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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
7.10.267.10.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.27

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 7.10.26inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

योऽसौ लब्धवरो मत्तो न वध्यो मम सृष्टिभि: ।

तपोयोगबलोन्नद्ध: समस्तनिगमानहन् ॥ २७ ॥

yo ’sau labdha-varo matto

na vadhyo mama sṛṣṭibhiḥ

tapo-yoga-balonnaddhaḥ

samasta-nigamān ahan

Translation

This demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu, received from me the benediction that he would not be killed by any living being within my creation. With this assurance and with strength derived from austerities and mystic power, he became excessively proud and transgressed all the Vedic injunctions.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Power Can Become a Cause of Pride

  1. 1

    Hiraṇyakaśipu received Brahmā’s benediction that no living being within Brahmā’s creation would kill him.

  2. 2

    With this assurance and strength from austerities and mystic power, he became excessively proud.

  3. 3

    His pride led him to transgress all the Vedic injunctions. His strength did not lead him to respect those instructions.

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:

As soon as lusty desires awaken, one’s senses, mind, life, soul, religious principles, patience, intelligence, shyness, beauty, strength, memory and truthfulness are all vanquished. One can render unalloyed devotional service only when there are no material desires in one’s mind.
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. yaḥthe person who
  2. asauhe (Hiraṇyakaśipu)
  3. labdha-varaḥbeing given the extraordinary benediction
  4. mattaḥfrom me
  5. na vadhyaḥnot to be killed
  6. mama sṛṣṭibhiḥby any living being created by me
  7. tapaḥ-yoga-balaby austerity, mystic power and strength
  8. unnaddhaḥthus being very proud
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “proud”, “pride”

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

Does confidence in my abilities ever make me disregard spiritual instruction?

Practice

Notice one ability you feel proud of, and remind yourself that it is no reason to disregard Vedic guidance.

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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 7.10's connections

Live this todayPower Can Become a Cause of PrideThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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