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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 19: The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
3.19.193.19.21

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.19.20

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Lordsince 3.19.10inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

गिरय: प्रत्यद‍ृश्यन्त नानायुधमुचोऽनघ ।

दिग्वाससो यातुधान्य: शूलिन्यो मुक्तमूर्धजा: ॥ २० ॥

girayaḥ pratyadṛśyanta

nānāyudha-muco ’nagha

dig-vāsaso yātudhānyaḥ

śūlinyo mukta-mūrdhajāḥ

Translation

O sinless Vidura, mountains discharged weapons of various kinds, and naked demonesses armed with tridents appeared with their hair hanging loose.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Weapons and Demonesses Fill the Scene

  1. 1

    Vidura is addressed as sinless.

  2. 2

    Mountains discharged weapons of various kinds.

  3. 3

    Naked demonesses appeared, armed with tridents and with their hair hanging loose.

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 19: The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

Lord Varāha defeats Hiraṇyākṣa and returns to His abode amid the demigods’ praises.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. girayaḥmountains
  2. pratyadṛśyantaappeared
  3. nānāvarious
  4. āyudhaweapons
  5. mucaḥdischarging
  6. anaghaO sinless Vidura
  7. dik-vāsasaḥnaked
  8. yātudhānyaḥdemonesses
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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.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What contrast do you notice between the address to sinless Vidura and the threatening scene?

Practice

Note the word used to address Vidura, then list the two threatening sights described in the verse.

5

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayWeapons and Demonesses Fill the SceneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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