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  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
11.30.2311.30.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.30.24

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

ब्रह्मशापोपसृष्टानां कृष्णमायावृतात्मनाम् ।

स्पर्धाक्रोध: क्षयं निन्ये वैणवोऽग्निर्यथा वनम् ॥ २४ ॥

brahma-śāpopasṛṣṭānāṁ

kṛṣṇa-māyāvṛtātmanām

spardhā-krodhaḥ kṣayaṁ ninye

vaiṇavo ’gnir yathā vanam

Translation

The violent anger of these warriors, who were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, now led them to their annihilation, just as a fire that starts in a bamboo grove destroys the entire forest.

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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.

Violent Anger Leads to Annihilation

  1. 1

    The warriors were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency.

  2. 2

    Their violent anger led them to their annihilation.

  3. 3

    Their destruction is compared to a fire beginning in a bamboo grove and consuming the entire forest.

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:

There they became absorbed in festivity, and by the illusory power of Lord Kṛṣṇa they became intoxicated from drinking liquor. Thus losing their intelligence, they quarreled among themselves and began killing one another, until not a man was left alive.
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. brahma-śāpaby the curse of the brāhmaṇas
  2. upasṛṣṭānāmwho were overtaken
  3. kṛṣṇa-māyāby the illusory energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. āvṛtacovered
  5. ātmanāmof those whose minds
  6. spardhāarising from rivalry
  7. krodhaḥthe anger
  8. kṣayamto destruction
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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

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 does the image of a spreading forest fire help me understand about violent anger?

Practice

If anger arises today, pause before speaking and recall the verse’s image of a spreading fire.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayViolent Anger Leads to AnnihilationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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