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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 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana
10.46.4110.46.43

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.46.42

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Uddhavasince 10.46.30inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

युवयोरेव नैवायमात्मजो भगवान् हरि: ।

सर्वेषामात्मजो ह्यात्मा पिता माता स ईश्वर: ॥ ४२ ॥

yuvayor eva naivāyam

ātmajo bhagavān hariḥ

sarveṣām ātmajo hy ātmā

pitā mātā sa īśvaraḥ

Translation

The Supreme Lord Hari is certainly not your son alone. Rather, being the Lord, He is the son, Soul, father and mother of everyone.

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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.

Hari Is the Lord of Everyone

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord Hari is not the son of His parents alone.

  2. 2

    Being the Lord, He is the son and Soul of everyone.

  3. 3

    He is also everyone’s father and mother.

How it feels

Heartache → Unbroken remembrance. Love endures and deepens despite visible absence.

Chapters 46–49 of Canto 10: Uddhava, the gopīs and the Song of the Bee. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

“Lord Kṛṣṇa is not merely the son of you, O Nanda and Yaśodā, but the son of all persons, as well as their mother and father. In fact, He is everyone’s dearest relation inasmuch as nothing that is seen or heard in the past, present or future, among the moving or nonmoving, is independent of Him.”
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.46
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yuvayoḥof you two
  2. evaalone
  3. nanot
  4. evaindeed
  5. ayamHe
  6. ātma-jaḥthe son
  7. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. hariḥLord Kṛṣṇa
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.46

    In this verse: “mother”, “father”

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 remembering that Hari is everyone’s Lord broaden your sense of relationship with others?

Practice

Think of one person today and remember that Hari is their Soul, father and mother too.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHari Is the Lord of EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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