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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 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son
8.17.188.17.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.17.19

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 8.17.12inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

उपधाव पतिं भद्रे प्रजापतिमकल्मषम् ।

मां च भावयती पत्यावेवंरूपमवस्थितम् ॥ १९ ॥

upadhāva patiṁ bhadre

prajāpatim akalmaṣam

māṁ ca bhāvayatī patyāv

evaṁ rūpam avasthitam

Translation

Always thinking of Me as being situated within the body of your husband, Kaśyapa, go worship your husband, who has been purified by his austerity.

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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.

Remember the Lord While Following His Instruction

  1. 1

    The Lord tells her to go and worship her husband, Kaśyapa.

  2. 2

    Kaśyapa has been purified by his austerity.

  3. 3

    While worshiping her husband, she is to keep thinking of the Lord as situated within his body.

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 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He was already pleased by Kaśyapa Muni’s austerities, and thus He agreed to become their son and maintain the demigods. After giving His word of honor to this effect, the Lord disappeared.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.17
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. upadhāvajust go worship
  2. patimyour husband
  3. bhadreO gentle woman
  4. prajāpatimwho is a Prajāpati
  5. akalmaṣamvery much purified because of his austerity
  6. māmMe
  7. caas well as
  8. bhāvayatīthinking of
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 8.17

    In this verse: “worship”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 8.17

    In this verse: “purified”

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 does remembering the Lord shape your understanding of the instruction given here?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on how this instruction joins outward action with inward remembrance of the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemember the Lord While Following His InstructionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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