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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.14.35

Who is speaking and story frame

सुदेहोऽयं पतत्यत्र देवि दूरं हृतस्त्वया ।

खादन्त्येनं वृका गृध्रास्त्वत्प्रसादस्य नास्पदम् ॥ ३५ ॥

sudeho ’yaṁ pataty atra

devi dūraṁ hṛtas tvayā

khādanty enaṁ vṛkā gṛdhrās

tvat-prasādasya nāspadam

Translation

O goddess, now that you have refused me, my beautiful body will fall down here, and because it is unsuitable for your pleasure, it will be eaten by foxes and vultures.

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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.

Rejection Brings Deep Despair

  1. 1

    Feeling refused, Purūravā said that his beautiful body would fall down on that very spot.

  2. 2

    He described his body as no longer suitable for Urvaśī's pleasure.

  3. 3

    In his despair, he imagined that foxes and vultures would eat his body.

How it feels

Longing and conflict → Detachment and justice. Dynastic episodes explore personal desire and force.

Chapters 13–17 of Canto 9: Nimi, Purūravā and Paraśurāma. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thereafter he went to the same place where he had left Agnisthālī, and there he saw that from the womb of a śamī tree had come an aśvattha tree. Purūravā made two sticks from this tree and thus produced a fire.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. su-dehaḥvery beautiful body
  2. ayamthis
  3. patatiwill now fall down
  4. atraon the spot
  5. deviO Urvaśī
  6. dūramfar, far away from home
  7. hṛtaḥtaken away
  8. tvayāby you
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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

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 can depending on another person's pleasure make disappointment overwhelming?

Practice

Write down how Purūravā connects rejection with the loss of value in his own body.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRejection Brings Deep DespairThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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