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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 11 · Chapter 13: The Haṁsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā
11.13.2311.13.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.13.24

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 11.13.18inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Kṛṣṇa → UddhavaLord Haṁsa → the Kumāras

मनसा वचसा द‍ृष्‍ट्या गृह्यतेऽन्यैरपीन्द्रियै: ।

अहमेव न मत्तोऽन्यदिति बुध्यध्वमञ्जसा ॥ २४ ॥

manasā vacasā dṛṣṭyā

gṛhyate ’nyair apīndriyaiḥ

aham eva na matto ’nyad

iti budhyadhvam añjasā

Translation

Within this world, whatever is perceived by the mind, speech, eyes or other senses is Me alone and nothing besides Me. All of you please understand this by a straightforward analysis of the facts.

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.

Nothing Exists Separately from Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Everything perceived by the mind, speech or senses is an expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s potency. Nothing can exist separately from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The Lord is not a distant creator who has withdrawn from His creation. Although supreme, He is not different from His creation as the expansion of His potency.

  3. 3

    Everything shares in the Lord’s nature, although some manifestations are superior and others inferior. The Lord invites straightforward understanding while preparing the sages for deeper spiritual knowledge.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Kṛṣṇa has already explained that if the sages consider all living entities to be the same, or if they consider the living entity to be the same as his body, then their question “Who are You?” is inappropriate.
  • Now the Lord refutes the conception that He is a Supreme God far beyond and different from everything within this world.
  • Even if the Lord is supreme, He is not different from His creation; therefore, what is the meaning of the question “Who are You?”

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

Uncertainty → Clarity. The coming separation makes the instruction personally urgent.

Chapters 10–20 of Canto 11: Kṛṣṇa's teachings on self, yoga and wisdom. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: The Haṁsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Unfortunate persons who are bewildered by the urges of the mode of passion become the slaves of their senses. Even though they know that the eventual result of their work will be suffering, they cannot avoid engaging in such fruitive work.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. manasāby the mind
  2. vacasāby speech
  3. dṛṣṭyāby sight
  4. gṛhyateis perceived and thus accepted
  5. anyaiḥby others
  6. apieven
  7. indriyaiḥsenses
  8. ahamI
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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 11.13

    In this verse: “understand”, “knowledge”, “understanding”

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

Do I think of Kṛṣṇa as disconnected from the world I experience?

Practice

Look at one thing around you and reflect that it cannot exist independently of Kṛṣṇa’s potency.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayNothing Exists Separately from KṛṣṇaThis 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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