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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
1.14.191.14.21

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.20

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

दैवतानि रुदन्तीव स्विद्यन्ति ह्युच्चलन्ति च ।

इमे जनपदा ग्रामा: पुरोद्यानाकराश्रमा: ।

भ्रष्टश्रियो निरानन्दा: किमघं दर्शयन्ति न: ॥ २० ॥

daivatāni rudantīva

svidyanti hy uccalanti ca

ime jana-padā grāmāḥ

purodyānākarāśramāḥ

bhraṣṭa-śriyo nirānandāḥ

kim aghaṁ darśayanti naḥ

Translation

The Deities seem to be crying in the temple, lamenting and perspiring. They seem about to leave. All the cities, villages, towns, gardens, mines and hermitages are now devoid of beauty and bereft of all happiness. I do not know what sort of calamities are now awaiting us.

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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.

Beauty and Happiness Seem to Depart

  1. 1

    The Deities in the temple seem to be crying, lamenting and perspiring. They seem about to leave.

  2. 2

    Cities, villages, towns, gardens, mines and hermitages are devoid of beauty and bereft of happiness.

  3. 3

    The speaker does not know what calamities await. His concern embraces both the temples and the places where people live and work.

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. daivatānithe Deities in the temples
  2. rudantiseem to be crying
  3. ivalike that
  4. svidyantiperspiring
  5. hicertainly
  6. uccalantias if going out
  7. caalso
  8. imethese
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “lamenting”, “crying”

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 loss of beauty and happiness deepen the speaker’s concern about what lies ahead?

Practice

Reread the verse, noting the words “seem” and “I do not know” to distinguish appearances and uncertainty from definite claims.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBeauty and Happiness Seem to DepartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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