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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.11.18

तत ऊर्ध्वं ब्रह्मचर्यं धार्यन्नजुहोत् प्रभु: । त्रयोदशाब्दसाहस्रमग्निहोत्रमखण्डितम् ॥ १८ ॥
tata ūrdhvaṁ brahmacaryaṁ
[tata oordhvam brahmacharyam]
dhāryann ajuhot prabhuḥ
[dhaaryann ajuhot prabhuh]
trayodaśābda-sāhasram
[trayodashaabda-saahasram]
agnihotram akhaṇḍitam
[agnihotram akhanditam]
Word-for-word
tataḥ — thereafter ūrdhvam — after mother Sītā’s going into the earth brahmacaryam — complete celibacy dhārayan — observing ajuhot — performed a ritualistic ceremony and sacrifice prabhuḥ — Lord Rāmacandra trayodaśa-abda-sāhasram — for thirteen thousand years agnihotram — the sacrifice known as Agnihotra-yajña akhaṇḍitam — without ceasing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tata ūrdhvaṁ brahmacaryaṁ
tataḥ
thereafter
ūrdhvam
after mother Sītā’s going into the earth
brahmacaryam
complete celibacy
dhāryann ajuhot prabhuḥ
dhārayan
observing
ajuhot
performed a ritualistic ceremony and sacrifice
prabhuḥ
Lord Rāmacandra
trayodaśābda-sāhasram
trayodaśa-abda-sāhasram
for thirteen thousand years
agnihotram akhaṇḍitam
agnihotram
the sacrifice known as Agnihotra-yajña
akhaṇḍitam
without ceasing.
After mother Sītā entered the earth, Lord Rāmacandra observed complete celibacy and performed an uninterrupted Agnihotra-yajña for thirteen thousand years.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After mother Sītā entered the earth, Rāmacandra observed complete celibacy and performed an uninterrupted sacrifice for thirteen thousand years. Then Rāma along with the inhabitants of Ayodhyā performed his disappearance pastime.
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Personal Guidance
After Sītā's departure, Rāma observes strict celibacy and performs Agnihotra-yajṣa for thirteen thousand years. Even the Lord, in His pastime, models how grief and duty can become a long, steady offering rather than a collapse.
Reflection Questions
  • What sustained ritual could absorb my own loss into something offered, rather than something endured?
  • Where have I let grief become an excuse to abandon practice that could carry me through it?
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