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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
8.16.268.16.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Kaśyapa Munisince 8.16.24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

त्वं देव्यादिवराहेण रसाया: स्थानमिच्छता ।

उद्‌धृतासि नमस्तुभ्यं पाप्मानं मे प्रणाशय ॥ २७ ॥

tvaṁ devy ādi-varāheṇa

rasāyāḥ sthānam icchatā

uddhṛtāsi namas tubhyaṁ

pāpmānaṁ me praṇāśaya

Translation

O mother earth, you were raised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a boar because of your desiring to have a place to stay. I pray that you kindly vanquish all the reactions of my sinful life. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.

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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.

Offer Respect and Pray for Purification

  1. 1

    The prayer addresses mother earth with respect.

  2. 2

    It recalls that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the form of a boar, raised her because she desired a place to stay.

  3. 3

    The speaker asks mother earth to vanquish all the reactions of sinful life and offers respectful obeisances.

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. tvamyou
  2. deviO mother earth
  3. ādi-varāheṇaby the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a boar
  4. rasāyāḥfrom the bottom of the universe
  5. sthānama place
  6. icchatādesiring
  7. uddhṛtā asiyou have been raised
  8. namaḥ tubhyamI offer my respectful obeisances unto you
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “kindly”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “mother”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “sinful”

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

Can I sincerely acknowledge my need to be freed from the reactions of sinful life?

Practice

Read this prayer slowly, offering respectful obeisances and sincerely asking for purification.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOffer Respect and Pray for PurificationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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