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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
6.19.46.19.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.5

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.2-3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यथा त्वं कृपया भूत्या तेजसा महिमौजसा ।

जुष्ट ईश गुणै: सर्वैस्ततोऽसि भगवान् प्रभु: ॥ ५ ॥

yathā tvaṁ kṛpayā bhūtyā

tejasā mahimaujasā

juṣṭa īśa guṇaiḥ sarvais

tato ’si bhagavān prabhuḥ

Translation

O my Lord, because You are endowed with causeless mercy, all opulences, all prowess and all glories, strength and transcendental qualities, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of everyone.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Self-Sufficient Lord Welcomes Our Service

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, possesses all six opulences in full and is extremely kind to His devotees.

  2. 2

    Although full in Himself, He wants living entities to surrender and engage in His service. He is pleased by even a leaf, flower, fruit or water offered with devotion.

  3. 3

    The Lord can accomplish everything Himself, yet He gives His devotees work to do. His dependence on them is His causeless mercy and reveals the confidential relationship between master and servant.

Key points from the purport
  • The Supreme Personality of Godhead is endowed with all six opulences in full, and moreover He is extremely kind to His devotee.
  • Only the devotee can perceive how the Lord, although full in Himself, depends on His devotee for some particular work.
  • The devotee who has perceived this causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by realization can understand the master and the servant.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 6.19.5 quotesBG 11.33

This is explained in Bhagavad-gītā (11.33), where the Lord tells Arjuna, nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savyasācin: “O Arjuna, merely be an instrument in the fight.”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. yathāas
  2. tvamYou
  3. kṛpayāwith mercy
  4. bhūtyāwith opulences
  5. tejasāwith prowess
  6. mahima-ojasāwith glory and strength
  7. juṣṭaḥendowed
  8. īśaO my Lord
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “mercy”, “causeless”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotion”, “devotees”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “surrender”

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

How might I see an opportunity to serve as the Lord's mercy?

Practice

Offer a flower, fruit or water to the Lord with devotion, remembering that He welcomes your service.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Self-Sufficient Lord Welcomes Our ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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