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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
11.7.511.7.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.7.6

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

त्वं तु सर्वं परित्यज्य स्‍नेहं स्वजनबन्धुषु ।

मय्यावेश्य मन: सम्यक् समद‍ृग् विचरस्व गाम् ॥ ६ ॥

tvaṁ tu sarvaṁ parityajya

snehaṁ sva-jana-bandhuṣu

mayy āveśya manaḥ saṁyak

sama-dṛg vicarasva gām

Translation

Now you should completely give up all attachment to your personal friends and relatives and fix your mind on Me. Thus being always conscious of Me, you should observe all things with equal vision and wander throughout the earth.

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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.

Fix Your Mind on Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa instructed Uddhava to give up attachment to friends and relatives and fix his mind on Him. Equal vision means endeavoring to see the ultimate spiritual nature of all existence.

  2. 2

    All living entities are parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa and share the same spiritual status. Seeing Kṛṣṇa in everything does not erase distinctions: the soul is His superior energy, while matter is His inferior energy.

  3. 3

    Loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the most valuable treasure. A pure devotee’s sincere love provides protection even during a temporary moment of forgetfulness.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus as one passes one’s life on the earth, using up one’s allotted time, one should practice seeing all things and all people as part and parcel of the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead.
  • Lord Kṛṣṇa also advised Uddhava in this verse to give up the illusory attachment to so-called friends and family within this material world.
  • One should experience all relationships on the higher, spiritual platform of kṛṣṇa-sambandha, which means seeing everything in relation to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 11.7.6 quotesBG 2.40

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (2.40): Lord Kṛṣṇa also advised Uddhava in this verse to give up the illusory attachment to so-called friends and family within this material world.

The purport of SB 11.7.6 quotesBG 18.54

This stage is described in Bhagavad-gītā (18.54) by the words brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā: on the spiritual platform one attains complete satisfaction.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

After hearing Uddhava’s prayerful request to be taken back with Him to the spiritual world, Lord Kṛṣṇa informed him that He was indeed desirous of returning to His own personal abode because the purpose of His descent had been successfully fulfilled and the misfortunes of Kali-yuga would soon beset the earth. He thus advised Uddhava to take up sannyāsa by fixing his mind upon Him and establishing himself in theoretical and realized transcendental knowledge.
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. tvamyou
  2. tuin fact
  3. sarvamall
  4. parityajyagiving up
  5. snehamaffection
  6. sva-jana-bandhuṣufor your relatives and friends
  7. mayiin Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. āveśyafixing
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “give up”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “attachment”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee’s”

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 seeing others as parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa change the way you treat them?

Practice

Before speaking with someone today, remember that this person is a part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 11.7's connections

Live this todayFix Your Mind on KṛṣṇaThis 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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