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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
6.19.76.19.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.19.8

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.19.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

हवि:शेषं च जुहुयादनले द्वादशाहुती: ।

ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महाविभूतिपतये स्वाहेति ॥ ८ ॥

haviḥ-śeṣaṁ ca juhuyād

anale dvādaśāhutī

oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya

mahāvibhūti-pataye svāheti

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After worshiping the Lord with all the paraphernalia mentioned above, one should chant the following mantra while offering twelve oblations of ghee on the sacred fire: oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahāvibhūti-pataye svāhā.

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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.

Follow the Prescribed Offering Sequence

  1. 1

    The fire offerings follow worship of the Lord with the articles already mentioned.

  2. 2

    The prescribed ceremony includes twelve oblations of ghee offered into the sacred fire.

  3. 3

    During these offerings, one should chant: oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahāvibhūti-pataye svāhā.

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 one should offer twelve oblations in the fire while chanting this mantra: oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahāvibhūti-pataye svāhā. One should offer obeisances while chanting this mantra ten times.
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. haviḥ-śeṣamremnants of the offering
  2. caand
  3. juhuyātone should offer
  4. analein the fire
  5. dvādaśatwelve
  6. āhutīḥoblations
  7. omO my Lord
  8. namaḥobeisances
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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: “worshiping”, “worship”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 6.19

    In this verse: “chant”

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 does this careful sequence teach me about following instructions in worship?

Practice

Read the prescribed mantra aloud once, carefully attending to its words.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayFollow the Prescribed Offering SequenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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