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Canto 8 · Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations · 24 chapters

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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 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

8.16.28 8.16.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.29

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śrī Kaśyapa Munisince 8.16.24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते पुरुषाय महीयसे ।

सर्वभूतनिवासाय वासुदेवाय साक्षिणे ॥ २९ ॥

namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate

puruṣāya mahīyase

sarva-bhūta-nivāsāya

vāsudevāya sākṣiṇe

Translation

O Supreme Personality of Godhead, greatest of all, who lives in everyone’s heart and in whom everyone lives, O witness of everything, O Vāsudeva, supreme and all-pervading person, 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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Vāsudeva, Present in Every Heart

1
Vāsudeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the greatest of all and the supreme, all-pervading person.
2
He lives in everyone’s heart, and everyone lives in Him.
3
He is the witness of everything. The prayer offers respectful obeisances unto Him.

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

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 summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.16