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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 1 · Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā
1.10.271.10.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.10.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

नूनं व्रतस्‍नानहुतादिनेश्वर:

समर्चितो ह्यस्य गृहीतपाणिभि: ।

पिबन्ति या: सख्यधरामृतं मुहु-

र्व्रजस्त्रिय: सम्मुमुहुर्यदाशया: ॥ २८ ॥

nūnaṁ vrata-snāna-hutādineśvaraḥ

samarcito hy asya gṛhīta-pāṇibhiḥ

pibanti yāḥ sakhy adharāmṛtaṁ muhur

vraja-striyaḥ sammumuhur yad-āśayāḥ

Translation

O friends, just think of His wives, whose hands He has accepted. How they must have undergone vows, baths, fire sacrifices and perfect worship of the Lord of the universe to constantly relish now the nectar from His lips [by kissing]. The damsels of Vrajabhūmi would often faint just by expecting such favors.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Religious Rites Lead to Loving Service

  1. 1

    Prescribed religious rites purify conditioned souls so they can gradually render transcendental service to the Supreme Lord. These rites are means, not ends in themselves.

  2. 2

    The highest perfection is svarūpa, the living being’s factual spiritual identity in loving service. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is complete in Himself but accepts different relationships to fulfill His devotees’ intense love.

  3. 3

    The queens of Dvārakā and the damsels of Vraja share conjugal love with the Lord. Their loving exchanges with Him have no mundane, perverted quality.

Key points from the purport
  • In that perfect stage of svarūpa, the living being is established in five phases of loving service, one of which is the stage of mādhurya-rasa, or the humor of conjugal love.
  • Herein two classes of devotees of the Lord are mentioned in the stage of conjugal love.
  • They are all means to attain to the highest stage of svarūpa, to render constitutional transcendental service to the Lord.

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

Longing → Joy and continuity. Departure and welcome coexist; Parīkṣit embodies continuity of grace.

Chapters 10–12 of Canto 1: Kṛṣṇa returns to Dvārakā; Parīkṣit is born. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā

Kṛṣṇa leaves Hastināpura for Dvārakā amid His relatives’ affection and praise.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nūnamcertainly in the previous birth
  2. vratavow
  3. snānabath
  4. hutasacrifice in the fire
  5. ādināby all these
  6. īśvaraḥthe Personality of Godhead
  7. samarcitaḥperfectly worshiped
  8. hicertainly
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “worship”, “devotees’”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “friends”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “favors”

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 keep loving service to the Lord as the purpose of my religious practice?

Practice

Before one devotional activity today, pause and remember that its purpose is loving service, not merely completing a rite.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayReligious Rites Lead to Loving ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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