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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 12 · Chapter 13: The Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
12.13.1412.13.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.13.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 12.13.1inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

सर्ववेदान्तसारं हि श्रीभागवतमिष्यते ।

तद्रसामृततृप्तस्य नान्यत्र स्याद्रति: क्‍वचित् ॥ १५ ॥

sarva-vedānta-sāraṁ hi

śrī-bhāgavatam iṣyate

tad-rasāmṛta-tṛptasya

nānyatra syād ratiḥ kvacit

Translation

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is declared to be the essence of all Vedānta philosophy. One who has felt satisfaction from its nectarean mellow will never be attracted to any other literature.

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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.

Find Satisfaction in the Bhāgavatam’s Nectar

  1. 1

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is declared to be the essence of all Vedānta philosophy.

  2. 2

    Its nectarean mellow gives satisfaction to one who tastes it.

  3. 3

    One who has found this satisfaction will never be attracted to any other literature.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 25.146

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.13.15).

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

Wonder → Benediction and peace. The work closes by exalting hearing and remembering the Lord.

Chapters 11–13 of Canto 12: The Mahāpuruṣa and the glories of Bhāgavatam. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: The Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, instructed Brahmā in this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, whose narrations produce detachment from matter and which contains the essence of all the Vedānta. One who gives the Śrīmad-Bhāgavata Purāṇa as a gift will attain the highest destination.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sarva-vedāntaof all Vedānta philosophy
  2. sāramthe essence
  3. hiindeed
  4. śrī-bhāgavatamŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  5. iṣyateis said to be
  6. tatof it
  7. rasa-amṛtaby the nectarean taste
  8. tṛptasyafor one who is satisfied
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 12.13

    In this verse: “philosophy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What satisfaction am I finding through attentive reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?

Practice

Reread a passage of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam you have found nourishing, without rushing.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayFind Satisfaction in the Bhāgavatam’s NectarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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