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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 1 · Chapter 19: The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
1.19.341.19.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.19.35

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:King Parīkṣitsince 1.19.32inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

अपि मे भगवान् प्रीत: कृष्ण: पाण्डुसुतप्रिय: ।

पैतृष्वसेयप्रीत्यर्थं तद्गोत्रस्यात्तबान्धव: ॥ ३५ ॥

api me bhagavān prītaḥ

kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍu-suta-priyaḥ

paitṛ-ṣvaseya-prīty-arthaṁ

tad-gotrasyātta-bāndhavaḥ

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is very dear to the sons of King Pāṇḍu, has accepted me as one of those relatives just to please His great cousins and brothers.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Benefits the Family

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accepted Mahārāja Parīkṣit as a relative to please the sons of King Pāṇḍu. The King recognized this loving protection.

  2. 2

    A pure devotee serves the family’s true interest better than someone absorbed in illusory family affairs. Becoming a devotee brings a deeper benefit to the family.

  3. 3

    The Lord gives special protection to a devotee’s family members and descendants, even when they are not devotees. This kindness allows the devotee to pursue devotional service with trust.

Key points from the purport
  • Mahārāja Prahlāda was a great devotee of the Lord, but his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, was a great atheist and declared enemy of the Lord.
  • The Lord is so kind that he gives all protection to the family members of His devotee, and thus the devotee has no need to bother about his family members, even if one leaves such family members aside to discharge devotional service.
  • Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers were the sons of Kuntī, the paternal aunt of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit admits the patronage of Lord Kṛṣṇa because of his being the only grandson of the great Pāṇḍavas.

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

Remorse and urgency → Surrender and inquiry. Seven days to live become the impetus for complete spiritual hearing.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 1: Parīkṣit is cursed and welcomes Śukadeva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 19: The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī

Parīkṣit accepts impending death, sits beside the Ganges, and asks Śukadeva Gosvāmī about perfection.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. apidefinitely
  2. meunto me
  3. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  4. prītaḥpleased
  5. kṛṣṇaḥthe Lord
  6. pāṇḍu-sutathe sons of King Pāṇḍu
  7. priyaḥdear
  8. paitṛin relation with the father
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.19

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 1.19

    In this verse: “king”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 1.19

    In this verse: “kindness”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might devotion to the Lord deepen my understanding of service to my family?

Practice

Devote a few minutes to serving Lord Kṛṣṇa today, remembering that devotion also benefits your family.

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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 1.19's connections

Live this todayDevotional Service Benefits the FamilyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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