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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
3.14.343.14.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The beautiful Ditisince 3.14.34inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

नमो रुद्राय महते देवायोग्राय मीढुषे ।

शिवाय न्यस्तदण्डाय धृतदण्डाय मन्यवे ॥ ३५ ॥

namo rudrāya mahate

devāyogrāya mīḍhuṣe

śivāya nyasta-daṇḍāya

dhṛta-daṇḍāya manyave

Translation

Let me offer my obeisances unto the angry Lord Śiva, who is simultaneously the very ferocious great demigod and the fulfiller of all material desires. He is all-auspicious and forgiving, but his anger can immediately move him to chastise.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Appeal to Mercy While Accepting Responsibility

  1. 1

    Diti offered obeisances to Lord Śiva, acknowledging both his fierce anger and his forgiving nature. She did not deny his power to chastise.

  2. 2

    She understood that he could destroy her pregnancy or mercifully preserve it. Her prayer appealed to his power to fulfill her desire.

  3. 3

    Because Lord Śiva is all-auspicious and Āśutoṣa, Diti hoped he would excuse her. She acknowledged that she herself had aroused his anger.

Key points from the purport
  • Diti prayed for the mercy of Lord Śiva very cleverly.
  • She prayed: “The lord can cause me to cry, but if he likes he can also stop my crying because he is Āśutoṣa.
  • Because he is all-auspicious, it is not difficult for him to excuse me from being punished, although he is now ready to punish me because I have moved his great anger.

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 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. namaḥall obeisances unto
  2. rudrāyaunto the angry Lord Śiva
  3. mahateunto the great
  4. devāyaunto the demigod
  5. ugrāyaunto the ferocious
  6. mīḍhuṣeunto the fulfiller of all material desires
  7. śivāyaunto the all-auspicious
  8. nyasta-daṇḍāyaunto the forgiving
  9. dhṛta-daṇḍāyaunto the immediate chastiser
  10. manyaveunto the angry
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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 3.14

    In this verse: “material”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “mercifully”

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

Can I ask for mercy while honestly admitting my responsibility?

Practice

In a brief prayer today, acknowledge one fault and humbly ask for mercy.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAppeal to Mercy While Accepting ResponsibilityThis 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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