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    यदा मृधे कौरवसृञ्जयानांवीरेष्वथो वीरगतिं गतेषु । वृकोदराविद्धगदाभिमर्शभग्नोरुदण्डे धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रे ।। १-७-१३ ।।yadA mRdhe kauravasRJjayAnAMvIreSvatho vIragatiM gateSu | vRkodarAviddhagadAbhimarzabhagnorudaNDe dhRtarASTraputre || 1-7-13 ||When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club of Bhīmasena, the son of Droṇācārya [Aśvatthāmā] beheaded the five sleeping sons of Draupadī and delivered the heads as a prize to his master, foolishly thinking that he would be pleased. Duryodhana, however, disapproved of the heinous act, and he was not pleased in the least. ।। 1-7-(13-14) ।।
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    परीक्षितोऽथ राजर्षेर्जन्मकर्मविलापनम् । संस्थां च पाण्डुपुत्राणां वक्ष्ये कृष्णकथोदयम् ।। १-७-१२ ।।parIkSito'tha rAjarSerjanmakarmavilApanam | saMsthAM ca pANDuputrANAM vakSye kRSNakathodayam || 1-7-12 ||Sūta Gosvāmī thus addressed the ṛṣis headed by Śaunaka: Now I shall begin the transcendental narration of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and topics of the birth, activities and deliverance of King Parīkṣit, the sage amongst kings, as well as topics of the renunciation of the worldly order by the sons of Pāṇḍu. ।। 1-7-12 ।।
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    हरेर्गुणाक्षिप्तमतिर्भगवान् बादरायणिः । अध्यगान्महदाख्यानं नित्यं विष्णुजनप्रियः ।। १-७-११ ।।harerguNAkSiptamatirbhagavAn bAdarAyaNiH | adhyagAnmahadAkhyAnaM nityaM viSNujanapriyaH || 1-7-11 ||Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, son of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful. He was also very dear to the devotees of the Lord. Thus he underwent the study of this great narration [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam]. ।। 1-7-11 ।।
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    सूत उवाच आत्मारामाश्च मुनयो निर्ग्रन्था अप्युरुक्रमे । कुर्वन्त्यहैतुकीं भक्तिमित्थम्भूतगुणो हरिः ।। १-७-१० ।।sUta uvAca AtmArAmAzca munayo nirgranthA apyurukrame | kurvantyahaitukIM bhaktimitthambhUtaguNo hariH || 1-7-10 ||Sūta Gosvāmī said: All different varieties of ātmārāmas [those who take pleasure in the ātmā, or spirit self], especially those established on the path of self-realization, though freed from all kinds of material bondage, desire to render unalloyed devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead. This means that the Lord possesses transcendental qualities and therefore can attract everyone, including liberated souls. ।। 1-7-10 ।।
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    शौनक उवाच सवैनिवृत्तिनिरतः सर्वत्रोपेक्षको मुनिः । कस्यवा बृहतीमेतामात्मारामः समभ्यसत् ।। १-७-९ ।।zaunaka uvAca savainivRttinirataH sarvatropekSako muniH | kasyavA bRhatImetAmAtmArAmaH samabhyasat || 1-7-9 ||Śrī Śaunaka asked Sūta Gosvāmī: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī was already on the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study of such a vast literature? ।। 1-7-9 ।।
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    ससंहितांभागवतीं कृत्वानुक्रम्य चात्मजम् । शुकमध्यापयामास निवृत्तिनिरतं मुनिः ।। १-७-८ ।।sasaMhitAMbhAgavatIM kRtvAnukramya cAtmajam | zukamadhyApayAmAsa nivRttinirataM muniH || 1-7-8 ||The great sage Vyāsadeva, after compiling the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and revising it, taught it to his own son, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who was already engaged in self-realization. ।। १-७-८ ।।
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    यस्यांवैश्रूयमाणायां कृष्णे परमपूरुषे । भक्तिरुत्पद्यते पुंसः शोकमोहभयापहा ।। १-७-७ ।।yasyAMvaizrUyamANAyAM kRSNe paramapUruSe | bhaktirutpadyate puMsaH zokamohabhayApahA || 1-7-7 ||Simply by giving aural reception to this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness. ।। 1-7-7 ।।
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    अनर्थोपशमं साक्षाद्भक्तियोगमधोक्षजे । लोकस्याजानतो विद्वांश्चक्रे सात्वतसंहिताम् ।। १-७-६ ।।anarthopazamaM sAkSAdbhaktiyogamadhokSaje | lokasyAjAnato vidvAMzcakre sAtvatasaMhitAm || 1-7-6 ||The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth. ।। 1-7-6 ।।
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    यया सम्मोहितो जीव आत्मानं त्रिगुणात्मकम् । परोऽपिमनुतेऽनर्थं तत्कृतंचाभिपद्यते ।। १-७-५ ।।yayA sammohito jIva AtmAnaM triguNAtmakam | paro'pimanute'narthaM tatkRtaMcAbhipadyate || 1-7-5 ||Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries. ।। 1-7-5 ।।
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    भक्तियोगेन मनसि सम्यक्प्रणिहितेऽमले । अपश्यत्पुरुषं पूर्वं मायांचतदुपाश्रयाम् ।। १-७-४ ।।bhaktiyogena manasi samyakpraNihite'male | apazyatpuruSaM pUrvaM mAyAMcatadupAzrayAm || 1-7-4 ||Thus he fixed his mind, perfectly engaging it by linking it in devotional service [bhakti-yoga] without any tinge of materialism, and thus he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control. ।। 1-7-4 ।।