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Canto 7 · The Science of God · 15 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 7 · Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

7.13.3 7.13.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.13.4

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.13.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

पश्येदात्मन्यदो विश्वं परे सदसतोऽव्यये ।

आत्मानं च परं ब्रह्म सर्वत्र सदसन्मये ॥ ४ ॥

paśyed ātmany ado viśvaṁ

pare sad-asato ’vyaye

ātmānaṁ ca paraṁ brahma

sarvatra sad-asan-maye

Translation

The sannyāsī should always try to see the Supreme pervading everything and see everything, including this universe, resting on the Supreme.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

See Everything Resting on the Supreme

1
The sannyāsī should always try to see the Supreme pervading everything.
2
He should see everything resting on the Supreme.
3
This vision includes the entire universe, not merely what is immediately around him.

How it feels

Seriousness → Principled living. The example of bhakti becomes a guide to daily life.

Chapters 11–15 of Canto 7: Teachings on social and spiritual conduct. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Nārada Muni has been describing the symptoms of various āśramas and varṇas. Now, in this chapter, he specifically describes the regulative principles to be followed by sannyāsīs.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 7.13