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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 1.19.9-10

Who is speaking and story frame

अत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्‍च्यवन: शरद्वा-

नरिष्टनेमिर्भृगुरङ्गिराश्च ।

पराशरो गाधिसुतोऽथ राम

उतथ्य इन्द्रप्रमदेध्मवाहौ ॥ ९ ॥

मेधातिथिर्देवल आर्ष्टिषेणो

भारद्वाजो गौतम: पिप्पलाद: ।

मैत्रेय और्व: कवष: कुम्भयोनि-

र्द्वैपायनो भगवान्नारदश्च ॥ १० ॥

atrir vasiṣṭhaś cyavanaḥ śaradvān

ariṣṭanemir bhṛgur aṅgirāś ca

parāśaro gādhi-suto ’tha rāma

utathya indrapramadedhmavāhau

medhātithir devala ārṣṭiṣeṇo

bhāradvājo gautamaḥ pippalādaḥ

maitreya aurvaḥ kavaṣaḥ kumbhayonir

dvaipāyano bhagavān nāradaś ca

Translation

From different parts of the universe there arrived great sages like Atri, Cyavana, Śaradvān, Ariṣṭanemi, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Parāśara, Viśvāmitra, Aṅgirā, Paraśurāma, Utathya, Indrapramada, Idhmavāhu, Medhātithi, Devala, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, Bhāradvāja, Gautama, Pippalāda, Maitreya, Aurva, Kavaṣa, Kumbhayoni, Dvaipāyana and the great personality Nārada.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Great Sages Gather Together

  1. 1

    Great sages arrived from different parts of the universe. Among them were teachers, religious authorities and authors of Vedic scriptures.

  2. 2

    Aṅgirā is described as still performing austerity and chanting the holy name of the Lord on the banks of the Ganges.

  3. 3

    Devala is among the authorities mentioned when Arjuna acknowledged Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • Cyavana: A great sage and one of the sons of Bhṛgu Muni.
  • He picked a quarrel with Vasiṣṭha Muni when he was a kṣatriya king and performed a great sacrifice in cooperation with Maṭaṅga Muni and thus was able to vanquish the sons of Vasiṣṭha.
  • Devala: A great authority like Nārada Muni and Vyāsadeva.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 1.19.9-10 quotesSB 1.9.6-7

Vasiṣṭha: See Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.6. Parāśara: He is the grandson of Vasiṣṭha Muni and father of Vyāsadeva.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Remorse and urgency → Surrender and inquiry. Seven days to live become the impetus for complete spiritual hearing.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 1: Parīkṣit is cursed and welcomes Śukadeva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 19: The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī

Parīkṣit accepts impending death, sits beside the Ganges, and asks Śukadeva Gosvāmī about perfection.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. atriḥ to nāradaḥall names of the different saintly personalities who arrived there from different parts of the universe
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.19

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 1.19

    In this verse: “religious”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which quality of these sages inspires you to deepen your spiritual practice?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute chanting the holy name of the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Live this todayGreat Sages Gather TogetherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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