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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 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava
11.7.5711.7.59

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.7.58

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The brāhmaṇasince 11.7.32inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Kṛṣṇa → UddhavaThe avadhūta → King Yadu

प्रजा: पुपुषतु: प्रीतौ दम्पती पुत्रवत्सलौ ।

श‍ृण्वन्तौ कूजितं तासां निवृतौ कलभाषितै: ॥ ५९ ॥

teṣu kāle vyajāyanta

racitāvayavā hareḥ

śaktibhir durvibhāvyābhiḥ

komalāṅga-tanūruhāḥ

Translation

When the time was ripe, baby pigeons, with tender limbs and feathers created by the inconceivable potencies of the Lord, were born from those eggs.

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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.

Recognize the Lord’s Inconceivable Potencies

  1. 1

    When the time was ripe, the baby pigeons were born from the eggs.

  2. 2

    The young birds had tender limbs and feathers.

  3. 3

    These delicate features were created by the inconceivable potencies of the Lord. The translation directs attention to His power in their development.

How it feels

Grief and dependence → Detachment. The temporary world becomes a source of spiritual instruction.

Chapters 7–9 of Canto 11: The avadhuta's twenty-four teachers. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From the fire he had learned how to devour all things without becoming dirtied and how to destroy all the inauspicious desires of those who make offerings to him. He had also learned from fire how the Supreme Soul enters into every body and appears to assume the identity of each.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. teṣufrom those eggs
  2. kālein time
  3. vyajāyantawere born
  4. racitaproduced
  5. avayavāḥ(children) whose limbs
  6. hareḥof the Supreme Lord, Hari
  7. śaktibhiḥby the potencies
  8. durvibhāvyābhiḥwhich are inconceivable
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 11.7

    In this verse: “baby”

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

Does observing a living creature help me remember the Lord’s inconceivable power?

Practice

Observe a bird or another living creature today and take a moment to acknowledge the Lord’s inconceivable potencies.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognize the Lord’s Inconceivable PotenciesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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