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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 9 · Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth
9.18.489.18.50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.18.49

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.18.45inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यस्मिन्निदं विरचितं व्योम्नीव जलदावलि: ।

नानेव भाति नाभाति स्वप्नमायामनोरथ: ॥ ४९ ॥

yasminn idaṁ viracitaṁ

vyomnīva jaladāvaliḥ

nāneva bhāti nābhāti

svapna-māyā-manorathaḥ

Translation

The Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva, who created the cosmic manifestation, exhibits Himself as all-pervading, like the sky that holds clouds. And when the creation is annihilated, everything enters into the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, and varieties are no longer manifested.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vāsudeva Is the Eternal Absolute Truth

  1. 1

    Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Supreme Absolute Truth. One who truly knows Him as the cause of all causes surrenders unto Him.

  2. 2

    Everything emanates from Him, and all manifestations enter into Him at the end. He is all-pervading and situated in everyone's heart.

  3. 3

    Material manifestations are temporary, like dreams, illusions and mental creations. Vāsudeva, however, is eternal.

Key points from the purport
  • As stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (7.19):
  • Everything is in Him in the beginning, and at the end all manifestations enter into Him.
  • Similarly, all material creation is temporary, but Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the eternal Absolute Truth.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 9.18.49 quotesBG 7.19

As stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (7.19): “After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Insatiable desire → Renunciation. Exhausted enjoyment generates insight.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 9: Yayāti's craving and liberation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In great anger, she immediately left for her father’s house and told her father everything. Śukrācārya again became angry and cursed Mahārāja Yayāti to become old, but when Yayāti begged Śukrācārya to be merciful to him, Śukrācārya gave him the benediction that he could transfer his old age and invalidity to some young man.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yasminin whom
  2. idamthis entire cosmic manifestation
  3. viracitamcreated
  4. vyomniin the sky
  5. ivajust like
  6. jalada-āvaliḥclouds
  7. nānā ivaas if in different varieties
  8. bhātiis manifested
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 9.18

    In this verse: “illusions”, “material”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 9.18

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 9.18

    In this verse: “surrenders”

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 that Vāsudeva is eternal change my attachment to temporary things?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute remembering Vāsudeva in your heart as the eternal source of everything.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayVāsudeva Is the Eternal Absolute TruthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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