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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 6 · Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
6.10.26.10.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.10.3

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अपि वृन्दारका यूयं न जानीथ शरीरिणाम् ।

संस्थायां यस्त्वभिद्रोहो दु:सहश्चेतनापह: ॥ ३ ॥

api vṛndārakā yūyaṁ

na jānītha śarīriṇām

saṁsthāyāṁ yas tv abhidroho

duḥsahaś cetanāpahaḥ

Translation

O elevated demigods, at the time of death, severe, unbearable pain takes away the consciousness of all living entities who have accepted material bodies. Don’t you know about this pain?

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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.

Recognizing the Pain of Embodied Life

  1. 1

    Living entities who have accepted material bodies face severe pain at death.

  2. 2

    The translation describes this pain as unbearable and taking away consciousness.

  3. 3

    The demigods are asked whether they know about this pain.

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, just to hear from the demigods about the principles of religion, jokingly refused to relinquish his body, but for higher purposes he thereafter agreed to give it up, for after death the body is usually eaten by low animals like dogs and jackals. 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.
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. apialthough
  2. vṛndārakāḥO demigods
  3. yūyamall of you
  4. na jānīthado not know
  5. śarīriṇāmof those who have material bodies
  6. saṁsthāyāmat the time of death, or while quitting this body
  7. yaḥwhich
  8. tuthen
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “material”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 6.10

    In this verse: “death”

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 can awareness of bodily suffering make me more considerate toward others?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to acknowledge the suffering of someone facing serious bodily difficulty.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognizing the Pain of Embodied LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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