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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 2 · Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
2.10.292.10.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.10.30

Sarga· Creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 2.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

निदिध्यासोरात्ममायां हृदयं निरभिद्यत ।

ततो मनश्चन्द्र इति सङ्कल्प: काम एव च ॥ ३० ॥

nididhyāsor ātma-māyāṁ

hṛdayaṁ nirabhidyata

tato manaś candra iti

saṅkalpaḥ kāma eva ca

Translation

When there was a desire to think about the activities of His own energy, then the heart (the seat of the mind), the mind, the moon, determination and all desire became manifested.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Mind Depends on the Supersoul

  1. 1

    The heart of every living entity is the seat of Paramātmā, the Supersoul, a plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Under the Supersoul's direction, material energy offers each conditioned living entity a body suited to past deeds and inherent inclinations.

  3. 3

    The mind develops with the Supersoul's presence in the heart. Then the moon, its controlling deity, and the activities of thinking, feeling and willing become manifested.

Key points from the purport
  • When, therefore, the Supersoul is situated in the heart of the conditioned soul, the requisite mind is manifested in the conditioned soul, and he becomes conscious of his occupation as one is conscious of his duty after waking up from slumber.
  • Therefore the material mind of the living entity develops when the Supersoul sits on his heart, after which the mind, the controlling deity (moon), and then the activities of the mind (namely thinking, feeling and willing) all take place.
  • The activities of the mind cannot begin without the manifestation of the heart, and the heart becomes manifested when the Lord wants to see the activities of the material creation.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 2.10.30 quotesBG 9.10

This is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.10).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Inquiry → Conviction. Divine knowledge resolves fundamental cosmic uncertainty.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 2: Parīkṣit questions; Brahmā receives revelation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

Śukadeva outlines the Bhāgavatam’s subjects and describes creation through the Lord’s universal form.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nididhyāsoḥbeing desirous to know
  2. ātma-māyāmown energy
  3. hṛdayamthe location of the mind
  4. nirabhidyatawas manifested
  5. tataḥthereafter
  6. manaḥthe mind
  7. candraḥthe controlling deity of the mind, the moon
  8. itithus
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Sarga · The creation of the universe

    Where does the universe come from? · Subject 1 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 2.10

    In this verse: “material”

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 the Supersoul's presence change my sense of independence?

Practice

Pause for a minute today and reflect that your capacity to think depends on the Supersoul in your heart.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Mind Depends on the SupersoulThis 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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