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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
6.4.436.4.45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.4.44

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 6.4.43inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रीतोऽहं ते प्रजानाथ यत्तेऽस्योद्बृंहणं तप: ।

ममैष कामो भूतानां यद्भ‍ूयासुर्विभूतय: ॥ ४४ ॥

prīto ’haṁ te prajā-nātha

yat te ’syodbṛṁhaṇaṁ tapaḥ

mamaiṣa kāmo bhūtānāṁ

yad bhūyāsur vibhūtayaḥ

Translation

My dear Prajāpati Dakṣa, you have performed extreme austerities for the welfare and growth of the world. My desire also is that everyone within this world be happy. I am therefore very pleased with you because you are endeavoring to fulfill My desire for the welfare of the entire world.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Real Welfare Leads Souls to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The Lord desires the welfare of all living entities. He is pleased with Dakṣa because Dakṣa endeavors to fulfill that desire.

  2. 2

    Conditioned souls struggle because they have turned away from the Lord’s service. Liberation means surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Giving others a chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious is real welfare work. Such service pleases Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • Why does the creation take place in such a way that the living entities are put into conditioned life to suffer the threefold miseries imposed upon them by the material nature?
  • All the living entities within this material world have revolted against the service of the Lord, and therefore they remain within this material world as ever conditioned, nitya-baddha, taking birth again and again.
  • Prajāpati Dakṣa is trying to benefit the conditioned souls by begetting them to give them a life with a chance for liberation.

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· 4

The purport of SB 6.4.44 quotesBG 7.14

As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.14): “This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome.

The purport of SB 6.4.44 quotesBG 15.7

Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gītā (15.7) the Lord says: “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts.

The purport of SB 6.4.44 quotesCC Madhya 20.118

As confirmed in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 20.118), kabhu svarge uṭhāya, kabhu narake ḍubāya: the conditioned soul sometimes descends into nescience and sometimes gets some relief by being relatively freed from it.

The purport of SB 6.4.44 quotesBG 18.68

As the Lord Himself confirms in Bhagavad-gītā (18.68-69):

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:

To fulfill the desires of His devotees, He appears in various incarnations, and therefore there is no need to worship the demigods.” Being very satisfied by the prayers of Dakṣa, Lord Viṣṇu appeared before Dakṣa with eight arms.
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. prītaḥvery much pleased
  2. ahamI
  3. tewith you
  4. prajā-nāthaO king of population
  5. yatbecause
  6. teyour
  7. asyaof this material world
  8. udbṛṁhaṇamcausing increase
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 6.4

    In this verse: “welfare”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 6.4

    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 can I help someone have an opportunity to become Kṛṣṇa conscious?

Practice

Share one teaching about surrender to Kṛṣṇa from this passage with someone willing to hear.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayReal Welfare Leads Souls to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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