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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 18: The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
3.18.103.18.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.18.11

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Personality of Godheadsince 3.18.10inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

एते वयं न्यासहरा रसौकसां

गतह्रियो गदया द्रावितास्ते ।

तिष्ठामहेऽथापि कथञ्चिदाजौ

स्थेयं क्‍व यामो बलिनोत्पाद्य वैरम् ॥ ११ ॥

ete vayaṁ nyāsa-harā rasaukasāṁ

gata-hriyo gadayā drāvitās te

tiṣṭhāmahe ’thāpi kathañcid ājau

stheyaṁ kva yāmo balinotpādya vairam

Translation

Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasātala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Everything Belongs to the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    The Lord speaks as though He has nowhere to go, but God cannot be driven out of any place. He is all-pervading.

  2. 2

    Demons think of their possessions as their own property. Actually, everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The Lord can take anything at any time He likes. Our claim of ownership does not change His ownership.

Key points from the purport
  • The demon should have known that God cannot be driven out of any place, for He is all-pervading.
  • Demons think of their possessions as their property, but actually everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can take anything at any time He likes.

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 18: The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

Hiraṇyākṣa challenges Lord Varāha, who protects the earth and fights him as Brahmā prays for victory.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. eteOurselves
  2. vayamWe
  3. nyāsaof the charge
  4. harāḥthieves
  5. rasā-okasāmof the inhabitants of Rasātala
  6. gata-hriyaḥshameless
  7. gadayāby the mace
  8. drāvitāḥchased
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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

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

What possession do I find hardest to recognize as belonging to the Lord?

Practice

Choose one possession you use today and pause to remember that it belongs to the Supreme Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayEverything Belongs to the Supreme LordThis 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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