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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 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa
6.4.136.4.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.4.14

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.4.4inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

य: समुत्पतितं देह आकाशान्मन्युमुल्बणम् ।

आत्मजिज्ञासया यच्छेत्स गुणानतिवर्तते ॥ १४ ॥

yaḥ samutpatitaṁ deha

ākāśān manyum ulbaṇam

ātma-jijñāsayā yacchet

sa guṇān ativartate

Translation

One who inquires into self-realization and thus subdues his powerful anger — which awakens suddenly in the body as if falling from the sky — transcends the influence of the modes of material nature.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Subdue Anger Through Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Anger can arise suddenly and make one forget oneself and one’s situation. Inquiry into self-realization helps one consider the situation through knowledge.

  2. 2

    Spiritual advancement gives strength to control lust, anger, greed, illusion, and envy. Full engagement in the Lord’s service makes freedom from their influence possible.

  3. 3

    Unwavering devotional service brings one beyond the modes of material nature. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement engages people in this service so they are not victimized by those modes.

Key points from the purport
  • When one becomes angry, he forgets himself and his situation, but if one is able to consider his situation by knowledge, one transcends the influence of the modes of material nature.
  • One who obtains such control will always be transcendentally situated, untouched by the modes of material nature.
  • One must perform devotional service because otherwise one will become victimized by the modes of material nature.

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 6.4.14 quotesBG 14.26

As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26): “One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the spiritual platform.”

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

Anger and conflict → Spiritual commitment. Competing understandings of duty create relational tension.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 6: Dakṣa, Nārada and the consequences of preaching. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul, Lord Hari, is the controller of both the living entities and the material nature. He is self-sufficient and self-effulgent.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.4
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥanyone who
  2. samutpatitamsuddenly awakened
  3. dehein the body
  4. ākāśātfrom the sky
  5. manyumanger
  6. ulbaṇampowerful
  7. ātma-jijñāsayāby inquiry into spiritual realization or self-realization
  8. yacchetsubdues
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.4

    In this verse: “material”, “illusion”, “lust”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 6.4

    In this verse: “inquires”, “knowledge”, “inquiry”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 6.4

    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

When anger arises, do I turn toward spiritual understanding and service to the Lord?

Practice

If anger arises today, pause before responding and choose one small act of devotional service.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySubdue Anger Through Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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