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  1. 1Chant the verseSay the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meaningsGo through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourselfBefore the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translationAsk: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 2 · Chapter 2: The Lord in the Heart
2.2.182.2.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.2.19

इत्थं मुनिस्तूपरमेद् व्यवस्थितो

विज्ञानद‍ृग्वीर्यसुरन्धिताशय: ।

स्वपार्ष्णिनापीड्य गुदं ततोऽनिलं

स्थानेषु षट्‍सून्नमयेज्जितक्लम: ॥ १९ ॥

itthaṁ munis tūparamed vyavasthito

vijñāna-dṛg-vīrya-surandhitāśayaḥ

sva-pārṣṇināpīḍya gudaṁ tato ’nilaṁ

sthāneṣu ṣaṭsūnnamayej jita-klamaḥ

Translation

By the strength of scientific knowledge, one should be well situated in absolute realization and thus be able to extinguish all material desires. One should then give up the material body by blocking the air hole [through which stool is evacuated] with the heel of one’s foot and by lifting the life air from one place to another in the six primary places.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Realization Leads to Faithful Devotion

  1. 1

    An absolutely self-realized soul becomes free from material desires. The desire to lord it over material nature rests on false ego.

  2. 2

    The self-realized soul understands that Vāsudeva, the Personality of Godhead, is all-powerful and that the living being is His part and parcel. His natural position is to cooperate with the Lord in faithful devotional service.

  3. 3

    The bodily process described here is for an expert yogī thoroughly trained in controlling the life air. In this age, chanting the Lord’s holy name brings concentration more easily and gives more effective results.

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