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Canto 10 · Chapter 14: Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.14.5610.14.58

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.14.57

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.14.50inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सर्वेषामपि वस्तूनां भावार्थो भवति स्थित: ।

तस्यापि भगवान् कृष्ण: किमतद् वस्तु रूप्यताम् ॥ ५७ ॥

sarveṣām api vastūnāṁ

bhāvārtho bhavati sthitaḥ

tasyāpi bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ

kim atad vastu rūpyatām

Translation

The original, unmanifested form of material nature is the source of all material things, and the source of even that subtle material nature is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. What, then, could one ascertain to be separate from Him?

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All

  1. 1

    The original, unmanifested form of material nature is the source of all material things.

  2. 2

    Even that subtle material nature has its source in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The verse asks what could be considered separate from Him. All material things depend ultimately on Kṛṣṇa as their source.

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:

Indeed, later they related to the residents of Vṛndāvana the incident of Kṛṣṇa’s killing the Agha demon. In this way, the cowherd boys described pastimes that Lord Kṛṣṇa had performed in His bālya age (one to five), even though His paugaṇḍa age (six to ten) had begun.
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. sarveṣāmof all
  2. apiindeed
  3. vastūnāmentities
  4. bhāva-arthaḥthe original, unmanifested causal phase of material nature
  5. bhavatiis
  6. sthitaḥestablished
  7. tasyaof that unmanifest nature
  8. apieven
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • 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

Do I think of anything as existing independently of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Look at one material object and remember that its ultimate source is Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Source of AllThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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