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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 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni
9.3.359.4.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.3.36

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Cyavana Munisince 9.3.12inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सुतां दत्त्वानवद्याङ्गीं बलाय बलशालिने ।

बदर्याख्यं गतो राजा तप्तुं नारायणाश्रमम् ॥ ३६ ॥

sutāṁ dattvānavadyāṅgīṁ

balāya bala-śāline

badary-ākhyaṁ gato rājā

taptuṁ nārāyaṇāśramam

Translation

Thereafter, the King gave his most beautiful daughter in charity to the supremely powerful Baladeva and then retired from worldly life and went to Badarikāśrama to please Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Turn from Worldly Life to Pleasing the Lord

  1. 1

    The King gave his most beautiful daughter in charity to the supremely powerful Baladeva.

  2. 2

    Afterward, he retired from worldly life.

  3. 3

    He went to Badarikāśrama to please Nara-Nārāyaṇa. Pleasing the Lord was the purpose of his withdrawal.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni.”

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

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:

Kakudmī was advised by Lord Brahmā to offer his beautiful daughter, Revatī, to Baladeva, who belongs to the viṣṇu-tattva category. After doing this, Kakudmī retired from family life and entered the forest of Badarikāśrama to execute austerities and penances.
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. sutāmhis daughter
  2. dattvāafter delivering
  3. anavadya-aṅgīmhaving a perfect body
  4. balāyaunto Lord Baladeva
  5. bala-śālineunto the most powerful, the supreme powerful
  6. badarī-ākhyamnamed Badarikāśrama
  7. gataḥhe went
  8. rājāthe King
  9. taptumto perform austerities
  10. nārāyaṇa-āśramamto the place of Nara-Nārāyaṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 9.3

    In this verse: “king”

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 make pleasing the Lord, rather than merely stepping away from duties, my purpose?

Practice

Set aside one optional worldly activity today and use that time to read this verse with the intention of pleasing the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTurn from Worldly Life to Pleasing the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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