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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
3.13.243.13.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.25

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

निशम्य ते घर्घरितं स्वखेद-

क्षयिष्णु मायामयसूकरस्य ।

जनस्तप:सत्यनिवासिनस्ते

त्रिभि: पवित्रैर्मुनयोऽगृणन् स्म ॥ २५ ॥

niśamya te ghargharitaṁ sva-kheda-

kṣayiṣṇu māyāmaya-sūkarasya

janas-tapaḥ-satya-nivāsinas te

tribhiḥ pavitrair munayo ’gṛṇan sma

Translation

When the great sages and thinkers who are residents of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka heard the tumultuous voice of Lord Boar, which was the all-auspicious sound of the all-merciful Lord, they chanted auspicious chants from the three Vedas.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Answer the Lord’s Mercy With Praise

  1. 1

    The purport explains that māyā can mean mercy, specific knowledge, or illusion. Lord Boar is merciful, all knowledge, and illusion also.

  2. 2

    The sages of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka recognized His extraordinary voice as the Lord’s alone. They rejoiced because they knew He had come to deliver the submerged earth.

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    They answered with prayers from the Vedas, joining together to praise the Lord. The purport especially emphasizes chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • Therefore Lord Boar is everything; He is merciful, He is all knowledge, and He is illusion also.
  • The sound which He vibrated as the boar incarnation was answered by the Vedic hymns of the great sages in the planets Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka.
  • Therefore they replied by praying to the Lord with Vedic hymns.

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. niśamyajust after hearing
  2. tethose
  3. ghargharitamthe tumultuous sound
  4. sva-khedapersonal lamentation
  5. kṣayiṣṇudestroying
  6. māyā-mayaall-merciful
  7. sūkarasyaof Lord Boar
  8. janaḥthe Janaloka planet
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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 3.13

    In this verse: “chanted”, “heard”, “chanting”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 3.13

    In this verse: “mercy”, “merciful”

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “illusion”, “māyā”

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 can I respond to the Lord’s mercy with praise today?

Practice

Chant attentively once: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.13's connections

Live this todayAnswer the Lord’s Mercy With PraiseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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