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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.14

स पद्मकोश: सहसोदतिष्ठत् कालेन कर्मप्रतिबोधनेन । स्वरोचिषा तत्सलिलं विशालं विद्योतयन्नर्क इवात्मयोनि: ॥ १४ ॥
sa padma-kośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭhat
[sa padma-koshah sahasodatishthat]
kālena karma-pratibodhanena
[kaalena karma-pratibodhanena]
sva-rociṣā tat salilaṁ viśālaṁ
[sva-rochishaa tat salilam vishaalam]
vidyotayann arka ivātma-yoniḥ
[vidyotayann arka ivaatma-yonih]
Word-for-word
saḥ — that padma-kośaḥ — bud of a lotus flower sahasā — suddenly udatiṣṭhat — appeared kālena — by time karma — fruitive activities pratibodhanena — awakening sva-rociṣā — by its own effulgence tat — that salilam — water of devastation viśālam — vast vidyotayan — illuminating arkaḥ — the sun iva — like ātma-yoniḥ — generating from the Personality of Viṣṇu.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa padma-kośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭhat
saḥ
that
padma-kośaḥ
bud of a lotus flower
sahasā
suddenly
udatiṣṭhat
appeared
kālena karma-pratibodhanena
kālena
by time
karma
fruitive activities
pratibodhanena
awakening
sva-rociṣā tat salilaṁ viśālaṁ
sva-rociṣā
by its own effulgence
tat
that
salilam
water of devastation
viśālam
vast
vidyotayann arka ivātma-yoniḥ
vidyotayan
illuminating
arkaḥ
the sun
iva
like
ātma-yoniḥ
generating from the Personality of Viṣṇu.
Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Viṣṇu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The material elements, in time became a lotus bud, and suddenly rose up above the waters, impelled by the awakened karmas of the jīvas. Having Viṣṇu as its source, the lotus lit up the broad expanse of water with effulgence like the sun. The material element, transforming into a lotus bud by time, stood above the waters of devastation, by the force of the awakened karmas of the jīvas. The lotus bud had Viṣṇu (ātma) as its source. It was like the sun, illuminating by its effulgence. It did not depend on the sun to light up the water.
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Personal Guidance
The sum total of living beings' fruitive activity took form as the lotus bud from the Lord, illuminating and drying the waters of devastation. Our karma collectively shapes the next world. Action is never private — it folds into a cosmic process.
Reflection Questions
  • If my actions contribute to a cosmic lotus, what kind of bud am I helping to form?
  • Where do I treat my karma as personal-only when it is really collective?
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