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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
3.1.13.1.3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.1.2

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 3.1.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यद्वा अयं मन्त्रकृद्वो भगवानखिलेश्वर: ।

पौरवेन्द्रगृहं

हित्वा प्रविवेशात्मसात्कृतम् ॥ २ ॥

yad vā ayaṁ mantra-kṛd vo

bhagavān akhileśvaraḥ

pauravendra-gṛhaṁ hitvā

praviveśātmasāt kṛtam

Translation

What else is there to say about the residential house of the Pāṇḍavas? Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of everything, acted as your minister. He used to enter that house as if it were His own, and He did not take any care of Duryodhana’s house.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Turn Disturbance Toward Spiritual Understanding

  1. 1

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of everything, entered the Pāṇḍavas’ house as His own. Their home was a source of transcendental bliss for Him.

  2. 2

    Anything that satisfies the senses of the Supreme Lord is nondifferent from Him. Thus the Pāṇḍavas’ house was as good as Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    For a saintly person like Vidura, worldly disturbances are insignificant. He used a family misunderstanding as an opportunity to meet Maitreya Ṛṣi and discuss transcendental knowledge.

Key points from the purport
  • Similarly, the house of the Pāṇḍavas was also the source of transcendental bliss for the Lord.
  • Thus the house of the Pāṇḍavas was as good as Vṛndāvana, and Vidura should not have given up that place of transcendental bliss.
  • Therefore the reason for his quitting the house was not exactly family misunderstanding; rather, Vidura took the opportunity to meet Ṛṣi Maitreya and discuss transcendental knowledge.

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. yatthe house
  2. vaiwhat else is there to say
  3. ayamŚrī Kṛṣṇa
  4. mantra-kṛtminister
  5. vaḥyou people
  6. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  7. akhila-īśvaraḥthe Lord of everything
  8. pauravendraDuryodhana
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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 3.1

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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 could a present disturbance become an opportunity for spiritual understanding?

Practice

Use a few minutes you might spend dwelling on a disturbance to study transcendental knowledge instead.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTurn Disturbance Toward Spiritual UnderstandingThis 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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