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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 8 · Chapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
8.19.68.19.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.19.7

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 8.19.2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

निशम्य तद्वधं भ्राता हिरण्यकशिपु: पुरा ।

हन्तुं भ्रातृहणं क्रुद्धो जगाम निलयं हरे: ॥ ७ ॥

niśamya tad-vadhaṁ bhrātā

hiraṇyakaśipuḥ purā

hantuṁ bhrātṛ-haṇaṁ kruddho

jagāma nilayaṁ hareḥ

Translation

When Hiraṇyakaśipu heard the news of his brother’s being killed, with great anger he went to the residence of Viṣṇu, the killer of his brother, wanting to kill Lord Viṣṇu.

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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.

Anger Drives Hiraṇyakaśipu Against the Lord

  1. 1

    Hiraṇyakaśipu heard that his brother had been killed.

  2. 2

    Filled with great anger, he went to the residence of Lord Viṣṇu, his brother’s killer.

  3. 3

    He went there wanting to kill Lord Viṣṇu. His anger took the form of a violent intention.

How it feels

Public loss and humiliation → Total surrender. An apparent external defeat conceals a devotional triumph.

Chapters 19–23 of Canto 8: Vāmana tests Bali; Bali offers everything. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Bali Mahārāja, thinking Vāmanadeva to be the son of a brāhmaṇa, told Him to ask for anything He liked, Lord Vāmanadeva praised Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa for their heroic activities, and after thus praising the family in which Bali Mahārāja had been born, He begged the King for three paces of land.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. niśamyaafter hearing
  2. tat-vadhamthe killing of Hiraṇyākṣa
  3. bhrātāthe brother
  4. hiraṇyakaśipuḥHiraṇyakaśipu
  5. purāformerly
  6. hantumjust to kill
  7. bhrātṛ-haṇamthe killer of his brother
  8. kruddhaḥvery angry
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 8.19

    In this verse: “heard”

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 hear upsetting news, how quickly does anger shape my intentions?

Practice

If upsetting news reaches you today, pause before speaking or acting in anger.

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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 8.19's connections

Live this todayAnger Drives Hiraṇyakaśipu Against the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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