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  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 20: The Dynasty of Pūru
9.20.389.21.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.20.39

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.20.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

चोद्यमाना सुरैरेवं मत्वा वितथमात्मजम् ।

व्यसृजन् मरुतोऽबिभ्रन् दत्तोऽयं वितथेऽन्वये ॥ ३९ ॥

codyamānā surair evaṁ

matvā vitatham ātmajam

vyasṛjan maruto ’bibhran

datto ’yaṁ vitathe ’nvaye

Translation

Although encouraged by the demigods to maintain the child, Mamatā considered him useless because of his illicit birth, and therefore she left him. Consequently, the demigods known as the Maruts maintained the child, and when Mahārāja Bharata was disappointed for want of a child, this child was given to him as his son.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rejection Followed by Care and Opportunity

  1. 1

    Although the demigods encouraged Mamatā to maintain the child, she considered him useless because of his illicit birth and left him.

  2. 2

    The Maruts maintained the child. They later gave him as a son to Mahārāja Bharata, who was disappointed for want of a child.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that those rejected from the higher planetary system are given a chance to take birth in the most exalted families on earth.

Key points from the purport
  • From this verse it is understood that those who are rejected from the higher planetary system are given a chance to take birth in the most exalted families on this planet earth.
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twentieth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Dynasty of Pūru.”

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

Historical movement → Anticipation. The narrative narrows toward its divine center.

Chapters 20–24 of Canto 9: Lineages leading to the appearance of Kṛṣṇa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Pūru

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Therefore, when Śakuntalā approached him with her newly born child, Mahārāja Duṣmanta refused to accept them as his wife and son. Later, however, after a mysterious omen, the King accepted them.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.20
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. codyamānāalthough Mamatā was encouraged (to maintain the child)
  2. suraiḥby the demigods
  3. evamin this way
  4. matvāconsidering
  5. vitathampurposeless
  6. ātmajamher own child
  7. vyasṛjatrejected
  8. marutaḥthe demigods known as the Maruts
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 9.20

    In this verse: “child”

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 can I respond with care when someone has been rejected by others?

Practice

Offer one small act of practical help to someone who has been overlooked or left without support.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 9.20's connections

Live this todayRejection Followed by Care and OpportunityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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