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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 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
4.24.24.24.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.24.3

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.24.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

अन्तर्धानगतिं शक्राल्लब्ध्वान्तर्धानसंज्ञित: ।

अपत्यत्रयमाधत्त शिखण्डिन्यां सुसम्मतम् ॥ ३ ॥

antardhāna-gatiṁ śakrāl

labdhvāntardhāna-saṁjñitaḥ

apatya-trayam ādhatta

śikhaṇḍinyāṁ susammatam

Translation

Formerly, Mahārāja Vijitāśva pleased the King of heaven, Indra, and from him received the title Antardhāna. His wife’s name was Śikhaṇḍinī, and by her he begot three good sons.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect Amid Another’s Wrongdoing

  1. 1

    Vijitāśva could see Indra stealing his father’s sacrificial horse, although Indra was invisible to others. Yet Vijitāśva did not attack him.

  2. 2

    He knew that Indra was not an ordinary thief, but a powerful demigod and servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Out of sentiment, he excused Indra even though Indra was acting wrongly.

  3. 3

    Pleased with Vijitāśva, Indra gave him the mystic power of appearing and disappearing at will. Thus he became known as Antardhāna, meaning “disappearance.”

Key points from the purport
  • Mahārāja Vijitāśva was known as Antardhāna, which means “disappearance.”
  • Indra was not visible to others when he was stealing the horse, but Mahārāja Pṛthu’s son Vijitāśva could see him.
  • Thus Indra became very pleased with Vijitāśva at that time.

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

Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.

Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva

Lord Śiva mercifully teaches the Pracetās prayers glorifying the Supreme Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. antardhānaof disappearance
  2. gatimachievement
  3. śakrātfrom King Indra
  4. labdhvāgetting
  5. antardhānaof the name
  6. saṁjñitaḥso nominated
  7. apatyachildren
  8. trayamthree
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.24

    In this verse: “king”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 4.24

    In this verse: “father’s”

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

Can I recognize someone’s worthy qualities without calling their wrongdoing right?

Practice

When reflecting on someone’s fault today, also acknowledge one worthy quality without denying the fault.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRespect Amid Another’s WrongdoingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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