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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 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
3.13.503.14.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 3.14.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

श्रीशुक उवाच

निशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितां

हरे: कथां कारणसूकरात्मन: ।

पुन: स पप्रच्छ तमुद्यताञ्जलि-

र्न चातितृप्तो विदुरो धृतव्रत: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

niśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitāṁ

hareḥ kathāṁ kāraṇa-sūkarātmanaḥ

punaḥ sa papraccha tam udyatāñjalir

na cātitṛpto viduro dhṛta-vrataḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing from the great sage Maitreya about the Lord’s incarnation as Varāha, Vidura, who had taken a vow, begged him with folded hands to please narrate further transcendental activities of the Lord, since he [Vidura] did not yet feel satisfied.

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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.

Hearing Awakens Eagerness for More

  1. 1

    Vidura heard from the great sage Maitreya about the Lord’s incarnation as Varāha.

  2. 2

    Although he had heard this narration, Vidura did not yet feel satisfied. He wanted to hear further transcendental activities of the Lord.

  3. 3

    Vidura, who had taken a vow, begged with folded hands. His request combined eagerness with respect.

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 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

Diti desires sons, her husband performs a forbidden act, and their sons’ destruction by the Lord is foretold.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. niśamyaafter hearing
  3. kauṣāraviṇāby the sage Maitreya
  4. upavarṇitāmdescribed
  5. hareḥof the Personality of Godhead
  6. kathāmnarrations
  7. kāraṇafor the reason of lifting the earth
  8. sūkara-ātmanaḥof the boar incarnation
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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 3.14

    In this verse: “hearing”, “heard”, “narration”

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 bring more eagerness and respect to hearing about the Lord?

Practice

Read this verse again slowly, with the wish to hear more about the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHearing Awakens Eagerness for MoreThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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