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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
7.10.697.11.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.70

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.10.65-66inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

एवं विधान्यस्य हरे: स्वमायया

विडम्बमानस्य नृलोकमात्मन: ।

वीर्याणि गीतान्यृषिभिर्जगद्गुरो-

र्लोकं पुनानान्यपरं वदामि किम् ॥ ७० ॥

evaṁ vidhāny asya hareḥ sva-māyayā

viḍambamānasya nṛ-lokam ātmanaḥ

vīryāṇi gītāny ṛṣibhir jagad-guror

lokaṁ punānāny aparaṁ vadāmi kim

Translation

The Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, appeared as a human being, yet He performed many uncommon and wonderful pastimes by His own potency. How can I say more about His activities than what has already been said by great saintly persons? Everyone can be purified by His activities, simply by hearing about them from the right source.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear About Kṛṣṇa From the Right Source

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He appears in human society as an ordinary human being. His uncommon activities benefit the entire world.

  2. 2

    Everyone can be purified by hearing about His activities from the right source. We should not be influenced by illusion and think Kṛṣṇa an ordinary human being.

  3. 3

    Studying the entire Bhagavad-gītā as it is makes Kṛṣṇa easy to understand. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement seeks to make Him known as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and taking it seriously makes human life successful.

Key points from the purport
  • Bhagavad-gītā and all the Vedic literatures fully explain that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, appears in human society as an ordinary human being but acts very uncommonly for the well-being of the entire world.
  • One should not be influenced by the illusory energy and think Lord Kṛṣṇa to be an ordinary human being.
  • Nonetheless, if one studies the entire Bhagavad-gītā as it is, Kṛṣṇa is very easy to understand.

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:

Nārada Muni praised Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja because the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, was the greatest well-wisher and friend of the Pāṇḍavas and almost always stayed in their house. Thus the fortune of the Pāṇḍavas was greater than that of Prahlāda Mahārāja.
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. evam vidhāniin this way
  2. asyaof Kṛṣṇa
  3. hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. sva-māyayāby His transcendental potencies
  5. viḍambamānasyaacting like an ordinary human being
  6. nṛ-lokamwithin human society
  7. ātmanaḥof Him
  8. vīryāṇitranscendental activities
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

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

    In this verse: “hearing”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

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

    In this verse: “purified”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “illusion”

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 carefully am I choosing the sources from which I hear about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend five minutes today reading Bhagavad-gītā as it is, with the intention of understanding Kṛṣṇa rather than treating Him as an ordinary person.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear About Kṛṣṇa From the Right SourceThis 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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