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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
1.10.291.10.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.10.30

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 1.10.2inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

एता: परं स्त्रीत्वमपास्तपेशलं

निरस्तशौचं बत साधु कुर्वते ।

यासां गृहात्पुष्करलोचन: पति-

र्न जात्वपैत्याहृतिभिर्हृदि स्पृशन् ॥ ३० ॥

etāḥ paraṁ strītvam apāstapeśalaṁ

nirasta-śaucaṁ bata sādhu kurvate

yāsāṁ gṛhāt puṣkara-locanaḥ patir

na jātv apaity āhṛtibhir hṛdi spṛśan

Translation

All these women auspiciously glorified their lives despite their being without individuality and without purity. Their husband, the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, never left them alone at home. He always pleased their hearts by making valuable presentations.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sincere Devotion Removes Material Disqualifications

  1. 1

    When devotees sincerely surrender at the Lord’s lotus feet, He accepts them and frees them from material contamination. Bodily designations do not disqualify anyone from devotional service.

  2. 2

    The captive princesses’ sincere prayers made them pure by virtue of devotion. Kṛṣṇa accepted them as His wives and glorified their lives.

  3. 3

    The Lord expanded into 16,108 plenary portions to remain constantly with all His wives. Each expansion was fully the Lord Himself, and He pleased each queen as a devoted husband.

Key points from the purport
  • The devotees of the Lord are purified souls.
  • The Lord therefore accepted them as His wives, and thus their lives became glorified.
  • If, therefore, anyone desires the Lord to become one’s husband, the Lord fulfills such desires in full.

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. etāḥall these women
  2. paramhighest
  3. strītvamwomanhood
  4. apāstapeśalamwithout individuality
  5. nirastawithout
  6. śaucampurity
  7. bata sādhuauspiciously glorified
  8. kurvatedo they make
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotees”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “glorified”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.10

    In this verse: “material”

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

Do I let bodily or social labels obscure someone’s eligibility for devotional service?

Practice

When you notice yourself judging someone by a social or bodily label today, remember that devotional service is open to them.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 1.10's connections

Live this todaySincere Devotion Removes Material DisqualificationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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