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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.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha
3.13.423.13.44

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.43

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.13.16inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

क: श्रद्दधीतान्यतमस्तव प्रभो

रसां गताया भुव उद्विबर्हणम् ।

न विस्मयोऽसौ त्वयि विश्वविस्मये

यो माययेदं ससृजेऽतिविस्मयम् ॥ ४३ ॥

kaḥ śraddadhītānyatamas tava prabho

rasāṁ gatāyā bhuva udvibarhaṇam

na vismayo ’sau tvayi viśva-vismaye

yo māyayedaṁ sasṛje ’tivismayam

Translation

Who else but You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could deliver the earth from within the water? It is not very wonderful for You, however, because You acted most wonderfully in the creation of the universe. By Your energy You have created this wonderful cosmic manifestation.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognize Kṛṣṇa Behind Creation’s Wonders

  1. 1

    An intelligent person gives credit not only to a scientist’s discovery but to the creator of the scientist’s wonderful brain.

  2. 2

    A learned Kṛṣṇa conscious person knows that behind the cosmic manifestation is the brain of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    For the Lord who directs the cosmic manifestation, assuming a gigantic boar form and rescuing the earth is not difficult. His potencies are inconceivable even to the most learned scientist.

Key points from the purport
  • A common man is also struck with wonder by the wonderful action of material nature, and he gives all credit to the cosmic manifestation.
  • Since Kṛṣṇa can direct the wonderful cosmic manifestation, it is not at all wonderful for Him to assume the gigantic form of a boar and thus deliver the earth from the mire of the water.
  • A devotee is therefore not astonished to see the wonderful boar because he knows that the Lord is able to act far more wonderfully by His potencies, which are inconceivable to the brain of even the most erudite scientist.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 3.13.43 quotesBG 9.10

The learned Kṛṣṇa conscious person, however, knows well that behind the cosmic manifestation is the brain of Kṛṣṇa, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (9.10): mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Threat and anger → Rescue and wonder. Divine protection appears amid cosmic confrontation.

Chapters 13–19 of Canto 3: Varāha, Jaya and Vijaya, Hiraṇyākṣa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

Lord Varāha appears from Brahmā’s nose, lifts the submerged earth, and receives the sages’ prayers.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kaḥwho else
  2. śraddadhītacan endeavor
  3. anyatamaḥanyone besides Yourself
  4. tavaYour
  5. prabhoO Lord
  6. rasāmin the water
  7. gatāyāḥwhile lying in
  8. bhuvaḥof the earth
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

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

When something in nature amazes me, do I remember Kṛṣṇa behind it?

Practice

Notice one wonder of nature today and take a moment to give Kṛṣṇa credit for it.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognize Kṛṣṇa Behind Creation’s WondersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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