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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 3 · Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha
3.13.183.13.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.19

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.13.16inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

तस्याभिपश्यत: खस्थ: क्षणेन किल भारत ।

गजमात्र: प्रववृधे तदद्भुतमभून्महत् ॥ १९ ॥

tasyābhipaśyataḥ kha-sthaḥ

kṣaṇena kila bhārata

gaja-mātraḥ pravavṛdhe

tad adbhutam abhūn mahat

Translation

O descendant of Bharata, while Brahmā was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pause in Wonder at the Manifestation

  1. 1

    Brahmā observes the boar form as He becomes situated in the sky.

  2. 2

    The form becomes gigantic, as large as a great elephant.

  3. 3

    The translation describes this manifestation as wonderful, inviting careful attention to what Brahmā witnesses.

How it feels

Threat and anger → Rescue and wonder. Divine protection appears amid cosmic confrontation.

Chapters 13–19 of Canto 3: Varāha, Jaya and Vijaya, Hiraṇyākṣa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

Lord Varāha appears from Brahmā’s nose, lifts the submerged earth, and receives the sages’ prayers.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tasyahis
  2. abhipaśyataḥwhile thus observing
  3. kha-sthaḥsituated in the sky
  4. kṣaṇenasuddenly
  5. kilaverily
  6. bhārataO descendant of Bharata
  7. gaja-mātraḥjust like an elephant
  8. pravavṛdhethoroughly expanded
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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

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What sense of wonder arises as you consider the form Brahmā observes?

Practice

Read the translation once without rushing, then spend a quiet moment considering the wonderful manifestation.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPause in Wonder at the ManifestationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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