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  1. 1Chant the verseSay the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meaningsGo through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourselfBefore the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translationAsk: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowlyRead it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched youNote the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 3: The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana
3.3.73.3.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.3.8

आसां मुहूर्त एकस्मिन्नानागारेषु योषिताम् ।

सविधं जगृहे पाणीननुरूप: स्वमायया ॥ ८ ॥

āsāṁ muhūrta ekasmin

nānāgāreṣu yoṣitām

sa-vidhaṁ jagṛhe pāṇīn

anurūpaḥ sva-māyayā

Translation

All those princesses were lodged in different apartments, and the Lord simultaneously assumed different bodily expansions exactly matching each and every princess. He accepted their hands in perfect rituals by His internal potency.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

One Lord Expands for Each Devotee

  1. 1

    The Lord simultaneously expanded into different forms and married the princesses in their separate apartments with perfect rituals.

  2. 2

    Govinda is the original Personality of Godhead, nondifferent from His innumerable plenary expansions. Although the oldest personality, He is always fresh and young.

  3. 3

    The forms that matched each princess were slightly different and are called vaibhava-vilāsa forms. They were manifested by His internal potency, yoga-māyā.

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