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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.
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Canto 4 · Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.8.74

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.8.70inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

तृतीयं चानयन्मासं नवमे नवमेऽहनि ।

अब्भक्ष उत्तमश्लोकमुपाधावत्समाधिना ॥ ७४ ॥

tṛtīyaṁ cānayan māsaṁ

navame navame ’hani

ab-bhakṣa uttamaślokam

upādhāvat samādhinā

Translation

In the third month he drank water only every nine days. Thus he remained completely in trance and worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is adored by selected verses.

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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.

Complete Absorption in Worship

  1. 1

    During the third month, Dhruva Mahārāja drank water only every nine days.

  2. 2

    He remained completely in trance as he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The Lord whom he worshiped is adored by selected verses.

How it feels

Rejection → Transformed aspiration. A child's wounded pride is purified by divine encounter.

Chapters 8–12 of Canto 4: Dhruva seeks and encounters the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Dhruva leaves home, receives Nārada’s instructions, and worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead with austerity.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.8
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tṛtīyamthe third month
  2. caalso
  3. ānayanpassing
  4. māsamone month
  5. navame navameon each ninth
  6. ahanion the day
  7. ap-bhakṣaḥdrinking water only
  8. uttama-ślokamthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by selected verses
  9. upādhāvatworshiped
  10. samādhināin trance
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 4.8

    In this verse: “worshiped”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I offer words of worship to the Lord?

Practice

Read one verse of praise to the Supreme Personality of Godhead slowly, giving attention to its meaning.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayComplete Absorption in WorshipThis 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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