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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 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished
1.7.41.7.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.7.5

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.7.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

यया सम्मोहितो जीव आत्मानं त्रिगुणात्मकम् ।

परोऽपि मनुतेऽनर्थं तत्कृतं चाभिपद्यते ॥ ५ ॥

yayā sammohito jīva

ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam

paro ’pi manute ’narthaṁ

tat-kṛtaṁ cābhipadyate

Translation

Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Surrender Frees the Bewildered Soul

  1. 1

    The living being is transcendental to matter but, under the external energy, thinks himself a material product and suffers. Thinking, feeling and willing also exist in his original spiritual state.

  2. 2

    The Supreme Lord controls the illusory energy and is never bewildered by it. He desires relief for the conditioned soul and teaches surrender as the remedy.

  3. 3

    Hearing from saintly persons develops respect, devotion and attachment for the Lord. The Lord guides the soul within as Paramātmā and without through scriptures, saints and the spiritual master.

Key points from the purport
  • The living being is by constitution transcendental to material encagement, but he is now imprisoned by the external energy, and therefore he thinks himself one of the material products.
  • The Lord does not desire that a living being be illusioned by external energy.
  • The living being thus subject to the control of the external energy is differently situated.

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· 2

Quoted in the purport ofSB 11.22.51

A similar verse is found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.5): “Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries.”

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 20.122

According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.5):

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

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. yayāby whom
  2. sammohitaḥillusioned
  3. jīvaḥthe living entities
  4. ātmānamself
  5. tri-guṇa-ātmakamconditioned by the three modes of nature, or a product of matter
  6. paraḥtranscendental
  7. apiin spite of
  8. manutetakes it for granted
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.7

    In this verse: “material”, “attachment”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.7

    In this verse: “devotion”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.7

    In this verse: “hearing”

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

Where do I mistake my material condition for my whole identity?

Practice

Read a short passage of the Bhagavad-gītā today with the intention of accepting the Lord’s guidance.

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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.

2 lectures given on it · quoted in 11 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 11 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 todaySurrender Frees the Bewildered SoulThis 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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