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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 3: Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
1.3.231.3.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.3.24

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.3.1inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

तत: कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सम्मोहाय सुरद्विषाम् ।

बुद्धो नाम्नाञ्जनसुत: कीकटेषु भविष्यति ॥ २४ ॥

tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte

sammohāya sura-dviṣām

buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ

kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati

Translation

Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Compassion Prepares the Path to God

  1. 1

    Lord Buddha appeared as the son of Añjanā in Gayā and preached nonviolence out of pity for animals. He opposed animal-killing carried out under the plea of Vedic sacrifice.

  2. 2

    By following Lord Buddha, faithless people placed faith in an incarnation of God without recognizing Him as such. Moral discipline and nonviolence prepared them to advance toward God realization.

  3. 3

    Vedic knowledge should be received through the authoritative disciplic succession, not reduced to ritual alone. Its purpose is to lead people to the Supreme Lord and ultimately back to Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in the province of Gayā (Bihar) as the son of Añjanā, and he preached his own conception of nonviolence and deprecated even the animal sacrifices sanctioned in the Vedas.
  • Lord Buddha had to reject the authority of the Vedas altogether.
  • Therefore in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lord Buddha is foretold.

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 1.3.24 quotesBG 15.15

According to the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: the whole system of the Vedas is to lead one gradually to the path of the Supreme Lord.

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

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 3: Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations

Sūta describes the Lord’s incarnations and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as His literary incarnation.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthereafter
  2. kalauthe Age of Kali
  3. sampravṛttehaving ensued
  4. sammohāyafor the purpose of deluding
  5. surathe theists
  6. dviṣāmthose who are envious
  7. buddhaḥLord Buddha
  8. nāmnāof the name
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 1.3

    In this verse: “knowledge”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.3

    In this verse: “pity”

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 can my treatment of animals better support my desire for spiritual realization?

Practice

Choose a meal today that avoids animal-killing, remembering the compassion taught by Lord Buddha.

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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 · quoted in 15 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 15 other lectures

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 todayCompassion Prepares the Path to GodThis 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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