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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
3.18.273.19.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.18.28

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.18.25inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

दिष्टय‍ा त्वां विहितं मृत्युसमयमासादित: स्वयम् ।

विक्रम्यैनं मृधे हत्वा लोकानाधेहि शर्मणि ॥ २८ ॥

diṣṭyā tvāṁ vihitaṁ mṛtyum

ayam āsāditaḥ svayam

vikramyainaṁ mṛdhe hatvā

lokān ādhehi śarmaṇi

Translation

This demon, luckily for us, has come of his own accord to You, his death ordained by You; therefore, exhibiting Your ways, kill him in the duel and establish the worlds in peace.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Establishes Peace

  1. 1

    Brahmā considered it fortunate that the demon had come to the Lord of his own accord.

  2. 2

    The demon’s death had already been ordained by the Lord.

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    Brahmā asked the Lord to exhibit His prowess, kill the demon in the duel and establish the worlds in peace.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa.”

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. diṣṭyāby fortune
  2. tvāmto You
  3. vihitamordained
  4. mṛtyumdeath
  5. ayamthis demon
  6. āsāditaḥhas come
  7. svayamof his own accord
  8. vikramyaexhibiting Your prowess
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 3.18

    In this verse: “death”

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 does Brahmā connect the Lord’s victory with peace for the worlds?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord to establish peace in the worlds.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Establishes PeaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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