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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
8.16.328.16.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.33

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

नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय प्राणाय जगदात्मने ।

योगैश्वर्यशरीराय नमस्ते योगहेतवे ॥ ३३ ॥

namo hiraṇyagarbhāya

prāṇāya jagad-ātmane

yogaiśvarya-śarīrāya

namas te yoga-hetave

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are situated as Hiraṇyagarbha, the source of life, the Supersoul of every living entity. Your body is the source of the opulence of all mystic power. 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.

Honor the Source of Life

  1. 1

    The prayer offers obeisances to the Lord situated as Hiraṇyagarbha, the source of life.

  2. 2

    He is the Supersoul of every living entity. The prayer honors His presence in all living beings.

  3. 3

    His body is the source of the opulence of all mystic power. The response expressed here is respectful obeisance.

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:

She then requested him to tell her how her sons could return and reoccupy their positions. She wanted all good fortune for her sons.
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. namaḥI offer my respectful obeisances unto You
  2. hiraṇyagarbhāyasituated as the four-headed Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā
  3. prāṇāyathe source of everyone’s life
  4. jagat-ātmanethe Supersoul of the entire universe
  5. yoga-aiśvarya-śarīrāyawhose body is full of opulences and mystic power
  6. namaḥ teI offer my respectful obeisances unto You
  7. yoga-hetavethe original master of all mystic power
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 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

How might remembering the Supersoul of every living entity deepen my reverence for the Lord?

Practice

Pause for a moment today and offer obeisances to the Lord as the source of life.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHonor the Source of LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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