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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
1.14.261.14.28-29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 1.14.25inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

सप्त स्वसारस्तत्पत्न्यो मातुलान्य: सहात्मजा: ।

आसते सस्‍नुषा: क्षेमं देवकीप्रमुखा: स्वयम् ॥ २७ ॥

sapta sva-sāras tat-patnyo

mātulānyaḥ sahātmajāḥ

āsate sasnuṣāḥ kṣemaṁ

devakī-pramukhāḥ svayam

Translation

His seven wives, headed by Devakī, are all sisters. Are they and their sons and daughters-in-law all happy?

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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.

Care Includes the Whole Family

  1. 1

    The seven wives, headed by Devakī, are all sisters.

  2. 2

    The inquiry asks whether these women are happy.

  3. 3

    Their sons and daughters-in-law are also included in this concern.

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. saptaseven
  2. sva-sāraḥown sisters
  3. tat-patnyaḥhis wives
  4. mātulānyaḥmaternal aunts
  5. sahaalong with
  6. ātma-jāḥsons and grandsons
  7. āsateare all
  8. sasnuṣāḥwith their daughters-in-law
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “inquiry”

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

Is there someone in my wider family whose happiness I tend to overlook?

Practice

Check on one member of your wider family whom you seldom contact.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayCare Includes the Whole FamilyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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