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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.15.63

Who is speaking and story frame

कार्यकारणवस्त्वैक्यदर्शनं पटतन्तुवत् ।

अवस्तुत्वाद्विकल्पस्य भावाद्वैतं तदुच्यते ॥ ६३ ॥

kārya-kāraṇa-vastv-aikya-

darśanaṁ paṭa-tantuvat

avastutvād vikalpasya

bhāvādvaitaṁ tad ucyate

Translation

When one understands that result and cause are one and that duality is ultimately unreal, like the idea that the threads of a cloth are different from the cloth itself, one reaches the conception of oneness called bhāvādvaita.

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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.

See the Oneness of Cause and Effect

  1. 1

    Bhāvādvaita means understanding the oneness of cause and result. It is a conception of oneness in existence.

  2. 2

    The verse uses cloth and its threads as an example. The cloth is not a separate substance from the threads that constitute it.

  3. 3

    Regarding cause and result as ultimately separate is described as unreal. Seeing their oneness is called bhāvādvaita.

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

Further reading

Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A monistic philosopher who gradually develops control of the senses understands that the objective of all the different āśramas, the statuses of life, is salvation. One must live and act according to śāstras.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kāryathe result or effect
  2. kāraṇathe cause
  3. vastusubstance
  4. aikyaoneness
  5. darśanamobservation
  6. paṭathe cloth
  7. tantuthe thread
  8. vatlike
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “understands”, “understanding”

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 the example of cloth and threads help me understand cause and result?

Practice

Look closely at a piece of cloth and consider how the cloth and its threads illustrate the verse's teaching.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySee the Oneness of Cause and EffectThis 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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