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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 5: Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva
11.5.2111.5.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.5.22

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Karabhājanasince 11.5.20inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → VasudevaThe nine Yogendras → King Nimi

मनुष्यास्तु तदा शान्ता निर्वैरा: सुहृद: समा: ।

यजन्ति तपसा देवं शमेन च दमेन च ॥ २२ ॥

manuṣyās tu tadā śāntā

nirvairāḥ suhṛdaḥ samāḥ

yajanti tapasā devaṁ

śamena ca damena ca

Translation

People in Satya-yuga are peaceful, nonenvious, friendly to every creature and steady in all situations. They worship the Supreme Personality by austere meditation and by internal and external sense control.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Peaceful Worship Through Meditation and Sense Control

  1. 1

    People in Satya-yuga are peaceful, free from envy and friendly to every creature. They remain steady in all situations.

  2. 2

    They worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead through austere meditation and control of both the mind and the external senses.

  3. 3

    The Supreme Lord appears as a four-armed brahmacārī and personally introduces this process of meditation.

Key points from the purport
  • In Satya-yuga the Supreme Lord incarnates as a four-armed brahmacārī described in the previous verse and personally introduces the process of meditation.

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

Foreboding → Devotional urgency. Uddhava realizes that Kṛṣṇa's visible association is nearing an end.

Chapters 1–6 of Canto 11: The Yadu curse, the nine Yogendras and farewell signs. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 5: Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter the destination of persons who are inimical to the worship of Lord Hari, who are unable to control their own senses and who are not peaceful is examined, along with the different names, forms and modes of worship of the Personality of Godhead in each yuga.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.5
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. manuṣyāḥhuman beings
  2. tuand
  3. tadāthen
  4. śāntāḥpeaceful
  5. nirvairāḥfree from envy
  6. suhṛdaḥfriendly to all
  7. samāḥequipoised
  8. yajantithey worship
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 11.5

    In this verse: “worship”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 11.5

    In this verse: “friendly”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 11.5

    In this verse: “free from”

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

How can friendliness toward every creature support my worship of the Supreme Lord?

Practice

In one difficult interaction today, restrain an unkind response and choose a peaceful, friendly one.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPeaceful Worship Through Meditation and Sense ControlThis 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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