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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.5
देशत: कालतो योऽसाववस्थात: स्वतोऽन्यत: ।
अविलुप्तावबोधात्मा स युज्येताजया कथम् ॥ ५ ॥
deśataḥ kālato yo ’sāv
avasthātaḥ svato ’nyataḥ
aviluptāvabodhātmā
sa yujyetājayā katham
The pure soul is pure consciousness and is never out of consciousness, either due to circumstances, time, situations, dreams or other causes. How then does he become engaged in nescience?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The living being’s consciousness remains present through changing circumstances. Vidura asks how the pure soul can become forgetful of his spiritual identity.
The living entity identifies with matter under the influence of avidyā, the potency of ignorance. One potency can be overcome by another potency.
The living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord as His potency, not as the potent. The Lord controls all potencies, so the living entity can never equal Him.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of SB 3.7.5 quotesBG 7.5
The living entity is mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā (7.5) as parā prakṛti, and in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa he is mentioned as the parā śakti.
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.
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Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that I am the Lord’s potency change my understanding of independence?
Write this distinction in your own words: the soul can be influenced by ignorance, but the Lord controls all His potencies.
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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