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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 10 · Chapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura
10.63.2510.63.27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.63.26

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

कालो दैवं कर्म जीव: स्वभावो

द्रव्यं क्षेत्रं प्राण आत्मा विकार: ।

तत्सङ्घातो बीजरोहप्रवाह-

स्त्वन्मायैषा तन्निषेधं प्रपद्ये ॥ २६ ॥

kālo daivaṁ karma jīvaḥ svabhāvo

dravyaṁ kṣetraṁ prāṇa ātmā vikāraḥ

tat-saṅghāto bīja-roha-pravāhas

tvan-māyaiṣā tan-niṣedhaṁ prapadye

Translation

Time; fate; karma; the jīva and his propensities; the subtle material elements; the material body; the life air; false ego; the various senses; and the totality of these as reflected in the living being’s subtle body — all this constitutes your material illusory energy, māyā, an endless cycle like that of seed and plant. I take shelter of You, the negation of this māyā.

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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.

Surrender Ends the Cycle of Reactions

  1. 1

    The conditioned soul acts through a material body and creates further karma, leading to another body. Material life thus continues like the cycle of seed and plant.

  2. 2

    The decision to surrender to the Supreme Lord releases the soul from this futile repetition. After all illusion is negated, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, remains.

  3. 3

    Material existence consists of the Lord’s potencies, but His own body and senses are purely spiritual. Kṛṣṇa is identical with His spiritual form and senses.

Key points from the purport
  • The word bīja-roha-pravāha is explained as follows: The conditioned soul accepts a material body, with which he attempts to enjoy the material world.
  • Now the Śiva-jvara concludes his philosophical description of the Lord by saying in this text that the various aspects of material existence are also potencies of the Supreme Lord.
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī mentions that the Supreme Lord’s own body and senses, as implied here by the word tan-niṣedham, are nondifferent from the Lord’s pure spiritual existence.

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

Quoted in the purport ofCC Ādi 5.58

Elsewhere in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.63.26) the ingredients and cause of the material cosmic manifestation are described as follows:

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:

The Śiva-jvara was overwhelmed by the Viṣṇu-jvara; having nowhere else to turn for shelter, the Śiva-jvara began to address Lord Kṛṣṇa, glorifying Him and asking for mercy. Lord Kṛṣṇa was pleased with the Śiva-jvara, and after the Lord had promised him freedom from fear, the Śiva-jvara bowed down to Him and departed.
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. kālaḥtime
  2. daivamdestiny
  3. karmathe reactions of material work
  4. jīvaḥthe individual living entity
  5. svabhāvaḥhis propensities
  6. dravyamthe subtle forms of matter
  7. kṣetramthe body
  8. prāṇaḥthe life air
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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 10.63

    In this verse: “māyā”, “material”, “illusion”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “shelter”, “surrender”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “false ego”

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

Which desire for material enjoyment keeps drawing me into repeated actions and reactions?

Practice

Pause before acting on one material desire today and offer a brief prayer of surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySurrender Ends the Cycle of ReactionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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