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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 7 · Chapter 11: The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
7.11.217.11.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.11.22

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.11.5inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

शौर्यं वीर्यं धृतिस्तेजस्त्यागश्चात्मजय: क्षमा ।

ब्रह्मण्यता प्रसादश्च सत्यं च क्षत्रलक्षणम् ॥ २२ ॥

śauryaṁ vīryaṁ dhṛtis tejas

tyāgaś cātmajayaḥ kṣamā

brahmaṇyatā prasādaś ca

satyaṁ ca kṣatra-lakṣaṇam

Translation

To be influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, challenging and charitable, to control the bodily necessities, to be forgiving, to be attached to the brahminical nature and to be always jolly and truthful — these are the symptoms of the kṣatriya.

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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.

Strength Joined With Patience and Truth

  1. 1

    The kṣatriya’s symptoms include being influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, and challenging.

  2. 2

    Strength is accompanied by charity, control of bodily necessities, and forgiveness.

  3. 3

    A kṣatriya is attached to the brahminical nature and remains jolly and truthful.

How it feels

Seriousness → Principled living. The example of bhakti becomes a guide to daily life.

Chapters 11–15 of Canto 7: Teachings on social and spiritual conduct. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 11: The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Nārada Muni also described that the symptom of a brāhmaṇa is controlled senses, the symptoms of a kṣatriya are power and fame, the symptom of a vaiśya is service to the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas, and the symptom of a śūdra is service to the three higher classes. The qualification for a woman is to be a very faithful and chaste wife.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.11
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śauryampower in battle
  2. vīryambeing unconquerable
  3. dhṛtiḥpatience (even in reverses, a kṣatriya is very grave)
  4. tejaḥability to defeat others
  5. tyāgaḥgiving charity
  6. caand
  7. ātma-jayaḥnot being overwhelmed by bodily necessities
  8. kṣamāforgiveness
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 7.11

    In this verse: “attached”

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

When I need to be strong, do I also remain patient, forgiving, and truthful?

Practice

When a difficulty arises today, pause before responding and speak truthfully with patience.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayStrength Joined With Patience and TruthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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