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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 9 · Chapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

9.7.17 9.7.19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.7.18

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.7.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

भूमे: पर्यटनं पुण्यं तीर्थक्षेत्रनिषेवणै: ।

रोहितायादिशच्छक्र: सोऽप्यरण्येऽवसत् समाम् ॥ १८ ॥

bhūmeḥ paryaṭanaṁ puṇyaṁ

tīrtha-kṣetra-niṣevaṇaiḥ

rohitāyādiśac chakraḥ

so ’py araṇye ’vasat samām

Translation

King Indra advised Rohita to travel to different pilgrimage sites and holy places, for such activities are pious indeed. Following this instruction, Rohita went to the forest for one year.

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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.

Visiting Holy Places Is Pious

1
King Indra advised Rohita to travel to different pilgrimage sites and holy places.
2
Such activities are described as pious.
3
Following this instruction, Rohita went to the forest for one year.

How it feels

Attachment and struggle → Renunciation and responsibility. Multiple royal lives reveal the cost of choices.

Chapters 6–9 of Canto 9: Saubhari, Sagara and Bhagīratha's lineage. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Following the instructions of Indra, Rohita lived in the forest for six years and then returned home. Rohita purchased Śunaḥśepha, the second son of Ajīgarta, and gave him to his father, Hariścandra, as the sacrificial animal.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.7

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

bhūmeḥof the surface of the world
paryaṭanamtraveling
puṇyamholy places
tīrtha-kṣetraplaces of pilgrimage
niṣevaṇaiḥby serving or going to and coming from such places
rohitāyaunto Rohita
ādiśatordered
śakraḥKing Indra

Key ideas in this verse

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

Manvantara · The change of Manus
What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 9.7
In this verse: “king”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could I make time for visiting a holy place?

Practice

Set aside a time to visit a holy place accessible to you.

Live this todayVisiting Holy Places Is PiousThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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