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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 10 · Chapter 14: Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.14.2310.14.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.14.24

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 10.14.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एवंविधं त्वां सकलात्मनामपि

स्वात्मानमात्मात्मतया विचक्षते ।

गुर्वर्कलब्धोपनिषत्सुचक्षुषा

ये ते तरन्तीव भवानृताम्बुधिम् ॥ २४ ॥

evaṁ-vidhaṁ tvāṁ sakalātmanām api

svātmānam ātmātmatayā vicakṣate

gurv-arka-labdhopaniṣat-sucakṣuṣā

ye te tarantīva bhavānṛtāmbudhim

Translation

Those who have received the clear vision of knowledge from the sunlike spiritual master can see You in this way, as the very Soul of all souls, the Supersoul of everyone’s own self. Thus understanding Your original personality, they are able to cross over the ocean of illusory material existence.

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spiritual Guidance Reveals Kṛṣṇa’s Original Personality

  1. 1

    The spiritual master is compared to the sun. Through his guidance, one receives the clear vision of spiritual knowledge.

  2. 2

    With this vision, one recognizes Kṛṣṇa as the Soul of all souls and the Supersoul of everyone. Understanding His original personality enables one to cross the ocean of illusory material existence.

  3. 3

    One who truly knows the transcendental nature of the Lord’s appearance and activities does not take birth again after leaving the body. Such a person attains the Lord’s eternal abode.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.14.24 quotesBG 4.9

As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.9): “One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Peril and pride → Friendship and humility. Divinity is revealed amid intimate childhood play.

Chapters 12–19 of Canto 10: Childhood dangers and Brahmā's amazement. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 14: Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By knowing the Supreme Personality in truth, the individual spirit soul can achieve liberation from bondage. In actuality, however, both liberation and bondage are unreal, for it is only from the living entity’s conditioned outlook that his bondage and liberation are produced.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evam-vidhamas thus described
  2. tvāmYou
  3. sakalaof all
  4. ātmanāmsouls
  5. apiindeed
  6. sva-ātmānamthe very Soul
  7. ātma-ātmatayāas the Supersoul
  8. vicakṣatethey see
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “understanding”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “material”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you become more receptive to the spiritual master’s guidance about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the purport’s statement about the Lord’s appearance and activities, and write down what it says true understanding leads to.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySpiritual Guidance Reveals Kṛṣṇa’s Original PersonalityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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