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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
11.6.2911.6.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.6.30

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 11.6.28inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यद्यसंहृत्य द‍ृप्तानां यदूनां विपुलं कुलम् ।

गन्तास्म्यनेन लोकोऽयमुद्वेलेन विनङ्‍क्ष्यति ॥ ३० ॥

yady asaṁhṛtya dṛptānāṁ

yadūnāṁ vipulaṁ kulam

gantāsmy anena loko ’yam

udvelena vinaṅkṣyati

Translation

If I were to leave this world without withdrawing the overly proud members of the Yadu dynasty, the whole world would be destroyed by the deluge of their unlimited expansion.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Prevents a Greater Burden

  1. 1

    Although religious and devoted to brahminical culture, the Yadus had become proud of their apparent familial relationship with the Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Their intense love for Kṛṣṇa would make separation from Him overwhelming. Their unchecked expansion after His departure could become an unbearable burden on the earth.

  3. 3

    The earth, out of attachment for Kṛṣṇa, would regard His family as a welcome burden. Still, the Lord lovingly took precautions to remove that burden, just as a husband removes his wife’s heavy ornaments for her comfort.

Key points from the purport
  • The members of the Yadu dynasty had become proud because of their apparent familial relationship with the Personality of Godhead.
  • Furthermore, due to their intense love for Kṛṣṇa, they would certainly feel such intense separation after the Lord’s departure to the spiritual world that they would become maddened and thus become an unbearable burden on the earth.
  • So the Lord, desiring to apply the wisdom of “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” took precautions to remove from the earth the burden 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

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:

Observing terrible disturbances indicating the imminent destruction of the world, Lord Kṛṣṇa called together the wise members of the Yadu dynasty and reminded them of the brāhmaṇas’ curse. The Lord convinced them to go to Prabhāsa-tīrtha, where they could save themselves by the performance of ritual bathing, charity, and so on.
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. yadiif
  2. asaṁhṛtyawithout withdrawing
  3. dṛptānāmof the overly proud
  4. yadūnāmYadus
  5. vipulamthe vast
  6. kulamdynasty
  7. gantā asmiI go
  8. anenafor that reason
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 11.6

    In this verse: “proud”

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 11.6

    In this verse: “separation”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “attachment”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I ever let a religious connection become a reason for pride rather than humble service?

Practice

Notice one reason you feel spiritually proud, and offer a short prayer to replace that pride with a desire to serve Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Prevents a Greater BurdenThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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