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  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
6.19.19-206.19.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.21

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

एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान् द्वादश हायनम् ।

नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमेऽहनि ॥ २१ ॥

etena pūjā-vidhinā

māsān dvādaśa hāyanam

nītvāthoparamet sādhvī

kārtike carame ’hani

Translation

The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika [October-November].

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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.

Continue Devotional Service With Steadiness

  1. 1

    The chaste wife should perform this devotional service continuously.

  2. 2

    The prescribed period of service is one full year.

  3. 3

    After that year, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika.

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:

After continuing this process for one full year, the chaste wife should fast on the pūrṇimā, the full-moon day, of Kārttika. On the following day, the husband should worship the Lord as before and then observe a festival by cooking nice food and distributing prasāda to the brāhmaṇas.
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. etenawith this
  2. pūjā-vidhināregulated worship
  3. māsān dvādaśatwelve months
  4. hāyanama year
  5. nītvāafter passing
  6. athathen
  7. uparametshould fast
  8. sādhvīthe chaste wife
  9. kārtikein Kārttika
  10. carame ahanion the final day
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotional service”

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

What can help me approach devotional service as a steady commitment?

Practice

Choose a time today for devotional service and keep that appointment.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayContinue Devotional Service With SteadinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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