Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 22

Aditi’s Payo-vrata and Viṣṇu’s Promise to Appear as Her Son

Prelude to Vāmana

Devanagari script

स वै समाधियोगेन कश्यपस्तदबुध्यत । प्रविष्टमात्मनि हरेरंशं ह्यवितथेक्षण: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

sa vai samādhi-yogena kaśyapas tad abudhyata praviṣṭam ātmani harer aṁśaṁ hy avitathekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

సమాధి-యోగంలో స్థితుడైన కశ్యప ముని, ఎప్పుడూ తప్పని దృష్టి కలవాడు, భగవాన్ హరి యొక్క ఒక పూర్ణాంశము తనలో ప్రవేశించినదని దర్శించాడు।

Synonyms

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/emphasis (निपात)

• samādhi-yogena: by the yoga of samādhi
• samādhi-yogena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: samādhiḥ eva yogaḥ (समाधिरूपः योगः)

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• abudhyata: understood/realized
• abudhyata: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: budh (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• praviṣṭam: entered
• praviṣṭam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-viś (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying aṁśam

• ātmani: in (his) self
• ātmani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• aṁśam: a portion
• aṁśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṁśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• avitathekṣaṇaḥ: whose vision is unfailing (truthful-seeing)
• avitathekṣaṇaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vitha (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi: avitatham īkṣaṇam yasya saḥ (अवितथं ईक्षणं यस्य)

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Hari

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about samādhi-yoga and realization of the Lord?

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.

Why did Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe Kaśyapa as avitathīkṣaṇa (infallible in vision)?

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.

How can a modern practitioner apply the teaching of this shloka?

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.