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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
3.14.44-453.14.47

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.46

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The learned Kaśyapasince 3.14.44-45inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

योगैर्हेमेव दुर्वर्णं भावयिष्यन्ति साधव: ।

निर्वैरादिभिरात्मानं यच्छीलमनुवर्तितुम् ॥ ४६ ॥

yogair hemeva durvarṇaṁ

bhāvayiṣyanti sādhavaḥ

nirvairādibhir ātmānaṁ

yac-chīlam anuvartitum

Translation

In order to follow in his footsteps, saintly persons will try to emulate his character by practicing freedom from animosity, just as the purifying processes rectify gold of inferior quality.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Self-Control Supports Freedom From Animosity

  1. 1

    Saintly persons would follow this devotee’s character by practicing freedom from animosity. Such practice purifies the self as refining processes purify inferior gold.

  2. 2

    Yoga practice is based mainly on self-control. Without self-control, one cannot practice freedom from animosity.

  3. 3

    Although tortured by his father, Prahlāda Mahārāja prayed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead for his father’s liberation. He never cursed those who tortured him.

Key points from the purport
  • Yoga practice, the process of purifying one’s existential identity, is based mainly on self-control.
  • Without self-control one cannot practice freedom from animosity.
  • He never cursed any of the persons who engaged in torturing him at the instigation of his father.

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. yogaiḥby the rectifying processes
  2. hemagold
  3. ivalike
  4. durvarṇaminferior quality
  5. bhāvayiṣyantiwill purify
  6. sādhavaḥsaintly persons
  7. nirvaira-ādibhiḥby practice of freedom from animosity, etc.
  8. ātmānamthe self
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “purifying”, “purifies”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “devotee’s”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “father”

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 might I wish someone spiritual good instead of holding resentment?

Practice

When resentment arises today, pause and offer a brief prayer for that person’s spiritual welfare.

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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 3.14's connections

Live this todaySelf-Control Supports Freedom From AnimosityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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