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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.12.53
ताभ्यां रूपविभागाभ्यां मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ ५३ ॥
tābhyāṁ rūpa-vibhāgābhyāṁ
mithunaṁ samapadyata
The two newly separated bodies united together in a sexual relationship.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse speaks of two newly separated bodies.
These two bodies united together.
Their union was a sexual relationship.
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
How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10
Viraha · Longing in separation
Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 3.12
In this verse: “separated”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this brief verse state directly about the relationship between the two bodies?
Read the translation slowly and summarize it in one sentence without adding details.
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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