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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 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
7.15.787.15.80

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.15.79

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 7.15.78inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कृष्णपार्थावुपामन्‍त्र्य पूजित: प्रययौ मुनि: ।

श्रुत्वा कृष्णं परं ब्रह्म पार्थ: परमविस्मित: ॥ ७९ ॥

kṛṣṇa-pārthāv upāmantrya

pūjitaḥ prayayau muniḥ

śrutvā kṛṣṇaṁ paraṁ brahma

pārthaḥ parama-vismitaḥ

Translation

Nārada Muni, being worshiped by Kṛṣṇa and Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, bade them farewell and went away. Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, having heard that Kṛṣṇa, his cousin, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was struck with wonder.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understand Kṛṣṇa and Surrender Without Doubt

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    After being worshiped by Kṛṣṇa and Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Nārada Muni departed. Yudhiṣṭhira remained struck with wonder that his cousin was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    After hearing this conversation, one should give up doubts about Kṛṣṇa’s being the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should understand Him without doubt or defect and surrender at His lotus feet.

  3. 3

    Even hearing all the Vedas does not mean that an ordinary person will surrender. A fortunate person comes to this conclusion, although it may be after many, many births.

Key points from the purport
  • After hearing the conversation between Nārada and Yudhiṣṭhira, if one still has any doubts about Kṛṣṇa’s being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should immediately give them up.
  • Without any doubt and without any defect, one should understand Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus surrender at His lotus feet.
  • Ordinary persons do not do this, even after hearing all the Vedas, but if one is fortunate, although it may be even after many, many births, he comes to this conclusion (bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate).

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 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, after hearing from Nārada, became ecstatic in love of Kṛṣṇa, and then Nārada Muni left that place and returned to his own place. Thus Śukadeva Gosvāmī, having described various descendants of the daughters of Dakṣa, ends the Seventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  2. pārthauand Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
  3. upāmantryabidding farewell
  4. pūjitaḥbeing worshiped by them
  5. prayayauleft (that place)
  6. muniḥNārada Muni
  7. śrutvāafter hearing
  8. kṛṣṇamabout Kṛṣṇa
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “heard”, “hearing”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “worshiped”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “understand”

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 doubt or hesitation do I need to address as I seek to surrender to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer one brief prayer asking Kṛṣṇa to help you understand Him without doubt and surrender at His lotus feet.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayUnderstand Kṛṣṇa and Surrender Without DoubtThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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