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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 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava
11.7.1111.7.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.7.12

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 11.7.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Kṛṣṇa → Uddhava

सर्वभूतसुहृच्छान्तो ज्ञानविज्ञाननिश्चय: ।

पश्यन् मदात्मकं विश्वं न विपद्येत वै पुन: ॥ १२ ॥

sarva-bhūta-suhṛc chānto

jñāna-vijñāna-niścayaḥ

paśyan mad-ātmakaṁ viśvaṁ

na vipadyeta vai punaḥ

Translation

One who is the kind well-wisher of all living beings, who is peaceful and firmly fixed in knowledge and realization, sees Me within all things. Such a person never again falls down into the cycle of birth and death.

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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.

See Kṛṣṇa Everywhere and Wish Everyone Well

  1. 1

    The person described by Kṛṣṇa is a kind well-wisher of all living beings. Peacefulness accompanies this concern for others.

  2. 2

    Such a person is firmly established in knowledge and realization. They see Kṛṣṇa within all things.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa declares that a person with this realized vision never again falls into the cycle of birth and death.

How it feels

Grief and dependence → Detachment. The temporary world becomes a source of spiritual instruction.

Chapters 7–9 of Canto 11: The avadhuta's twenty-four teachers. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Lord further instructed Uddhava that while remaining untouched by contamination and compassionately disposed to all beings, he should begin wandering throughout this temporary world, which is simply the combined manifestation of the Lord’s illusory energy and the imaginations of the living entities.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sarva-bhūtato all creatures
  2. su-hṛta well-wisher
  3. śāntaḥpeaceful
  4. jñāna-vijñānain knowledge and transcendental realization
  5. niścayaḥfirmly fixed
  6. paśyanseeing
  7. mat-ātmakampervaded by Me
  8. viśvamthe universe
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “knowledge”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “death”

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 might remembering Kṛṣṇa’s presence help me become a more peaceful well-wisher?

Practice

Show kindness to one living being today while remembering Kṛṣṇa’s presence.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySee Kṛṣṇa Everywhere and Wish Everyone WellThis 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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