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At the crossroads
Twelve moments where a life could turn more than one way. Choose the question you would bring to the moment, then see what the text itself shows. There is no score: this is a way of reading slowly.
Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi · SB 12.9
The child on the banyan leaf
Amid the apparent annihilation of the universe, Mārkaṇḍeya sees a wondrous infant on a leaf.
What does the vision call us to contemplate?
These are possible readings to think with, not words of the text. Choose one to see what the story shows.
Each moment's short description, the lessons, questions and pairings are study aids drawn from the cited chapter, not words of the scripture. The verse shown with each moment is Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation, exactly; his purport is always the final word.