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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
1.15.491.15.51

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.15.50

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

द्रौपदी च तदाज्ञाय पतीनामनपेक्षताम् ।

वासुदेवे भगवति ह्येकान्तमतिराप तम् ॥ ५० ॥

draupadī ca tadājñāya

patīnām anapekṣatām

vāsudeve bhagavati

hy ekānta-matir āpa tam

Translation

Draupadī also saw that her husbands, without caring for her, were leaving home. She knew well about Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. Both she and Subhadrā became absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and attained the same results as their husbands.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Personally Apply the Spiritual Guidance You Receive

  1. 1

    Spiritual teachers and family members can help during one’s lifetime. At the end of life, each person must personally apply the instructions already received.

  2. 2

    Draupadī did not wait for her husbands to take her along. Already trained, she immediately concentrated upon the lotus feet of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Both Draupadī and Subhadrā became absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and attained the same result as their husbands. They reached Godhead without changing their bodies.

Key points from the purport
  • When flying an airplane, one cannot take care of other planes.
  • Everyone has to take care of his own plane, and if there is any danger, no other plane can help another in that condition.
  • Similarly, at the end of life, when one has to go back home, back to Godhead, everyone has to take care of himself without help rendered by another.

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. draupadīDraupadī (the wife of the Pāṇḍavas)
  2. caand
  3. tadāat that time
  4. ājñāyaknowing Lord Kṛṣṇa fully well
  5. patīnāmof the husbands
  6. anapekṣatāmwho did not care for her
  7. vāsudeveunto Lord Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
  8. bhagavatithe Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

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 spiritual instruction have I received but still need to put into practice myself?

Practice

Choose one spiritual instruction you have already received and apply it today without waiting for someone to remind you.

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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 todayPersonally Apply the Spiritual Guidance You ReceiveThis 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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