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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 47: The Song of the Bee
10.47.3510.47.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.47.36

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.47.29inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मय्यावेश्य मन: कृत्‍स्‍नं विमुक्ताशेषवृत्ति यत् ।

अनुस्मरन्त्यो मां नित्यमचिरान्मामुपैष्यथ ॥ ३६ ॥

mayy āveśya manaḥ kṛtsnaṁ

vimuktāśeṣa-vṛtti yat

anusmarantyo māṁ nityam

acirān mām upaiṣyatha

Translation

Because your minds are totally absorbed in Me and free from all other engagement, you remember Me always, and so you will very soon have Me again in your presence.

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

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.

Wholehearted Remembrance Leads to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa describes the gopīs’ minds as totally absorbed in Him.

  2. 2

    Free from all other engagement, they remember Him always. Their remembrance is wholehearted and constant.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa assures them that they will very soon have Him again in their presence.

How it feels

Heartache → Unbroken remembrance. Love endures and deepens despite visible absence.

Chapters 46–49 of Canto 10: Uddhava, the gopīs and the Song of the Bee. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 47: The Song of the Bee

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Does He still remember all the pastimes He enjoyed with us, such as the rāsa dance? Will Śrī Kṛṣṇa once again appear before us and give us ecstasy, just as Lord Indra, with his rain, gives life back to the forests aggrieved by the summer heat?
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.47
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. mayiin Me
  2. āveśyaabsorbing
  3. manaḥyour minds
  4. kṛtsnamentire
  5. vimuktahaving given up
  6. aśeṣaall
  7. vṛttiits (material) functions
  8. yatbecause
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.47

    In this verse: “free from”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What competing concern could you put aside briefly to give Kṛṣṇa your full attention?

Practice

Put distractions aside for two minutes today and devote that time entirely to remembering Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayWholehearted Remembrance Leads to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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