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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 4 · Chapter 19: King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

4.19.32 4.19.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.19.33

Mukti· Liberation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 4.19.33inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

नैवात्मने महेन्द्राय रोषमाहर्तुमर्हसि ।

उभावपि हि भद्रं ते उत्तमश्लोकविग्रहौ ॥ ३३ ॥

naivātmane mahendrāya

roṣam āhartum arhasi

ubhāv api hi bhadraṁ te

uttamaśloka-vigrahau

Translation

Lord Brahmā continued: Let there be good fortune to both of you, for you and King Indra are both part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you should not be angry with King Indra, who is nondifferent from you.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Shared Spiritual Identity Softens Anger

1
Lord Brahmā wished good fortune to both Mahārāja Pṛthu and King Indra.
2
He reminded Pṛthu that both he and Indra were part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
3
On this basis, Brahmā asked Pṛthu not to be angry with Indra, who was nondifferent from him.

How it feels

Anger and disorder → Duty and devotion. Kingship shifts from domination to stewardship and renunciation.

Chapters 13–23 of Canto 4: Vena and Pṛthu: power, the Earth and stewardship. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 19: King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Indra repeatedly takes the sacrificial horse, and Brahmā restrains Pṛthu’s anger.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.19

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

nanot
evacertainly
ātmanenondifferent from you
mahā-indrāyaupon the King of heaven, Indra
roṣamanger
āhartumto apply
arhasiyou ought
ubhauboth of you

Key ideas in this verse

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

Mukti · Liberation
What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.19
In this verse: “king”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering a shared relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead soften my anger?

Practice

Before responding to someone you resent today, pause and remember your shared relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayShared Spiritual Identity Softens AngerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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