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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 14: Ideal Family Life
7.14.347.14.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.14.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.14.27-28inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

देवर्ष्यर्हत्सु वै सत्सु तत्र ब्रह्मात्मजादिषु ।

राजन्यदग्रपूजायां मत: पात्रतयाच्युत: ॥ ३५ ॥

devarṣy-arhatsu vai satsu

tatra brahmātmajādiṣu

rājan yad agra-pūjāyāṁ

mataḥ pātratayācyutaḥ

Translation

O King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demigods, many great sages and saints including even the four sons of Lord Brahmā, and I myself were present at your Rājasūya sacrificial ceremony, but when there was a question of who should be the first person worshiped, everyone decided upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is Worshiped First

  1. 1

    At King Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya sacrifice, demigods, great sages, saints and the four sons of Lord Brahmā were present.

  2. 2

    Although many worshipable persons were assembled, the decision was to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa first. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that Śiśupāla alone protested. Because of his vehement opposition, he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a reference to the Rājasūya sacrifice performed by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
  • In that meeting there was a great turmoil over selecting the best person to be worshiped first.
  • The only protest came from Śiśupāla, and because of his vehement opposition he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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

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 14: Ideal Family Life

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Factually, according to the instructions of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, every gṛhastha is a great communist who provides the means of living for everyone. Whatever a gṛhastha may possess he should equally distribute to all living entities, without discrimination.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. deva-ṛṣiamong the demigods and great saintly persons, including Nārada Muni
  2. arhatsuthe most venerable and worshipable personalities
  3. vaiindeed
  4. satsuthe great devotees
  5. tatrathere (at the Rājasūya-yajña)
  6. brahma-ātma-jādiṣuand the sons of Lord Brahmā (such as Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat and Sanātana)
  7. rājanO King
  8. yatfrom whom
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 7.14

    In this verse: “worshiped”, “worshipable”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 7.14

    In this verse: “king”

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 would giving Kṛṣṇa first place in my worship mean today?

Practice

Begin your worship today by acknowledging Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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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 7.14's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is Worshiped FirstThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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