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  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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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.82.43

Who is speaking and story frame

वायुर्यथा घनानीकं तृणं तूलं रजांसि च ।

संयोज्याक्षिपते भूयस्तथा भूतानि भूतकृत् ॥ ४३ ॥

vāyur yathā ghanānīkaṁ

tṛṇaṁ tūlaṁ rajāṁsi ca

saṁyojyākṣipate bhūyas

tathā bhūtāni bhūta-kṛt

Translation

Just as the wind brings together masses of clouds, blades of grass, wisps of cotton and particles of dust, only to scatter them all again, so the creator deals with His created beings in the same way.

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

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.

The Creator Brings Together and Separates

  1. 1

    The wind gathers masses of clouds, blades of grass, wisps of cotton and particles of dust.

  2. 2

    The same wind scatters these things again after bringing them together.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa uses this comparison to explain how the creator brings created beings together and separates them.

How it feels

Humility and separation → Friendship and reunion. The sweetness of relationship outweighs prestige.

Chapters 80–86 of Canto 10: Sudāmā and reunion with the residents of Vraja. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Rohiṇī and Devakī both embraced Yaśodā and, remembering the great friendship she had shown them, told her that the kindness she had done by raising and supporting Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma could not be repaid even with the wealth of Indra. Then the Supreme Lord approached the young cowherd girls in a secluded place.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.82
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. vāyuḥthe wind
  2. yathāas
  3. ghanaof clouds
  4. anīkamgroups
  5. tṛṇamgrass
  6. tūlamcotton
  7. rajāṁsidust
  8. caand
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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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of the wind teach you about your control over meetings and separations?

Practice

Observe something moved by the wind, or picture it, and recall Kṛṣṇa’s comparison.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Creator Brings Together and SeparatesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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