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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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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

9.1.14 9.1.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.1.15

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

प्रेषितोऽध्वर्युणा होता व्यचरत् तत् समाहित: ।

गृहीते हविषि वाचा वषट्कारं गृणन्द्विज: ॥ १५ ॥

preṣito ’dhvaryuṇā hotā

vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ

gṛhīte haviṣi vācā

vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ

Translation

Told by the chief priest “Now offer oblations,” the person in charge of oblations took clarified butter to offer. He then remembered the request of Manu’s wife and performed the sacrifice while chanting the word “vaṣaṭ.”

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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.

The Priest Remembers Śraddhā’s Request

1
The chief priest instructed the person responsible for oblations to begin offering them.
2
The priest took clarified butter for the offering and remembered the request of Manu’s wife.
3
He performed the sacrifice while chanting the word “vaṣaṭ.”

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, 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. Then, although Vaivasvata Manu wanted a son, by the desire of his wife he got a daughter named Ilā.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

preṣitaḥbeing told to execute the sacrifice
adhvaryuṇāby the ṛtvik priest
hotāthe priest in charge of offering oblations
vyacaratexecuted
tatthat (sacrifice)
samāhitaḥwith great attention
gṛhīte haviṣiupon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation
vācāby chanting the mantra

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 9.1
In this verse: “chanting”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What request or intention am I holding in mind while carrying out a responsibility?

Practice

Before beginning one task today, pause and identify the request you are acting upon.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Priest Remembers Śraddhā’s RequestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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