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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 6 · Chapter 3: Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers
6.3.86.3.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.3.9

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Yamadūtassince 6.3.6inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नीयमानं तवादेशादस्माभिर्यातनागृहान् ।

व्यामोचयन्पातकिनं छित्त्वा पाशान प्रसह्य ते ॥ ९ ॥

nīyamānaṁ tavādeśād

asmābhir yātanā-gṛhān

vyāmocayan pātakinaṁ

chittvā pāśān prasahya te

Translation

We were bringing the most sinful Ajāmila toward the hellish planets, following your order, when those beautiful persons from Siddhaloka forcibly cut the knots of the ropes with which we were arresting him.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Defeat Can Awaken a Desire for Retaliation

  1. 1

    Following Yamarāja’s order, the Yamadūtas were bringing the sinful Ajāmila toward the hellish planets.

  2. 2

    The beautiful persons from Siddhaloka forcibly cut the ropes with which Ajāmila was being arrested.

  3. 3

    The Yamadūtas wanted to bring the Viṣṇudūtas before Yamarāja. They would have been satisfied if he could punish them.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that the Yamadūtas wanted to bring the Viṣṇudūtas before Yamarāja.
  • If Yamarāja could then have punished the Viṣṇudūtas, the Yamadūtas would have been satisfied.

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

Guilt and mortal terror → Mercy and renewed devotion. The holy name opens a path beyond an apparently hopeless death.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 6: Ajāmila and the Viṣṇudūtas. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

They were very beautiful and had quickly come to rescue him. Yamarāja now described them.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nīyamānambeing brought
  2. tava ādeśātby your order
  3. asmābhiḥby us
  4. yātanā-gṛhānto the torture chambers, the hellish planets
  5. vyāmocayanreleased
  6. pātakinamthe sinful Ajāmila
  7. chittvācutting
  8. pāśānthe ropes
  9. prasahyaby force
  10. tethey
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 6.3

    In this verse: “sinful”

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

When I am opposed, do I want understanding or the satisfaction of seeing someone punished?

Practice

Notice one lingering resentment today and pause before speaking or acting from it.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayDefeat Can Awaken a Desire for RetaliationThis 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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