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  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 14: The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
1.14.91.14.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.10

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 1.14.6inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

पश्योत्पातान्नरव्याघ्र दिव्यान् भौमान् सदैहिकान् ।

दारुणान् शंसतोऽदूराद्भयं नो बुद्धिमोहनम् ॥ १० ॥

paśyotpātān nara-vyāghra

divyān bhaumān sadaihikān

dāruṇān śaṁsato ’dūrād

bhayaṁ no buddhi-mohanam

Translation

Just see, O man with a tiger’s strength, how many miseries due to celestial influences, earthly reactions and bodily pains — all very dangerous in themselves — are foreboding danger in the near future by deluding our intelligence.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Surrender Brings Relief From Misery

  1. 1

    Material life brings threefold miseries: celestial influences, earthly reactions, and bodily or mental pains. These disturbances can cause fear and bewilder the intelligence.

  2. 2

    Material advancement cannot conquer these miseries. They arise through māyā, the material energy acting under the Supreme Lord’s direction.

  3. 3

    Constant contact with the Lord through devotional service gives relief while we carry out our human duties. The binding effects of material energy can be overcome by full surrender in devotion to Him.

Key points from the purport
  • Material advancement of civilization means advancement of the reactions of the threefold miseries due to celestial influence, earthly reactions and bodily or mental pains.
  • Man-made material science cannot do anything to counteract these threefold miseries.
  • The asuras, however, who do not believe in the existence of God, make their own plans to counteract all these threefold miseries, and so they meet with failures every time.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 1.14.10 quotesBG 7.14

The Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) clearly states that the reaction of material energy is never to be conquered, because of the binding effects of the three modes.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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 14: The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Yudhiṣṭhira observes disturbing omens and questions Arjuna about Kṛṣṇa and their relatives.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. paśyajust see
  2. utpātāndisturbances
  3. nara-vyāghraO man of tigerlike strength
  4. divyānhappenings in the sky or by planetary influence
  5. bhaumānhappenings on the earth
  6. sa-daihikānhappenings of the body and the mind
  7. dāruṇānawfully dangerous
  8. śaṁsataḥindicating
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Key ideas in this 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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “dangerous”, “fear”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “māyā”, “material”

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “duties”

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 difficulties arise, do I seek shelter in devotional service or depend only on my own plans?

Practice

Before one duty today, pause and offer a brief prayer of surrender to the Lord, then carry out the duty carefully.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDevotional Surrender Brings Relief From MiseryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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