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

8.17.21 8.17.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.17.22

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.17.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स वै समाधियोगेन कश्यपस्तदबुध्यत ।

प्रविष्टमात्मनि हरेरंशं ह्यवितथेक्षण: ॥ २२ ॥

sa vai samādhi-yogena

kaśyapas tad abudhyata

praviṣṭam ātmani harer

aṁśaṁ hy avitathekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Being situated in a meditational trance, Kaśyapa Muni, whose vision is never mistaken, could see that a plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead had entered within him.

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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.

Recognizing the Lord Within

1
Kaśyapa Muni was situated in a meditational trance.
2
His vision was never mistaken, and he could perceive what had taken place within him.
3
He understood that a plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead had entered within 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 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Aditi engaged in the service of Kaśyapa Muni, who could see by samādhi that the Lord was within him and who thus placed his semen in the womb of Aditi. Lord Brahmā, who is known as Hiraṇyagarbha, understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead had entered Aditi’s womb.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.17

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

saḥKaśyapa Muni
vaiindeed
samādhi-yogenaby mystic meditation
kaśyapaḥKaśyapa Muni
tatthen
abudhyatacould understand
praviṣṭamentered
ātmaniwithin himself

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

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kaśyapa Muni’s absorption encourage me to give attentive time to remembering the Lord?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Kaśyapa Muni’s absorption in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognizing the Lord WithinThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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