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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.13.57
स वा अद्यतनाद् राजन् परत: पञ्चमेऽहनि ।
कलेवरं हास्यति स्वं तच्च भस्मीभविष्यति ॥ ५७ ॥
sa vā adyatanād rājan
parataḥ pañcame ’hani
kalevaraṁ hāsyati svaṁ
tac ca bhasmī-bhaviṣyati
O King, he will quit his body, most probably on the fifth day from today. And his body will turn to ashes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada predicted that Dhṛtarāṣṭra would most probably leave his body on the fifth day. His body would then turn to ashes.
This prophecy discouraged Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja from going to his uncle. Nārada indicated that Dhṛtarāṣṭra would not need a funeral ceremony.
The purport describes a perfection of the yoga system in which a yogī can choose the time of departure and reach a desired planet. Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s departure is presented as an exercise of such mystic power.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Vidura warns of inevitable death; Dhṛtarāṣṭra leaves home, and Yudhiṣṭhira finds his elders absent.
Back to this verse in chapter 1.13Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.13
In this verse: “king”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How did Nārada’s instruction help Yudhiṣṭhira understand that his uncle no longer needed his intervention?
Reread the translation and write one sentence about why Yudhiṣṭhira was advised not to go to his uncle.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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