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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.16.35
तावेव ह्यधुना प्राप्तौ पार्षदप्रवरौ हरे: ।
दितेर्जठरनिर्विष्टं काश्यपं तेज उल्बणम् ॥ ३५ ॥
tāv eva hy adhunā prāptau
pārṣada-pravarau hareḥ
diter jaṭhara-nirviṣṭaṁ
kāśyapaṁ teja ulbaṇam
Lord Brahmā continued: Those two principal doorkeepers of the Personality of Godhead have now entered the womb of Diti, the powerful semen of Kaśyapa Muni having covered them.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Brahmā explained that the two principal doorkeepers had entered Diti’s womb through the powerful semen of Kaśyapa Muni.
The purport describes the living entity becoming enclosed in material elements supplied by the father and mother. It distinguishes the living entity from the body that develops.
The purport connects Kaśyapa Muni’s disturbed, angry mind with the conception of Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. It teaches that the mind should be sober and devotional at conception, and recommends garbhādhāna-saṁskāra for this purpose.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
The Lord honors the sages and assures His fallen doorkeepers that they will soon return.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.16Learn 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
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.16
In this verse: “mother”, “father”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.16
In this verse: “material”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.16
In this verse: “devotional”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this teaching suggest about the importance of a sober, devotional state of mind in family responsibilities?
Before one family responsibility today, pause briefly to settle your mind and renew a devotional intention.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.16's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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