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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.12.49
ततोऽपरामुपादाय स सर्गाय मनो दधे ॥ ४९ ॥
tato ’parām upādāya
sa sargāya mano dadhe
Thereafter Brahmā accepted another body, in which sex life was not forbidden, and thus he engaged himself in the matter of further creation.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In Brahmā's former, transcendental body, affection for sex life was forbidden.
Brahmā therefore accepted another body in which sex life was not forbidden. He then engaged himself in further creation.
His former body transformed into fog, as the purport recalls.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Brahmā’s creation continues with sages, Rudra, sacrificial practices, religious principles, and further forms of life.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.12Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Visarga · Subcreation
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Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why was accepting another body necessary for Brahmā's further work of creation?
Summarize the sequence in one sentence: the restriction, the change of body and the work of creation.
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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