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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
1.15.51.15.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.15.6

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Arjunasince 1.15.5inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

यस्य क्षणवियोगेन लोको ह्यप्रियदर्शन: ।

उक्थेन रहितो ह्येष मृतक: प्रोच्यते यथा ॥ ६ ॥

yasya kṣaṇa-viyogena

loko hy apriya-darśanaḥ

ukthena rahito hy eṣa

mṛtakaḥ procyate yathā

Translation

I have just lost Him whose separation for a moment would render all the universes unfavorable and void, like bodies without life.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Vital Principle of Everything

  1. 1

    For the living being, no one is dearer than the Lord. Arjuna describes separation from Him as making all the universes unfavorable and void, like bodies without life.

  2. 2

    Paramātmā is the Lord’s svāṁśa expansion, while living beings are His vibhinnāṁśa parts. Just as the body depends on the living being, the living being depends on Paramātmā.

  3. 3

    Brahman and Paramātmā depend on the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is the ultimate good and the vital principle of everything.

Key points from the purport
  • Factually for a living being there is no one dearer than the Lord.
  • The Lord expands Himself by innumerable parts and parcels as svāṁśa and vibhinnāṁśa.
  • Paramātmā is the svāṁśa part of the Lord, whereas the vibhinnāṁśa parts are the living beings.

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. yasyawhose
  2. kṣaṇaa moment
  3. viyogenaby separation
  4. lokaḥall the universes
  5. hicertainly
  6. apriya-darśanaḥeverything appears unfavorable
  7. ukthenaby life
  8. rahitaḥbeing devoid of
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 1.15

    In this verse: “separation”

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

How might seeing Kṛṣṇa as the vital principle of everything deepen your sense of dependence on Him?

Practice

Pause once today and reflect: “My life depends on the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Vital Principle of EverythingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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