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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 9 · Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation
9.15.109.15.12-13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.15.11

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.15.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रसादित: सत्यवत्या मैवं भूरिति भार्गव: ।

अथ तर्हि भवेत् पौत्रो जमदग्निस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ११ ॥

prasāditaḥ satyavatyā

maivaṁ bhūr iti bhārgavaḥ

atha tarhi bhavet pautro

jamadagnis tato ’bhavat

Translation

Satyavatī, however, pacified Ṛcīka Muni with peaceful words and requested that her son not be like a fierce kṣatriya. Ṛcīka Muni replied, “Then your grandson will be of a kṣatriya spirit.” Thus Jamadagni was born as the son of Satyavatī.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Peaceful Words Pacify Ṛcīka

  1. 1

    Ṛcīka Muni was very angry, but Satyavatī pacified him with peaceful words.

  2. 2

    She requested that her son not be like a fierce kṣatriya. Ṛcīka changed his mind and said that her grandson would instead have a kṣatriya spirit.

  3. 3

    Jamadagni was born as Satyavatī’s son. The purport indicates that Jamadagni’s son would be born as Paraśurāma.

Key points from the purport
  • The great sage Ṛcīka was very angry, but somehow or other Satyavatī pacified him, and at her request he changed his mind.
  • It is indicated here that the son of Jamadagni would be born as Paraśurāma.

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

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 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Satyavatī married Ṛcīka Muni after the muni contributed a substantial dowry, and from the womb of Satyavatī by Ṛcīka Muni, Jamadagni was born. The son of Jamadagni was Rāma, or Paraśurāma.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. prasāditaḥpacified
  2. satyavatyāby Satyavatī
  3. mānot
  4. evamthus
  5. bhūḥlet it be
  6. itithus
  7. bhārgavaḥthe great sage
  8. athaif your son should not become like that
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 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 could peaceful words help me express a difficult request?

Practice

Make one request today calmly, using gentle words rather than an angry tone.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPeaceful Words Pacify ṚcīkaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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