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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
1.15.441.15.46

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.15.45

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

सर्वे तमनुनिर्जग्मुर्भ्रातर: कृतनिश्चया: ।

कलिनाधर्ममित्रेण द‍ृष्ट्वा स्पृष्टा: प्रजा भुवि ॥ ४५ ॥

sarve tam anunirjagmur

bhrātaraḥ kṛta-niścayāḥ

kalinādharma-mitreṇa

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭāḥ prajā bhuvi

Translation

The younger brothers of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira observed that the Age of Kali had already arrived throughout the world and that the citizens of the kingdom were already affected by irreligious practice. Therefore they decided to follow in the footsteps of their elder brother.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Is Life’s Ultimate Goal

  1. 1

    Seeing the influence of Kali and irreligious practice, the younger Pāṇḍavas firmly decided to follow Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.

  2. 2

    They had been trained to understand life’s ultimate goal. Rather than becoming bewildered about retirement, they engaged in devotional service to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Fruitive activities, philosophical speculation and salvation are not the ultimate goal of life. The Pāṇḍavas followed the Lord’s direction without hesitation and cultivated His devotional service.

Key points from the purport
  • The younger brothers of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira were already obedient followers of the great Emperor, and they had sufficiently been trained to know the ultimate goal of life.
  • They are more or less practiced by persons who have no information of the ultimate goal of life.
  • The ultimate goal of life is already indicated by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.64), and the Pāṇḍavas were intelligent enough to follow it without hesitation.

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

The purport of SB 1.15.45 quotesBG 18.64

The ultimate goal of life is already indicated by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.64), and the Pāṇḍavas were intelligent enough to follow it without hesitation.

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 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. sarveall his younger brothers
  2. tamhim
  3. anunirjagmuḥleft home by following the elder
  4. bhrātaraḥbrothers
  5. kṛta-niścayāḥdecidedly
  6. kalināby the Age of Kali
  7. adharmaprinciple of irreligion
  8. mitreṇaby the friend
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.15

    In this verse: “kingdom”, “citizens”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 1.15

    In this verse: “philosophical”, “understand”

  • 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

Am I clear about how I want to use my available time for devotional service?

Practice

Choose one small act of devotional service and give it a definite place in today’s schedule.

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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 todayDevotional Service Is Life’s Ultimate GoalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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