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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 7 · Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
7.1.427.1.44

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.1.43

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.1.36inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

तं सर्वभूतात्मभूतं प्रशान्तं समदर्शनम् ।

भगवत्तेजसा स्पृष्टं नाशक्नोद्धन्तुमुद्यमै: ॥ ४३ ॥

taṁ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtaṁ

praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam

bhagavat-tejasā spṛṣṭaṁ

nāśaknod dhantum udyamaiḥ

Translation

The Lord, the Supersoul of all living entities, is sober, peaceful and equal to everyone. Since the great devotee Prahlāda was protected by the Lord’s potency, Hiraṇyakaśipu was unable to kill him, in spite of endeavoring to do so in various ways.

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 Is Equal to Everyone

  1. 1

    The Lord is equally situated in the core of everyone’s heart. He is peaceful and equally disposed toward everyone.

  2. 2

    When the Lord punishes someone, it is like a father correcting his child for the child’s welfare. His punishment is also a manifestation of His equality.

  3. 3

    The Lord remains equipoised while carrying out His will. Protected by the Lord’s potency, Prahlāda could not be killed by Hiraṇyakaśipu’s repeated attempts.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus He cannot be envious of anyone or friendly to anyone; for Him everyone is the same.
  • Therefore the Lord is described as praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam.
  • Although the Lord has to execute His will properly, He is equipoised in all circumstances.

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

Pride and rage → Oppression. The ruler's power intensifies his insecurity.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 7: Hiraṇyakaśipu's ascent and intimidation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains that because of their offenses at the feet of devotees, two attendants of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha named Jaya and Vijaya became Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa in Satya-yuga, Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa in the next yuga, Tretā-yuga, and Śiśupāla and Dantavakra at the end of Dvāpara-yuga. Because of their fruitive acts, Jaya and Vijaya agreed to become the Lord’s enemies, and when killed in that mentality, they attained salvation in oneness.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tamHim
  2. sarva-bhūta-ātma-bhūtamthe soul in all entities
  3. praśāntampeaceful and without hatred, etc.
  4. sama-darśanamequal to everyone
  5. bhagavat-tejasāwith the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. spṛṣṭamprotected
  7. nanot
  8. aśaknotwas able
  9. hantumto kill
  10. udyamaiḥby great attempts and various weapons
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “devotee”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “father”, “child”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “protected”

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 does the example of a caring father help you understand the Lord’s punishment?

Practice

When meeting someone today, pause to remember that the Lord is present in that person’s heart too.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 7.1's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Is Equal to EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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