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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?
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Canto 2 · Chapter 9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
2.9.452.10.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.9.46

Sarga· Creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 2.9.38inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यदुताहं त्वया पृष्टो वैराजात् पुरुषादिदम् ।

यथासीत्तदुपाख्यास्ते प्रश्नानन्यांश्च कृत्‍स्‍नश: ॥ ४६ ॥

yad utāhaṁ tvayā pṛṣṭo

vairājāt puruṣād idam

yathāsīt tad upākhyāste

praśnān anyāṁś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

O King, your questions as to how the universe became manifested from the gigantic form of the Personality of Godhead, as well as other questions, I shall answer in detail by explanation of the four verses already mentioned.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Answers Through Qualified Explanation

  1. 1

    The King’s questions about the universe’s manifestation from the Personality of Godhead will be answered in detail. These answers unfold the meaning of the four verses already mentioned.

  2. 2

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge. It answers all possible human questions about universal affairs, beginning with creation.

  3. 3

    The answers depend on the qualification of the person explaining them. Intelligent readers gain intellectual benefit by properly using the ten divisions explained by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • As stated in the beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, this great transcendental literature is the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge, and therefore all questions that can be humanly possible regarding the universal affairs, beginning from its creation, are all answered in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
  • The ten divisions of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, as explained by the great speaker Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, are the limitation of all questions, and intelligent persons will derive all intellectual benefits from them by proper utilization.
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version.”

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

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 9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version

The Lord receives Brahmā, explains His eternal existence, and instructs him to remain fixed and free from pride.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatwhat
  2. utais, however
  3. ahamI
  4. tvayāby you
  5. pṛṣṭaḥI am asked
  6. vairājātfrom the universal form
  7. puruṣātfrom the Personality of Godhead
  8. idamthis world
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 2.9

    In this verse: “king”, “king’s”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 2.9

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why is the qualification of the person explaining Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam important for my understanding?

Practice

Write down one question you have about creation, and keep it beside your study notes as you continue reading the explanations.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Answers Through Qualified ExplanationThis 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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