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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 4 · Chapter 19: King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
4.19.44.19.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.19.5

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.19.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

सिद्धा विद्याधरा दैत्या दानवा गुह्यकादय: ।

सुनन्दनन्दप्रमुखा: पार्षदप्रवरा हरे: ॥ ५ ॥

siddhā vidyādharā daityā

dānavā guhyakādayaḥ

sunanda-nanda-pramukhāḥ

pārṣada-pravarā hareḥ

Translation

The Lord was accompanied by the residents of Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka, all the descendants of Diti, and the demons and the Yakṣas. He was also accompanied by His chief associates, headed by Sunanda and Nanda.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Comes With His Associates

  1. 1

    The residents of Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka accompanied the Lord.

  2. 2

    All the descendants of Diti, the demons and the Yakṣas were also present with Him.

  3. 3

    The Lord’s chief associates accompanied Him as well. They were headed by Sunanda and Nanda.

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

Further reading

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
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. siddhāḥthe residents of Siddhaloka
  2. vidyādharāḥthe residents of Vidyādhara-loka
  3. daityāḥthe demoniac descendants of Diti
  4. dānavāḥthe asuras
  5. guhyaka-ādayaḥthe Yakṣas, etc.
  6. sunanda-nanda-pramukhāḥheaded by Sunanda and Nanda, the chief of Lord Viṣṇu’s associates from Vaikuṇṭha
  7. pārṣadaassociates
  8. pravarāḥmost respectful
  9. hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 4.19

    In this verse: “nanda”

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

What does this description help me notice about the Lord’s accompanying assembly?

Practice

Reread the translation and spend a moment remembering the Lord surrounded by His associates.

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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 4.19's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Comes With His AssociatesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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