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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
2.6.322.6.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.33

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
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 तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि ।

नान्यद्भगवत: किंचिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

iti te ’bhihitaṁ tāta

yathedam anupṛcchasi

nānyad bhagavataḥ kiñcid

bhāvyaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam

Translation

My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Cause of All Causes

  1. 1

    Everything in the material and spiritual worlds depends on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the original cause of all persons and all energies.

  2. 2

    An effect can become the cause of another effect. Behind this succession of causes and effects stands the Lord, the cause of all causes.

  3. 3

    The original cause is personal: Lord Kṛṣṇa. Even the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahmajyoti, is an effect of Him.

Key points from the purport
  • The complete cosmic situation, both in the material and in the spiritual manifestations of the energies of the Lord, is working and moving first as the cause and then as the effect.
  • Effects of the original cause become the causes of other effects, and thus everything, either permanent or temporary, is working as cause and effect.
  • So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahmajyoti, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman (brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham), Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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 2.6.33 quotesBG 10.8

And in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.8) it is said: So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahmajyoti, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman (brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham), Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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. teunto you
  3. abhihitamexplained
  4. tātamy dear son
  5. yathāas
  6. idamall these
  7. anupṛcchasias you have inquired
  8. nanever
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

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

    In this verse: “inquired”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “material”

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

When I consider the causes behind my life, do I remember their ultimate dependence on Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one thing you depend on today and reflect on its ultimate dependence on Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Cause of All CausesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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