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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Canto 12 · Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord
12.9.8-912.9.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.9.10

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 12.9.7inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

तस्यैकदा भृगुश्रेष्ठ पुष्पभद्रातटे मुने: ।

उपासीनस्य सन्ध्यायां ब्रह्मन् वायुरभून्महान् ॥ १० ॥

tasyaikadā bhṛgu-śreṣṭha

puṣpabhadrā-taṭe muneḥ

upāsīnasya sandhyāyāṁ

brahman vāyur abhūn mahān

Translation

O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, best of the Bhṛgus, one day while Mārkaṇḍeya was performing his evening worship on the bank of the Puṣpabhadrā, a great wind suddenly arose.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Sudden Wind During Evening Worship

  1. 1

    Mārkaṇḍeya was performing his evening worship.

  2. 2

    He was on the bank of the Puṣpabhadrā.

  3. 3

    While he worshiped, a great wind suddenly arose.

How it feels

Terror and bewilderment → Wonder and surrender. Annihilation gives way to a tender divine vision.

Chapters 9–10 of Canto 12: Mārkaṇḍeya witnesses the deluge and divine child. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One day, as Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya was offering his evening prayers, the water of devastation suddenly flooded the three worlds. With great difficulty Mārkaṇḍeya moved about all alone in this water for a long time, until he came upon a banyan tree.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tasyawhile he
  2. ekadāone day
  3. bhṛgu-śreṣṭhaO best of the descendants of Bhṛgu
  4. puṣpabhadrā-taṭeon the bank of the river Puṣpabhadrā
  5. muneḥthe sage
  6. upāsīnasyawas performing worship
  7. sandhyāyāmat the juncture of the day
  8. brahmanO brāhmaṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 12.9

    In this verse: “worship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does worship have in my evening routine?

Practice

Set aside a brief time this evening to worship the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayA Sudden Wind During Evening WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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