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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 5 · Chapter 9: The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
5.9.65.9.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 5.9.7

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 5.9.1-2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अथ यवीयसी द्विजसती स्वगर्भजातं मिथुनं सपत्‍न्या उपन्यस्य स्वयमनुसंस्थया पतिलोकमगात् ॥ ७ ॥

atha yavīyasī dvija-satī sva-garbha-jātaṁ mithunaṁ sapatnyā upanyasya svayam anusaṁsthayā patilokam agāt.

Translation

Thereafter, the brāhmaṇa’s younger wife, after entrusting her twin children — the boy and girl — to the elder wife, departed for Patiloka, voluntarily dying with her husband.

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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 Twins Are Entrusted to Care

  1. 1

    After the brāhmaṇa’s death, his younger wife entrusted her twin children to his elder wife.

  2. 2

    The twins were a boy and a girl, and responsibility for their care passed to the elder wife.

  3. 3

    The verse then records that the younger wife voluntarily died with her husband and departed for Patiloka.

How it feels

Compassion and attachment → Regret and vigilance. Affection becomes binding when it displaces devotion.

Chapters 7–9 of Canto 5: Bharata, the deer and the birth of Jaḍa Bharata. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 9: The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After having given up the body of a deer, he took birth in the womb of the youngest wife of a brāhmaṇa. In this life he could also remember the activities of his past life, and in order to avoid the influence of society, he remained like a deaf and dumb person.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 5.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. athathereafter
  2. yavīyasīthe youngest
  3. dvija-satīwife of the brāhmaṇa
  4. sva-garbha-jātamborn of her womb
  5. mithunamthe twins
  6. sapatnyaiunto the co-wife
  7. upanyasyaentrusting
  8. svayampersonally
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 5.9

    In this verse: “dying”, “death”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 5.9

    In this verse: “children”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How carefully do I attend to the needs of those entrusted to my care?

Practice

Check on one practical need of someone in your care today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Twins Are Entrusted to CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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