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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 75: Duryodhana Humiliated
10.75.2010.75.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.75.21

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.75.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सस्‍नुस्तत्र तत: सर्वे वर्णाश्रमयुता नरा: ।

महापातक्यपि यत: सद्यो मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ॥ २१ ॥

sasnus tatra tataḥ sarve

varṇāśrama-yutā narāḥ

mahā-pātaky api yataḥ

sadyo mucyeta kilbiṣāt

Translation

All the citizens belonging to the various orders of varṇa and āśrama then bathed in that place, where even the most grievous sinner can immediately be freed from all sinful reactions.

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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.

Sacred Bathing Offers Profound Purification

  1. 1

    All the citizens belonging to the various orders of varṇa and āśrama bathed at that place.

  2. 2

    The verse describes the bathing place as offering freedom from sinful reactions.

  3. 3

    Even the most grievous sinner can immediately be freed there. The promise of purification is not limited to those already living purely.

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 75: Duryodhana Humiliated

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then all those present who belonged to the orders of varṇāśrama bathed. Yudhiṣṭhira put on new clothes and worshiped the learned brāhmaṇas, his family, friends and well-wishers, each in the particular manner suitable for them, and offered them all various gifts.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.75
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sasnuḥbathed
  2. tatrathere
  3. tataḥafter this
  4. sarveall
  5. varṇa-āśramathe social system of sanctified occupational and spiritual orders
  6. yutāḥwho belonged to
  7. narāḥhumans
  8. mahāgreatly
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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

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.75

    In this verse: “varṇa”, “āśrama”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 10.75

    In this verse: “sinful”, “purification”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.75

    In this verse: “citizens”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this promise of purification give hope to someone burdened by wrongdoing?

Practice

Reflect for one minute on the verse’s assurance that even a grievous sinner can be purified.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySacred Bathing Offers Profound PurificationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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