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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
2.6.212.6.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.22

Sarga· Creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 2.6.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Brahmā → Nārada Muni

यस्मादण्डं विराड् जज्ञे भूतेन्द्रियगुणात्मक: ।

तद् द्रव्यमत्यगाद् विश्वं गोभि: सूर्य इवातपन् ॥ २२ ॥

yasmād aṇḍaṁ virāḍ jajñe

bhūtendriya-guṇātmakaḥ

tad dravyam atyagād viśvaṁ

gobhiḥ sūrya ivātapan

Translation

From that Personality of Godhead, all the universal globes and the universal form with all material elements, qualities and senses are generated. Yet He is aloof from such material manifestations, like the sun, which is separate from its rays and heat.

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 Original Supreme Person

  1. 1

    The universes, material elements, qualities and senses arise from the Personality of Godhead. Yet He remains aloof from them, like the sun from its rays and heat.

  2. 2

    The gigantic universal form is not the Lord’s original form. His original form is the eternal, transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa, with two hands and a flute.

  3. 3

    Govinda resides in Goloka while remaining present throughout His creation by His expansions. His inconceivable potency unites His personal existence with His all-pervading presence.

Key points from the purport
  • The Lord, therefore, generates the material manifestations by impregnating the material energy, and then, within the manifestation, He expands Himself as the gigantic form of the viśva-rūpa.
  • The original form of the Lord is the transcendental form of Puruṣottama, or Kṛṣṇa Himself.
  • Therefore Kṛṣṇa, in His supreme personal form, with two hands and flute, is bewildering for the impersonalists, who can accommodate only the gigantic viśva-rūpa of the Lord.

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

How it feels

Uncertainty → Awe. The scale of reality widens dramatically.

Chapters 4–7 of Canto 2: The creation, cosmic Person and incarnations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed

Brahmā describes the universal form, his sacrifice, and the Lord’s control over creation, maintenance, and destruction.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yasmātfrom whom
  2. aṇḍamthe universal globes
  3. virāṭand the gigantic universal form
  4. jajñeappeared
  5. bhūtaelements
  6. indriyasenses
  7. guṇa-ātmakaḥqualitative
  8. tat dravyamthe universes and the universal form, etc.
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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 2.6

    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 does knowing Kṛṣṇa as a person deepen my understanding of His all-pervading presence?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s eternal form with two hands and a flute as the source of all creation.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Original Supreme PersonThis 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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