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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 8: The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva

9.8.2 9.8.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.8.3

Nirodha· Winding up

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.8.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

वृद्धं तं पञ्चतां प्राप्तं महिष्यनुमरिष्यती ।

और्वेण जानतात्मानं प्रजावन्तं निवारिता ॥ ३ ॥

vṛddhaṁ taṁ pañcatāṁ prāptaṁ

mahiṣy anumariṣyatī

aurveṇa jānatātmānaṁ

prajāvantaṁ nivāritā

Translation

Bāhuka died when he was old, and one of his wives wanted to die with him, following the satī rite. At that time, however, Aurva Muni, knowing her to be pregnant, forbade her to die.

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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.

Aurva Prevents the Pregnant Queen’s Death

1
Bāhuka died when he was old.
2
One of his wives wanted to die with him, following the satī rite.
3
Aurva Muni knew that she was pregnant and forbade her to die.

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 8: The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When he died there, his wife wanted to accept the principles of satī, dying with her husband, but when she was about to die a sage named Aurva found that she was pregnant and forbade her to do so. The co-wives of this wife of Bāhuka gave her poison with her food, but still her son was born with the poison.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.8