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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
1.10.51.10.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.6

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

नाधयो व्याधय: क्लेशा दैवभूतात्महेतव: ।

अजातशत्रावभवन् जन्तूनां राज्ञि कर्हिचित् ॥ ६ ॥

nādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā

daiva-bhūtātma-hetavaḥ

ajāta-śatrāv abhavan

jantūnāṁ rājñi karhicit

Translation

Because of the King’s having no enemy, the living beings were not at any time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Cooperation, Not Exploitation, Brings Peace

  1. 1

    Nonviolence cannot mean kindness to humans while remaining an enemy of animals. The purport connects cruelty toward animals with anxiety and conflict in human society.

  2. 2

    Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was pious, obedient to the Lord and sages, and no one’s enemy. Under his protection, living beings were free from anxiety, disease and excessive heat or cold.

  3. 3

    Conscious cooperation between humanity, God and nature can bring happiness, peace and prosperity. Exploiting one another brings misery instead.

Key points from the purport
  • To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan’s philosophy.
  • The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always the strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.
  • Because the King was pious and obedient to the Lord and sages, because he was no one’s enemy and because he was a recognized agent of the Lord and therefore protected by Him, all the citizens under the King’s protection were, so to speak, directly protected by the Lord and His authorized agents.

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. nanever
  2. ādhayaḥanxieties
  3. vyādhayaḥdiseases
  4. kleśāḥtrouble due to excessive heat and cold
  5. daiva-bhūta-ātmaall due to the body, supernatural power and other living beings
  6. hetavaḥdue to the cause of
  7. ajāta-śatrauunto one who has no enemy
  8. abhavanhappened
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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’s”

  • 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: “kindness”

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

Does my care for others include living beings who cannot defend themselves?

Practice

In one interaction today, choose to help rather than seek an advantage at another’s expense.

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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 todayCooperation, Not Exploitation, Brings PeaceThis 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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