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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 6 · Chapter 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa
6.4.536.5.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.4.54

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.4.54inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

इत्युक्त्वा मिषतस्तस्य भगवान् विश्वभावन: ।

स्वप्नोपलब्धार्थ इव तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरि: ॥ ५४ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

ity uktvā miṣatas tasya

bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ

svapnopalabdhārtha iva

tatraivāntardadhe hariḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After the creator of the entire universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, had spoken in this way in the presence of Prajāpati Dakṣa, He immediately disappeared as if He were an object experienced in a dream.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hari Disappears After Speaking

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes Hari as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the creator of the entire universe.

  2. 2

    Hari finishes speaking in the presence of Prajāpati Dakṣa and immediately disappears.

  3. 3

    His disappearance is compared to that of an object experienced in a dream. The comparison describes His disappearance, while the translation identifies Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sixth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by Prajāpati Dakṣa.”

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

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:

Indeed, Dakṣa received his name because he was very expert in sex life. After awarding this benediction, Lord Viṣṇu disappeared.
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. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak
  2. itithus
  3. uktvāsaying
  4. miṣataḥ tasyawhile he (Dakṣa) was personally looking on
  5. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. viśva-bhāvanaḥwho creates the universal affairs
  7. svapna-upalabdha-arthaḥan object obtained in dreaming
  8. ivalike
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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

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 stands out to me about Hari being identified as the creator of the entire universe?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to remember Hari as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and creator of the entire universe.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHari Disappears After SpeakingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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