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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
11.30.511.30.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.30.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
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

स्‍त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च शङ्खोद्धारं व्रजन्त्वित: ।

वयं प्रभासं यास्यामो यत्र प्रत्यक् सरस्वती ॥ ६ ॥

striyo bālāś ca vṛddhāś ca

śaṅkhoddhāraṁ vrajantv itaḥ

vayaṁ prabhāsaṁ yāsyāmo

yatra pratyak sarasvatī

Translation

The women, children and old men should leave this city and go to Śaṅkhoddhāra. We shall go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Kṛṣṇa Assigns Different Destinations

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa directed the women, children and old men to leave the city and go to Śaṅkhoddhāra.

  2. 2

    He said that the others would go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that “we” refers to the able-bodied male members of the Yadu dynasty.

Key points from the purport
  • The word vayam here refers to the able-bodied male members of the Yadu dynasty.

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

Further reading

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 summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.30
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. striyaḥthe women
  2. bālāḥchildren
  3. caand
  4. vṛddhāḥold men
  5. caand
  6. śaṅkha-uddhāramto the holy place called Śaṅkhoddhāra (about halfway between Dvārakā and Prabhāsa)
  7. vrajantuthey should go
  8. itaḥfrom here
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 11.30

    In this verse: “children”

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 do you notice about the specific directions Kṛṣṇa gave to the different members of the dynasty?

Practice

Name the two destinations in the verse and recall whom Kṛṣṇa directed to each.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Assigns Different DestinationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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