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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 16: The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages
3.15.503.16.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.16.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.16.1inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Brahmā → the demigods

ब्रह्मोवाच

इति तद् गृणतां तेषां मुनीनां योगधर्मिणाम् ।

प्रतिनन्द्य जगादेदं विकुण्ठनिलयो विभु: ॥ १ ॥

brahmovāca

iti tad gṛṇatāṁ teṣāṁ

munīnāṁ yoga-dharmiṇām

pratinandya jagādedaṁ

vikuṇṭha-nilayo vibhuḥ

Translation

Lord Brahmā said: After thus congratulating the sages for their nice words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose abode is in the kingdom of God, spoke as follows.

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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.

The Lord Appreciates the Sages’ Words

  1. 1

    Lord Brahmā describes how the Supreme Personality of Godhead congratulated the sages for their nice words.

  2. 2

    The Lord’s abode is in the kingdom of God.

  3. 3

    After appreciating the sages’ words, the Lord Himself spoke to them.

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 16: The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages

The Lord honors the sages and assures His fallen doorkeepers that they will soon return.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.16
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. brahmā uvācaLord Brahmā said
  2. itithus
  3. tatspeech
  4. gṛṇatāmpraising
  5. teṣāmof them
  6. munīnāmthose four sages
  7. yoga-dharmiṇāmengaged in linking with the Supreme
  8. pratinandyaafter congratulating
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 3.16

    In this verse: “kingdom”

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 give more careful attention to the Lord’s words?

Practice

Read this translation slowly once more, pausing before the words “spoke as follows.”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Appreciates the Sages’ WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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