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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 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

9.14.46 9.14.48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.14.47

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Urvaśīsince 9.14.42inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तेनायजत यज्ञेशं भगवन्तमधोक्षजम् ।

उर्वशीलोकमन् विच्छन्सर्वदेवमयं हरिम् ॥ ४७ ॥

tenāyajata yajñeśaṁ

bhagavantam adhokṣajam

urvaśī-lokam anvicchan

sarva-devamayaṁ harim

Translation

By means of that fire, Purūravā, who desired to go to the planet where Urvaśī resided, performed a sacrifice, by which he satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, the enjoyer of the results of sacrifice. Thus he worshiped the Lord, who is beyond the perception of the senses and is the reservoir of all the demigods.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Satisfy Hari Through Chanting

1
Although Purūravā desired to reach Urvaśī’s planet, he performed yajña to please Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is beyond sense perception and is the enjoyer of sacrifice.
2
Every planet belongs to the Supreme Lord. Sacrifice offered to Lord Viṣṇu brings sufficient rainfall, enabling the earth to supply life’s necessities.
3
In this Age of Kali, individual or collective chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is the recommended yajña. The purport identifies it as the only sacrifice that can satisfy the Supreme Lord in this age.

Key points from the purport

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram: any loka, or planet, to which one wants to go is the property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the enjoyer of the performance of sacrifice.
In this age, as we have explained many times, the yajña of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is the only sacrifice that can satisfy the Supreme Lord.
Therefore although Purūravā desired something material, he factually performed yajña to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 9.14.47 quotesBG 3.14

Bhagavad-gītā (3.14) also says, yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ: by offering sacrifices to Lord Viṣṇu, one can have sufficient rainfall.

The purport of SB 9.14.47 quotesSB 1.10.4

Everything one gets for material wealth is produced from the earth, and therefore it is said, sarva-kāma-dughā mahī.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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

Chapter 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Veda was the oṁkāra. The various demigods were not worshiped, for only the Supreme Personality of Godhead was the worshipable Deity.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.14

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

tenaby generating such a fire
ayajatahe worshiped
yajña-īśamthe master or enjoyer of the yajña
bhagavantamthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
adhokṣajambeyond the perception of the senses
urvaśī-lokamto the planet where Urvaśī was staying
anvicchanalthough desiring to go
sarva-deva-mayamthe reservoir of all demigods
harimthe Supreme Personality of Godhead

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
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 9.14
In this verse: “worshiped”
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 9.14
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

How can I make pleasing Hari the purpose of my chanting, even when I have personal needs?

Practice

Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra for one minute, alone or with others, as an offering to the Supreme Lord.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 1.10.4

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 9.14's connections

Live this todaySatisfy Hari Through ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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