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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 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
7.10.187.10.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.19

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 7.10.18inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

यत्र यत्र च मद्भ‍क्ता: प्रशान्ता: समदर्शिन: ।

साधव: समुदाचारास्ते पूयन्तेऽपि कीकटा: ॥ १९ ॥

yatra yatra ca mad-bhaktāḥ

praśāntāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

sādhavaḥ samudācārās

te pūyante ’pi kīkaṭāḥ

Translation

Whenever and wherever there are peaceful, equipoised devotees who are well-behaved and decorated with all good qualities, that place and the dynasties there, even if condemned, are purified.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Exalted Devotees Purify the Places They Live

  1. 1

    The Lord’s devotees are peaceful, equipoised and well-behaved. They are decorated with all good qualities.

  2. 2

    Wherever such devotees are present, the place and its dynasties are purified, even if previously condemned.

  3. 3

    The influence of exalted devotees extends beyond themselves and their families. Wherever they stay, the entire country is purified.

Key points from the purport
  • Wherever exalted devotees stay, not only they and their dynasties but the entire country is purified.

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

Terror and divine fury → Protection and compassion. The crisis resolves through relationship rather than domination.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 7: Nṛsiṁhadeva appears; Prahlāda pacifies Him. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, did not ask anything from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rather, he said that if the Lord wanted to give him a benediction, he wanted the Lord to assure him that he would never be induced to take any benedictions for the sake of material desires.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatra yatrawherever and whenever
  2. caalso
  3. mat-bhaktāḥMy devotees
  4. praśāntāḥextremely peaceful
  5. sama-darśinaḥequipoised
  6. sādhavaḥdecorated with all good qualities
  7. samudācārāḥequally magnanimous
  8. teall of them
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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 7.10

    In this verse: “devotees”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “purified”

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

Which of these qualities of a devotee do I most need to cultivate?

Practice

In one conversation today, practice peaceful, respectful behavior while remembering the qualities of the Lord’s devotees.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayExalted Devotees Purify the Places They LiveThis 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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