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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?
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  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
6.19.246.19.26-28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.25

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एतच्चरित्वा विधिवद्‌व्रतं विभो

रभीप्सितार्थं लभते पुमानिह ।

स्त्री चैतदास्थाय लभेत सौभगं

श्रियं प्रजां जीवपतिं यशो गृहम् ॥ २५ ॥

etac caritvā vidhivad vrataṁ vibhor

abhīpsitārthaṁ labhate pumān iha

strī caitad āsthāya labheta saubhagaṁ

śriyaṁ prajāṁ jīva-patiṁ yaśo gṛham

Translation

If this vow or ritualistic ceremony is observed according to the description of śāstra, even in this life a man will be able to achieve all the benedictions he desires from the Lord. A wife who performs this ritualistic ceremony will surely receive good fortune, opulence, sons, a long-living husband, a good reputation and a good home.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Blessings While Remaining Kṛṣṇa Conscious

  1. 1

    This vow should be performed according to the injunctions of śāstra. Through it, a man can receive his desired benedictions from the Supreme Personality of Godhead even in this life.

  2. 2

    A woman who performs this ceremony is promised good fortune, opulence, children, a long-living husband, a good reputation and a good home.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that a man and woman performing this vrata in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be happy in this material world. Because they are Kṛṣṇa conscious, they will also be promoted to the spiritual world.

Key points from the purport
  • In Bengal even today if a woman lives for a long time with her husband, she is considered very fortunate.
  • A woman generally desires a good husband, good children, a good home, prosperity, opulence and so on.
  • Thus by performing this particular type of vrata, a man and a woman in Kṛṣṇa consciousness will be happy in this material world, and because of being Kṛṣṇa conscious they will be promoted to the spiritual world.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

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 summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. etatthis
  2. caritvāperforming
  3. vidhi-vataccording to the injunctions of śāstra
  4. vratamvow
  5. vibhoḥfrom the Lord
  6. abhīpsitadesired
  7. arthamobject
  8. labhategets
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “material”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “children”

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

When seeking blessings from Kṛṣṇa, am I also keeping spiritual progress in view?

Practice

Take one minute today to remember Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and your goal of devotional service rather than only material blessings.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Blessings While Remaining Kṛṣṇa ConsciousThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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