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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
7.10.457.10.47

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.46

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.10.31inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

य एतत्पुण्यमाख्यानं विष्णोर्वीर्योपबृंहितम् ।

कीर्तयेच्छ्रद्धया श्रुत्वा कर्मपाशैर्विमुच्यते ॥ ४६ ॥

ya etat puṇyam ākhyānaṁ

viṣṇor vīryopabṛṁhitam

kīrtayec chraddhayā śrutvā

karma-pāśair vimucyate

Translation

One who hears and chants this narration about the omnipotence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is certainly liberated from material bondage without fail.

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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.

Hearing and Chanting Free Us

  1. 1

    This narration describes the omnipotence of Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The verse directs us to hear and chant this narration.

  3. 3

    It assures us that one who hears and chants it is liberated from material bondage without fail.

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:

In response to this prayer, the Lord assured him that in the family of such a pure devotee as he, not only the devotee’s father but his forefathers for twenty-one generations are liberated. The Lord also asked Prahlāda to perform the ritualistic ceremonies appropriate after his father’s death.
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. yaḥanyone who
  2. etatthis
  3. puṇyampious
  4. ākhyānamnarration
  5. viṣṇoḥof Lord Viṣṇu
  6. vīryathe supreme power
  7. upabṛṁhitamin which is described
  8. kīrtayetchants or repeats
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “chants”, “narration”, “chant”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 7.10

    In this verse: “material”

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

Am I making room to hear and repeat this narration?

Practice

Read this verse aloud, then repeat its teaching about the power of hearing and chanting.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHearing and Chanting Free UsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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