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How to study this verse, in six steps

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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

10.74.22 10.74.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.74.23

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Sahadevasince 10.74.19inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तस्मात् कृष्णाय महते दीयतां परमार्हणम् ।

एवं चेत् सर्वभूतानामात्मनश्चार्हणं भवेत् ॥ २३ ॥

tasmāt kṛṣṇāya mahate

dīyatāṁ paramārhaṇam

evaṁ cet sarva-bhūtānām

ātmanaś cārhaṇaṁ bhavet

Translation

Therefore we should give the highest honor to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. If we do so, we will be honoring all living beings and also our own selves.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honoring Kṛṣṇa Honors Everyone

1
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord and should receive the highest honor.
2
By honoring Kṛṣṇa in this way, we honor all living beings.
3
This worship also honors our own selves.

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

Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One who worships Him worships all living entities. Surely Lord Kṛṣṇa should be worshiped first.”

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.74

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

tasmāttherefore
kṛṣṇāyato Lord Kṛṣṇa
mahatethe Supreme
dīyatāmshould be given
paramathe greatest
arhaṇamhonor
evamin this manner
cetif

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 10.74
In this verse: “worship”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse broaden my understanding of whom I honor by worshiping Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer Kṛṣṇa a respectful prayer today, remembering that honoring Him honors all living beings.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHonoring Kṛṣṇa Honors EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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