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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 10 · Chapter 24: Worshiping Govardhana Hill
10.24.1010.24.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.24.11

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nanda Mahārājasince 10.24.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

य एनं विसृजेद् धर्मं परम्पर्यागतं नर: । कामाद् द्वेषाद्भ‍याल्लोभात्स वै नाप्नोति शोभनम् ॥ ११ ॥

ya enaṁ visṛjed dharmaṁ

paramparyāgataṁ naraḥ

kāmād dveṣād bhayāl lobhāt

sa vai nāpnoti śobhanam

Translation

This religious principle is based on sound tradition. Anyone who rejects it out of lust, enmity, fear or greed will certainly fail to achieve good fortune.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Do Not Neglect Religious Duties

  1. 1

    This religious principle is received through sound tradition, not invented according to personal desire.

  2. 2

    Lust, envy, fear and greed can lead a person to neglect religious duties.

  3. 3

    The purport warns that a life shaped by such neglect will never be brilliant or perfect.

Key points from the purport
  • If a person neglects his religious duties because of lust, envy, fear or greed, his life will never be brilliant or perfect.

The purport'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

Attraction and threat → Joy and trust. The pastoral world becomes the setting for protection and love.

Chapters 20–28 of Canto 10: Forest seasons, flute and Govardhana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 24: Worshiping Govardhana Hill

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thus it is karma alone that is our enemy, our friend, our guru and our lord, and Indra can do nothing to alter the happiness and distress of anyone, for everyone is tightly bound by his karmic reactions. The material modes of goodness, passion and ignorance bring about the creation, maintenance and destruction of this world.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥanyone who
  2. enamthis
  3. visṛjetrejects
  4. dharmamthe religious principle
  5. paramparyafrom traditional authority
  6. āgatamreceived
  7. naraḥa person
  8. kāmātbecause of lust
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.24

    In this verse: “religious”, “duties”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.24

    In this verse: “lust”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.24

    In this verse: “fear”

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

Which of these motives most often draws me away from my religious duties?

Practice

Choose one religious duty you have been postponing and give it a few attentive minutes today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDo Not Neglect Religious DutiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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