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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 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva
1.6.131.6.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.6.14

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 1.6.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaNārada Muni → Vyāsadeva

परिश्रान्तेन्द्रियात्माहं तृट्परीतो बुभुक्षित: ।

स्‍नात्वा पीत्वा ह्रदे नद्या उपस्पृष्टो गतश्रम: ॥ १४ ॥

pariśrāntendriyātmāhaṁ

tṛṭ-parīto bubhukṣitaḥ

snātvā pītvā hrade nadyā

upaspṛṣṭo gata-śramaḥ

Translation

Thus traveling, I felt tired, both bodily and mentally, and I was both thirsty and hungry. So I took a bath in a river lake and also drank water. By contacting water, I got relief from my exhaustion.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Meet Bodily Needs Simply

  1. 1

    Traveling brought bodily and mental tiredness, as well as hunger and thirst. Bathing and drinking water relieved the exhaustion.

  2. 2

    A traveling mendicant can meet bodily needs through the gifts of nature without begging at householders’ doors.

  3. 3

    The mendicant visits a householder to enlighten him spiritually, not merely to obtain bodily necessities.

Key points from the purport
  • A traveling mendicant can meet the needs of the body, namely thirst and hunger, by the gifts of nature without being a beggar at the doors of the householders.
  • The mendicant therefore does not go to the house of a householder to beg but to enlighten him spiritually.

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

Dissatisfaction → Inspired clarity. Even great accomplishment leaves Vyāsa without contentment until devotion is centered.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 1: Vyāsa is dissatisfied; Nārada directs him to the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Nārada recounts seeing Kṛṣṇa within his heart and becoming fixed in unbroken devotional service.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. pariśrāntabeing tired
  2. indriyabodily
  3. ātmāmentally
  4. ahamI
  5. tṛṭ-parītaḥbeing thirsty
  6. bubhukṣitaḥand hungry
  7. snātvātaking a bath
  8. pītvāand drinking water also
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “householders’”

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 I meet my needs simply while keeping spiritual purpose in view?

Practice

Drink a glass of water attentively today, acknowledging this simple gift of nature.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMeet Bodily Needs SimplyThis 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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