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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 3 · Chapter 1: Questions by Vidura
3.1.113.1.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.1.12

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Vidurasince 3.1.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

पार्थांस्तु देवो भगवान्मुकुन्दो

गृहीतवान् सक्षितिदेवदेव: ।

आस्ते स्वपुर्यां यदुदेवदेवो

विनिर्जिताशेषनृदेवदेव: ॥ १२ ॥

pārthāṁs tu devo bhagavān mukundo

gṛhītavān sakṣiti-deva-devaḥ

āste sva-puryāṁ yadu-deva-devo

vinirjitāśeṣa-nṛdeva-devaḥ

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, has accepted the sons of Pṛthā as His kinsmen, and all the kings of the world are with Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is present in His home with all His family members, the kings and princes of the Yadu dynasty, who have conquered an unlimited number of rulers, and He is their Lord.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Support Is Above Worldly Power

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshipable by all brāhmaṇas and demigods. Even the controllers of universal affairs worship Him.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa was intimately related to the Pāṇḍavas as their cousin. He and the royal family of the Yadu dynasty had conquered the kings of the world.

  3. 3

    Vidura warned Dhṛtarāṣṭra that fighting the Pāṇḍavas involved great danger. With Lord Kṛṣṇa supporting them, all universal power was behind them.

Key points from the purport
  • Because Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is worshipable by all brāhmaṇas and demigods, who are the controllers of the universal affairs.
  • Besides that, Lord Kṛṣṇa and His family members, the royal order of the Yadu dynasty, were the conquerors of all kings of the world.
  • All the young princes of the Yadu dynasty married the daughters of other kings in this way, by chivalrous force, and thus they were conquerors of all the kings of the world.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Separation → Devotional remembrance. Uddhava's tears and silence make remembrance emotionally immediate.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 3: Vidura meets Uddhava and hears of Kṛṣṇa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: Questions by Vidura

Vidura leaves home, travels to holy places, and asks Uddhava about Kṛṣṇa’s associates and his relatives.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. pārthānthe sons of Pṛthā (Kuntī)
  2. tubut
  3. devaḥthe Lord
  4. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  5. mukundaḥŚrī Kṛṣṇa, who awards liberation
  6. gṛhītavānhas taken up
  7. sawith
  8. kṣiti-deva-devaḥthe brāhmaṇas and the demigods
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 3.1

    In this verse: “kings”, “rulers”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.1

    In this verse: “worshipable”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 3.1

    In this verse: “danger”

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

Do I recognize Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, or place my confidence only in worldly power?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to offer respect to Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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The story around it

The story 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 3.1's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Support Is Above Worldly PowerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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