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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  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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Canto 8 · Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus
8.13.58.13.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.6

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

अत्रापि भगवज्जन्म कश्यपाददितेरभूत् ।

आदित्यानामवरजो विष्णुर्वामनरूपधृक् ॥ ६ ॥

atrāpi bhagavaj-janma

kaśyapād aditer abhūt

ādityānām avarajo

viṣṇur vāmana-rūpa-dhṛk

Translation

In this manvantara, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as the youngest of all the Ādityas, known as Vāmana, the dwarf. His father was Kaśyapa and His mother Aditi.

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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.

Vāmana Is the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    In this manvantara, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Vāmana, the dwarf.

  2. 2

    He appeared as the youngest of all the Ādityas.

  3. 3

    His father was Kaśyapa, and His mother was Aditi.

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

Further reading

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

During this period of Manu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu appears from the womb of Aditi in His incarnation as the son of Kaśyapa. In the period of the eighth Manu, the Manu is Sāvarṇi.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. atrain this Manu’s reign
  2. apicertainly
  3. bhagavat-janmaappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. kaśyapātby Kaśyapa Muni
  5. aditeḥof mother Aditi
  6. abhūtbecame possible
  7. ādityānāmof the Ādityas
  8. avara-jaḥthe youngest
  9. viṣṇuḥLord Viṣṇu Himself
  10. vāmana-rūpa-dhṛkappearing as Lord Vāmana
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 8.13

    In this verse: “mother”, “father”

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

When I read about Vāmana’s appearance, do I remember that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Vāmana as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 8.13's connections

Live this todayVāmana Is the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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