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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 3: Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal
7.3.287.3.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.3.29

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.3.22inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

त्वमीशिषे जगतस्तस्थुषश्च

प्राणेन मुख्येन पति: प्रजानाम् ।

चित्तस्य चित्तैर्मनइन्द्रियाणां

पतिर्महान् भूतगुणाशयेश: ॥ २९ ॥

tvam īśiṣe jagatas tasthuṣaś ca

prāṇena mukhyena patiḥ prajānām

cittasya cittair mana-indriyāṇāṁ

patir mahān bhūta-guṇāśayeśaḥ

Translation

Your Lordship, being the origin of the life of this material world, is the master and controller of the living entities, both moving and stationary, and you inspire their consciousness. You maintain the mind and the acting and knowledge-acquiring senses, and therefore you are the great controller of all the material elements and their qualities, and you are the controller of all desires.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Life Comes From the Supreme Life

  1. 1

    The original source of everything is life. Brahmā was instructed by the supreme life, Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the supreme living entity and the original source of Brahmā. There is no truth superior to Him.

  3. 3

    Brahmā is the original source of this universe and acts as Kṛṣṇa’s representative. Thus Kṛṣṇa’s qualities and activities are also present in Brahmā.

Key points from the purport
  • Brahmā was instructed by the supreme life, Kṛṣṇa.
  • Kṛṣṇa is the original source of Brahmā, who is the original source of this universe.
  • Brahmā is a representative of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore all the qualities and activities of Kṛṣṇa are also present in Lord Brahmā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 7.3.29 quotesBG 7.7

Therefore Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.7), mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya: “O Arjuna, there is no truth superior to Me.”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Pride and rage → Oppression. The ruler's power intensifies his insecurity.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 7: Hiraṇyakaśipu's ascent and intimidation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The demigods disclosed to Lord Brahmā Hiraṇyakaśipu’s ambition to become immortal, overcoming his short duration of life, and to be the master of all the planetary systems, even Dhruvaloka. Upon hearing about the purpose of Hiraṇyakaśipu’s austere meditation, Lord Brahmā, accompanied by the great sage Bhṛgu and great personalities like Dakṣa, went to see Hiraṇyakaśipu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tvamyou
  2. īśiṣeactually control
  3. jagataḥof the moving being
  4. tasthuṣaḥof the being that is dull or stationed in one place
  5. caand
  6. prāṇenaby the living force
  7. mukhyenathe origin of all activities
  8. patiḥmaster
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 7.3

    In this verse: “material”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 7.3

    In this verse: “knowledge-acquiring”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it mean for my understanding of life that its original source is Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Take a moment today to reflect on the statement: “Kṛṣṇa is the supreme living entity.”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayLife Comes From the Supreme LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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