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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 7: Further Inquires by Vidura
3.7.233.7.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.24

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Vidurasince 3.7.15inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

यत्र पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च नप्तृभि: सह गोत्रजै: ।

प्रजा विचित्राकृतय आसन् याभिरिदं ततम् ॥ २४ ॥

yatra putraiś ca pautraiś ca

naptṛbhiḥ saha gotrajaiḥ

prajā vicitrākṛtaya

āsan yābhir idaṁ tatam

Translation

O my lord, I think that the process manifest in the forms of sons, grandsons and family members has spread all over the universe in different varieties and species.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Generations Spread Throughout the Universe

  1. 1

    The speaker describes a process unfolding through sons, grandsons and family members.

  2. 2

    Through these generations, living beings have spread throughout the universe.

  3. 3

    This expansion appears in different varieties and species, not in only one form.

How it feels

Mystery → Cosmic wonder. The origin of the world is revealed through inquiry and divine grace.

Chapters 5–12 of Canto 3: Creation and Brahmā's bewilderment. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura

Vidura asks about illusion, the soul, creation, religious duties, and the relationship between teacher and disciple.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatrawherein
  2. putraiḥalong with sons
  3. caand
  4. pautraiḥalong with grandsons
  5. caalso
  6. naptṛbhiḥwith grandsons from daughters
  7. sahaalong with
  8. gotra-jaiḥof the same family
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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

How does this description broaden my view of generations beyond my own family?

Practice

Pause to notice a plant or animal and reflect on the succession of generations described in the verse.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayGenerations Spread Throughout the UniverseThis 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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