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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 19: Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony
6.19.96.19.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.10

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भ‍ूमौ भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा ।

दशवारं जपेन्मन्त्रं तत: स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ १० ॥

praṇamed daṇḍavad bhūmau

bhakti-prahveṇa cetasā

daśa-vāraṁ japen mantraṁ

tataḥ stotram udīrayet

Translation

One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled through devotion. While offering daṇḍavats by falling on the ground like a rod, one should chant the above mantra ten times. Then one should chant the following prayer.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bow with a Mind Humbled by Devotion

  1. 1

    One should offer obeisances to the Lord with a mind humbled through devotion.

  2. 2

    The prescribed daṇḍavats involve falling on the ground like a rod while chanting the previously given mantra ten times.

  3. 3

    After these obeisances and repetitions of the mantra, one should chant the prayer that follows.

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 19: Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One should offer obeisances while chanting this mantra ten times. Then one should chant the Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa mantra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. praṇametshould offer obeisances
  2. daṇḍa-vatlike a stick
  3. bhūmauon the ground
  4. bhaktithrough devotion
  5. prahveṇahumble
  6. cetasāwith a mind
  7. daśa-vāramten times
  8. japetshould utter
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “chant”, “chanting”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “devotion”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “humbled”

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

Is my outward respect accompanied by a humble mind?

Practice

Offer one respectful bow to the Lord today, consciously cultivating humility through devotion.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBow with a Mind Humbled by DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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