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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 19: Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

6.19.13 6.19.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.14

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यथा युवां त्रिलोकस्य वरदौ परमेष्ठिनौ ।

तथा म

उत्तमश्लोक सन्तु सत्या महाशिष: ॥ १४ ॥

yathā yuvāṁ tri-lokasya

varadau parameṣṭhinau

tathā ma uttamaśloka

santu satyā mahāśiṣaḥ

Translation

You are both the supreme rulers and benedictors of the three worlds. Therefore, my Lord, Uttamaśloka, may my ambitions be fulfilled by Your grace.

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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.

Seek Fulfillment Through the Lord’s Grace

1
The prayer addresses the Lord and His consort as the supreme rulers of the three worlds.
2
They are the givers of benedictions.
3
The speaker asks Lord Uttamaśloka to fulfill great ambitions by His grace.

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 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 summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.19

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

yathāsince
yuvāmboth of you
tri-lokasyaof the three worlds
vara-daugivers of benedictions
parame-ṣṭhinauthe supreme rulers
tathātherefore
memy
uttama-ślokaO Lord, who are praised with excellent verses

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
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 6.19
In this verse: “rulers”
Kṛpā · Divine mercy
Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 6.19
In this verse: “grace”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I pray for my desires, do I remember my dependence on the Lord’s grace?

Practice

Express one heartfelt aspiration to the Lord in prayer, asking for His grace.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Fulfillment Through the Lord’s GraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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