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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
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?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 12 · Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

12.6.32 12.6.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.6.33

Mukti· Liberation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 12.6.28inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

त एतदधिगच्छन्ति विष्णोर्यत् परमं पदम् ।

अहं ममेति दौर्जन्यं न येषां देहगेहजम् ॥ ३३ ॥

ta etad adhigacchanti

viṣṇor yat paramaṁ padam

ahaṁ mameti daurjanyaṁ

na yeṣāṁ deha-geha-jam

Translation

Such devotees come to understand the supreme transcendental situation of the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, because they are no longer polluted by the concepts of “I” and “my,” which are based on body and home.

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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.

Understanding Lord Viṣṇu Beyond Bodily Identity

1
Devotees come to understand the supreme transcendental situation of the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu.
2
They are no longer polluted by the concepts of “I” and “my” based on the body.
3
Their understanding is also free from the possessiveness centered on home.

How it feels

Approaching death → Demonstrated fearlessness. Parīkṣit is already a great devotee; his final hearing exemplifies fearlessness for the audience.

Chapters 5–6 of Canto 12: Śukadeva's final instruction and Parīkṣit's passing. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After hearing the words of Śrī Śukadeva, Mahārāja Parīkṣit stated that by having listened to the Bhāgavatam, which is the compendium of the Purāṇas and which is full of the nectarean pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Uttamaḥśloka, Parīkṣit had attained the transcendental position of fearlessness and oneness with the Supreme.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 12.6

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

tethey
etatthis
adhigacchanticome to know
viṣṇoḥof Lord Viṣṇu
yatwhich
paramamthe supreme
padampersonal situation
ahamI

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Mukti · Liberation
What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 12.6
In this verse: “devotees”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 12.6
In this verse: “understand”
Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment
Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 12.6
In this verse: “free from”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where do thoughts of “I” and “my” shape my sense of who I am?

Practice

Notice one possessive thought about your body or home today, and pause to reflect on understanding Lord Viṣṇu beyond that attachment.

The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayUnderstanding Lord Viṣṇu Beyond Bodily IdentityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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