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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 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa
10.28.510.28.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.28.6

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Varuṇasince 10.28.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने । न यत्र श्रूयते माया लोकसृष्टिविकल्पना ॥ ६ ॥

namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate

brahmaṇe paramātmane

na yatra śrūyate māyā

loka-sṛṣṭi-vikalpanā

Translation

My obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul, within whom there is no trace of the illusory energy, which orchestrates the creation of this world.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

The Supreme Lord Is Beyond Illusion

  1. 1

    Varuṇa offers obeisances to Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, and the Supreme Soul.

  2. 2

    Vedic literature contains authorized statements from the Lord or His enlightened representatives. These authorities never attribute the fault of illusion to the Supreme Lord.

  3. 3

    The Lord is complete in Himself and controls all living entities. The material, illusory energy has no authority over Him.

Key points from the purport
  • Śruti, or Vedic literature, consists of authorized statements made by the Lord Himself or His enlightened representatives.
  • Thus neither the Lord nor recognized spiritual authorities would ever say that within the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, there is the fault of illusion.
  • Thus within the supreme being, complete in Himself and omnipotent, we do not find any jurisdiction of the material, illusory energy.

The purport'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

Attraction and threat → Joy and trust. The pastoral world becomes the setting for protection and love.

Chapters 20–28 of Canto 10: Forest seasons, flute and Govardhana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thereupon the omniscient Personality of Godhead arranged for them to bathe in the same lake where Akrūra would have his vision of the Absolute Truth. There the Lord revealed to them Brahmaloka, which is realized by great sages in their mystic trance.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.28
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. namaḥobeisances
  2. tubhyamunto You
  3. bhagavateunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. brahmaṇethe Absolute Truth
  5. parama-ātmanethe Supreme Soul
  6. nanot
  7. yatrain whom
  8. śrūyateis heard of
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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 10.28

    In this verse: “illusion”, “material”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.28

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

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 does knowing that Kṛṣṇa is free from illusion deepen my trust in Him?

Practice

Offer obeisances today while remembering that Kṛṣṇa is complete in Himself and beyond illusion.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Is Beyond IllusionThis 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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