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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 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga
12.2.912.2.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.2.10

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 12.2.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

शीतवातातपप्रावृड्‌‌हिमैरन्योन्यत: प्रजा: ।

क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां व्याधिभिश्चैव सन्तप्स्यन्ते च चिन्तया ॥ १० ॥

śīta-vātātapa-prāvṛḍ-

himair anyonyataḥ prajāḥ

kṣut-tṛḍbhyāṁ vyādhibhiś caiva

santapsyante ca cintayā

Translation

The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.

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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.

Distress From Weather, Conflict, and Anxiety

  1. 1

    Citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow.

  2. 2

    Quarrels, hunger and thirst will add to their distress.

  3. 3

    Disease and severe anxiety will further torment them.

How it feels

Civilizational dread → Dispassion. Social and cosmic impermanence expose the limits of worldly plans.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 12: The deterioration of Kali and universal dissolution. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

All cows become like goats, all spiritual hermitages become like materialistic homes, and family ties extend no further than the immediate relationship of marriage. When the Age of Kali has almost ended, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will incarnate.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.2
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śītaby cold
  2. vātawind
  3. ātapathe heat of the sun
  4. prāvṛttorrential rain
  5. himaiḥand snow
  6. anyonyataḥby quarrel
  7. prajāḥthe citizens
  8. kṣutby hunger
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 12.2

    In this verse: “citizens”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 12.2

    In this verse: “distress”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can remembering these forms of suffering make me more considerate toward others?

Practice

Avoid adding to someone's distress today by stepping back from one unnecessary quarrel.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDistress From Weather, Conflict, and AnxietyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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