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  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 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished
1.7.201.7.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.7.21

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.7.12inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

तत: प्रादुष्कृतं तेज: प्रचण्डं सर्वतोदिशम् ।

प्राणापदमभिप्रेक्ष्य विष्णुं जिष्णुरुवाच ह ॥ २१ ॥

tataḥ prāduṣkṛtaṁ tejaḥ

pracaṇḍaṁ sarvato diśam

prāṇāpadam abhiprekṣya

viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇur uvāca ha

Translation

Thereupon a glaring light spread in all directions. It was so fierce that Arjuna thought his own life in danger, and so he began to address Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Turning to Kṛṣṇa in Danger

  1. 1

    A glaring light spreads in all directions.

  2. 2

    The light is so fierce that Arjuna considers his own life endangered.

  3. 3

    Seeing this danger, Arjuna begins to address Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Grief → Trust. Violence and bereavement make Kṛṣṇa's protective presence precious.

Chapters 7–9 of Canto 1: Postwar anguish, Kuntī and Bhīṣma. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

Vyāsadeva compiles Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; Arjuna captures Aśvatthāmā, and Kṛṣṇa addresses the question of his punishment.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthereafter
  2. prāduṣkṛtamdisseminated
  3. tejaḥglare
  4. pracaṇḍamfierce
  5. sarvataḥall around
  6. diśamdirections
  7. prāṇa-āpadamaffecting life
  8. abhiprekṣyahaving observed it
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 1.7

    In this verse: “danger”

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

When I feel threatened, do I remember to turn to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Bring one present worry before Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in a brief prayer.

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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 todayTurning to Kṛṣṇa in DangerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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