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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
3.19.213.19.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.19.22

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

प्रादुष्कृतानां मायानामासुरीणां विनाशयत् ।

सुदर्शनास्त्रं भगवान् प्रायुङ्क्त दयितं त्रिपात् ॥ २२ ॥

prāduṣkṛtānāṁ māyānām

āsurīṇāṁ vināśayat

sudarśanāstraṁ bhagavān

prāyuṅkta dayitaṁ tri-pāt

Translation

The Lord, the personal enjoyer of all sacrifices, now discharged His beloved Sudarśana, which was capable of dispersing the magical forces displayed by the demon.

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 Enjoys Every Sacrifice

  1. 1

    The Lord's beloved Sudarśana disperses the magical feats of even powerful yogīs and demons.

  2. 2

    The Lord is the beneficiary and enjoyer of all sacrifices, penances and austerities. These include sacrifices of goods, meditation and philosophical speculation.

  3. 3

    Those following jñāna, yoga and karma must ultimately come to the Supreme Lord. Recognizing Him as the ultimate enjoyer of everything is the perfection of sacrifice.

Key points from the purport
  • Even famous yogīs and demons can sometimes enact very magical feats by their mystic power, but in the presence of the Sudarśana cakra, when it is let loose by the Lord, all such magical jugglery is dispersed.
  • The Lord is described here as tri-pāt, which means that He is the enjoyer of three kinds of sacrifices.
  • In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord confirms that He is the beneficiary and enjoyer of all sacrifices, penances and austerities.

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 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. prāduṣkṛtānāmdisplayed
  2. māyānāmthe magical forces
  3. āsurīṇāmdisplayed by the demon
  4. vināśayatdesiring to destroy
  5. sudarśana-astramthe Sudarśana weapon
  6. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. prāyuṅktathrew
  8. dayitambeloved
  9. tri-pātthe enjoyer of all sacrifices
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.19

    In this verse: “philosophical”

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

Do I see the Supreme Lord's pleasure as the purpose of my spiritual efforts?

Practice

Before one spiritual activity today, pause and consciously dedicate the effort to pleasing the Supreme Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.19's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Enjoys Every SacrificeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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