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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 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

8.6.9 8.6.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.6.10

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 8.6.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

त्वय्यग्र आसीत् त्वयि मध्य आसीत्

त्वय्यन्त आसीदिदमात्मतन्त्रे ।

त्वमादिरन्तो जगतोऽस्य मध्यं

घटस्य मृत्स्‍नेव पर: परस्मात् ॥ १० ॥

tvayy agra āsīt tvayi madhya āsīt

tvayy anta āsīd idam ātma-tantre

tvam ādir anto jagato ’sya madhyaṁ

ghaṭasya mṛtsneva paraḥ parasmāt

Translation

My dear Lord, who are always fully independent, this entire cosmic manifestation arises from You, rests upon You and ends in You. Your Lordship is the beginning, sustenance and end of everything, like the earth, which is the cause of an earthen pot, which supports the pot, and to which the pot, when broken, finally returns.

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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.

Everything Begins And Ends In The Lord

1
The Lord is always fully independent. The entire cosmic manifestation arises from Him.
2
Everything rests upon Him, and everything ends in Him. He is the beginning, sustenance and end of the universe.
3
An earthen pot comes from earth, is supported by earth and returns to earth when broken. This comparison illustrates the universe’s dependence upon the Lord.

How it feels

Danger and ambition → Divine rescue and surprise. Cooperation, rivalry and revelation alternate rapidly.

Chapters 5–12 of Canto 8: Churning the ocean, poison and nectar. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead controls the entire material manifestation through His subordinate agent, the external energy. Because of His inconceivable transcendental position, He is always the master of the material energy.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.6