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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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Canto 12 · Chapter 10: Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi
12.9.3412.10.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.10.1

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 12.10.1inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

सूत उवाच

स एवमनुभूयेदं नारायणविनिर्मितम् ।

वैभवं योगमायायास्तमेव शरणं ययौ ॥ १ ॥

sūta uvāca

sa evam anubhūyedaṁ

nārāyaṇa-vinirmitam

vaibhavaṁ yoga-māyāyās

tam eva śaraṇaṁ yayau

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa had arranged this opulent display of His bewildering potency. Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, having experienced it, took shelter of the Lord.

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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.

Take Shelter of the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa arranged the opulent display of His bewildering potency.

  2. 2

    Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi personally experienced this display of the Lord’s power.

  3. 3

    Having experienced it, the sage took shelter of the Lord.

How it feels

Terror and bewilderment → Wonder and surrender. Annihilation gives way to a tender divine vision.

Chapters 9–10 of Canto 12: Mārkaṇḍeya witnesses the deluge and divine child. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī describes how Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi received benedictions from Lord Śiva. Once, as Lord Śiva was traveling in the sky with his wife, Pārvatī, he came across Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya merged in meditative trance.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sūtaḥ uvācaSūta Gosvāmī said
  2. saḥhe, Mārkaṇḍeya
  3. evamin this way
  4. anubhūyaexperiencing
  5. idamthis
  6. nārāyaṇa-vinirmitammanufactured by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa
  7. vaibhavamthe opulent exhibition
  8. yoga-māyāyāḥof His internal mystic energy
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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

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 12.10

    In this verse: “shelter”

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

When I feel bewildered, do I turn toward the Lord for shelter?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to pray to the Supreme Lord for shelter.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTake Shelter of the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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