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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 11: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance into Dvārakā
1.11.241.11.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.11.25

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The citizenssince 1.11.6inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

नित्यं निरीक्षमाणानां यदपि द्वारकौकसाम् ।

न वितृप्यन्ति हि द‍ृश: श्रियो धामाङ्गमच्युतम् ॥ २५ ॥

nityaṁ nirīkṣamāṇānāṁ

yad api dvārakaukasām

na vitṛpyanti hi dṛśaḥ

śriyo dhāmāṅgam acyutam

Translation

The inhabitants of Dvārakā were regularly accustomed to look upon the reservoir of all beauty, the infallible Lord, yet they were never satiated.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty Is Ever Fresh

  1. 1

    The inhabitants of Dvārakā regularly saw the Lord but never tired of seeing Him. Material attractions become stale through repetition, but spiritual beauty does not.

  2. 2

    The infallible Lord descends as He is, never subject to the laws of material nature. His body is the source of everything and the reservoir of all beauty.

  3. 3

    The Lord’s name, form, qualities and companions are spiritual manifestations. His limitless nature allows ever-fresh relish in chanting His name and discussing His qualities.

Key points from the purport
  • When the ladies of the city of Dvārakā got up on the roofs of their palaces, they never thought that they had previously many times seen the beautiful body of the infallible Lord.
  • The living entities are fallible because when they come in contact with the material world they lack their spiritual identity, and thus the body materially obtained becomes subjected to birth, growth, transformation, situation, deterioration and annihilation under the laws of nature.
  • No one, therefore, is satiated by seeing the transcendental body of the Lord because there are always manifestations of newer and newer beauties.

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 11: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance into Dvārakā

Dvārakā’s citizens and Kṛṣṇa’s family joyfully welcome Him home.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.11
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nityamregularly, always
  2. nirīkṣamāṇānāmof those who look at Him
  3. yatalthough
  4. apiin spite of
  5. dvārakā-okasāmthe inhabitants of Dvārakā
  6. nanever
  7. vitṛpyantisatisfied
  8. hiexactly
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.11

    In this verse: “material”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.11

    In this verse: “chanting”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 1.11

    In this verse: “companions”

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 I approach chanting or hearing about Kṛṣṇa with fresh attention?

Practice

Spend two minutes chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name attentively, remembering that His name is spiritual.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Is Ever FreshThis 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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