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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 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva
1.6.351.6.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.6.36

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 1.6.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaNārada Muni → Vyāsadeva

सर्वं तदिदमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वयानघ ।

जन्मकर्मरहस्यं मे भवतश्चात्मतोषणम् ॥ ३६ ॥

sarvaṁ tad idam ākhyātaṁ

yat pṛṣṭo ’haṁ tvayānagha

janma-karma-rahasyaṁ me

bhavataś cātma-toṣaṇam

Translation

O Vyāsadeva, you are freed from all sins. Thus I have explained my birth and activities for self-realization, as you asked. All this will be conducive for your personal satisfaction also.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear How Devotional Life Develops

  1. 1

    Nārada explains how the seeds of devotion were sown through transcendental association and grew through hearing the sages. Such hearing brings detachment from worldliness.

  2. 2

    Pure transcendental service frees one from the reactions of accumulated work. Only a pure devotee, with a spiritual body, can enter the Lord’s spiritual kingdom.

  3. 3

    Nārada personally experienced the results of devotional life, so hearing him helps us understand them. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam explains these matters directly and is the mature fruit of Vedic literature.

Key points from the purport
  • The process of devotional activities from the beginning to the stage of transcendence is all duly explained to satisfy the inquiries of Vyāsadeva.
  • Nārada has explained how the seeds of devotional service were sown by transcendental association and how they gradually developed by hearing the sages.
  • Nothing is directly explained there, and therefore Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the mature fruit of all the Vedic trees of literatures.

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. sarvamall
  2. tatthat
  3. idamthis
  4. ākhyātamdescribed
  5. yatwhatever
  6. pṛṣṭaḥasked by
  7. ahamme
  8. tvayāby you
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotion”, “devotee”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “sins”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “hearing”

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 is hearing about devotional life shaping what I seek and value?

Practice

Reread this purport and write down one result of devotional hearing that you want to understand more deeply.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear How Devotional Life DevelopsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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