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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 8 · Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

8.13.22 8.13.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.23

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.13.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

विष्वक्सेनो विषूच्यां तु शम्भो: सख्यं करिष्यति ।

जात: स्वांशेन भगवान्गृहे विश्वसृजो विभु: ॥ २३ ॥

viṣvakseno viṣūcyāṁ tu

śambhoḥ sakhyaṁ kariṣyati

jātaḥ svāṁśena bhagavān

gṛhe viśvasṛjo vibhuḥ

Translation

In the home of Viśvasraṣṭā, a plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear from the womb of Viṣūcī as the incarnation known as Viṣvaksena. He will make friends with Śambhu.

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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.

The Lord Will Appear as Viṣvaksena

1
Viṣvaksena will appear as a plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
2
He will appear from the womb of Viṣūcī in the home of Viśvasraṣṭā.
3
He will make friends with Śambhu.

How it feels

Uncertainty → Cosmic order. The narrative resets the frame to cyclical cosmic governance.

Chapters 13–14 of Canto 8: Manus and universal management. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The incarnation in this period of Manu is Viṣvaksena, who is a friend of Śambhu and who is born from the womb of Viṣūcī in the house of a brāhmaṇa named Viśvasraṣṭā. In the period of the eleventh Manu, the Manu is Dharma-sāvarṇi, who has ten sons, headed by Satyadharma.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.13

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

viṣvaksenaḥViṣvaksena
viṣūcyāmin the womb of Viṣūcī
tuthen
śambhoḥof Śambhu
sakhyamfriendship
kariṣyatiwill create
jātaḥbeing born
sva-aṁśenaby a plenary portion

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
Sakhya · Sacred friendship
The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 8.13
In this verse: “friends”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the Lord’s friendship with Śambhu?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, remembering Viṣvaksena as a plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayThe Lord Will Appear as ViṣvaksenaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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