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  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 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva
1.6.301.6.32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.6.31

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 1.6.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaNārada Muni → Vyāsadeva

अन्तर्बहिश्च लोकांस्त्रीन् पर्येम्यस्कन्दितव्रत: ।

अनुग्रहान्महाविष्णोरविघातगति: क्‍वचित् ॥ ३१ ॥

antar bahiś ca lokāṁs trīn

paryemy askandita-vrataḥ

anugrahān mahā-viṣṇor

avighāta-gatiḥ kvacit

Translation

Since then, by the grace of the almighty Viṣṇu, I travel everywhere without restriction both in the transcendental world and in the three divisions of the material world. This is because I am fixed in unbroken devotional service of the Lord.

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 Opens the Spiritual Kingdom

  1. 1

    By the grace of almighty Viṣṇu, Nārada travels without restriction in both the material and spiritual worlds. He is fixed in unbroken devotional service.

  2. 2

    Living beings in the material world are influenced by goodness, passion and ignorance. Nārada is transcendental to these modes, and the Lord’s causeless mercy protects His devotees from falling down.

  3. 3

    Nārada Muni is the prime authority for transcendental devotional service. Devotees who follow his footsteps are qualified to enter Vaikuṇṭha, the kingdom of God.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Nārada Muni could enter all these planets in both the material and spiritual spheres without restriction, as much as the almighty Lord is free to move personally in any part of His creation.
  • But Śrī Nārada Muni is transcendental to all these material modes, and thus he can travel everywhere unrestricted.
  • All the great authorities in the devotional service of the Lord follow in the footsteps of Nārada Muni in the order of the Nārada-bhakti-sūtra, and therefore all the devotees of the Lord are unhesitatingly qualified to enter into the kingdom of God, Vaikuṇṭha.

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

Dissatisfaction → Inspired clarity. Even great accomplishment leaves Vyāsa without contentment until devotion is centered.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 1: Vyāsa is dissatisfied; Nārada directs him to the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Nārada recounts seeing Kṛṣṇa within his heart and becoming fixed in unbroken devotional service.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. antaḥin the transcendental world
  2. bahiḥin the material world
  3. caand
  4. lokānplanets
  5. trīnthree (divisions)
  6. paryemitravel
  7. askanditaunbroken
  8. vrataḥvow
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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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “grace”, “mercy”, “causeless”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.6

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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “material”

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

How can I give devotional service a steadier place in my day?

Practice

Set aside a short, uninterrupted time today for devotional service to the Lord.

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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 1.6's connections

Live this todayDevotional Service Opens the Spiritual KingdomThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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