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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 5 · Chapter 19: A Description of the Island of Jambūdvīpa
5.19.145.19.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 5.19.15

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 5.19.9inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तन्न: प्रभो त्वं कुकलेवरार्पितां

त्वन्माययाहंममतामधोक्षज ।

भिन्द्याम येनाशु वयं सुदुर्भिदां

विधेहि योगं त्वयि न: स्वभावमिति ॥ १५ ॥

tan naḥ prabho tvaṁ kukalevarārpitāṁ

tvan-māyayāhaṁ-mamatām adhokṣaja

bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṁ sudurbhidāṁ

vidhehi yogaṁ tvayi naḥ svabhāvam iti

Translation

Therefore, O Lord, O Transcendence, kindly help us by giving us the power to execute bhakti-yoga so that we can control our restless minds and fix them upon You. We are all infected by Your illusory energy; therefore we are very attached to the body, which is full of stool and urine, and to anything related with the body. Except for devotional service, there is no way to give up this attachment. Therefore kindly bestow upon us this benediction.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Transfer Your Attachment to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The perfect yoga system means always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, engaging in devotional service, worshiping Him and offering Him obeisances.

  2. 2

    Attachment to the body and bodily relationships is very difficult to give up. The prayer asks the Lord for strength to practice bhakti-yoga and fix the restless mind upon Him.

  3. 3

    The perfection of yoga is to transfer our attachment from the body and material enjoyment to Kṛṣṇa. Through this devotional service, we follow the path of liberation.

Key points from the purport
  • Unless we practice this yoga system, our illusory attachment for this bad body, which is full of stool and urine, is impossible to give up.
  • The perfection of yoga consists of giving up attachment for this body and bodily relationships and transferring that attachment to Kṛṣṇa.
  • One has to practice this yoga system and none other.

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

Smallness → Awe and reverence. A vast cosmos changes the reader's perspective.

Chapters 15–25 of Canto 5: The cosmic regions and divine worship. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 19: A Description of the Island of Jambūdvīpa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One then gets the opportunity to offer unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva. Because of this opportunity, the inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa are praised even in the heavenly planets.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 5.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tattherefore
  2. naḥour
  3. prabhoO my Lord
  4. tvamYou
  5. ku-kalevara-arpitāminvested in this bad body full of stool and urine
  6. tvat-māyayāby Your illusory energy
  7. aham-mamatāmthe conception of “I and my”
  8. adhokṣajaO Transcendence
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 5.19

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “bhakti-yoga”, “worshiping”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 5.19

    In this verse: “attached”, “attachment”, “material”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 5.19

    In this verse: “kindly”

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

Which attachment could I begin redirecting toward Kṛṣṇa through devotional service?

Practice

Offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa today and ask Him for strength to fix your mind upon Him.

Live this todayTransfer Your Attachment to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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