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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 4 · Chapter 6: Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
4.6.74.6.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.6.8

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Conjecturing on the origin of the storm, theysince 4.5.8inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

स इत्थमादिश्य सुरानजस्तु तै:

समन्वित: पितृभि: सप्रजेशै: ।

ययौ स्वधिष्ण्यान्निलयं पुरद्विष:

कैलासमद्रिप्रवरं प्रियं प्रभो: ॥ ८ ॥

sa ittham ādiśya surān ajas tu taiḥ

samanvitaḥ pitṛbhiḥ sa-prajeśaiḥ

yayau sva-dhiṣṇyān nilayaṁ pura-dviṣaḥ

kailāsam adri-pravaraṁ priyaṁ prabhoḥ

Translation

After thus instructing all the demigods, the Pitās and the lords of the living entities, Lord Brahmā took them with him and left for the abode of Lord Śiva, known as the Kailāsa Hill.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Brahmā Leads the Journey to Kailāsa

  1. 1

    Lord Brahmā instructed the demigods, the Pitās and the lords of the living entities.

  2. 2

    After instructing them, he took them with him and departed for Lord Śiva’s abode.

  3. 3

    Lord Śiva’s abode is known as Kailāsa Hill. The purport introduces the description of this abode that follows.

Key points from the purport
  • The abode of Lord Śiva, which is known as Kailāsa, is described in the fourteen verses which follow.

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

Humiliation and anger → Reconciliation. Relational offense leads to grief and destruction before restoration.

Chapters 1–7 of Canto 4: Dakṣa, Satī and Śiva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva

Brahmā and the demigods approach Lord Śiva, asking him to show mercy.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥhe (Brahmā)
  2. itthamthus
  3. ādiśyaafter instructing
  4. surānthe demigods
  5. ajaḥLord Brahmā
  6. tuthen
  7. taiḥthose
  8. samanvitaḥfollowed
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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

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

Do I follow helpful instruction with a concrete action?

Practice

Take one small step today to carry out helpful guidance you have already received.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBrahmā Leads the Journey to KailāsaThis 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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