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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 15: The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
1.15.25-261.15.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.15.27

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Arjunasince 1.15.5inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

देशकालार्थयुक्तानि हृत्तापोपशमानि च ।

हरन्ति स्मरतश्चित्तं गोविन्दाभिहितानि मे ॥ २७ ॥

deśa-kālārtha-yuktāni

hṛt-tāpopaśamāni ca

haranti smarataś cittaṁ

govindābhihitāni me

Translation

Now I am attracted to those instructions imparted to me by the Personality of Godhead [Govinda] because they are impregnated with instructions for relieving the burning heart in all circumstances of time and space.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Take Shelter of the Lord’s Instructions

  1. 1

    The Bhagavad-gītā was spoken for all times and all lands, not for Arjuna alone. Its teachings offer relief from mental anguish and a way out of difficult entanglements.

  2. 2

    The Lord is nondifferent from His authentic scriptural sound representation. Through the Bhagavad-gītā, one can receive His instructions even when He is not visible to material eyesight.

  3. 3

    The Supreme Lord is the independent controller, while the living being is His part and parcel. His instructions guide the living being beyond mistaken material identification toward devotional service and His eternal abode.

Key points from the purport
  • Out of these, the Supreme Lord and the living being are qualitatively one.
  • But the living being under the condition of material nature, called mahat-tattva, misidentifies himself as being different from the Lord.
  • Otherwise there is no difference between the Lord and the living being.

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 15: The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely

Arjuna grieves over Kṛṣṇa’s departure, and the Pāṇḍavas retire, fixing their minds on His lotus feet.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. deśaspace
  2. kālatime
  3. arthaimportance
  4. yuktāniimpregnated with
  5. hṛtthe heart
  6. tāpaburning
  7. upaśamāniextinguishing
  8. caand
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.15

    In this verse: “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.15

    In this verse: “devotional service”

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

What present difficulty could I bring before the Lord’s instructions rather than face alone?

Practice

Read a short passage from the Bhagavad-gītā today and write down one instruction to remember during a difficult moment.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayTake Shelter of the Lord’s InstructionsThis 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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