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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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?
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Canto 9 · Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation
9.15.169.15.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.15.17-19

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच

हैहयानामधिपतिरर्जुन: क्षत्रियर्षभ: ।

दत्तं नारायणांशांशमाराध्य परिकर्मभि: ॥ १७ ॥

बाहून् दशशतं लेभे दुर्धर्षत्वमरातिषु ।

अव्याहतेन्द्रियौज:श्रीतेजोवीर्ययशोबलम् ॥ १८ ॥

योगेश्वरत्वमैश्वर्यं गुणा यत्राणिमादय: ।

चचाराव्याहतगतिर्लोकेषु पवनो यथा ॥ १९ ॥

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca

haihayānām adhipatir

arjunaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

dattaṁ nārāyaṇāṁśāṁśam

ārādhya parikarmabhiḥ

bāhūn daśa-śataṁ lebhe

durdharṣatvam arātiṣu

avyāhatendriyaujaḥ śrī-

tejo-vīrya-yaśo-balam

yogeśvaratvam aiśvaryaṁ

guṇā yatrāṇimādayaḥ

cacārāvyāhata-gatir

lokeṣu pavano yathā

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The best of the kṣatriyas, Kārtavīryārjuna, the King of the Haihayas, received one thousand arms by worshiping Dattātreya, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. He also became undefeatable by enemies and received unobstructed sensory power, beauty, influence, strength, fame and the mystic power by which to achieve all the perfections of yoga, such as aṇimā and laghimā. Thus having become fully opulent, he roamed all over the universe without opposition, just like the wind.

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Kārtavīryārjuna Receives Extraordinary Powers Through Worship

  1. 1

    Kārtavīryārjuna, King of the Haihayas, worshiped Dattātreya, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.

  2. 2

    He received one thousand arms and became undefeatable by enemies. He also received sensory power, beauty, influence, strength and fame.

  3. 3

    His mystic powers included the perfections of yoga, such as aṇimā and laghimā. Fully opulent, he traveled throughout the universe without opposition, like the wind.

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