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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.48.19

Who is speaking and story frame

आत्मसृष्टमिदं विश्वमन्वाविश्य स्वशक्तिभि: ।

ईयते बहुधा ब्रह्मन् श्रुतप्रत्यक्षगोचरम् ॥ १९ ॥

ātma-sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvam

anvāviśya sva-śaktibhiḥ

īyate bahudhā brahman

śruta-pratyakṣa-gocaram

Translation

O Supreme Absolute Truth, with Your personal energies You create this universe and then enter into it. Thus one can perceive You in many different forms by hearing from authorities and by direct experience.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

One with Everything, Yet Beyond Everything

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord creates the universe and enters it with His own energies. He thus makes Himself perceivable through hearing from authorities and through direct experience.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught acintya-bhedābheda-tattva: the Lord is simultaneously distinct from everything and one with everything. He is the supreme creator and controller, and all that exists expands from His power.

  3. 3

    The Bhāgavatam joins fascinating pastimes with steady spiritual philosophy. Akrūra’s precise prayers remind us of Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position while allowing us to appreciate loving spiritual emotions.

Key points from the purport
  • The grammatical agreement of śruta-pratyakṣa-gocaram, in the neuter case, with ātma-sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvam indicates that the Supreme Lord, by entering His creation with His potencies, makes Himself perceivable within the universe.
  • Throughout the Bhāgavatam and other authorized Vedic literature, we often find descriptions of the Lord’s simultaneous supremacy over all other things and His identity with them.
  • Thus it is entirely in character with the work that Akrūra, in his ecstasy, glorifies the Lord with precise philosophical prayers.

The purport'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

Heartache → Unbroken remembrance. Love endures and deepens despite visible absence.

Chapters 46–49 of Canto 10: Uddhava, the gopīs and the Song of the Bee. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 48: Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Apart from offering sandal paste to Kṛṣṇa, Trivakrā had never performed any pious acts, yet simply on the strength of the piety of this single act she attained the rare personal association of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṛṣṇa next went to Akrūra’s house with Lord Baladeva and Uddhava.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.48
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ātma-sṛṣṭamcreated by You
  2. idamthis
  3. viśvamuniverse
  4. anvāviśyasubsequently entering
  5. svawith Your own
  6. śaktibhiḥenergies
  7. īyateYou are perceived
  8. bahudhāmanifold
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.48

    In this verse: “absolute truth”, “philosophy”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.48

    In this verse: “hearing”

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 can understanding Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position deepen my appreciation of His loving pastimes?

Practice

Reread one of Akrūra’s prayers today, noting both its devotion and what it teaches about the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOne with Everything, Yet Beyond EverythingThis 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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