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  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
3.1.123.1.14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.1.13

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Vidurasince 3.1.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स एष दोष: पुरुषद्विडास्ते

गृहान् प्रविष्टो यमपत्यमत्या ।

पुष्णासि कृष्णाद्विमुखो गतश्री-

स्त्यजाश्वशैवं कुलकौशलाय ॥ १३ ॥

sa eṣa doṣaḥ puruṣa-dviḍ āste

gṛhān praviṣṭo yam apatya-matyā

puṣṇāsi kṛṣṇād vimukho gata-śrīs

tyajāśv aśaivaṁ kula-kauśalāya

Translation

You are maintaining offense personified, Duryodhana, as your infallible son, but he is envious of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And because you are thus maintaining a nondevotee of Kṛṣṇa, you are devoid of all auspicious qualities. Relieve yourself of this ill fortune as soon as possible and do good to the whole family!

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection Must Not Excuse Offense

  1. 1

    A good son is called apatya, one who does not allow his father to fall down. By offering sacrifices to please Lord Viṣṇu, a son can help his father after death.

  2. 2

    Lord Kṛṣṇa is directly the Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Because Duryodhana was hostile to Him, he could not provide the spiritual protection Dhṛtarāṣṭra expected.

  3. 3

    Dhṛtarāṣṭra mistakenly maintained Duryodhana as a good son despite his offenses. Vidura urged him to remove this source of trouble for the good of the whole family.

Key points from the purport
  • Vidura advised Dhṛtarāṣṭra to get rid of such an unworthy son as Duryodhana as soon as possible if he was at all anxious to see to the good of his family.
  • Duryodhana was exactly like blind, troubling eyes; he would be a source of great trouble to the family of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, as foreseen by Vidura.
  • Dhṛtarāṣṭra was wrongly maintaining such personified offense under the mistaken impression that Duryodhana was a good son, able to liberate his father.

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. saḥhe
  2. eṣaḥthis
  3. doṣaḥoffense personified
  4. puruṣa-dviṭenvious of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. āsteexists
  6. gṛhānhousehold
  7. praviṣṭaḥentered
  8. yamwhom
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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

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 3.1

    In this verse: “offense”, “offenses”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

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

    In this verse: “death”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.1

    In this verse: “father”

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

Does my affection ever lead me to excuse conduct opposed to devotion to the Lord?

Practice

Identify one harmful action you have been excusing through attachment, and resolve not to encourage it today.

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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 todayAffection Must Not Excuse OffenseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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