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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
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 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

6.18.35 6.18.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.36

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सोऽहं त्वयार्चितो भद्रे ईद‍ृग्भावेन भक्तित: ।

तं ते सम्पादये काममसतीनां सुदुर्लभम् ॥ ३६ ॥

so ’haṁ tvayārcito bhadre

īdṛg-bhāvena bhaktitaḥ

taṁ te sampādaye kāmam

asatīnāṁ sudurlabham

Translation

My dear gentle wife, because you have worshiped me with great devotion, considering me a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I shall reward you by fulfilling your desires, which are unobtainable for an unchaste wife.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devoted Service Receives a Promise

1
The husband acknowledges that his wife has worshiped him with great devotion.
2
She has served him while considering him a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
3
He promises to fulfill her desires as a reward, describing this reward as unobtainable for an unchaste wife.

How it feels

Resentment and resolve → Constraint and consequence. Family conflict frames a test of intention.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 6: Diti's vow and discipline. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A description of Āditya Urukrama, who is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will be offered in the Eighth Canto. The demons born of Diti are also described in this chapter.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.18

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

saḥsuch a person
ahamI
tvayāby you
arcitaḥworshiped
bhadreO gentle woman
īdṛk-bhāvenain such a way
bhaktitaḥwith devotion
tamthat

Key ideas in this verse

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

Manvantara · The change of Manus
What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 6.18
In this verse: “devotion”, “worshiped”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does sincere devotion have in the way I serve?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and identify the devotional attitude for which the wife is praised.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDevoted Service Receives a PromiseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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