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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
3.13.223.13.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.23

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

इति मीमांसतस्तस्य ब्रह्मण: सह सूनुभि: ।

भगवान् यज्ञपुरुषो जगर्जागेन्द्रसन्निभ: ॥ २३ ॥

iti mīmāṁsatas tasya

brahmaṇaḥ saha sūnubhiḥ

bhagavān yajña-puruṣo

jagarjāgendra-sannibhaḥ

Translation

While Brahmā was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Confirms Brahmā’s Contemplation

  1. 1

    While Brahmā deliberated with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, roared like a great mountain.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that great hills and mountains are also living entities with roaring power. The volume of sound is in proportion to the size of the material body.

  3. 3

    The Lord’s gorgeous voice confirmed Brahmā’s contemplation about His appearance as a boar.

Key points from the purport
  • It appears that great hills and mountains also have their roaring power because they are also living entities.
  • The volume of the sound vibrated is in proportion to the size of the material body.
  • While Brahmā was guessing about the appearance of the Lord’s incarnation as a boar, the Lord confirmed Brahmā’s contemplation by roaring with His gorgeous voice.

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

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. itithus
  2. mīmāṁsataḥwhile deliberating
  3. tasyahis
  4. brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
  5. sahaalong with
  6. sūnubhiḥhis sons
  7. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  8. yajñaLord Viṣṇu
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.13

    In this verse: “material”

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

How did the Lord’s roar answer Brahmā’s uncertainty?

Practice

Write one sentence describing how the Lord confirmed Brahmā’s contemplation.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Confirms Brahmā’s ContemplationThis 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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