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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 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.86.18.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.9

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.18.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्कर्मगुणवीर्याणि काश्यपस्य महात्मन: ।

पश्चाद्वक्ष्यामहेऽदित्यां यथैवावततार ह ॥ ९ ॥

tat-karma-guṇa-vīryāṇi

kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ

paścād vakṣyāmahe ’dityāṁ

yathaivāvatatāra ha

Translation

Later [in the Eighth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam] I shall describe how Urukrama, Lord Vāmanadeva, appeared as the son of the great sage Kaśyapa and how He covered the three worlds with three steps. I shall describe the uncommon activities He performed, His qualities, His power and how He took birth from the womb of Aditi.

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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.

Hearing About Lord Vāmanadeva’s Uncommon Activities

  1. 1

    The speaker promises to describe later how Urukrama, Lord Vāmanadeva, appeared as the son of the great sage Kaśyapa.

  2. 2

    Lord Vāmanadeva covered the three worlds with three steps.

  3. 3

    The promised account will describe His uncommon activities, qualities and power, and His birth from Aditi’s womb.

How it feels

Resentment and resolve → Constraint and consequence. Family conflict frames a test of intention.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 6: Diti's vow and discipline. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Bhṛgu, the mind-born son of Brahmā, took his birth again from Carṣaṇī, the wife of Varuṇa, and the great sage Vālmīki appeared from Varuṇa’s semen. Agastya and Vasiṣṭha were two sons of Varuṇa and Mitra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatHis
  2. karmaactivities
  3. guṇaqualities
  4. vīryāṇiand power
  5. kāśyapasyaof the son of Kaśyapa
  6. mahā-ātmanaḥthe great soul
  7. paścātlater
  8. vakṣyāmaheI shall describe
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 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

Which aspect of Lord Vāmanadeva’s activities or qualities would I like to hear about more carefully?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment remembering Lord Vāmanadeva covering the three worlds with three steps.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 6.18's connections

Live this todayHearing About Lord Vāmanadeva’s Uncommon ActivitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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