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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 15: Description of the Kingdom of God
3.15.93.15.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.15.10

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The demigodssince 3.15.9inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

एष देव दितेर्गर्भ ओज: काश्यपमर्पितम् ।

दिशस्तिमिरयन् सर्वा वर्धतेऽग्निरिवैधसि ॥ १० ॥

eṣa deva diter garbha

ojaḥ kāśyapam arpitam

diśas timirayan sarvā

vardhate ’gnir ivaidhasi

Translation

As fuel overloads a fire, so the embryo created by the semen of Kaśyapa in the womb of Diti has caused complete darkness throughout the universe.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Cause of the Darkness

  1. 1

    The verse identifies the embryo in Diti’s womb as the cause of the universal darkness.

  2. 2

    The embryo was created by the semen of Kaśyapa. The purport directly confirms this explanation of the darkness.

  3. 3

    The translation compares its effect to fuel overloading a fire. The resulting darkness extended throughout the universe.

Key points from the purport
  • The darkness throughout the universe is explained herewith as being caused by the embryo created in the womb of Diti by the semen of Kaśyapa.

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

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 15: Description of the Kingdom of God

Brahmā describes Vaikuṇṭha, where the Kumāras curse two doorkeepers and then behold the Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. eṣaḥthis
  2. devaO lord
  3. diteḥof Diti
  4. garbhaḥwomb
  5. ojaḥsemen
  6. kāśyapamof Kaśyapa
  7. arpitamdeposited
  8. diśaḥdirections
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Key ideas in this 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

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

What does the comparison of an overloaded fire help me notice about this disturbance?

Practice

Write one sentence identifying the cause and effect described in this verse.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Cause of the DarknessThis 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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