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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

1.14.16 1.14.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.17

Nirodha· Winding up

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 1.14.6inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

सूर्यं हतप्रभं पश्य ग्रहमर्दं मिथो दिवि ।

ससङ्कुलैर्भूतगणैर्ज्वलिते इव रोदसी ॥ १७ ॥

sūryaṁ hata-prabhaṁ paśya

graha-mardaṁ mitho divi

sasaṅkulair bhūta-gaṇair

jvalite iva rodasī

Translation

The rays of the sun are declining, and the stars appear to be fighting amongst themselves. Confused living entities appear to be ablaze and weeping.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distress Appears in Sky and Living Beings

1
The rays of the sun are declining.
2
The stars appear to be fighting amongst themselves.
3
Confused living entities appear to be ablaze and weeping. The distress extends beyond the sky to living beings.

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

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

sūryamthe sun
hata-prabhamits rays declining
paśyajust see
graha-mardamclashes of the stars
mithaḥamong one another
diviin the sky
sa-saṅkulaiḥbeing mixed with
bhūta-gaṇaiḥby the living entities

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
Viraha · Longing in separation
Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 1.14
In this verse: “weeping”
Karuṇā · Compassion
Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.14
In this verse: “distress”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the mention of weeping living beings add to the description of the troubled sky?

Practice

Read the verse twice, noticing first the heavenly signs and then the condition of the living entities.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDistress Appears in Sky and Living BeingsThis 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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