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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
3.26.673.26.69

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.26.68

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

क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामुदरं सिन्धुर्नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ।

हृदयं मनसा चन्द्रो नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥ ६८ ॥

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām udaraṁ sindhur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

hṛdayaṁ manasā candro

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Translation

The ocean entered His abdomen with hunger and thirst, but the Cosmic Being refused to rise even then. The moon-god entered His heart with the mind, but the Cosmic Being would not be roused.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hunger and Mind Cannot Rouse Him

  1. 1

    The ocean entered the Cosmic Being’s abdomen with hunger and thirst. Even then, He did not rise.

  2. 2

    The moon-god entered His heart with the mind. Still, the Cosmic Being could not be roused.

  3. 3

    The presence of hunger, thirst and mind was not enough to awaken the Cosmic Being.

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-tṛḍbhyāmwith hunger and thirst
  2. udaramHis abdomen
  3. sindhuḥthe ocean or ocean-god
  4. nanot
  5. udatiṣṭhatdid arise
  6. tadāeven then
  7. virāṭthe virāṭ-puruṣa
  8. hṛdayamHis heart
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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

How does this verse challenge the idea that the mind alone is enough to awaken the Cosmic Being?

Practice

Write one sentence recalling which faculties entered the Cosmic Being and what remained unchanged.

5

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHunger and Mind Cannot Rouse HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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