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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 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

9.2.5-6 9.2.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.2.7

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.2.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

व्याघ्रोऽपि वृक्णश्रवणो निस्त्रिंशाग्राहतस्तत: ।

निश्चक्राम भृशं भीतो रक्तं पथि समुत्सृजन् ॥ ७ ॥

vyāghro ’pi vṛkṇa-śravaṇo

nistriṁśāgrāhatas tataḥ

niścakrāma bhṛśaṁ bhīto

raktaṁ pathi samutsṛjan

Translation

Because the tiger’s ear had been cut by the edge of the sword, the tiger was very afraid, and it fled from that place, while bleeding on the street.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Wounded Tiger Flees

1
The edge of the sword cut the tiger’s ear.
2
The wounded tiger became very afraid.
3
It fled from that place, bleeding on the street.

How it feels

Change → Acceptance. The instability of worldly identities is a recurring premise.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 9: Dynastic origins and domestic transformations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Once, in the darkness of night, a tiger seized a cow from the cowshed, and when Pṛṣadhra came to know this, he took a sword in his hand and followed the tiger. Unfortunately, when he finally approached the tiger, he could not distinguish between the cow and the tiger in the dark, and thus he killed the cow.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.2

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

vyāghraḥthe tiger
apialso
vṛkṇa-śravaṇaḥits ear being cut off
nistriṁśa-agra-āhataḥbecause of being cut by the tip of the sword
tataḥthereafter
niścakrāmafled (from that place)
bhṛśamvery much
bhītaḥbeing afraid

Key ideas in this verse

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

Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 9.2
In this verse: “afraid”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the tiger’s fear remind you about an animal’s suffering?

Practice

Pause today to reflect on the fear and pain an injured animal experiences.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Wounded Tiger FleesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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