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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 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship
8.16.258.16.27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.26

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Kaśyapa Munisince 8.16.24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सिनीवाल्यां मृदालिप्य स्‍नायात् क्रोडविदीर्णया ।

यदि लभ्येत वै स्रोतस्येतं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ २६ ॥

sinīvālyāṁ mṛdālipya

snāyāt kroḍa-vidīrṇayā

yadi labhyeta vai srotasy

etaṁ mantram udīrayet

Translation

If dirt dug up by a boar is available, on the day of the dark moon one should smear this dirt on his body and then bathe in a flowing river. While bathing, one should chant the following mantra.

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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.

Attend to the Prescribed Bathing Instructions

  1. 1

    On the dark-moon day, the instruction is to smear the body with dirt dug up by a boar, if such dirt is available.

  2. 2

    One should then bathe in a flowing river.

  3. 3

    While bathing, one should chant the mantra introduced by this verse.

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:

After Aditi informed Kaśyapa Muni about the āśrama’s well-being, she told him that she was lamenting for the absence of her sons. She then requested him to tell her how her sons could return and reoccupy their positions.
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. sinīvālyāmon the dark-moon day
  2. mṛdāwith dirt
  3. ālipyasmearing the body
  4. snāyātone should bathe
  5. kroḍa-vidīrṇayādug up by the tusk of a boar
  6. yadiif
  7. labhyetait is available
  8. vaiindeed
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “chant”

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

How carefully do I notice the conditions and sequence in instructions for worship?

Practice

Read the verse carefully and note its timing, its availability condition and its instruction to chant.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAttend to the Prescribed Bathing InstructionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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