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Canto 7 · The Science of God · 15 chapters

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1Chant the verseSay the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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6Write down what touched youNote the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 7 · Chapter 7: What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb

7.7.23 7.7.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.7.24

अन्वयव्यतिरेकेण विवेकेनोशतात्मना ।

स्वर्गस्थानसमाम्नायैर्विमृशद्भ‍िरसत्वरै: ॥ २४ ॥

anvaya-vyatirekeṇa

vivekenośatātmanā

svarga-sthāna-samāmnāyair

vimṛśadbhir asatvaraiḥ

Translation

Sober and expert persons should search for the spirit soul with minds purified through analytical study in terms of the soul’s connection with and distinction from all things that undergo creation, maintenance and destruction.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Body Depends on Spiritual Life

1
A sober person can distinguish the soul from the body through careful analysis. We say “my head,” not “I head,” showing a distinction between the bodily part and its possessor.
2
Chemical combinations do not constitute the living force. The body exists and grows on the basis of the presence of ātmā and Paramātmā, the individual soul and the Supersoul.
3
The individual soul is part of the Lord, and the Supreme Soul exists everywhere. Everything rests upon the Supreme Lord, like pearls strung on a thread.

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