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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
7.1.467.1.48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.1.47

Nirodha· Winding up
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

वैरानुबन्धतीव्रेण ध्यानेनाच्युतसात्मताम् ।

नीतौ पुनर्हरे: पार्श्वं जग्मतुर्विष्णुपार्षदौ ॥ ४७ ॥

vairānubandha-tīvreṇa

dhyānenācyuta-sātmatām

nītau punar hareḥ pārśvaṁ

jagmatur viṣṇu-pārṣadau

Translation

These two associates of Lord Viṣṇu — Jaya and Vijaya — maintained a feeling of enmity for a very long time. Because of always thinking of Kṛṣṇa in this way, they regained the shelter of the Lord, having returned home, back to Godhead.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Constant Remembrance and Return to the Lord

  1. 1

    Whatever their position, Jaya and Vijaya always thought of Kṛṣṇa, even through prolonged enmity. They ultimately regained the Lord’s shelter.

  2. 2

    There is no difference between Kṛṣṇa’s body and Nārāyaṇa’s body. Through Kṛṣṇa’s body, the two associates returned to Vaikuṇṭha.

  3. 3

    Although they seemed to attain sāyujya-mukti by entering Kṛṣṇa’s body, they actually resumed their positions as Lord Viṣṇu’s doorkeepers.

Key points from the purport
  • Therefore at the end of the mauṣala-līlā, these two associates of the Lord returned to Kṛṣṇa.
  • Therefore although they visibly entered the body of Kṛṣṇa, they actually reentered Vaikuṇṭhaloka as the doorkeepers of Lord Viṣṇu.
  • Through Lord Kṛṣṇa’s body, they returned to Vaikuṇṭha, although they seemed to have attained sāyujya-mukti in Kṛṣṇa’s body.

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· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.74.46

In this connection, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the following verse: “These two associates of Lord Viṣṇu — Jaya and Vijaya — maintained a feeling of enmity for a very long time.

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

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. vaira-anubandhabond of hatred
  2. tīvreṇaconsisting of acute
  3. dhyānenaby meditation
  4. acyuta-sātmatāmto the effulgence of the infallible Lord
  5. nītauattained
  6. punaḥagain
  7. hareḥof Hari
  8. pārśvamthe proximity
  9. jagmatuḥthey reached
  10. viṣṇu-pārṣadauthe gatekeeper associates of Viṣṇu
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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

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “shelter”

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 you make remembrance of Kṛṣṇa a more regular part of your day?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute today to remember Kṛṣṇa and your wish to serve Him.

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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 todayConstant Remembrance and Return to the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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