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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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Canto 3 · Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha
3.13.293.13.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.30

Sthāna· The universe in order
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

खुरै: क्षुरप्रैर्दरयंस्तदाप

उत्पारपारं त्रिपरू रसायाम् ।

ददर्श गां तत्र सुषुप्सुरग्रे

यां जीवधानीं स्वयमभ्यधत्त ॥ ३० ॥

khuraiḥ kṣuraprair darayaṁs tad āpa

utpāra-pāraṁ tri-parū rasāyām

dadarśa gāṁ tatra suṣupsur agre

yāṁ jīva-dhānīṁ svayam abhyadhatta

Translation

Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hooves, which were like sharp arrows, and found the limits of the ocean, although it was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.

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 Personally Lifts the Earth

  1. 1

    Lord Boar penetrated the water with hooves like sharp arrows and reached the limits of the seemingly unlimited ocean.

  2. 2

    He found the earth, the resting place for all living beings, and personally lifted it.

  3. 3

    Following Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the purport explains that the earth was not in the Rasātala planetary system. It was at the bottom of the Garbhodaka Ocean, where planets rest during the devastation at the end of Brahmā’s day.

Key points from the purport
  • The word rasāyām is sometimes interpreted to mean Rasātala, the lowest planetary system, but that is not applicable in this connection, according to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura.
  • The earth is seven times superior to the other planetary systems, namely Tala, Atala, Talātala, Vitala, Rasātala, Pātāla, etc. Therefore the earth cannot be situated in the Rasātala planetary system.
  • Therefore the Lord found the earth on the bottom of the Garbhodaka Ocean, where the planets rest during the devastation at the end of Brahmā’s day.

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. khuraiḥby the hooves
  2. kṣurapraiḥcompared to a sharp weapon
  3. darayanpenetrating
  4. tatthat
  5. āpaḥwater
  6. utpāra-pāramfound the limitation of the unlimited
  7. tri-paruḥthe master of all sacrifices
  8. rasāyāmwithin the water
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Sthāna · Planetary systems

    How is the universe arranged, and what is our right place in it? · Subject 3 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 inspires gratitude in me when I consider that the Lord personally lifted the earth?

Practice

Offer a short prayer of thanks to the Lord for lifting the resting place of all living beings.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Personally Lifts the EarthThis 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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