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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.37
तत्त्वानां भगवंस्तेषां कतिधा प्रतिसंक्रम: ।
तत्रेमं क उपासीरन् क उ स्विदनुशेरते ॥ ३७ ॥
tattvānāṁ bhagavaṁs teṣāṁ
katidhā pratisaṅkramaḥ
tatremaṁ ka upāsīran
ka u svid anuśerate
Please describe how many dissolutions there are for the elements of material nature and who survives after the dissolutions to serve the Lord while He is asleep.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Innumerable universes appear and disappear with the breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu in mystic sleep. He is a part of the part of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.
After material dissolution, the Lord, His kingdom beyond the Causal Ocean and His associates do not disappear.
The devotees never lose their individual existence, even when the entire cosmic manifestation dissolves. The Lord and His associates are always eternal.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 2.9.33
ka u svid anuśerate. Śrīdhara Svāmī explains this in his notes: “During the annihilation of the creation, who serves the Lord lying on the Śeṣa, etc.” This means that the transcendental Lord with all His name, fame, quality and paraphernalia exists eternally.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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
Vidura asks about illusion, the soul, creation, religious duties, and the relationship between teacher and disciple.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.7Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “material”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “devotees”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “kingdom”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the eternal existence of the Lord and His devotees deepen my appreciation of devotional service?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on this teaching: the Lord and His devotees remain even after material dissolution.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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