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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 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni
9.3.119.3.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.3.12

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Cyavana Munisince 9.3.12inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ग्रहं ग्रहीष्ये सोमस्य यज्ञे वामप्यसोमपो: ।

क्रियतां मे वयो रूपं प्रमदानां यदीप्सितम् ॥ १२ ॥

grahaṁ grahīṣye somasya

yajñe vām apy asoma-poḥ

kriyatāṁ me vayo-rūpaṁ

pramadānāṁ yad īpsitam

Translation

Cyavana Muni said: Although you are ineligible to drink soma-rasa in sacrifices, I promise to give you a full pot of it. Kindly arrange beauty and youth for me, because they are attractive to young women.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Cyavana Muni Requests Beauty and Youth

  1. 1

    Cyavana Muni promised the Aśvinī-kumāras a full pot of soma-rasa in sacrifice.

  2. 2

    He made this promise although they were ineligible to drink soma-rasa in sacrifices.

  3. 3

    In return, he requested beauty and youth, explaining that these are attractive to young women.

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

Further reading

Chapter 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When the heavenly physicians the Aśvinī-kumāra brothers once visited Cyavana Muni, the muni requested them to give him back his youth. These two physicians took Cyavana Muni to a particular lake, in which they bathed and regained full youth.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. grahama full pot
  2. grahīṣyeI shall give
  3. somasyaof soma-rasa
  4. yajñein sacrifice
  5. vāmof both of you
  6. apialthough
  7. asoma-poḥof you two, who are not eligible to drink soma-rasa
  8. kriyatāmjust execute
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 9.3

    In this verse: “kindly”

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

What does Cyavana Muni openly state about the reason for his request?

Practice

Write down both parts of Cyavana Muni’s proposal: what he promised and what he requested.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayCyavana Muni Requests Beauty and YouthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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