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  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 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship
8.16.98.16.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.10

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.16.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अपि सर्वे कुशलिनस्तव पुत्रा मनस्विनि ।

लक्षयेऽस्वस्थमात्मानं भवत्या लक्षणैरहम् ॥ १० ॥

api sarve kuśalinas

tava putrā manasvini

lakṣaye ’svastham ātmānaṁ

bhavatyā lakṣaṇair aham

Translation

O great-minded lady, are all your sons faring well? Seeing your withered face, I can perceive that your mind is not tranquil. How is this so?

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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.

Ask Gently About Another’s Distress

  1. 1

    Kaśyapa Muni respectfully addressed Aditi as a great-minded lady.

  2. 2

    He asked whether all her sons were faring well.

  3. 3

    Seeing her withered face, he perceived that her mind was not tranquil. He invited her to explain the cause.

How it feels

Loss and hope → Revelation. A shift in fortune sets up a spiritual test.

Chapters 15–18 of Canto 8: Bali, Aditi and Vāmana's appearance. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One day after many, many years, the great sage Kaśyapa emerged from a trance of meditation and returned to his āśrama. He saw that the āśrama was no longer beautiful and that his wife was very morose.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.16
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. apiwhether
  2. sarveall
  3. kuśalinaḥin full auspiciousness
  4. tavayour
  5. putrāḥsons
  6. manasviniO great-minded lady
  7. lakṣayeI see
  8. asvasthamnot in tranquillity
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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

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 notice someone’s distress, do I gently ask rather than assume I know the cause?

Practice

Ask someone who seems troubled how they are doing, and give them time to answer.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAsk Gently About Another’s DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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