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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 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.496.18.51

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.50

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.48inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नोच्छिष्टास्पृष्टसलिला सन्ध्यायां मुक्तमूर्धजा ।

अनर्चितासंयतवाक्नासंवीता बहिश्चरेत् ॥ ५० ॥

nocchiṣṭāspṛṣṭa-salilā

sandhyāyāṁ mukta-mūrdhajā

anarcitāsaṁyata-vāk

nāsaṁvītā bahiś caret

Translation

After eating, you should not go out to the street without having washed your mouth, hands and feet. You should not go out in the evening or with your hair loose, nor should you go out unless you are properly decorated with ornaments. You should not leave the house unless you are very grave and are sufficiently covered.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Purification Culminates in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

  1. 1

    Diti was instructed to wash her mouth, hands, and feet after eating before going outside. Her vow also regulated when and how she could leave the house.

  2. 2

    Kaśyapa Muni advised her to go out well dressed, properly adorned, sufficiently covered, and grave. The purport presents these methods as means of purification.

  3. 3

    The purport concludes that one who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness is fully purified. Such a person remains transcendental to the contamination of the material world.

Key points from the purport
  • Kaśyapa Muni advised his wife not to go out onto the street unless she was well decorated and well dressed.
  • In Oriental civilization, when a woman goes out onto the street, she must be fully covered so that no man will recognize who she is.
  • If one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one is fully purified, and thus one remains always transcendental to the contamination of the material world.

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

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

Further reading

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Kṛti, the wife of Saṁhlāda, bore a son named Pañcajana. Hlāda’s wife, whose name was Dhamani, gave birth to two sons — Vātāpi and Ilvala.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. ucchiṣṭāafter eating
  3. aspṛṣṭa-salilāwithout washing
  4. sandhyāyāmin the evening
  5. mukta-mūrdhajāwith the hair loose
  6. anarcitāwithout ornaments
  7. asaṁyata-vākwithout being grave
  8. nanot
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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

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “purification”, “contamination”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “material”

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 remember Kṛṣṇa consciousness as the purpose beyond outward cleanliness?

Practice

After a meal today, wash your mouth, hands, and feet, remembering the importance of purification.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPurification Culminates in Kṛṣṇa ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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