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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
1.15.281.15.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.15.29

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.15.28inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

वासुदेवाङ्घ्र्यनुध्यानपरिबृंहितरंहसा ।

भक्त्या निर्मथिताशेषकषायधिषणोऽर्जुन: ॥ २९ ॥

vāsudevāṅghry-anudhyāna-

paribṛṁhita-raṁhasā

bhaktyā nirmathitāśeṣa-

kaṣāya-dhiṣaṇo ’rjunaḥ

Translation

Arjuna’s constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembrance Strengthens Devotion and Clears Material Desires

  1. 1

    Arjuna’s constant remembrance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet rapidly increased his devotion. As devotion grew, the unwanted thoughts in his mind subsided.

  2. 2

    Material desires entangle the conditioned soul in pleasing and displeasing experiences that are temporary. These experiences accumulate through reactions to material desires.

  3. 3

    Devotional service brings the living being into contact with the transcendental Lord and reveals material desires for what they are. Remembering the Bhagavad-gītā’s instructions made Arjuna’s eternal association with the Lord manifest.

Key points from the purport
  • Material desires in the mind are the trash of material contamination.
  • They accumulate due to our reactions to material desires, but when we get in touch with the transcendental Lord in His variegated energies by devotional service, the naked forms of all material desires become manifest, and the intelligence of the living being is pacified in its true color.
  • As soon as Arjuna turned his attention towards the instructions of the Lord, as they are inculcated in the Bhagavad-gītā, his true color of eternal association with the Lord became manifest, and thus he felt freed from all material contaminations.

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. vāsudeva-aṅghrithe lotus feet of the Lord
  2. anudhyānaby constant remembrance
  3. paribṛṁhitaexpanded
  4. raṁhasāwith great velocity
  5. bhaktyāin devotion
  6. nirmathitasubsided
  7. aśeṣaunlimited
  8. kaṣāyadint
  9. dhiṣaṇaḥconception
  10. arjunaḥArjuna
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotion”, “devotional service”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “material”

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

Which temporary desire is distracting me from remembering and serving Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

When one distracting material desire arises today, pause and recall an instruction from the Bhagavad-gītā.

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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.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayRemembrance Strengthens Devotion and Clears Material DesiresThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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