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1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 6 · Chapter 17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu

6.17.32 6.17.34-35

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.17.33

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Lord Śivasince 6.17.27inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न ह्यस्यास्ति प्रिय: कश्चिन्नाप्रिय: स्व: परोऽपि वा ।

आत्मत्वात्सर्वभूतानां सर्वभूतप्रियो हरि: ॥ ३३ ॥

na hy asyāsti priyaḥ kaścin

nāpriyaḥ svaḥ paro ’pi vā

ātmatvāt sarva-bhūtānāṁ

sarva-bhūta-priyo hariḥ

Translation

He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical. He has no one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him. He is actually the soul of the soul of all living entities. Thus He is the auspicious friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Is Everyone’s Auspicious Friend

1
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His second feature, is the Supersoul of all living entities. As the self is dear, the Superself is still more dear.
2
The Lord is equal to everyone, without partiality or enmity. Apparent relationships of favoritism or hostility arise through the illusory energy.
3
In the pure condition, the living entity is always near and dear to the Lord. The Lord is likewise dear to the living entity.

Key points from the purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His second feature, is the Supersoul of all living entities.
Relationships of dearness or enmity between the Supreme Lord and the living beings are due to the intervention of the illusory energy.
Actually, the living entity in his pure condition is always very near and dear to the Lord, and the Lord is dear to 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

Parental grief → Detachment and surrender. A flashback discloses the devotional history behind Vṛtrāsura.

Chapters 14–17 of Canto 6: Citraketu's grief, realization and curse. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The so-called demigods consider themselves independent lords, and in this way they are misled from understanding that all living entities are part of the Supreme. This chapter concludes by glorifying the devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.17

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

nanot
hiindeed
asyaof the Lord
astithere is
priyaḥvery dear
kaścitanyone
nanor
apriyaḥnot dear

Key ideas in this verse

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

Āśraya · The summum bonum
Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10
Sakhya · Sacred friendship
The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 6.17
In this verse: “friend”
Kṛpā · Divine mercy
Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 6.17
In this verse: “favoritism”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the Lord as everyone’s friend change the way you regard others?

Practice

When you meet someone today, pause to remember that the Lord is also their auspicious friend.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Is Everyone’s Auspicious FriendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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