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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 15: The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
1.15.211.15.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 1.15.22-23

Nirodha· Winding up

राजंस्त्वयानुपृष्टानां सुहृदां न: सुहृत्पुरे ।

विप्रशापविमूढानां निघ्नतां मुष्टिभिर्मिथ: ॥ २२ ॥

वारुणीं मदिरां पीत्वा मदोन्मथितचेतसाम् ।

अजानतामिवान्योन्यं चतु:पञ्चावशेषिता: ॥ २३ ॥

rājaṁs tvayānupṛṣṭānāṁ

suhṛdāṁ naḥ suhṛt-pure

vipra-śāpa-vimūḍhānāṁ

nighnatāṁ muṣṭibhir mithaḥ

vāruṇīṁ madirāṁ pītvā

madonmathita-cetasām

ajānatām ivānyonyaṁ

catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ

Translation

O King, since you have asked me about our friends and relatives in the city of Dvārakā, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the brāhmaṇas, and as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of putrefied rice and fought among themselves with sticks, not even recognizing one another. Now all but four or five of them are dead and gone.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Intoxication Turns Relatives Against One Another

  1. 1

    Arjuna answers the King’s inquiry about their friends and relatives in Dvārakā. He reports that they had been cursed by the brāhmaṇas.

  2. 2

    They drank wine made from putrefied rice and became intoxicated. No longer recognizing one another, they fought among themselves with sticks.

  3. 3

    Only four or five remained alive. Arjuna’s report describes the devastating loss of their friends and relatives.

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