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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 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha
10.72.510.72.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.72.6

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 10.72.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न ब्रह्मण: स्वपरभेदमतिस्तव स्यात्

सर्वात्मन: समद‍ृश: स्वसुखानुभूते: ।

संसेवतां सुरतरोरिव ते प्रसाद:

सेवानुरूपमुदयो न विपर्ययोऽत्र ॥ ६ ॥

na brahmaṇaḥ sva-para-bheda-matis tava syāt

sarvātmanaḥ sama-dṛśaḥ sva-sukhānubhūteḥ

saṁsevatāṁ sura-taror iva te prasādaḥ

sevānurūpam udayo na viparyayo ’tra

Translation

Within Your mind there can be no such differentiation as “This one is mine, and that is another’s,” because You are the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Soul of all beings, always equipoised and enjoying transcendental happiness within Yourself. Just like the heavenly desire tree, You bless all who properly worship You, granting their desired fruits in proportion to the service they render You. There is nothing wrong in this.

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.

Kṛṣṇa Reciprocates Without Partiality

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the Soul of all beings and enjoys happiness within Himself. He has nothing to gain or lose from conditioned souls and is neither envious nor partial.

  2. 2

    Like a heavenly desire tree, the Lord grants results according to how people approach and serve Him. Different results do not mean that He is unfair.

  3. 3

    As the Supersoul, He gives everyone the results of their actions and opportunities to turn toward devotional service. Everyone is free to seek the highest perfection by surrendering to Him.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that a desire tree has no material attachments or partiality but simply bestows its fruits upon those who deserve them, and not upon others.
  • Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhupāda adds that a desire tree does not think, “This person is fit to worship me, but that other person is not.”
  • You are like the desire tree in the heavenly planets, which awards benediction according to one’s desires.

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

War and pride → Justice and protection. The public expression of divine power comes to the foreground.

Chapters 70–79 of Canto 10: Kingship, Jarāsandha and royal challenges. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this sacrifice people uninterested in Your devotional service will be able to see firsthand the superiority of Your devotees and the inferiority of nondevotees. They will also be able to see Your lotus feet.”
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.72
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. brahmaṇaḥof the Absolute Truth
  3. svaof own
  4. paraand other’s
  5. bhedadifferential
  6. matiḥmentality
  7. tavaof You
  8. syātthere can be
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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 10.72

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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.72

    In this verse: “bless”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.72

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

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 using my opportunities to turn toward Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service?

Practice

Set aside one request for material enjoyment today and instead ask Kṛṣṇa for an opportunity to serve Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Reciprocates Without PartialityThis 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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