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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 2 · Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
2.6.272.6.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.28

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

इति सम्भृतसम्भार: पुरुषावयवैरहम् ।

तमेव पुरुषं यज्ञं तेनैवायजमीश्वरम् ॥ २८ ॥

iti sambhṛta-sambhāraḥ

puruṣāvayavair aham

tam eva puruṣaṁ yajñaṁ

tenaivāyajam īśvaram

Translation

Thus I created the ingredients and paraphernalia for offering sacrifice out of the parts of the body of the Supreme Lord, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, and I performed the sacrifice to satisfy the Lord.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sacrifice for the Lord Brings Peace

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord is the enjoyer of sacrifice, the proprietor of everything, and the friend of all living beings. Knowing this is the foundation of peace.

  2. 2

    Sacrifice means dedicating one's own interests to satisfy another. Such sacrifice reaches perfection when it is performed for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord.

  3. 3

    The Lord supplies both the ingredients of sacrifice and the support of its performer. Through association with pure devotees, those who work with this understanding gradually become pure devotees themselves.

Key points from the purport
  • The karma-yogīs know that the Supreme Lord is the factual enjoyer and maintainer of all sacrifices and of the austere life.
  • Because the Lord is the proprietor of everything, because the Lord is the friend of all living creatures, and because He is the maintainer of the performer of sacrifice, as well as the supplier of the ingredients of sacrifices, it is He only and no one else who should be satisfied by all sacrifices.
  • If men at all want peace in the world, they must practice sacrifice in the interest of the supreme proprietor and friend of all.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 2.6.28 quotesBG 5.29

In the Bhagavad-gītā (5.29) the following prescription is recommended: The karma-yogīs know that the Supreme Lord is the factual enjoyer and maintainer of all sacrifices and of the austere life.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. itithus
  2. sambhṛtaexecuted
  3. sambhāraḥequipped myself well
  4. puruṣathe Personality of Godhead
  5. avayavaiḥby the parts and parcels
  6. ahamI
  7. tam evaunto Him
  8. puruṣamthe 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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “devotees”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “understanding”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “friend”

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 could I make one of my daily efforts more concerned with satisfying the Lord?

Practice

Before one task today, pause and consciously dedicate your effort to the Lord's satisfaction.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySacrifice for the Lord Brings PeaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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