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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Canto 10 · Chapter 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees
10.86.5510.86.57

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.86.56

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.86.51inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

चराचरमिदं विश्वं भावा ये चास्य हेतव: ।

मद्रूपाणीति चेतस्याधत्ते विप्रो मदीक्षया ॥ ५६ ॥

carācaram idaṁ viśvaṁ

bhāvā ye cāsya hetavaḥ

mad-rūpāṇīti cetasy

ādhatte vipro mad-īkṣayā

Translation

Because he has realized Me, a brāhmaṇa is firmly fixed in the knowledge that everything moving and nonmoving in the universe, and also the primary elements of its creation, are all manifest forms expanded from Me.

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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.

Seeing Everything in Relation to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    A brāhmaṇa who has realized Kṛṣṇa is firmly fixed in knowledge of Him.

  2. 2

    He understands that everything moving and nonmoving in the universe consists of manifest forms expanded from Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    He also sees the primary elements of creation as expansions from Kṛṣṇa. His understanding includes both the universe and the elements from which it is formed.

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 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

To satisfy both of them, the Lord expanded Himself and went to each of their homes simultaneously. They each worshiped Him suitably, offered prayers, washed His feet and then sprinkled themselves and all their family members with the wash water.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.86
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. caramoving
  2. acaramand nonmoving
  3. idamthis
  4. viśvamuniverse
  5. bhāvāḥelemental categories
  6. yewhich
  7. caand
  8. asyaits
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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 10.86

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “understands”

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 might remembering that everything expands from Kṛṣṇa change the way I view my surroundings?

Practice

Notice one moving and one nonmoving thing today, and remember that both have their source in Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeeing Everything in Relation to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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