Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.15
सोऽशयिष्टाब्धिसलिले आण्डकोशो निरात्मक: ।
साग्रं वै वर्षसाहस्रमन्ववात्सीत्तमीश्वर: ॥ १५ ॥
so ’śayiṣṭābdhi-salile
[so ’shayishtaabdhi-salile]
āṇḍakośo nirātmakaḥ
[aandakosho niraatmakah]
sāgraṁ vai varṣa-sāhasram
[saagram vai varsha-saahasram]
anvavātsīt tam īśvaraḥ
[anvavaatseet tam eeshvarah]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
it
aśayiṣṭa
—
lay
abdhi-salile
—
on the waters of the Causal Ocean
āṇḍa-kośaḥ
—
egg
nirātmakaḥ
—
in an unconscious state
sāgram
—
a little more than
vai
—
in fact
varṣa-sāhasram
—
a thousand years
anvavātsīt
—
became situated
tam
—
in the egg
īśvaraḥ
—
the Lord.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
so ’śayiṣṭābdhi-salile
saḥ
it
āṇḍakośo nirātmakaḥ
sāgraṁ vai varṣa-sāhasram
aśayiṣṭa
lay
abdhi-salile
on the waters of the Causal Ocean
anvavātsīt tam īśvaraḥ
āṇḍa-kośaḥ
egg
nirātmakaḥ
in an unconscious state
sāgram
a little more than
vai
in fact
varṣa-sāhasram
a thousand years
anvavātsīt
became situated
tam
in the egg
īśvaraḥ
the Lord.
For over one thousand years the shiny egg lay on the waters of the Causal Ocean in the lifeless state. Then the Lord entered it as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
Purport
From this verse it appears that all the universes are floating in the Causal Ocean.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The universe, without life, lay in the Kāraṇa Ocean for over a thousand years. Then the Lord inhabited it.
The universe lay in the Kāraṇa Ocean without life, since the mass of jīvas had not woke up. For a little over (sāgram) a thousand years it lay there. After that (anu) the Lord, Garbodakaśāyī, dwelled in it.
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Personal Guidance
The verse insists on the Lord's specific identity — not an idea of God but a person with name, form, and intent. Vague spirituality cannot reach what only personal address can.
Reflection Questions
- Where does your idea of God blur into a generic 'higher power' that asks nothing of you?
- How does relating to a person, rather than a principle, change how you speak in prayer?
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