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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 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
4.7.464.7.48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.7.47

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The brāhmaṇassince 4.7.45inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

स प्रसीद त्वमस्माकमाकाङ्‌क्षतां

दर्शनं ते परिभ्रष्टसत्कर्मणाम् ।

कीर्त्यमाने नृभिर्नाम्नि यज्ञेश ते

यज्ञविघ्ना: क्षयं यान्ति तस्मै नम: ॥ ४७ ॥

sa prasīda tvam asmākam ākāṅkṣatāṁ

darśanaṁ te paribhraṣṭa-sat-karmaṇām

kīrtyamāne nṛbhir nāmni yajñeśa te

yajña-vighnāḥ kṣayaṁ yānti tasmai namaḥ

Translation

Dear Lord, we were awaiting Your audience because we have been unable to perform the yajñas according to the Vedic rituals. We pray unto You, therefore, to be pleased with us. Simply by chanting Your holy name, one can surpass all obstacles. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You in Your presence.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Trust the Holy Name and Kṛṣṇa’s Protection

  1. 1

    The priests prayed for the Lord’s pleasure after their sacrifice had been obstructed. They affirmed that chanting His holy name can overcome obstacles.

  2. 2

    With Lord Viṣṇu personally present, the priests were hopeful that their sacrifice would proceed without obstruction. They depended on His protection.

  3. 3

    When Kṛṣṇa protects someone, no one can harm him. When Kṛṣṇa wants to kill someone, no demigod can protect that person.

Key points from the purport
  • Rāvaṇa was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, but when Lord Rāmacandra wanted to kill him, Lord Śiva could not protect him.
  • If some demigod, even Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, wants to do harm to a devotee, Kṛṣṇa protects the devotee.
  • But when Kṛṣṇa wants to kill someone, such as Rāvaṇa or Hiraṇyakaśipu, no demigod can protect him.

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 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa

Lord Śiva is pacified, Dakṣa acknowledges his offense, and Lord Viṣṇu accepts the sacrifice.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥthat same person
  2. prasīdabe pleased
  3. tvamYou
  4. asmākamupon us
  5. ākāṅkṣatāmawaiting
  6. darśanamaudience
  7. teYour
  8. paribhraṣṭafallen down
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 4.7

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 4.7

    In this verse: “protection”

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 your service meets an obstacle, where do you turn for shelter?

Practice

Chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name before returning to one devotional task that has been interrupted.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 4.7's connections

Live this todayTrust the Holy Name and Kṛṣṇa’s ProtectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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