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  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 12 · Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away
12.6.6712.6.69

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.6.68

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Yājñavalkyasince 12.6.67inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

यदु ह वाव विबुधर्षभ सवितरदस्तपत्यनुसवनमहर अहराम्नायविधिनोपतिष्ठमानानामखिलदुरितवृजिन बीजावभर्जन भगवत: समभिधीमहि तपन मण्डलम् ॥ ६८ ॥

yad u ha vāva vibudharṣabha savitar adas tapaty anusavanam ahar ahar āmnāya-vidhinopatiṣṭhamānānām akhila-durita-vṛjina- bījāvabharjana bhagavataḥ samabhidhīmahi tapana maṇḍalam.

Translation

O glowing one, O powerful lord of the sun, you are the chief of all the demigods. I meditate with careful attention on your fiery globe, because for those who offer prayers to you three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession, you burn away all sinful activities, all consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Attentive Prayer Burns Away Sin

  1. 1

    Yājñavalkya addresses the powerful lord of the sun as the chief of all the demigods and meditates carefully on his fiery globe.

  2. 2

    He describes prayers offered three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession.

  3. 3

    For those who offer these prayers, the lord of the sun burns away sinful activities, their consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire.

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

Further reading

Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This body of Vedic knowledge was handed down through the disciplic succession of spiritual masters until the end of Dvāpara-yuga, when Lord Vyāsadeva divided it into four parts and instructed various schools of sages in these four saṁhitās. When the sage Yājñavalkya was rejected by his spiritual master, he had to give up all the Vedic mantras he had received from him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatwhich
  2. u ha vāvaindeed
  3. vibudha-ṛṣabhaO chief of the demigods
  4. savitaḥO lord of the sun
  5. adaḥthat
  6. tapatiis glowing
  7. anusavanamat each of the junctures of the day (sunrise, noon and sunset)
  8. ahaḥ ahaḥeach day
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 12.6

    In this verse: “suffering”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 12.6

    In this verse: “sinful”

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

What can I learn from the emphasis on careful attention and an authorized method of prayer?

Practice

Read this prayer slowly once today, giving full attention to its words.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAttentive Prayer Burns Away SinThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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