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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
7.10.637.10.65-66

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.64

Sthāna· The universe in order
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maya Dānavasince 7.10.64inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

देवोऽसुरो नरोऽन्यो वा नेश्वरोऽस्तीह कश्चन ।

आत्मनोऽन्यस्य वा दिष्टं दैवेनापोहितुं द्वयो: ॥ ६४ ॥

devo ’suro naro ’nyo vā

neśvaro ’stīha kaścana

ātmano ’nyasya vā diṣṭaṁ

daivenāpohituṁ dvayoḥ

Translation

Maya Dānava said: What has been destined by the Supreme Lord for oneself, for others, or for both oneself and others cannot be undone anywhere or by anyone, whether one be a demigod, a demon, a human being or anyone else.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Our Plans Need the Supreme Lord’s Sanction

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord is one—Kṛṣṇa. His personal expansions, called viṣṇu-tattva, control everything.

  2. 2

    Whatever we plan for ourselves or others cannot succeed without the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu.

  3. 3

    No demigod, demon, human being or anyone else can undo what the Supreme Lord has destined. Without His sanction, even countless plans are futile.

Key points from the purport
  • The Supreme Lord is one — Kṛṣṇa, the viṣṇu-tattva.
  • Maya Dānava said, “However I plan, you plan or both of us plan, the Lord has planned what is to happen.
  • Hundreds and millions of plans are made by all kinds of living entities, but without the sanction of the Supreme Lord they are futile.

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:

Later, Nārada Muni described how the demon Maya Dānava constructed Tripura for the demons, who became very powerful and defeated the demigods. Because of this defeat, Lord Rudra, Śiva, dismantled Tripura; thus he became famous as Tripurāri.
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. devaḥthe demigods
  2. asuraḥthe demons
  3. naraḥhumans
  4. anyaḥor anyone else
  5. vāeither
  6. nanot
  7. īśvaraḥthe supreme controller
  8. astiis
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Sthāna · Planetary systems

    How is the universe arranged, and what is our right place in it? · Subject 3 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “maya”

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 can remembering the Lord’s sanction change my attitude toward my plans?

Practice

Before working on one plan today, pause and acknowledge that its success depends on the Supreme Lord’s sanction.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOur Plans Need the Supreme Lord’s SanctionThis 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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