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  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
3.19.283.19.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.19.29

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.19.28inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

एतौ तौ पार्षदावस्य शापाद्यातावसद्गतिम् ।

पुन: कतिपयै: स्थानं प्रपत्स्येते ह जन्मभि: ॥ २९ ॥

etau tau pārṣadāv asya

śāpād yātāv asad-gatim

punaḥ katipayaiḥ sthānaṁ

prapatsyete ha janmabhiḥ

Translation

These two personal assistants of the Supreme Lord, having been cursed, have been destined to take birth in demoniac families. After a few such births, they will return to their own positions.

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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.

The Lord's Assistants Will Return

  1. 1

    The two persons described here are personal assistants of the Supreme Lord.

  2. 2

    Because of a curse, they were destined to take birth in demoniac families.

  3. 3

    Their demoniac births would not continue forever. After a few such births, they would return to their own positions.

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. etauthese two
  2. tauboth
  3. pārṣadaupersonal assistants
  4. asyaof the Personality of Godhead
  5. śāpātbecause of being cursed
  6. yātauhave gone
  7. asat-gatimto take birth in a demoniac family
  8. punaḥagain
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Key ideas in this verse

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

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 does the promised return of these assistants help me notice about their temporary condition?

Practice

Reread the verse and note the contrast between their temporary births and their own positions with the Lord.

5

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord's Assistants Will ReturnThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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