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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
1.10.41.10.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.5

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

नद्य: समुद्रा गिरय: सवनस्पतिवीरुध: ।

फलन्त्योषधय: सर्वा: काममन्वृतु तस्य वै ॥ ५ ॥

nadyaḥ samudrā girayaḥ

savanaspati-vīrudhaḥ

phalanty oṣadhayaḥ sarvāḥ

kāmam anvṛtu tasya vai

Translation

The rivers, oceans, hills, mountains, forests, creepers and active drugs, in every season, paid their tax quota to the King in profusion.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Use the Lord’s Property in His Service

  1. 1

    The secret of success is taking refuge under the Supreme Lord’s protection. Tools, machinery and personal effort cannot succeed without His sanction.

  2. 2

    Rivers, oceans, forests and hills are the Lord’s creations, not human property. Living beings are allowed to use His property for His service.

  3. 3

    A ruler is the Lord’s agent for the welfare of the people. Proper use of the Lord’s gifts allows comfortable living without enmity between people, animals and nature.

Key points from the purport
  • Since Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was under the protection of the ajita, the infallible Lord, as above mentioned, the properties of the Lord, namely the rivers, oceans, hills, forests, etc., were all pleased, and they used to supply their respective quota of taxes to the King.
  • Kings like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira knew perfectly well that the king is the agent of the Supreme Lord to look after the welfare of the mass of people.
  • Actually the state belongs to the Supreme Lord.

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. nadyaḥrivers
  2. samudrāḥoceans
  3. girayaḥhills and mountains
  4. savanaspativegetables
  5. vīrudhaḥcreepers
  6. phalantiactive
  7. oṣadhayaḥdrugs
  8. sarvāḥall
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “king”, “ruler”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

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

    In this verse: “protection”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “welfare”

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

Do I regard the resources I use as mine to exploit or as the Lord’s gifts for service?

Practice

Use one resource you have today to help someone, consciously regarding it as the Lord’s property used in His service.

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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 todayUse the Lord’s Property in His ServiceThis 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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