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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 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
9.24.339.24.35

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.24.34

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The sun-godsince 9.24.34inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अमोघं देवसन्दर्शमादधे त्वयि चात्मजम् । योनिर्यथा न दुष्येत कर्ताहं ते सुमध्यमे ॥ ३४ ॥

amoghaṁ deva-sandarśam

ādadhe tvayi cātmajam

yonir yathā na duṣyeta

kartāhaṁ te sumadhyame

Translation

The sun-god said: O beautiful Pṛthā, your meeting with the demigods cannot be fruitless. Therefore, let me place my seed in your womb so that you may bear a son. I shall arrange to keep your virginity intact, since you are still an unmarried girl.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pṛthā’s Concern About Unmarried Motherhood

  1. 1

    The sun-god said that meeting the demigods could not be fruitless and proposed that Pṛthā bear a son.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that Pṛthā hesitated because she was unmarried. In the Vedic civilization described here, bearing a child before marriage would prevent a girl from marrying.

  3. 3

    The sun-god arranged for the child to come from her ear, preserving her virginity; therefore the child was called Karṇa. The purport describes the marriage custom as akṣata-yoni, with virginity undisturbed.

Key points from the purport
  • Therefore although the sun-god, after appearing before Pṛthā, wanted to give her a child, Pṛthā hesitated because she was still unmarried.
  • To keep her virginity undisturbed, the sun-god arranged to give her a child that came from her ear, and therefore the child was known as Karṇa.
  • A girl should never bear a child before her marriage.

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 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śūra gave one of his five daughters, Pṛthā, to his friend Kunti, and therefore she was also named Kuntī. In her maiden state she gave birth to a child named Karṇa, and later she married Mahārāja Pāṇḍu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. amoghamwithout failure
  2. deva-sandarśammeeting with the demigods
  3. ādadheI shall give (my semen)
  4. tvayiunto you
  5. caalso
  6. ātmajama son
  7. yoniḥthe source of birth
  8. yathāas
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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 9.24

    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 does the purport’s description of marriage customs help you understand Pṛthā’s hesitation?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining Pṛthā’s concern and how the sun-god proposed to address it.

Live this todayPṛthā’s Concern About Unmarried MotherhoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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