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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 4 · Chapter 12: Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
4.12.14.12.3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.12.2

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The master of the treasury, Kuverasince 4.12.2inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

धनद उवाच

भो भो: क्षत्रियदायाद परितुष्टोऽस्मि तेऽनघ ।

यत्त्वं पितामहादेशाद्वैरं दुस्त्यजमत्यज: ॥ २ ॥

dhanada uvāca

bhoḥ bhoḥ kṣatriya-dāyāda

parituṣṭo ’smi te ’nagha

yat tvaṁ pitāmahādeśād

vairaṁ dustyajam atyajaḥ

Translation

The master of the treasury, Kuvera, said: O sinless son of a kṣatriya, I am very glad to know that under the instruction of your grandfather you have given up your enmity, although it is very difficult to avoid. I am very pleased with you.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accept Guidance and Give Up Enmity

  1. 1

    Kuvera was very pleased that Dhruva Mahārāja had given up his enmity.

  2. 2

    Dhruva had acted under the instruction of his grandfather.

  3. 3

    Kuvera acknowledged that enmity is very difficult to give up, making Dhruva’s response to instruction especially pleasing.

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

Further reading

Chapter 12: Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead

Dhruva stops fighting, continues devotional service, leaves his kingdom, and goes back to Godhead.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.12
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. dhana-daḥ uvācathe master of the treasury (Kuvera) said
  2. bhoḥ bhoḥO
  3. kṣatriya-dāyādaO son of a kṣatriya
  4. parituṣṭaḥvery glad
  5. asmiI am
  6. tewith you
  7. anaghaO sinless one
  8. yatbecause
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 4.12

    In this verse: “give up”

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

Am I willing to accept good guidance when resentment is difficult to release?

Practice

Recall one helpful instruction you have received about resolving conflict, and put it into practice today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAccept Guidance and Give Up EnmityThis 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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