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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 2: Divinity and Divine Service
1.2.131.2.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.2.14

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.2.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

तस्मादेकेन मनसा भगवान् सात्वतां पति: ।

श्रोतव्य: कीर्तितव्यश्च ध्येय: पूज्यश्च नित्यदा ॥ १४ ॥

tasmād ekena manasā

bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ

śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca

dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā

Translation

Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Give the Lord Your Undivided Attention

  1. 1

    With one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead. He is the protector of the devotees.

  2. 2

    Hearing, glorifying, remembering and worshiping are activities found throughout human life. People in every social position can direct them toward realization of the Absolute Truth.

  3. 3

    False glorification of an unqualified person brings no lasting benefit. Turning our tendency to hear and praise toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead brings happiness.

Key points from the purport
  • But such propaganda by false glorification of an unqualified person cannot bring about any good, either for the particular man or for the society.
  • Therefore such activities are a waste of time.
  • The tendency to glorify others or hear others must be turned to the real object of glorification — the Supreme 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

Concern → Purpose. A spiritually urgent question emerges for the age of Kali.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 1: The sages ask the ultimate questions. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 2: Divinity and Divine Service

Sūta explains how hearing about Kṛṣṇa and rendering devotional service purify the heart.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.2
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tasmāttherefore
  2. ekenaby one
  3. manasāattention of the mind
  4. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  5. sātvatāmof the devotees
  6. patiḥprotector
  7. śrotavyaḥis to be heard
  8. kīrtitavyaḥto be glorified
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.2

    In this verse: “devotees”, “worship”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.2

    In this verse: “glorify”, “hearing”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 1.2

    In this verse: “protector”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where is my attention going, and how can I turn more of it toward the Lord?

Practice

Spend five undistracted minutes reading this verse aloud and remembering the Lord as the protector of His devotees.

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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.

3 lectures given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

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Quoted in 1 other lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayGive the Lord Your Undivided AttentionOne of the 108 chosen lessons: a practice and a question from this verse

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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