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Canto 11 · General History · 31 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

11.30.35 11.30.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.30.36

Mukti· Liberation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Jarāsince 11.30.35inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यस्यानुस्मरणं नृणामज्ञानध्वान्तनाशनम् ।

वदन्ति तस्य ते विष्णो मयासाधु कृतं प्रभो ॥ ३६ ॥

yasyānusmaraṇaṁ nṛṇām

ajñāna-dhvānta-nāśanam

vadanti tasya te viṣṇo

mayāsādhu kṛtaṁ prabho

Translation

O Lord Viṣṇu, the learned say that for any man, constant remembrance of You will destroy the darkness of ignorance. O master, I have wronged You!

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering the Lord Dispels Ignorance

1
The learned say that constant remembrance of Lord Viṣṇu destroys the darkness of ignorance.
2
This remembrance is available to any person; the translation speaks of its benefit for all.
3
Jarā acknowledges that he has wronged the very Lord whose remembrance destroys ignorance.

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