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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 9: The Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
1.9.6-71.9.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.9.8

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.9.1inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

अन्ये च मुनयो ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मरातादयोऽमला: ।

शिष्यैरुपेता आजग्मु: कश्यपाङ्गिरसादय: ॥ ८ ॥

anye ca munayo brahman

brahmarātādayo ’malāḥ

śiṣyair upetā ājagmuḥ

kaśyapāṅgirasādayaḥ

Translation

And many others like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other purified souls, Kaśyapa and Āṅgirasa and others, all accompanied by their respective disciples, arrived there.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sincere Inquiry Leads Toward Spiritual Realization

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other purified souls arrived with their disciples. Kaśyapa and Āṅgirasa were also present.

  2. 2

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī thoroughly studied the Vedic literatures under his father, Śrī Vyāsadeva. As a bona fide disciple, he inquired extensively about religious principles and spiritual values.

  3. 3

    Vyāsadeva taught him the sublime position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the process of seeing Him face to face. Śukadeva Gosvāmī eventually attained the transcendental realm.

Key points from the purport
  • Śukadeva Gosvāmī (Brahmarāta): The famous son and disciple of Śrī Vyāsadeva, who taught him first the Mahābhārata and then Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
  • Śukadeva Gosvāmī recited 1,400,000 verses of the Mahābhārata in the councils of the Gandharvas, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, and he recited Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for the first time in the presence of Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
  • Descriptions of his travel in space are given in the Śānti-parva of the Mahābhārata (332).

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

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 9: The Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Bhīṣmadeva instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and fixes his attention on Kṛṣṇa as he prepares to pass away.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. anyemany others
  2. caalso
  3. munayaḥsages
  4. brahmanO brāhmaṇas
  5. brahmarātaŚukadeva Gosvāmī
  6. ādayaḥand such others
  7. amalāḥcompletely purified
  8. śiṣyaiḥby the disciples
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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

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 1.9

    In this verse: “religious”, “principles”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 1.9

    In this verse: “purified”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 1.9

    In this verse: “father”

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

What sincere question could deepen my understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Practice

Write one question about spiritual realization to bring to a qualified spiritual teacher.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 1.9's connections

Live this todaySincere Inquiry Leads Toward Spiritual RealizationThis 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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