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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.646.18.66-67

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.65

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.18.65inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न ममार दितेर्गर्भ: श्रीनिवासानुकम्पया ।

बहुधा कुलिशक्षुण्णो द्रौण्यस्त्रेण यथा भवान् ॥ ६५ ॥

na mamāra diter garbhaḥ

śrīnivāsānukampayā

bahudhā kuliśa-kṣuṇṇo

drauṇy-astreṇa yathā bhavān

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, you were burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā, but when Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the womb of your mother, you were saved. Similarly, although the one embryo was cut into forty-nine pieces by the thunderbolt of Indra, they were all saved by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Saved by the Supreme Lord’s Mercy

  1. 1

    King Parīkṣit was burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā. Lord Kṛṣṇa entered his mother’s womb and saved him.

  2. 2

    Indra’s thunderbolt cut the one embryo into forty-nine pieces. Yet all were saved by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī compares these two events to show the saving mercy of the Supreme Lord.

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:

Thus he entered her womb and cut her son into forty-nine parts. In this way the forty-nine kinds of air known as the Maruts appeared, but because Diti had performed the Vaiṣṇava ritualistic ceremonies, all the sons became Vaiṣṇavas.
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. mamāradied
  3. diteḥof Diti
  4. garbhaḥthe embryo
  5. śrīnivāsaof Lord Viṣṇu, the resting place of the goddess of fortune
  6. anukampayāby the mercy
  7. bahu-dhāinto many pieces
  8. kuliśaby the thunderbolt
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “mother”, “mother’s”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “king”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “mercy”

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

How does remembering the Lord’s mercy deepen my trust in Him?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to thank Lord Kṛṣṇa for His mercy.

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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 6.18's connections

Live this todaySaved by the Supreme Lord’s MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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