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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 4 · Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

4.11.23 4.11.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.11.24

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Manusince 4.11.16inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

न चैते पुत्रक भ्रातुर्हन्तारो धनदानुगा: । विसर्गादानयोस्तात पुंसो दैवं हि कारणम् ॥ २४ ॥

na caite putraka bhrātur

hantāro dhanadānugāḥ

visargādānayos tāta

puṁso daivaṁ hi kāraṇam

Translation

My dear son, those Yakṣas, who are descendants of Kuvera, are not actually the killers of your brother; the birth and death of every living entity are caused by the Supreme, who is certainly the cause of all causes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Is the Ultimate Cause

1
The Yakṣas, descendants of Kuvera, are not actually the killers of the brother being mourned.
2
The birth and death of every living entity are caused by the Supreme.
3
The Supreme is the cause of all causes. This instruction directs attention beyond the immediate objects of blame.

How it feels

Rejection → Transformed aspiration. A child's wounded pride is purified by divine encounter.

Chapters 8–12 of Canto 4: Dhruva seeks and encounters the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Svāyambhuva Manu urges Dhruva to stop killing innocent Yakṣas and turn his attention to the Supreme Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.11

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

nanever
caalso
eteall these
putrakamy dear son
bhrātuḥof your brother
hantāraḥkillers
dhanadaof Kuvera
anugāḥfollowers

Key ideas in this verse

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

Āśraya · The summum bonum
Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 4.11
In this verse: “death”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the Supreme as the ultimate cause change my response to blame?

Practice

When a blaming thought arises today, pause and reflect on the Supreme as the cause of all causes.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Supreme Is the Ultimate CauseThis 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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