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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.10.13
यथेदानीं तथाग्रे च पश्चादप्येतदीदृशम् ॥ १३ ॥
yathedānīṁ tathāgre ca
paścād apy etad īdṛśam
This cosmic manifestation is as it is now, it was the same in the past, and it will continue in the same way in the future.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The material world follows a systematic schedule of manifestation, maintenance and annihilation.
As the world is created and destroyed now, it existed in the past and will be created, maintained and destroyed again.
The activities of the time factor are perpetual and eternal. The material manifestation is temporary and occasional, but it is not false.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of SB 3.10.13 quotesBG 9.8
There is a systematic schedule for the perpetual manifestation, maintenance and annihilation of the material world, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā (9.8): bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛtsnam avaśaṁ prakṛter vaśāt.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Mystery → Cosmic wonder. The origin of the world is revealed through inquiry and divine grace.
Chapters 5–12 of Canto 3: Creation and Brahmā's bewilderment. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Maitreya explains the divisions of creation and Brahmā’s preparation of planetary homes for living entities.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.10Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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 3.10
In this verse: “material”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I acknowledge that something is temporary without dismissing it as unreal?
Write this distinction once: “The material manifestation is temporary, but not false.”
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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