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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
11.6.26-2711.6.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.6.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 11.6.28inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीभगवानुवाच

अवधारितमेतन्मे यदात्थ विबुधेश्वर ।

कृतं व: कार्यमखिलं भूमेर्भारोऽवतारित: ॥ २८ ॥

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

avadhāritam etan me

yad āttha vibudheśvara

kṛtaṁ vaḥ kāryam akhilaṁ

bhūmer bhāro ’vatāritaḥ

Translation

The Supreme Lord said: O lord of the demigods, Brahmā, I understand your prayers and request. Having removed the burden of the earth, I have executed everything that was required on your behalf.

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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.

The Lord Has Completed His Work

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord tells Brahmā that He understands his prayers and request.

  2. 2

    He declares that He has removed the burden of the earth.

  3. 3

    Everything required of Him on behalf of Brahmā and the demigods has been completed.

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:

This chapter describes how Brahmā and other demigods, after offering prayers to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, requested the Lord to return to His own abode and how Uddhava, anticipating separation from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was very distressed and prayed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa that he might accompany Him on His return to that abode.
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. śrī-bhagavān uvācathe Supreme Personality of Godhead said
  2. avadhāritamis understood
  3. etatthis
  4. meby Me
  5. yatthat which
  6. ātthayou have said
  7. vibudha-īśvaraO controller of the demigods, Brahmā
  8. kṛtamis completed
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

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

    In this verse: “understand”, “understands”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s assurance to Brahmā help me approach Him in prayer?

Practice

Read the Lord’s reply aloud once, then offer a brief prayer acknowledging His completed work for the earth.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Has Completed His WorkThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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