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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
1.14.28-291.14.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.30

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

प्रद्युम्न: सर्ववृष्णीनां सुखमास्ते महारथ: ।

गम्भीररयोऽनिरुद्धो वर्धते भगवानुत ॥ ३० ॥

pradyumnaḥ sarva-vṛṣṇīnāṁ

sukham āste mahā-rathaḥ

gambhīra-rayo ’niruddho

vardhate bhagavān uta

Translation

How is Pradyumna, the great general of the Vṛṣṇi family? Is He happy? And is Aniruddha, the plenary expansion of the Personality of Godhead, faring well?

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Appears With His Plenary Expansions

  1. 1

    Pradyumna and Aniruddha are expansions of the Personality of Godhead and belong to viṣṇu-tattva.

  2. 2

    At Dvārakā, Lord Vāsudeva enjoys transcendental pastimes with His plenary expansions: Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

  3. 3

    Each of these plenary expansions can be addressed as the Personality of Godhead. The translation explicitly uses this designation for Aniruddha.

Key points from the purport
  • Pradyumna and Aniruddha are also expansions of the Personality of Godhead, and thus They are also viṣṇu-tattva.

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

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.55.1

In his English rendering of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.14.30 purport), Śrīla Prabhupāda confirms the absolute status of Pradyumna, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s first son: “Pradyumna and Aniruddha are also expansions of the Personality of Godhead, and thus They are also viṣṇu-tattva.

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. pradyumnaḥPradyumna (a son of Lord Kṛṣṇa)
  2. sarvaall
  3. vṛṣṇīnāmof the members of the Vṛṣṇi family
  4. sukhamhappiness
  5. āsteare in
  6. mahā-rathaḥthe great general
  7. gambhīradeeply
  8. rayaḥdexterity
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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

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 this explanation help me understand why Aniruddha is called the Personality of Godhead?

Practice

Read the names Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha slowly, remembering Their divine position.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Appears With His Plenary ExpansionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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