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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura
10.63.2410.63.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.63.25

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Śiva-jvarasince 10.63.25inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ज्वर उवाच

नमामि त्वानन्तशक्तिं परेशं

सर्वात्मानं केवलं ज्ञप्तिमात्रम् ।

विश्वोत्पत्तिस्थानसंरोधहेतुं

यत्तद् ब्रह्म ब्रह्मलिङ्गं प्रशान्तम् ॥ २५ ॥

jvara uvāca

namāmi tvānanta-śaktiṁ pareśam

sarvātmānaṁ kevalaṁ jñapti-mātram

viśvotpatti-sthāna-saṁrodha-hetuṁ

yat tad brahma brahma-liṅgam praśāntam

Translation

The Śiva-jvara said: I bow down to You of unlimited potencies, the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul of all beings. You possess pure and complete consciousness and are the cause of cosmic creation, maintenance and dissolution. Perfectly peaceful, You are the Absolute Truth to whom the Vedas indirectly refer.

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.

Recognize Kṛṣṇa’s Unlimited Supremacy

  1. 1

    The Śiva-jvara had thought himself unlimitedly powerful, but now he recognized Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Lord. He humbly bowed down and offered praise.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul of all beings, even Lord Śiva, and the giver of consciousness. Remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness come from Him.

  3. 3

    With pure omniscience, Kṛṣṇa performs infinite works of creation, maintenance and annihilation. Even the material elements depend on Him, making Him the ultimate object of worship for all beings.

Key points from the purport
  • According to the ācāryas, the word sarvātmānam indicates that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul, the giver of consciousness to all living beings.
  • Thus the Śiva-jvara addresses Kṛṣṇa as ananta-śakti, “possessor of unlimited potency”; pareśa, “the supreme controller”; and sarvātmā, “the Supersoul of all beings” — even of Lord Śiva.
  • Thus Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate object of worship for all living beings.

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 10.63.25 quotesBG 15.15

Kṛṣṇa confirms this in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15): mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca.

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

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Lord Kṛṣṇa had thoroughly defeated the ghosts and hobgoblins fighting under Lord Śiva, the Śiva-jvara weapon — a personification of fever with three heads and three legs — approached Lord Kṛṣṇa to fight Him. Seeing the Śiva-jvara, Kṛṣṇa released His Viṣṇu-jvara.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.63
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. jvaraḥ uvācathe fever weapon (of Lord Śiva) said
  2. namāmiI bow down
  3. tvāto You
  4. anantaunlimited
  5. śaktimwhose potencies
  6. paraSupreme
  7. īśamthe Lord
  8. sarvaof all
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “absolute truth”, “knowledge”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “worship”

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 can remembering that my knowledge depends on Kṛṣṇa help me become humble?

Practice

Offer one prayer thanking Kṛṣṇa for the consciousness and knowledge He gives.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognize Kṛṣṇa’s Unlimited SupremacyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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