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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

11.30.3 11.30.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.30.4

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 11.30.4inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्री ऋषिरुवाच

दिवि भुव्यन्तरिक्षे च महोत्पातान् समुत्थितान् ।

द‍ृष्ट्वासीनान् सुधर्मायां कृष्ण: प्राह यदूनिदम् ॥ ४ ॥

śrī ṛṣir uvāca

divi bhuvy antarikṣe ca

mahotpātān samutthitān

dṛṣṭvāsīnān su-dharmāyāṁ

kṛṣṇaḥ prāha yadūn idam

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having observed many disturbing signs in the sky, on the earth and in outer space, Lord Kṛṣṇa addressed the Yadus assembled in the Sudharmā council hall as follows.

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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.

The Disturbing Signs Were Kṛṣṇa’s Arrangement

1
Kṛṣṇa observed disturbing signs in the sky, on the earth and in outer space. He then addressed the Yadus gathered in the Sudharmā council hall.
2
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī describes a halo around the sun, small earthquakes and an unnatural redness on the horizon.
3
These omens could not be counteracted because Lord Kṛṣṇa had personally arranged them.

Key points from the purport

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the inauspicious sign in the sky was the appearance of a halo around the sun, on the earth there were small earthquakes, and in outer space there was an unnatural redness on the horizon.
These and other, similar omens were impossible to counteract, because they were personally arranged by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

Chapter 30: The Disappearance of the Yadu Dynasty

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Śrī Uddhava left for Badarikāśrama, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, taking note of many bad omens, advised the Yādavas to abandon Dvārakā and go to Prabhāsa, on the bank of the Sarasvatī, to perform svasty-ayana and other rituals for counteracting bad fortune. They followed His advice and went to Prabhāsa.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 11.30