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  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
11.6.3211.6.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.6.33

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 11.6.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अथ तस्यां महोत्पातान् द्वारवत्यां समुत्थितान् ।

विलोक्य भगवानाह यदुवृद्धान् समागतान् ॥ ३३ ॥

atha tasyāṁ mahotpātān

dvāravatyāṁ samutthitān

vilokya bhagavān āha

yadu-vṛddhān samāgatān

Translation

Thereafter, the Personality of Godhead observed that tremendous disturbances were taking place in the holy city of Dvārakā. Thus the Lord spoke to the assembled senior members of the Yadu dynasty as follows.

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.

The Lord’s Purpose Is Auspicious

  1. 1

    The Personality of Godhead observed tremendous disturbances in holy Dvārakā and addressed the assembled senior Yadus.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that actual inauspicious events cannot occur in holy places inhabited by saintly persons.

  3. 3

    These so-called disturbances in Dvārakā were directly enacted by the Personality of Godhead for His own auspicious purpose.

Key points from the purport
  • Muni-vāsa-nivāse kiṁ ghaṭetāriṣṭa-darśanam: there is no possibility of actual disturbances or inauspicious events in holy places inhabited by saintly persons.
  • Thus the so-called disturbances in Dvārakā were directly enacted by the Personality of Godhead for His own auspicious purpose.

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. athathereafter
  2. tasyāmin that city
  3. mahā-utpātānserious disturbances
  4. dvāravatyāmin Dvārakā
  5. samutthitāndeveloped
  6. vilokyaobserving
  7. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. āhasaid
  9. yadu-vṛddhānto the elder Yadus
  10. samāgatānassembled
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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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the purport help me understand the apparent disturbances in Dvārakā?

Practice

Reread the purport and write down its explanation of why these disturbances were auspicious.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Purpose Is AuspiciousThis 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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