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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
2.6.32.6.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.4

Sarga· Creation
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

तद्गात्रं वस्तुसाराणां सौभगस्य च भाजनम् ।

त्वगस्य स्पर्शवायोश्च सर्वमेधस्य चैव हि ॥ ४ ॥

tad-gātraṁ vastu-sārāṇāṁ

saubhagasya ca bhājanam

tvag asya sparśa-vāyoś ca

sarva-medhasya caiva hi

Translation

His bodily surface is the breeding ground for the active principles of everything and for all kinds of auspicious opportunities. His skin, like the moving air, is the generating center for all kinds of sense of touch and is the place for performing all kinds of sacrifice.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Is the Source of Auspiciousness

  1. 1

    The Lord’s bodily surface is the field of production for the active principles of everything and all auspicious opportunities.

  2. 2

    His skin, like the moving air, generates the sense of touch and is the place for performing sacrifices.

  3. 3

    Air is the moving agent of all the planets. Sacrifices, which enable promotion to deserving planets, have their generating centers in the Lord’s bodily surface.

Key points from the purport
  • The air is the moving agent of all the planets, and as such, the generating centers for promotion to the deserving planets, the sacrifices, are His bodily surface and are naturally the origin of all auspicious opportunities.

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. tatHis
  2. gātrambodily surface
  3. vastu-sārāṇāmof the active principles of all articles
  4. saubhagasyaof all auspicious opportunities
  5. caand
  6. bhājanamthe field of production
  7. tvakskin
  8. asyaHis
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Sarga · The creation of the universe

    Where does the universe come from? · Subject 1 of 10

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 2.6

    In this verse: “principles”

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 might you remember the Lord when an auspicious opportunity comes?

Practice

Recall one favorable opportunity you have today and acknowledge the Lord as the source of auspicious opportunities.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Is the Source of AuspiciousnessThis 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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