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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 11 · Chapter 30: The Disappearance of the Yadu Dynasty
11.30.2111.30.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.30.22

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 11.30.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रत्यनीकं मन्यमाना बलभद्रं च मोहिता: ।

हन्तुं कृतधियो राजन्नापन्ना आततायिन: ॥ २२ ॥

pratyanīkaṁ manyamānā

balabhadraṁ ca mohitāḥ

hantuṁ kṛta-dhiyo rājann

āpannā ātatāyinaḥ

Translation

In their confused state, O King, they also mistook Lord Balarāma for an enemy. Weapons in hand, they ran toward Him with the intention of killing Him.

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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.

Confusion Turns the Lord into an Enemy

  1. 1

    The warriors were in a confused state.

  2. 2

    They mistook Lord Balarāma for an enemy.

  3. 3

    With weapons in their hands, they ran toward Him intending to kill Him.

How it feels

Sorrow and shock → Remembrance and acceptance. Devotees face a devastating change in visible association.

Chapters 30–31 of Canto 11: The Yadu dynasty and Kṛṣṇa disappear. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 30: The Disappearance of the Yadu Dynasty

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thus losing their intelligence, they quarreled among themselves and began killing one another, until not a man was left alive. Afterward, Śrī Baladeva went to the shore of the ocean and by the mystic strength of yoga gave up His body.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.30
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. pratyanīkaman enemy
  2. manyamānāḥthinking
  3. balabhadramLord Balarāma
  4. caalso
  5. mohitāḥconfused
  6. hantumto kill
  7. kṛta-dhiyaḥhaving made up their minds
  8. rājanO King Parīkṣit
  9. āpannāḥthey set upon Him
  10. ātatāyinaḥwielding weapons
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 11.30

    In this verse: “king”

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

How does this verse show the danger of acting while confused?

Practice

Before acting on one angry judgment today, pause and consider whether you have understood correctly.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayConfusion Turns the Lord into an EnemyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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