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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 7 · Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
7.1.447.1.46

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.1.45

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.1.45inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

तत्रापि राघवो भूत्वा न्यहनच्छापमुक्तये ।

रामवीर्यं श्रोष्यसि त्वं मार्कण्डेयमुखात्प्रभो ॥ ४५ ॥

tatrāpi rāghavo bhūtvā

nyahanac chāpa-muktaye

rāma-vīryaṁ śroṣyasi tvaṁ

mārkaṇḍeya-mukhāt prabho

Translation

Nārada Muni continued: My dear King, just to relieve Jaya and Vijaya of the brāhmaṇas’ curse, Lord Rāmacandra appeared in order to kill Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa. It will be better for you to hear narrations about Lord Rāmacandra’s activities from Mārkaṇḍeya.

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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 Acts to End the Curse

  1. 1

    Nārada Muni explained that Lord Rāmacandra appeared to kill Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa.

  2. 2

    His purpose was to relieve Jaya and Vijaya of the brāhmaṇas’ curse.

  3. 3

    Nārada Muni directed the King to hear narrations of Lord Rāmacandra’s activities from Mārkaṇḍeya.

How it feels

Pride and rage → Oppression. The ruler's power intensifies his insecurity.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 7: Hiraṇyakaśipu's ascent and intimidation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains that because of their offenses at the feet of devotees, two attendants of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha named Jaya and Vijaya became Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa in Satya-yuga, Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa in the next yuga, Tretā-yuga, and Śiśupāla and Dantavakra at the end of Dvāpara-yuga. Because of their fruitive acts, Jaya and Vijaya agreed to become the Lord’s enemies, and when killed in that mentality, they attained salvation in oneness.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatra apithereupon
  2. rāghavaḥas Lord Rāmacandra
  3. bhūtvāmanifesting
  4. nyahanatkilled
  5. śāpa-muktayefor freedom from the curse
  6. rāma-vīryamthe prowess of Lord Rāma
  7. śroṣyasiwill hear
  8. tvamyou
  9. mārkaṇḍeya-mukhātfrom the lips of the sage Mārkaṇḍeya
  10. prabhoO lord
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “narrations”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 7.1

    In this verse: “king”

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

How does knowing the Lord’s purpose change your understanding of His actions here?

Practice

Read this verse aloud once, paying attention to the purpose of Lord Rāmacandra’s appearance.

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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 7.1's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Acts to End the CurseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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