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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 3 · Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
3.14.253.14.27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.26

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.14.5inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

न यस्य लोके स्वजन: परो वा

नात्याद‍ृतो नोत कश्चिद्विगर्ह्य: ।

वयं व्रतैर्यच्चरणापविद्धा-

माशास्महेऽजां बत भुक्तभोगाम् ॥ २६ ॥

na yasya loke sva-janaḥ paro vā

nātyādṛto nota kaścid vigarhyaḥ

vayaṁ vratair yac-caraṇāpaviddhām

āśāsmahe ’jāṁ bata bhukta-bhogām

Translation

Lord Śiva regards no one as his relative, yet there is no one who is not connected with him. He does not regard anyone as very favorable or abominable. We respectfully worship the remnants of his foodstuff, and we vow to accept what is rejected by him.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śiva’s Greatness Is His Devotion

  1. 1

    Lord Śiva is equal to everyone, without favoritism or enmity. His family relationship with Kaśyapa does not excuse an offense.

  2. 2

    Śiva’s greatness rests in his devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Food offered to Lord Kṛṣṇa is prasāda; when a great devotee such as Śiva eats it, the remnants are mahā-prasāda.

  3. 3

    Śiva does not seek material prosperity, although powerful material nature is under his control. He teaches that worship of Viṣṇu is highest, and worship of His great devotee or anything related to Him is greater still.

Key points from the purport
  • Kaśyapa warned her that actually Lord Śiva is not connected with anyone, nor is anyone his enemy.
  • The remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Kṛṣṇa are called prasāda, but when the same prasāda is eaten by a great devotee like Lord Śiva, it is called mahā-prasāda.
  • Lord Śiva is so great that he does not care for the material prosperity for which every one of us is so eager.

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

Threat and anger → Rescue and wonder. Divine protection appears amid cosmic confrontation.

Chapters 13–19 of Canto 3: Varāha, Jaya and Vijaya, Hiraṇyākṣa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

Diti desires sons, her husband performs a forbidden act, and their sons’ destruction by the Lord is foretold.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanever
  2. yasyaof whom
  3. lokein the world
  4. sva-janaḥkinsman
  5. paraḥunconnected
  6. vānor
  7. naneither
  8. atigreater
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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 3.14

    In this verse: “worship”, “devotion”, “devotee”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “favorable”, “favoritism”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.14

    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

Am I seeking material prosperity, or learning to value devotion as Lord Śiva does?

Practice

Offer one small, practical service to a devotee today without seeking anything in return.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayŚiva’s Greatness Is His DevotionThis 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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