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Canto 9 · Liberation · 24 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
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 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni

9.3.25 9.3.27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.3.26

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Cyavana Munisince 9.3.12inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अन्वजानंस्तत: सर्वे ग्रहं सोमस्य चाश्विनो: ।

भिषजाविति यत् पूर्वं सोमाहुत्या बहिष्कृतौ ॥ २६ ॥

anvajānaṁs tataḥ sarve

grahaṁ somasya cāśvinoḥ

bhiṣajāv iti yat pūrvaṁ

somāhutyā bahiṣ-kṛtau

Translation

Although the Aśvinī-kumāras were only physicians and were therefore excluded from drinking soma-rasa in sacrifices, the demigods agreed to allow them henceforward to drink it.

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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 Aśvinī-kumāras Receive Permission

1
The Aśvinī-kumāras had been excluded from drinking soma-rasa in sacrifices.
2
The translation explains that this exclusion was because they were physicians.
3
The demigods agreed that henceforward the Aśvinī-kumāras could drink soma-rasa.

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 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Henceforward, the Aśvinī-kumāra physicians were able to share in the soma-rasa. Śaryāti later had three sons, named Uttānabarhi, Ānarta and Bhūriṣeṇa.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.3