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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
6.4.256.4.27-28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.4.26

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Prajāpati Dakṣasince 6.4.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यदोपरामो मनसो नामरूप-

रूपस्य द‍ृष्टस्मृतिसम्प्रमोषात् ।

य ईयते केवलया स्वसंस्थया

हंसाय तस्मै शुचिसद्मने नम: ॥ २६ ॥

yadoparāmo manaso nāma-rūpa-

rūpasya dṛṣṭa-smṛti-sampramoṣāt

ya īyate kevalayā sva-saṁsthayā

haṁsāya tasmai śuci-sadmane namaḥ

Translation

When one’s consciousness is completely purified of the contamination of material existence, gross and subtle, without being agitated as in the working and dreaming states, and when the mind is not dissolved as in suṣupti, deep sleep, one comes to the platform of trance. Then one’s material vision and the memories of the mind, which manifests names and forms, are vanquished. Only in such a trance is the Supreme Personality of Godhead revealed. Thus let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seen in that uncontaminated, transcendental state.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Reveals Himself Through Purified Service

  1. 1

    Realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is more difficult than Brahman or Paramātmā realization. Ultimate realization comes when mental speculation stops.

  2. 2

    The pure spiritual trance in which the Lord is revealed is beyond waking experience, dreams and deep sleep. It is called viśuddha-sattva or vasudeva-sattva.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, reveals Himself when the senses are engaged in His service. Especially by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and tasting only Kṛṣṇa prasāda with a spirit of service, one's entire existence becomes purified.

Key points from the purport
  • Above gross experience and dreams is suṣupti, deep sleep, and when one comes to the completely spiritual platform, transcending deep sleep, he attains trance, viśuddha-sattva, or vasudeva-sattva, in which the Personality of Godhead is revealed.
  • Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ: as long as one is situated in duality, on the sensual platform, gross or subtle, realization of the original Personality of Godhead is impossible.
  • Dakṣa therefore offers his respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is revealed on the platform of śuci-sadma.

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 6.4.26 quotesSB 10.14.6

In this regard Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura quotes the following prayer by Lord Brahmā from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.6): tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ.

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 conception of God derived through the material senses is inaccurate because the Supreme Lord is beyond the material senses, but when one engages his senses in devotional service, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead is revealed on the platform of the soul. When that Supreme Godhead becomes the aim of one’s life, one is said to have attained spiritual knowledge.
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. yadāwhen in trance
  2. uparāmaḥcomplete cessation
  3. manasaḥof the mind
  4. nāma-rūpamaterial names and forms
  5. rūpasyaof that by which they appear
  6. dṛṣṭaof material vision
  7. smṛtiand of remembrance
  8. sampramoṣātdue to the destruction
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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

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 6.4

    In this verse: “purified”, “contamination”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “material”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 6.4

    In this verse: “chanting”

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 can I approach chanting with a spirit of service rather than mental speculation?

Practice

Spend a few minutes chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra with the intention of serving the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 10.14.6

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 6.4's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Reveals Himself Through Purified ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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