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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 12: The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
7.12.187.12.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.12.19

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.12.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

वन्यैश्चरुपुरोडाशान् निर्वपेत् कालचोदितान् ।

लब्धे नवे नवेऽन्नाद्ये पुराणं च परित्यजेत् ॥ १९ ॥

vanyaiś caru-puroḍāśān

nirvapet kāla-coditān

labdhe nave nave ’nnādye

purāṇaṁ ca parityajet

Translation

A vānaprastha should prepare cakes to be offered in sacrifice from fruits and grains grown naturally in the forest. When he obtains some new grains, he should give up his old stock of grains.

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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.

Use Forest Produce for Sacrifice

  1. 1

    A vānaprastha should use fruits and grains grown naturally in the forest.

  2. 2

    From this produce, he should prepare cakes to offer in sacrifice.

  3. 3

    When new grains become available, he should give up his old stock.

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 12: The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He may also eat fruits and grains that have grown naturally. Living in a thatched cottage, the vānaprastha should endure all kinds of heat and cold.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.12
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. vanyaiḥby fruits and grains produced in the forest without cultivation
  2. carugrains to be offered in a fire sacrifice
  3. puroḍāśānthe cakes prepared from caru
  4. nirvapetone should execute
  5. kāla-coditānthat which has grown naturally
  6. labdheon obtaining
  7. navenew
  8. nave anna-ādyenewly produced food grains
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 7.12

    In this verse: “give up”

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 can I learn from obtaining food for sacrifice rather than merely storing it?

Practice

Write down the verse’s two instructions: prepare offerings from natural forest produce, and relinquish old grain when new grain arrives.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayUse Forest Produce for SacrificeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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