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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 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura
10.63.4310.63.45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.63.44

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Rudrasince 10.63.34inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तं त्वा जगत्स्थित्युदयान्तहेतुं

समं प्रशान्तं सुहृदात्मदैवम् ।

अनन्यमेकं जगदात्मकेतं

भवापवर्गाय भजाम देवम् ॥ ४४ ॥

taṁ tvā jagat-sthity-udayānta-hetuṁ

samaṁ prasāntaṁ suhṛd-ātma-daivam

ananyam ekaṁ jagad-ātma-ketaṁ

bhavāpavargāya bhajāma devam

Translation

Let us worship You, the Supreme Lord, to be freed from material life. You are the maintainer of the universe and the cause of its creation and demise. Equipoised and perfectly at peace, You are the true friend, Self and worshipable Lord. You are one without a second, the shelter of all the worlds and 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.

Take Shelter in Pure Devotional Service

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord maintains the universe and causes its creation and demise. He is the true friend and shelter of all worlds and souls.

  2. 2

    The Lord sets our proper intelligence into motion when we desire to know the truth about God and the soul. The highest liberation is pure love of Godhead, characterized by unalloyed devotional service.

  3. 3

    The Lord is perfectly objective and balanced, while other living beings have an incomplete grasp of reality. Those who surrender to Him become fully objective by taking shelter of His supreme consciousness.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī states that the Lord is a true friend because He sets one’s proper intelligence into motion if one desires to know the truth about God and the soul.
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī also explains that the Supreme Lord is samam, “perfectly objective and balanced,” whereas other living beings, having an incomplete grasp of reality, cannot be perfectly objective.
  • Those who surrender unto the Lord also become fully objective by taking shelter of His supreme consciousness.

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

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:

Lord Śiva approached Kṛṣṇa to pray for Bāṇāsura’s life, and when the Lord agreed to spare him, He spoke as follows to Śiva: “Bāṇāsura does not deserve to die, since he was born in the family of Prahlāda Mahārāja. I have severed all but four of Bāṇa’s arms just to destroy his false pride, and I have annihilated his army because they were a burden to the earth.
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. tamHim
  2. tvāYou
  3. jagatof the universe
  4. sthitiof the maintenance
  5. udayathe rise
  6. antaand the demise
  7. hetumthe cause
  8. samamequipoised
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “worship”, “devotional service”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

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

    In this verse: “shelter”, “surrender”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.63

    In this verse: “friend”

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

Am I seeking the Lord’s shelter with a sincere desire to know Him and serve Him?

Practice

Offer a short prayer asking the Lord to guide your intelligence toward pure devotional service.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTake Shelter in Pure Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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