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  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.
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Canto 7 · Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
7.10.277.10.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.28

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
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

दिष्टय‍ा तत्तनय: साधुर्महाभागवतोऽर्भक: ।

त्वया विमोचितो मृत्योर्दिष्टय‍ा त्वां समितोऽधुना ॥ २८ ॥

diṣṭyā tat-tanayaḥ sādhur

mahā-bhāgavato ’rbhakaḥ

tvayā vimocito mṛtyor

diṣṭyā tvāṁ samito ’dhunā

Translation

By great fortune, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s son Prahlāda Mahārāja has now been released from death, for although he is a child, he is an exalted devotee. Now he is fully under the protection of Your lotus feet.

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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.

An Exalted Devotee Under the Lord’s Protection

  1. 1

    Prahlāda Mahārāja, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s son, had been released from death by the Lord.

  2. 2

    Although only a child, Prahlāda was an exalted devotee.

  3. 3

    Brahmā celebrates Prahlāda’s good fortune: he is now fully under the protection of the Lord’s lotus feet.

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:

Instead, he fully surrendered at the Lord’s lotus feet. He said: “If anyone engaged in the devotional service of the Lord prays for personal sense gratification, he cannot be called a pure devotee or even a devotee.
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. diṣṭyāby fortune
  2. tat-tanayaḥhis son
  3. sādhuḥwho is a great saintly person
  4. mahā-bhāgavataḥa great and exalted devotee
  5. arbhakaḥalthough a child
  6. tvayāby Your Lordship
  7. vimocitaḥreleased
  8. mṛtyoḥfrom the clutches of death
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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: “devotee”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “death”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “protection”

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 does Prahlāda’s devotion as a child teach me about taking shelter of the Lord?

Practice

Offer a short prayer asking for shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAn Exalted Devotee Under the Lord’s ProtectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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