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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
3.14.63.14.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.7

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.14.5inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णित: पुरा ।

ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम् ॥ ७ ॥

athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁ

śruto me varṇitaḥ purā

brahmaṇā deva-devena

devānām anupṛcchatām

Translation

This history of the fight between the Lord as a boar and the demon Hiraṇyākṣa was heard by me in a year long ago as it was described by the foremost of the demigods, Brahmā, when he was questioned by the other demigods.

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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.

Pass On What Has Been Heard

  1. 1

    Maitreya had heard the history of the fight between Lord Boar and the demon Hiraṇyākṣa long before.

  2. 2

    Brahmā, the foremost of the demigods, had described this history when questioned by the other demigods.

  3. 3

    Maitreya identified where he had heard the account. He was passing on a narration previously spoken by Brahmā.

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. athanow
  2. atrain this matter
  3. apialso
  4. itihāsaḥhistory
  5. ayamthis
  6. śrutaḥheard
  7. meby me
  8. varṇitaḥdescribed
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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: “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 carefully do I distinguish what I have heard from what I have assumed?

Practice

Summarize this verse in one sentence, keeping only the details it gives.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPass On What Has Been HeardThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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