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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 10 · Chapter 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.3.4110.3.43

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.3.42

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 10.3.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तयोवान पुनरेवाहमदित्यामास कश्यपात् ।

उपेन्द्र इति विख्यातो वामनत्वाच्च वामन: ॥ ४२ ॥

tayor vāṁ punar evāham

adityām āsa kaśyapāt

upendra iti vikhyāto

vāmanatvāc ca vāmanaḥ

Translation

In the next millennium, I again appeared from the two of you, who appeared as My mother, Aditi, and My father, Kaśyapa. I was known as Upendra, and because of being a dwarf, I was also known as Vāmana.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Appeared Again as Vāmana

  1. 1

    In the next millennium, the Lord again appeared as the son of the same two parents.

  2. 2

    His mother appeared as Aditi, and His father appeared as Kaśyapa.

  3. 3

    The Lord was known as Upendra. Because He appeared as a dwarf, He was also known as Vāmana.

How it feels

Terror → Wonder and relief. The threat of destruction yields to divine appearance.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 10: Threat from Kaṁsa and Kṛṣṇa's birth. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By the arrangement of Yoga-māyā, Vasudeva was able to leave the prison house and save the child from the hands of Kaṁsa. When Vasudeva brought Kṛṣṇa to the house of Nanda Mahārāja, he saw that by Yoga-māyā’s arrangement, Yaśodā, as well as everyone else, was deeply asleep.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tayoḥof you two, husband and wife
  2. vāmin both of you
  3. punaḥ evaeven again
  4. ahamI Myself
  5. adityāmin the womb of Aditi
  6. āsaappeared
  7. kaśyapātby the semen of Kaśyapa Muni
  8. upendraḥby the name Upendra
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.3

    In this verse: “mother”, “father”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the Lord appearing again to the same parents?

Practice

Read the translation once slowly, remembering the Lord’s names Upendra and Vāmana.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.3's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Appeared Again as VāmanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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