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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 6 · Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
6.10.116.10.13-14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.10.12

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.10.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यताक्षासुमनोबुद्धिस्तत्त्वद‍ृग् ध्वस्तबन्धन: ।

आस्थित: परमं योगं न देहं बुबुधे गतम् ॥ १२ ॥

yatākṣāsu-mano-buddhis

tattva-dṛg dhvasta-bandhanaḥ

āsthitaḥ paramaṁ yogaṁ

na dehaṁ bubudhe gatam

Translation

Dadhīci Muni controlled his senses, life force, mind and intelligence and became absorbed in trance. Thus he cut all his material bonds. He could not perceive how his material body became separated from his self.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Practice Remembering Kṛṣṇa Now

  1. 1

    Dadhīci Muni controlled his senses, life force, mind and intelligence and became absorbed in trance. His material bonds were cut, and he did not perceive his body becoming separated from his self.

  2. 2

    Remembering Kṛṣṇa at death requires practice during life. The perfect devotee leaves the body thinking of Kṛṣṇa and returns home, back to Godhead.

  3. 3

    Bhakti-yoga is the highest yoga system. The devotee who thinks of Kṛṣṇa with faith and worships Him in loving service is most intimately united with Him.

Key points from the purport
  • Of course, one must practice before one is overcome by death, but the perfect yogī, namely the devotee, dies in trance, thinking of Kṛṣṇa.
  • He does not feel his material body being separated from his soul; the soul is immediately transferred to the spiritual world.
  • The bhakti-yogī always thinks of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore at the time of death he can very easily transfer himself to Kṛṣṇaloka, without even perceiving the pains of death.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 6.10.12 quotesBG 8.5

The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (8.5): “Whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature.

The purport of SB 6.10.12 quotesBG 6.47

This yoga, bhakti-yoga, is the highest yoga system, as explained by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (6.47): “Of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Offense and dread → Moral reckoning. Heroic power does not guarantee inner freedom.

Chapters 7–10 of Canto 6: Indra, Bṛhaspati and the emergence of Vṛtrāsura. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Dadhīci Muni first merged his gross body made of five elements into the original stock of five elements and then engaged his soul at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he gave up his gross body.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatacontrolled
  2. akṣasenses
  3. asuthe life air
  4. manaḥthe mind
  5. buddhiḥintelligence
  6. tattva-dṛkone who knows the tattvas, the material and spiritual energies
  7. dhvasta-bandhanaḥliberated from bondage
  8. āsthitaḥbeing situated in
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 6.10

    In this verse: “devotee”, “bhakti-yoga”, “worships”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.10

    In this verse: “material”

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 6.10

    In this verse: “separated”

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

What small daily habit could help me remember Kṛṣṇa more steadily?

Practice

Set aside two quiet minutes today to think of Kṛṣṇa with a desire to serve Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPractice Remembering Kṛṣṇa NowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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