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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
1.14.341.14.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 1.14.35-36

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 1.14.25inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

मङ्गलाय च लोकानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च ।

आस्ते यदुकुलाम्भोधावाद्योऽनन्तसख: पुमान् ॥ ३५ ॥

यद्बाहुदण्डगुप्तायां स्वपुर्यां यदवोऽर्चिता: ।

क्रीडन्ति परमानन्दं महापौरुषिका इव ॥ ३६ ॥

maṅgalāya ca lokānāṁ

kṣemāya ca bhavāya ca

āste yadu-kulāmbhodhāv

ādyo ’nanta-sakhaḥ pumān

yad bāhu-daṇḍa-guptāyāṁ

sva-puryāṁ yadavo ’rcitāḥ

krīḍanti paramānandaṁ

mahā-pauruṣikā iva

Translation

The original Personality of Godhead, the enjoyer, and Balarāma, the primeval Lord Ananta, are staying in the ocean of the Yadu dynasty for the welfare, protection and general progress of the entire universe. And the members of the Yadu dynasty, being protected by the arms of the Lord, are enjoying life like the residents of the spiritual sky.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Happiness in the Lord’s Protection and Service

  1. 1

    The original Personality of Godhead and Balarāma remain in the Yadu dynasty for the welfare, protection and progress of the universe. Protected by the Lord, the Yadus enjoy transcendental pleasure.

  2. 2

    Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira compares the Yadu dynasty to the Ocean of Milk and Balarāma to Ananta. He compares the citizens of Dvārakā to the liberated inhabitants of the spiritual planets.

  3. 3

    The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha are directly engaged in the Lord’s service. They live in bliss and knowledge, without misery or fear of birth, death, old age and disease.

Key points from the purport
  • The Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu has His own planet on the northern top of the universe, and there is a great ocean of milk where the Lord resides on the bed of the Ananta incarnation of Baladeva.
  • Thus Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira has compared the Yadu dynasty to the Ocean of Milk and Śrī Balarāma to the Ananta where Lord Kṛṣṇa resides.
  • Each and every Vaikuṇṭha planet is many, many times bigger than the biggest universe within the material world, and in each of them there are innumerable inhabitants who look exactly like Lord Viṣṇu.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. maṅgalāyafor all good
  2. caalso
  3. lokānāmof all the planets
  4. kṣemāyafor protection
  5. caand
  6. bhavāyafor elevation
  7. caalso
  8. āsteis there
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “welfare”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “fear”, “death”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 1.14

    In this verse: “protection”

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 description help me understand happiness centered on serving the Lord?

Practice

Spend two minutes rereading the description of Vaikuṇṭha, focusing on its inhabitants’ direct service to the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHappiness in the Lord’s Protection and ServiceThis 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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