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Canto 9 · Liberation · 24 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 9 · Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

9.1.13 9.1.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.1.14

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.1.7inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्र श्रद्धा मनो: पत्नी होतारं समयाचत ।

दुहित्रर्थमुपागम्य प्रणिपत्य पयोव्रता ॥ १४ ॥

tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī

hotāraṁ samayācata

duhitrartham upāgamya

praṇipatya payovratā

Translation

During that sacrifice, Śraddhā, Manu’s wife, who was observing the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a daughter.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śraddhā Humbly Requests a Daughter

1
During the sacrifice, Śraddhā, Manu’s wife, was observing a vow of subsisting only on milk.
2
She approached the priest who was offering the sacrifice and offered obeisances to him.
3
Śraddhā begged the priest for a daughter, expressing her desire with respect.

How it feels

Change → Acceptance. The instability of worldly identities is a recurring premise.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 9: Dynastic origins and domestic transformations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrāddhadeva’s wife, Śraddhā, gave birth to ten sons, such as Ikṣvāku and Nṛga. Śrāddhadeva, or Vaivasvata Manu, the father of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, was sonless before Ikṣvāku’s birth, but by the grace of the great sage Vasiṣṭha he performed a yajña to satisfy Mitra and Varuṇa.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.1