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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 7.3.32

Who is speaking and story frame

त्वत्त: परं नापरमप्यनेज-

देजच्च किञ्चिद्‌‌व्यतिरिक्तमस्ति ।

विद्या: कलास्ते तनवश्च सर्वा

हिरण्यगर्भोऽसि बृहत्‍त्रिपृष्ठ: ॥ ३२ ॥

tvattaḥ paraṁ nāparam apy anejad

ejac ca kiñcid vyatiriktam asti

vidyāḥ kalās te tanavaś ca sarvā

hiraṇyagarbho ’si bṛhat tri-pṛṣṭhaḥ

Translation

There is nothing separate from you, whether it be better or lower, stationary or moving. The knowledge derived from the Vedic literatures like the Upaniṣads, and from all the sub-limbs of the original Vedic knowledge, form your external body. You are Hiraṇyagarbha, the reservoir of the universe, but nonetheless, being situated as the supreme controller, you are transcendental to the material world, which consists of the three modes of material nature.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nothing Is Separate From the Lord

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme cause, and material nature is the effect. The Lord remains at the center as the Supersoul.

  2. 2

    The universes exist during the duration of one breath of the Supreme Lord. They are within the womb of Mahā-Viṣṇu.

  3. 3

    Nothing is separate from the Supreme Lord. This is the philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, inconceivable oneness and difference.

Key points from the purport
  • The supreme cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the effect is material nature.
  • The living entities, both moving and nonmoving, are controlled by the Vedic instructions in art and science, and therefore they are all expansions of the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the center as the Supersoul.
  • Nothing, therefore, is separate from the Supreme Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Pride and rage → Oppression. The ruler's power intensifies his insecurity.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 7: Hiraṇyakaśipu's ascent and intimidation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the Daityas, bowed down before Lord Brahmā, the creator of this universe, offering respectful obeisances again and again and offering prayers.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tvattaḥfrom you
  2. paramhigher
  3. nanot
  4. aparamlower
  5. apieven
  6. anejatnot moving
  7. ejatmoving
  8. caand
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 7.3

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “philosophy”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 7.3

    In this verse: “material”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing everything in relation to the Supreme Lord affect my view of the world?

Practice

Look at one part of your surroundings and reflect that it is not separate from the Supreme Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayNothing Is Separate From the LordThis 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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