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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 7 · Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
7.1.457.1.47

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.1.46

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.1.45inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

तावत्र क्षत्रियौ जातौ मातृष्वस्रात्मजौ तव ।

अधुना शापनिर्मुक्तौ कृष्णचक्रहतांहसौ ॥ ४६ ॥

tāv atra kṣatriyau jātau

mātṛ-ṣvasrātmajau tava

adhunā śāpa-nirmuktau

kṛṣṇa-cakra-hatāṁhasau

Translation

In their third birth, the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of kṣatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa has struck them with His disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Removes the Remaining Sinful Reactions

  1. 1

    In their last birth, Jaya and Vijaya entered an exalted kṣatriya family rather than becoming demons or Rākṣasas. They became first cousins of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    By personally killing them with His disc, Lord Kṛṣṇa destroyed the sinful reactions remaining because of the brāhmaṇas’ curse.

  3. 3

    Nārada Muni explained that Śiśupāla’s entry into Kṛṣṇa’s body was actually his return to Vaikuṇṭhaloka as the Lord’s associate.

Key points from the purport
  • In their last birth, Jaya and Vijaya did not become demons or Rākṣasas.
  • Instead they took birth in a very exalted kṣatriya family related to Kṛṣṇa’s family.
  • By personally killing them with His own disc, Lord Kṛṣṇa destroyed whatever sinful reactions were left in them because of the curse of the brāhmaṇas.

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

How it feels

Pride and rage → Oppression. The ruler's power intensifies his insecurity.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 7: Hiraṇyakaśipu's ascent and intimidation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because of their fruitive acts, Jaya and Vijaya agreed to become the Lord’s enemies, and when killed in that mentality, they attained salvation in oneness. Thus even if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in envy, he attains salvation.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tauthe two
  2. atrahere, in the third birth
  3. kṣatriyaukṣatriyas or kings
  4. jātauborn
  5. mātṛ-svasṛ-ātma-jauthe sons of the mother’s sister
  6. tavayour
  7. adhunānow
  8. śāpa-nirmuktaufreed from the curse
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “free from”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “sinful”

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 does their release from the curse reveal about Kṛṣṇa’s power?

Practice

Write one sentence summarizing how Kṛṣṇa freed His associates from the curse.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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 7.1's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Removes the Remaining Sinful ReactionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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