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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 14: The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
1.14.151.14.17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.16

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

वायुर्वाति खरस्पर्शो रजसा विसृजंस्तम: ।

असृग् वर्षन्ति जलदा बीभत्समिव सर्वत: ॥ १६ ॥

vāyur vāti khara-sparśo

rajasā visṛjaṁs tamaḥ

asṛg varṣanti jaladā

bībhatsam iva sarvataḥ

Translation

The wind blows violently, blasting dust everywhere and creating darkness. Clouds are raining everywhere with bloody disasters.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Violent Weather Brings Darkness and Disaster

  1. 1

    The wind blows violently rather than gently.

  2. 2

    Dust is blasted everywhere, creating darkness.

  3. 3

    Clouds rain everywhere with bloody disasters. The description presents widespread and frightening conditions.

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. vāyuḥwind
  2. vātiblowing
  3. khara-sparśaḥsharply
  4. rajasāby the dust
  5. visṛjancreating
  6. tamaḥdarkness
  7. asṛkblood
  8. varṣantiare raining
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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

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 does the dust-created darkness deepen the verse’s sense of distress?

Practice

Write down the three main features of the scene: violent wind, darkness from dust and disastrous rain.

5

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayViolent Weather Brings Darkness and DisasterThis 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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