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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 13: Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home
1.13.471.13.49

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.13.48

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 1.13.41inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

तदिदं भगवान् राजन्नेक आत्मात्मनां स्वद‍ृक् ।

अन्तरोऽनन्तरो भाति पश्य तं माययोरुधा ॥ ४८ ॥

tad idaṁ bhagavān rājann

eka ātmātmanāṁ sva-dṛk

antaro ’nantaro bhāti

paśya taṁ māyayorudhā

Translation

Therefore, O King, you should look to the Supreme Lord only, who is one without a second and who manifests Himself by different energies and is both within and without.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Look to the Lord Within and Without

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one without a second and manifests different energies. Living beings are His marginal energy and are qualitatively one with Him.

  2. 2

    Material happiness and distress are temporary and do not affect the spirit soul. The Lord guides living beings from within as Paramātmā and from without through the spiritual master and revealed scriptures.

  3. 3

    Rather than being disturbed by happiness and distress, one should cooperate with the Lord's mission. A spiritual master serves by His order, not for personal benefit or material gain.

Key points from the purport
  • Although qualitatively one with the Lord, the living being, due to contamination of the material world, is pervertedly manifested, and therefore he experiences so-called happiness and distress in the material world.
  • One should look unto the Lord; one should not be disturbed by the so-called manifestations of happiness or distress, but he should try to cooperate with the Lord in His outward activities for correcting the fallen souls.
  • By His order only, one should become a spiritual master and cooperate with the 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

Bereavement → Renunciation. The worldly support system recedes and attachment is exposed.

Chapters 13–15 of Canto 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra departs; Kṛṣṇa disappears; Pāṇḍavas retire. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home

Vidura warns of inevitable death; Dhṛtarāṣṭra leaves home, and Yudhiṣṭhira finds his elders absent.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tattherefore
  2. idamthis manifestation
  3. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  4. rājanO King
  5. ekaḥone without a second
  6. ātmāthe Supersoul
  7. ātmanāmby His energies
  8. sva-dṛkqualitatively like Him
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.13

    In this verse: “king”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.13

    In this verse: “material”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.13

    In this verse: “distress”

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

When happiness or distress unsettles me, do I turn toward the Lord's guidance?

Practice

Read one passage of revealed scripture today and choose one instruction to put into practice.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayLook to the Lord Within and WithoutThis 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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