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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?
  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 21: The Dynasty of Bharata
9.21.359.22.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.21.36

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.21.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तद् दृष्ट्वा कृपयागृह्णाच्छान्तनुर्मृगयां चरन् ।

कृप: कुमार: कन्या च द्रोणपत्‍न्यभवत्कृपी ॥ ३६ ॥

tad dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāgṛhṇāc

chāntanur mṛgayāṁ caran

kṛpaḥ kumāraḥ kanyā ca

droṇa-patny abhavat kṛpī

Translation

While Mahārāja Śāntanu was on a hunting excursion, he saw the male and female children lying in the forest, and out of compassion he took them home. Consequently, the male child was known as Kṛpa, and the female child was named Kṛpī. Kṛpī later became the wife of Droṇācārya.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Compassion Becomes Practical Care

  1. 1

    While hunting, Mahārāja Śāntanu saw the male and female children lying in the forest.

  2. 2

    Out of compassion, he took them home. The boy became known as Kṛpa, and the girl was named Kṛpī.

  3. 3

    Kṛpī later became the wife of Droṇācārya.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Dynasty of Bharata.”

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 21: The Dynasty of Bharata

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The son of Śatānanda was Satyadhṛti, and his son was Śaradvān. Śaradvān’s son was known as Kṛpa, and Śaradvān’s daughter, known as Kṛpī, became the wife of Droṇācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.21
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatthose twin male and female babies
  2. dṛṣṭvāseeing
  3. kṛpayāout of compassion
  4. agṛhṇāttook
  5. śāntanuḥKing Śāntanu
  6. mṛgayāmwhile hunting in the forest
  7. caranwandering in that way
  8. kṛpaḥKṛpa
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 9.21

    In this verse: “compassion”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 9.21

    In this verse: “children”

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 turn a feeling of compassion into practical help?

Practice

Offer one concrete act of care today to someone who needs help.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayCompassion Becomes Practical CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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