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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 31: The Disappearance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
11.31.1311.31.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.31.14

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 11.31.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

य एतां प्रातरुत्थाय कृष्णस्य पदवीं पराम् ।

प्रयत: कीर्तयेद् भक्त्या तामेवाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् ॥ १४ ॥

ya etāṁ prātar utthāya

kṛṣṇasya padavīṁ parām

prayataḥ kīrtayed bhaktyā

tām evāpnoty anuttamām

Translation

Anyone who regularly rises early in the morning and carefully chants with devotion the glories of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental disappearance and His return to His own abode will certainly achieve that same supreme destination.

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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.

Glorify Kṛṣṇa’s Return with Devotion

  1. 1

    The verse invites anyone to rise early and regularly glorify Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental disappearance.

  2. 2

    This chanting should be done with careful attention and devotion. Its subject is the Lord’s return to His own abode.

  3. 3

    The verse promises that one who does this will achieve that same supreme destination.

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 31: The Disappearance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter describes the return of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His own abode, along with all the Yadus. Upon learning from Dāruka that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa had returned to His abode, Vasudeva and all the others remaining in Dvārakā became very much agitated by lamentation and went out from the city to find Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.31
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥanyone who
  2. etāmthis
  3. prātaḥearly in the morning
  4. utthāyagetting up
  5. kṛṣṇasyaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. padavīmthe destination
  7. parāmsupreme
  8. prayataḥwith careful attention
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 11.31

    In this verse: “chants”, “chanting”, “glorify”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 11.31

    In this verse: “devotion”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you bring more care and devotion to your morning glorification of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read this translation aloud with devotion today and set a time to do so early tomorrow morning.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayGlorify Kṛṣṇa’s Return with DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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