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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.25.27
क एतेऽनुपथा ये त एकादश महाभटा: ।
एता वा ललना: सुभ्रु कोऽयं तेऽहि: पुर:सर: ॥ २७ ॥
ka ete ’nupathā ye ta
ekādaśa mahā-bhaṭāḥ
etā vā lalanāḥ subhru
ko ’yaṁ te ’hiḥ puraḥ-saraḥ
My dear lotus-eyed, who are those eleven strong bodyguards with you, and who are those ten specific servants? Who are those women following the ten servants, and who is the snake that is preceding you?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The five working senses and five knowledge-gathering senses serve the mind. Together, the mind and ten senses form the eleven bodyguards.
The mind works under intelligence, and innumerable desires arise through the senses. All depend on the vital life force, represented by the snake.
This collection of senses and desires creates many sources of anxiety. Surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and entrusting one’s affairs to Him frees one from such anxiety.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.
Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Nārada’s allegory introduces Purañjana, his search for enjoyment, and his attraction to a woman.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.25Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 4.25
In this verse: “knowledge-gathering”
Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender
Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 4.25
In this verse: “surrendering”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which desire is troubling me, and how might taking shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead change my response?
Take one minute today to pray for shelter and entrust one specific anxiety to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The stories this chapter belongs to.
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 4.25's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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