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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 5: Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
6.5.326.5.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.5.33

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.5.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सध्रीचीनं प्रतीचीनं परस्यानुपथं गता: ।

नाद्यापि ते निवर्तन्ते पश्चिमा यामिनीरिव ॥ ३३ ॥

sadhrīcīnaṁ pratīcīnaṁ

parasyānupathaṁ gatāḥ

nādyāpi te nivartante

paścimā yāminīr iva

Translation

The Savalāśvas took to the correct path, which is obtainable by a mode of life meant to achieve devotional service, or the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Like nights that have gone to the west, they have not returned even until now.

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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.

Make Devotional Service Life’s Aim

  1. 1

    The Savalāśvas took to the correct path.

  2. 2

    This path is obtainable through a way of life aimed at devotional service, or through the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    They had not returned even until the time of this account. The translation compares them to nights that have gone to the west.

How it feels

Anger and conflict → Spiritual commitment. Competing understandings of duty create relational tension.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 6: Dakṣa, Nārada and the consequences of preaching. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 5: Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

These sons, who were named the Savalāśvas, also engaged in worshiping Lord Viṣṇu to beget children, but Nārada Muni convinced them to become mendicants and not beget children. Foiled twice in his attempts to increase population, Prajāpati Dakṣa became most angry at Nārada Muni and cursed him, saying that in the future he would not be able to stay anywhere.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.5
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sadhrīcīnamcompletely correct
  2. pratīcīnamobtainable by adopting a mode of life aimed at the highest goal, devotional service
  3. parasyaof the Supreme Lord
  4. anupathamthe pathway
  5. gatāḥtaking to
  6. nanot
  7. adya apieven until today
  8. tethey (the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa)
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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 6.5

    In this verse: “devotional service”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 6.5

    In this verse: “mercy”

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 clearly is my daily life aimed at devotional service?

Practice

Choose one small act of devotional service and reserve a definite time for it today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMake Devotional Service Life’s AimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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