Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.5.46
యువయో: ఖలు దమ్పత్యోర్యశసా పూరితం జగత్ ।
పుత్రతామగమద్ యద్ వాం భగవానీశ్వరోహరి: ॥ ౪౬ ॥
yuvayoḥ khalu dampatyor
[yuvayoh khalu dampatyor]
yaśasā pūritaṁ jagat
[yashasaa pooritam jagat]
putratām agamad yad vāṁ
[putrataam agamad yad vaam]
bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ
[bhagavaan eeshvaro harih]
Word-for-word
yuvayoḥ
—
of the two of you
khalu
—
indeed
dam-patyoḥ
—
of the husband and wife
yaśasā
—
by the glories
pūritam
—
has become full
jagat
—
the earth
putratām
—
the state of being the son
agamat
—
assumed
yat
—
because
vām
—
your
bhagavān
—
the Personality of Godhead
īśvaraḥ
—
the Supreme Lord
hariḥ
—
Hari.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yuvayoḥ khalu dampatyor
yuvayoḥ
of the two of you
khalu
indeed
dam-patyoḥ
of the husband and wife
yaśasā pūritaṁ jagat
yaśasā
by the glories
pūritam
has become full
jagat
the earth
putratām agamad yad vāṁ
putratām
the state of being the son
agamat
assumed
yat
because
vām
your
bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
īśvaraḥ
the Supreme Lord
hariḥ
Hari.
Indeed, the whole world has become filled with the glories of you and your good wife because the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, has taken the position of your son.
Purport
In this verse Nārada Muni hints at the glories of Vasudeva and Devakī, the parents of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, by the words yaśasā pūritaṁ jagat , “the whole world is now filled with your glories.” In other words, although Vasudeva inquired from Nārada about spiritual advancement, Nārada here states, “You are already completely glorious due to your extraordinary devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The whole world has become filled with the glories of you and your good wife because the Supreme Lord has taken the position of your son.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
When Kṛṣṇa accepts you as His own, your glory spreads through the world not by your effort but by His sweet will alone.
Practical Applications
- Stop ranking your spiritual progress by visible accomplishments; ask instead whether Kṛṣṇa is being received into your daily life.
- Honor the devotees in your family lineage today — phone or write to one elder whose bhakti shaped your access to Kṛṣṇa.
- Refuse to chase recognition for your sādhana; let any yaśas that comes be Kṛṣṇa's, not yours.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I quietly performing devotion for the world's notice rather than to receive Kṛṣṇa as my own?
- What would it mean, concretely, for Hari to take a position so intimate in my household that the whole world is changed by it?
For Each Age Group
youth
- Notice today whose home or friendship first carried Kṛṣṇa to you — thank that person directly rather than posting about your own practice.
- When classmates praise something good in you, deflect the credit inwardly to Kṛṣṇa and to those who raised you in bhakti.
- Refuse to curate a spiritual image online; let your sādhana be small, hidden, and for Him.
householder
- Make your home a place where Kṛṣṇa would consent to be received — kīrtana, prasāda, and honest speech before any decor or status.
- When your children or work succeed, name Kṛṣṇa as the cause aloud at the dinner table, not as a slogan but as your honest reading.
- Honor your own parents' and in-laws' devotion today, even imperfect, as the soil from which your bhakti grew.
senior
- Look back over your life and identify the moments Kṛṣṇa quietly came close through family — speak of these to your grandchildren before you cannot.
- Loosen any pride in having raised a devoted family; offer that yaśas at His feet while you still have the clarity to do so.
- Mentor a younger householder this week on receiving Kṛṣṇa into the home, not on technique but on the inward posture of welcome.
Common Pitfalls
- Reading the verse as flattery of Vasudeva and Devakī rather than as a teaching that all real glory belongs to Kṛṣṇa's presence.
- Imagining that intense devotion guarantees Kṛṣṇa will appear in one's family in some visible way, breeding entitlement instead of surrender.
- Using "the Lord is already with me" as a reason to relax sādhana, when Nārada speaks this only to those of extraordinary devotion.
Discussion Prompts
- Nārada tells Vasudeva he is already glorious — yet Vasudeva still asks about spiritual advancement. What does this reveal about how a devotee should hear praise?
- Share a time someone you love opened a doorway to Kṛṣṇa for you. Did you recognize their yaśas at the time, or only later?
- Is it possible to want Kṛṣṇa to come close without wanting the glory that comes with it? Where does each of you really stand?
Role Play
A senior devotee is congratulated at a public gathering for raising children who all took to bhakti; people begin praising the parents' methods and asking for their formula. One student plays the parent, another plays an admirer pressing for the "secret," and a third plays a younger devotee watching. The parent must respond in a way that neither denies the grace received nor claims personal credit, drawing the conversation back to Kṛṣṇa as the actual cause.
Objections & Responses
- This sounds like dynastic favoritism — why would the Supreme God pick one couple's womb and make the whole world celebrate them?
Kṛṣṇa's choice is not arbitrary partiality but a response to extraordinary devotion cultivated across lifetimes; the verse is showing us the principle that bhakti, not birth, draws Him near, and that principle is open to anyone who takes shelter of Him. - Saying "the whole world is filled with your glories" sounds like the kind of inflated praise a modern person should be embarrassed by.
Nārada is not flattering Vasudeva; he is reorienting him — pointing out that the yaśas already belongs to Kṛṣṇa's presence in their home, so Vasudeva can drop self-doubt and ask his deeper question about spiritual advancement from a place of shelter rather than anxiety.
My note
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