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  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 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
3.26.593.26.61

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.26.60

Sarga· Creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 3.26.10inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Kapila → Devahūti

क्षुत्पिपासे तत: स्यातां समुद्रस्त्वेतयोरभूत् ।

अथास्य हृदयं भिन्नं हृदयान्मन उत्थितम् ॥ ६० ॥

kṣut-pipāse tataḥ syātāṁ

samudras tv etayor abhūt

athāsya hṛdayaṁ bhinnaṁ

hṛdayān mana utthitam

Translation

Next grew feelings of hunger and thirst, and in their wake came the manifestation of the oceans. Then a heart became manifest, and in the wake of the heart the mind appeared.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hunger, Thirst, Heart, and Mind Appear

  1. 1

    Feelings of hunger and thirst appeared, followed by the oceans.

  2. 2

    The ocean is considered the presiding deity of the abdomen, where hunger and thirst originate. The purport mentions ocean bathing as a traditional Āyurvedic recommendation for irregularities in these feelings.

  3. 3

    A heart then appeared in the universal form. In the wake of the heart, the mind appeared.

Key points from the purport
  • The ocean is considered to be the presiding deity of the abdomen, where the feelings of hunger and thirst originate.
  • When there is an irregularity in hunger and thirst, one is advised, according to Āyurvedic treatment, to take a bath in the ocean.

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

Entanglement → Insight and liberation. Inquiry matures into instruction in devotion and spiritual nature.

Chapters 25–33 of Canto 3: Kapila instructs Devahūti. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Kapila explains material nature, consciousness, time, the elements, and the manifestation of the universal form.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.26
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kṣut-pipāsehunger and thirst
  2. tataḥthen
  3. syātāmappeared
  4. samudraḥthe ocean
  5. tuthen
  6. etayoḥin their wake
  7. abhūtappeared
  8. athathen
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Sarga · The creation of the universe

    Where does the universe come from? · Subject 1 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 sequence does this verse describe between hunger, thirst, the oceans, the heart, and the mind?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, then recall the order in which these features appeared.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHunger, Thirst, Heart, and Mind AppearThis 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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