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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
11.7.1311.7.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.7.14

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Uddhavasince 11.7.14inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Kṛṣṇa → Uddhava

श्रीउद्धव उवाच

योगेश योगविन्यास योगात्मन् योगसम्भव ।

नि:श्रेयसाय मे प्रोक्तस्त्याग: सन्न्यासलक्षण: ॥ १४ ॥

śrī-uddhava uvāca

yogeśa yoga-vinyāsa

yogātman yoga-sambhava

niḥśreyasāya me proktas

tyāgaḥ sannyāsa-lakṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, You alone award the results of yoga practice, and You are so kind that by Your own influence You distribute the perfection of yoga to Your devotee. Thus You are the Supreme Soul who is realized through yoga, and it is You who are the origin of all mystic power. For my supreme benefit You have explained the procedure for giving up the material world through the process of sannyāsa, or renunciation.

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.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Goal of Yoga

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead awards the results of every yoga process. Nothing can be achieved without His sanction, and Kṛṣṇa Himself is yoga’s goal.

  2. 2

    Yoga means linking up, but connections with temporary sense objects end. Our relationship with Kṛṣṇa continues beyond death and can develop until we reach His abode.

  3. 3

    Our actual happiness lies in loving service to the Personality of Godhead, not merely in escaping material pain. Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes this perfection easily available through chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.

Key points from the purport
  • The word yogeśa here indicates that the Supreme Personality of Godhead awards the results of all yoga practices.
  • And since the Lord remains eternally the master of His potencies, no one can achieve anything through yoga, or any other spiritual or material process, except by the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Caitanya Mahāprabhu is making this perfection easily available through the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme yoga process for this age.

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

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:

Uddhava then stated that renouncing material things in a spirit of detachment is the source of the highest auspiciousness, but such renunciation is certainly extremely difficult to accomplish for living entities other than the devotees of the Supreme Lord, because they are very attached to sense gratification.
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. śrī-uddhavaḥ uvācaŚrī Uddhava said
  2. yoga-īśaO giver of all results of yoga
  3. yoga-vinyāsaO You who by Your own power bestow yoga even upon those who are unqualified
  4. yoga-ātmanO Supreme Soul realized through yoga
  5. yoga-sambhavaO origin of all mystic power
  6. niḥśreyasāyafor the ultimate benefit
  7. meof me
  8. proktaḥYou have spoken about
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “devotee”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”

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

Am I investing more attention in temporary connections or in my lasting relationship with Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside a brief, attentive time today to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Goal of YogaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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