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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha
3.13.333.13.35

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.13.34

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

ऋषय ऊचु:

जितं जितं तेऽजित यज्ञभावन

त्रयीं तनुं स्वां परिधुन्वते नम: ।

यद्रोमगर्ेषु निलिल्युरद्धय-

स्तस्मै नम: कारणसूकराय ते ॥ ३४ ॥

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ

jitaṁ jitaṁ te ’jita yajña-bhāvana

trayīṁ tanuṁ svāṁ paridhunvate namaḥ

yad-roma-garteṣu nililyur addhayas

tasmai namaḥ kāraṇa-sūkarāya te

Translation

All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your form of the personified Vedas, and in the hair holes of Your body the oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have now assumed the form of a boar.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

His Boar Form Is Fully Transcendental

  1. 1

    The Lord can assume any form He likes and remains the cause of all causes. His form is transcendental, and He is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Innumerable universes arise from the holes of His bodily hairs. His transcendental body is the Vedas personified.

  3. 3

    He is the unconquerable Lord and the enjoyer of all sacrifices. His appearance as a boar to lift the earth does not make Him anything less than the Supreme Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • Since His form is transcendental, He is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He is in the Causal Ocean in the form of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
  • Innumerable universes generate from the holes of His bodily hairs, and thus His transcendental body is the Vedas personified.
  • He is never to be misunderstood to be other than the Supreme Lord because of His assuming the form of a boar to lift the earth.

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. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥthe glorified sages uttered
  2. jitamall glories
  3. jitamall victories
  4. teunto You
  5. ajitaO unconquerable one
  6. yajña-bhāvanaone who is understood by performances of sacrifice
  7. trayīmpersonified Vedas
  8. tanumsuch a body
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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

How does knowing that the Lord’s form is transcendental deepen your respect for Lord Boar?

Practice

Repeat the sages’ prayer once with attention: “All glories and all victories unto You!”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHis Boar Form Is Fully TranscendentalThis 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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