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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 56: The Syamantaka Jewel
10.56.2610.56.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.27

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Jāmbavānsince 10.56.26inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

त्वं हि विश्वसृजां स्रष्टा सृष्टानामपि यच्च सत् ।

काल: कलयतामीश: पर आत्मा तथात्मनाम् ॥ २७ ॥

tvaṁ hi viśva-sṛjām sraṣṭā

sṛṣṭānām api yac ca sat

kālaḥ kalayatām īśaḥ

para ātmā tathātmanām

Translation

You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Rules Even Death

  1. 1

    The Lord is the ultimate creator of all creators and the underlying substance of everything created.

  2. 2

    He is the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Soul of all souls.

  3. 3

    The purport quotes Lord Kapila: “Death himself moves about out of fear of Me.”

Key points from the purport
  • As Lord Kapila states in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.42): mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.56.27 quotesSB 3.25.42

As Lord Kapila states in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.42): mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt.

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

Yearning and danger → Marriage and reciprocity. A wider range of divine relationships appears.

Chapters 50–59 of Canto 10: Dvārakā, Rukmiṇī and royal rescues. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Now understanding that Kṛṣṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Jāmbavān began to praise Him. The Lord touched Jāmbavān with His lotus hand, dispelling his fear, and then explained everything about the jewel.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.56
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tvamYou
  2. hiindeed
  3. viśvaof the universe
  4. sṛjāmof the creators
  5. sraṣṭāthe creator
  6. sṛṣṭānāmof created entities
  7. apialso
  8. yatwhich
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.56

    In this verse: “fear”, “death”

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 even death is under the Lord’s authority shape my trust in Him?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer acknowledging the Lord as the Supreme Soul and ruler of all.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 3.25.42

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.56's connections

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Rules Even DeathThis 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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