Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 41

Guṇa-viveka, Haṁsa-gītā, and the Yoga that Cuts False Ego

Devanagari script

इति मे छिन्नसन्देहा मुनय: सनकादय: । सभाजयित्वा परया भक्त्यागृणत संस्तवै: ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

iti me chinna-sandehā munayaḥ sanakādayaḥ sabhājayitvā parayā bhaktyāgṛṇata saṁstavaiḥ

Translation

[Der Herr Kṛṣṇa sprach weiter:] O Uddhava, durch Meine Worte wurden alle Zweifel der Weisen unter Führung Sanakas zerschnitten. In höchster Bhakti verehrten sie Mich und besangen Meine Herrlichkeiten mit erlesenen Hymnen.

Synonyms

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक

• मे: my
• मे: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• छिन्न-सन्देहाः: whose doubts were cut
• छिन्न-सन्देहाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; छिद्) + सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (छिन्नः सन्देहः येषाम्) बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणम् मुनयः

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सनक-आदयः: Sanaka and others
• सनक-आदयः: Apposition to Karta (कर्ता-विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सनकः आदिः येषाम्’ (ādi-compound usage)

• स-भाजयित्वा: having honored
• स-भाजयित्वा: Kriyā (अनुक्रमिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √भाज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) of causative/denominative sense ‘भाजयति’; ‘having honored’

• परया: supreme
• परया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् भक्त्या

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अगृणत: they praised
• अगृणत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गॄ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘they praised/they sang’

• संस्तवैः: with hymns
• संस्तवैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Characters & Entities

• Sanaka
• Sanandana
• Sanatana
• Sanat-kumara

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about removing spiritual doubts?

This verse says that when Krishna instructs sincerely, the seeker’s doubts are “cut away,” and the natural result is reverent worship and heartfelt devotional prayers.

Why did the sages headed by Sanaka offer prayers after receiving knowledge?

Because their uncertainty was fully resolved by the Lord’s teaching, they responded with honor and supreme bhakti—praise and gratitude arising from realized understanding.

Practical application of ‘doubt removal’ in modern life according to this shloka?

Seek clear spiritual instruction from authentic sources, reflect until confusion is removed, and then express that clarity through steady devotion—prayer, gratitude, and consistent practice.