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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 2 · Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
2.10.62.10.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.10.7

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

आभासश्च निरोधश्च यतोऽस्त्यध्यवसीयते ।

स आश्रय: परं ब्रह्म परमात्मेति शब्द्यते ॥ ७ ॥

ābhāsaś ca nirodhaś ca

yato ’sty adhyavasīyate

sa āśrayaḥ paraṁ brahma

paramātmeti śabdyate

Translation

The supreme one who is celebrated as the Supreme Being or the Supreme Soul is the supreme source of the cosmic manifestation as well as its reservoir and winding up. Thus He is the Supreme Fountainhead, the Absolute Truth.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate Source

  1. 1

    The Supreme Being is the source, reservoir and place of winding up of the cosmic manifestation. He is the Supreme Fountainhead, the Absolute Truth.

  2. 2

    The Absolute Truth is called Parambrahma, Paramātmā or Bhagavān. Bhagavān is the final understanding of the Absolute Truth, and ultimately means Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the sound incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa and has been prepared to explain the science of Kṛṣṇa. Studying the complete work establishes Him as the ultimate source of all energy.

Key points from the purport
  • This will be further explained in the later verses, but this Bhagavān ultimately means Lord Kṛṣṇa because the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has already accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Kṛṣṇa.
  • Thus by general conclusion Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate source of all energies, and the word kṛṣṇa means that.
  • Thus it is concluded by studying the complete Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate summum bonum, or the ultimate source of all energy.

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 2.10.7 quotesSB 1.3.43

purāṇārko ’dhunoditaḥ. Thus by general conclusion Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate source of all energies, and the word kṛṣṇa means that.

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. ābhāsaḥthe cosmic manifestation
  2. caand
  3. nirodhaḥand its winding up
  4. caalso
  5. yataḥfrom the source
  6. astiis
  7. adhyavasīyatebecome manifested
  8. saḥHe
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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 2.10

    In this verse: “absolute truth”, “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

How would approaching Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as Kṛṣṇa’s sound incarnation affect your attention while reading?

Practice

Before reading today, pause and remember that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam explains Kṛṣṇa, the ultimate source of all energies.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 1.3.43

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 2.10's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate SourceThis 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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