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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

6.19.14 6.19.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.15

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इत्यभिष्टूय वरदं श्रीनिवासं श्रिया सह ।

तन्नि:सार्योपहरणं

दत्त्वाचमनमर्चयेत् ॥ १५ ॥

ity abhiṣṭūya varadaṁ

śrīnivāsaṁ śriyā saha

tan niḥsāryopaharaṇaṁ

dattvācamanam arcayet

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thus one should worship Lord Viṣṇu, who is known as Śrīnivāsa, along with mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, by offering prayers according to the process mentioned above. After removing all the paraphernalia of worship, one should offer them water to wash their hands and mouths, and then one should worship them again.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Worship With Prayer and Attentive Service

1
One should worship Lord Viṣṇu, known as Śrīnivāsa, together with mother Lakṣmī.
2
Prayers are offered according to the prescribed process, and then the paraphernalia of worship is removed.
3
Water is offered for washing their hands and mouths. Worship is then offered again.

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:

Then, covering her body with a white dress and being properly ornamented, before breakfast she should worship Lord Viṣṇu and mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, Lord Viṣṇu’s wife, by glorifying Lord Viṣṇu for His mercy, patience, prowess, ability, greatness and other glories and for how He can bestow all mystic benedictions.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.19

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

itithus
abhiṣṭūyaoffering prayers
vara-damwho bestows benedictions
śrī-nivāsamunto Lord Viṣṇu, the abode of the goddess of fortune
śriyā sahawith Lakṣmī
tatthen
niḥsāryaremoving
upaharaṇamthe paraphernalia for worship

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 6.19
In this verse: “worship”
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 6.19
In this verse: “mother”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give more attention to the small details of worship?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Lord Viṣṇu and mother Lakṣmī with careful attention.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayWorship With Prayer and Attentive ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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