Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 22
Aditi’s Payo-vrata and Viṣṇu’s Promise to Appear as Her Son
Prelude to Vāmana
स वै समाधियोगेन कश्यपस्तदबुध्यत । प्रविष्टमात्मनि हरेरंशं ह्यवितथेक्षण: ॥ २२ ॥
sa vai samādhi-yogena kaśyapas tad abudhyata praviṣṭam ātmani harer aṁśaṁ hy avitathekṣaṇaḥ
وهو في سمادهي اليوغا، رأى كاشيابا المُني، ذو البصيرة التي لا تخطئ، أن جزءًا كاملاً من الربّ الأعلى، هري، قد دخل في داخله.
FAQs
This verse states that through samādhi-yoga Kaśyapa directly understood the presence of an expansion of Lord Hari within himself—showing that deep absorption can reveal the Lord’s divine arrangement and presence.
Because Kaśyapa was a perfected sage; his realization was not speculation. Śukadeva emphasizes that Kaśyapa’s perception of Hari’s expansion entering was certain and spiritually authoritative.
By cultivating steady meditation and devotion—reducing distraction and living a disciplined spiritual life—one can gain clearer inner guidance and faith that the Lord’s presence and purpose become known in the purified heart.