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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 73: Lord Kṛṣṇa Blesses the Liberated Kings
10.73.2110.73.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.73.22

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 10.73.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सन्तन्वन्त: प्रजातन्तून् सुखं दु:खं भवाभवौ ।

प्राप्तं प्राप्तं च सेवन्तो मच्चित्ता विचरिष्यथ ॥ २२ ॥

santanvantaḥ prajā-tantūn

sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavābhavau

prāptaṁ prāptaṁ ca sevanto

mac-cittā vicariṣyatha

Translation

As you live your lives, begetting generations of progeny and encountering happiness and distress, birth and death, always keep your minds fixed on Me.

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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.

Remember the Lord Through Life’s Changes

  1. 1

    The Lord instructed the kings to keep their minds fixed on Him while living their lives.

  2. 2

    Their lives would include begetting generations of progeny and encountering happiness and distress.

  3. 3

    Even amid birth and death, they were to continue with their minds fixed on the Lord.

How it feels

War and pride → Justice and protection. The public expression of divine power comes to the foreground.

Chapters 70–79 of Canto 10: Kingship, Jarāsandha and royal challenges. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 73: Lord Kṛṣṇa Blesses the Liberated Kings

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Fixing your minds on Me, beget progeny, and remain always equipoised in happiness and distress. Thus at the end of your lives you will surely attain Me.”
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.73
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. santanvantaḥgenerating
  2. prajāof progeny
  3. tantūnlines
  4. sukhamhappiness
  5. duḥkhamdistress
  6. bhavabirth
  7. abhavauand death
  8. prāptam prāptamas they are encountered
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.73

    In this verse: “distress”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.73

    In this verse: “death”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.73

    In this verse: “kings”

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 part of daily life most easily draws your mind away from the Lord?

Practice

Pause during one ordinary task today and consciously remember the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemember the Lord Through Life’s ChangesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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