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Canto 9 · Liberation · 24 chapters

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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
9.15.349.15.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.15.35-36

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

कृत्तबाहो: शिरस्तस्य गिरे: श‍ृङ्गमिवाहरत् ।

हते पितरि तत्पुत्रा अयुतं दुद्रुवुर्भयात् ॥ ३५ ॥

अग्निहोत्रीमुपावर्त्य सवत्सां परवीरहा ।

समुपेत्याश्रमं पित्रे परिक्लिष्टां समर्पयत् ॥ ३६ ॥

kṛtta-bāhoḥ śiras tasya

gireḥ śṛṅgam ivāharat

hate pitari tat-putrā

ayutaṁ dudruvur bhayāt

agnihotrīm upāvartya

savatsāṁ para-vīra-hā

samupetyāśramaṁ pitre

parikliṣṭāṁ samarpayat

Translation

Thereafter, Paraśurāma cut off like a mountain peak the head of Kārtavīryārjuna, who had already lost his arms. When Kārtavīryārjuna’s ten thousand sons saw their father killed, they all fled in fear. Then Paraśurāma, having killed the enemy, released the kāmadhenu, which had undergone great suffering, and brought it back with its calf to his residence, where he gave it to his father, Jamadagni.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Suffering Cow Returns Home

  1. 1

    Paraśurāma cut off Kārtavīryārjuna’s head, compared here to a mountain peak, after the king had lost his arms.

  2. 2

    When the king’s ten thousand sons saw their father killed, they fled in fear.

  3. 3

    Paraśurāma released the kāmadhenu, who had suffered greatly. He brought her and her calf home and returned them to his father, Jamadagni.

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