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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 2 · Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
2.6.262.6.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 2.6.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Brahmā → Nārada Muni

गतयो मतयश्चैव प्रायश्चित्तं समर्पणम् ।

पुरुषावयवैरेते सम्भारा: सम्भृता मया ॥ २७ ॥

gatayo matayaś caiva

prāyaścittaṁ samarpaṇam

puruṣāvayavair ete

sambhārāḥ sambhṛtā mayā

Translation

Thus I had to arrange all these necessary ingredients and paraphernalia of sacrifice from the personal bodily parts of the Personality of Godhead. By invocation of the demigods’ names, the ultimate goal, Viṣṇu, was gradually attained, and thus compensation and ultimate offering were complete.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pleasing Nārāyaṇa Makes Human Life Successful

  1. 1

    All the ingredients of sacrifice were arranged from the bodily parts of the Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord personally, not His impersonal brahmajyoti, is the source of all supplies.

  2. 2

    Invoking the demigods’ names led gradually to the ultimate goal, Viṣṇu. The Vedic hymns and sacrificial results are ultimately meant for Nārāyaṇa.

  3. 3

    Human life becomes successful by pleasing Nārāyaṇa. Its fulfillment is entrance into His direct association in the spiritual kingdom of Vaikuṇṭha.

Key points from the purport
  • In this verse, special stress is given to the person of the Supreme Lord, and not to His impersonal brahmajyoti, as being the source of all supplies.
  • Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Lord, is the goal of sacrificial results, and therefore the Vedic hymns are ultimately meant for attaining this goal.
  • Human life is thus made successful by pleasing Nārāyaṇa and getting entrance into the direct association of Nārāyaṇa in the spiritual kingdom of Vaikuṇṭha.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Uncertainty → Awe. The scale of reality widens dramatically.

Chapters 4–7 of Canto 2: The creation, cosmic Person and incarnations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed

Brahmā describes the universal form, his sacrifice, and the Lord’s control over creation, maintenance, and destruction.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. gatayaḥprogress to the ultimate goal (Viṣṇu)
  2. matayaḥworshiping the demigods
  3. caas also
  4. evacertainly
  5. prāyaścittamcompensation
  6. samarpaṇamultimate offering
  7. puruṣathe Personality of Godhead
  8. avayavaiḥfrom the parts of the body of the Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “kingdom”

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

How would my priorities change if pleasing Nārāyaṇa were my measure of success?

Practice

Before one act of worship today, consciously make pleasing Nārāyaṇa your purpose.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPleasing Nārāyaṇa Makes Human Life SuccessfulThis 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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