SB 12.9.27 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.9.27

तावच्छिशोर्वै श्वसितेन भार्गव: सोऽन्त: शरीरं मशको यथाविशत् । तत्राप्यदो न्यस्तमचष्ट कृत्‍स्‍नशो यथा पुरामुह्यदतीव विस्मित: ॥ २७ ॥

tāvac chiśor vai śvasitena bhārgavaḥ

[taavach chishor vai shvasitena bhaargavah]

so ’ntaḥ śarīraṁ maśako yathāviśat

[so ’ntah shareeram mashako yathaavishat]

tatrāpy ado nyastam acaṣṭa kṛtsnaśo

[tatraapy ado nyastam achashta kritsnasho]

yathā purāmuhyad atīva vismitaḥ

[yathaa puraamuhyad ateeva vismitah]

Word-for-word

tāvat — at that very moment śiśoḥ — of the infant vai — indeed śvasitena — with the breathing bhārgavaḥ — the descendant of Bhṛgu saḥ — he antaḥ śarīram — within the body maśakaḥ — a mosquito yathā — just like aviśat — entered tatra — therein api — indeed adaḥ — this universe nyastam — placed acaṣṭa — he saw kṛtsnaśaḥ — entire yathā — as purā — previously amuhyat — he became bewildered atīva — extremely vismitaḥ — surprised.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tāvac chiśor vai śvasitena bhārgavaḥ

tāvat

at that very moment

śiśoḥ

of the infant

vai

indeed

śvasitena

with the breathing

bhārgavaḥ

the descendant of Bhṛgu

so ’ntaḥ śarīraṁ maśako yathāviśat

saḥ

antaḥ śarīram

within the body

maśakaḥ

a mosquito

yathā

just like

aviśat

entered

tatrāpy ado nyastam acaṣṭa kṛtsnaśo

tatra

therein

api

indeed

adaḥ

this universe

nyastam

placed

acaṣṭa

he saw

kṛtsnaśaḥ

entire

yathā purāmuhyad atīva vismitaḥ

yathā

purā

previously

amuhyat

he became bewildered

atīva

extremely

vismitaḥ

surprised.

Just then the child inhaled, drawing Mārkaṇḍeya within His body like a mosquito. There the sage found the entire universe arrayed as it had been before its dissolution. Seeing this, Mārkaṇḍeya was most astonished and perplexed.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

At that moment, the child, by inhaling, drew Mārkaṇḍeya within his body like a mosquito. There the sage found the entire universe arrayed as it had been before its dissolution. Seeing this, Mārkaṇḍeya was most astonished and perplexed. Adaḥ means the universe. He saw everything as it was before the devastation (yathā purā).

Personal Guidance

The infant inhales, drawing Markandeya within His body like a mosquito; inside, the sage finds the whole universe arrayed as before. Inside the Lord, what looked external is internal. Reality is nested differently than we think.

Reflection Questions

Where might my 'external' problem actually live inside something bigger that holds it?
What changes when I view it from that nested angle?

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