moisten the grazing ground with milk.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Protect Animals and Value Nature’s Gifts

  1. 1

    The purport centers economic well-being on land and cows. During Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s reign, obedience to the Lord was accompanied by regulated rains and abundant necessities.

  2. 2

    The cows were joyful and supplied plentiful milk. They deserved protection and sufficient grass, not slaughter for human selfishness.

  3. 3

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the father of all living beings, and material nature supplies food by His grace. Human intelligence should support dependence on nature’s gifts rather than artificial greed and sense gratification.

Key points from the purport
  • Grains and vegetables can sumptuously feed a man and animals, and a fatty cow delivers enough milk to supply a man sumptuously with vigor and vitality.
  • It is said here that the cows used to moisten the pasturing land with milk because their milk bags were fatty and the animals were joyful.
  • Thus mother material nature has enough foodstuff both for animals and for men, by the grace of the Father Almighty, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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

Connected verses· 4

Quoted in the purport ofSB 6.14.10

Elsewhere in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.10.4) it is said, kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ sarva-kāma-dughā mahī: “During the reign of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the clouds showered all the water that people needed, and the earth produced all the necessities of men in profusion.”

Quoted in the purport ofSB 7.7.22

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.10.4), sarva-kāma-dughā mahī: the earth (mahī) contains all our requirements.

Quoted in the purport ofSB 9.14.47

Everything one gets for material wealth is produced from the earth, and therefore it is said, sarva-kāma-dughā mahī.

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.13.59

Sarva-kāma-dughā mahī. Trees and vegetables, not industry, provide the real means of life.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. kāmameverything needed
  2. vavarṣawas showered
  3. parjanyaḥrains
  4. sarvaeverything
  5. kāmanecessities
  6. dughāproducer
  7. mahīthe land
  8. siṣicuḥ smamoisten
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “sense gratification”, “material”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

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

    In this verse: “protection”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “grace”

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 can my daily choices show care for animals and gratitude for nature’s provision?

Practice

Choose a meal of grains, vegetables or fruits today instead of flesh or fish.

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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.

3 lectures given on it · quoted in 8 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

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Quoted in 8 other lectures

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 todayProtect Animals and Value Nature’s GiftsThis 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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