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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 6: The Yadu Dynasty Retires to Prabhāsa
11.6.2311.6.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.6.24

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 11.6.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यानि ते चरितानीश मनुष्या: साधव: कलौ ।

श‍ृण्वन्त: कीर्तयन्तश्च तरिष्यन्त्यञ्जसा तम: ॥ २४ ॥

yāni te caritānīśa

manuṣyāḥ sādhavaḥ kalau

śṛṇvantaḥ kīrtayantaś ca

tariṣyanty añjasā tamaḥ

Translation

My dear Lord, those pious and saintly persons who in the Age of Kali hear about Your transcendental activities and also glorify them will easily cross over the darkness of the age.

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.

Hear and Glorify Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Hearing and glorifying the Lord’s transcendental activities enables saintly persons to cross easily over the darkness of Kali.

  2. 2

    Rather than endlessly offering our own opinions or hearing useless material messages, we should hear about Kṛṣṇa from bona fide sources and the bona fide spiritual master.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge, and beyond material bewilderment. Awakening to His transcendental reality removes the nightmarish problems of material life.

Key points from the purport
  • Unfortunately, in Kali-yuga many persons are not attracted to the authorized Vedic literatures.
  • If instead people hear directly about Kṛṣṇa from the bona fide sources, they will very easily solve all the problems of their lives.
  • The Lord appears within this universe so that people can observe, hear about and glorify His actual activities.

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 6: The Yadu Dynasty Retires to Prabhāsa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Simply by hearing and chanting about these pastimes, pious persons in Kali-yuga can definitely cross over the ocean of material illusion. When the Lord had fulfilled the purpose of His descent and the Yadu dynasty was facing imminent destruction from the brāhmaṇas’ curse, the Lord desired to wind up His pastimes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yāniwhich
  2. teYour
  3. caritānipastimes
  4. īśaO Supreme Lord
  5. manuṣyāḥhumans
  6. sādhavaḥsaintly persons
  7. kalauin the degraded Age of Kali
  8. śṛṇvantaḥhearing
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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 11.6

    In this verse: “glorify”, “hearing”, “glorifying”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 11.6

    In this verse: “knowledge”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 11.6

    In this verse: “material”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What could I spend less time listening to so that I can hear more about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Replace five minutes of ordinary media today with reading aloud about Kṛṣṇa’s activities from this text.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear and Glorify KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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