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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 10 · Chapter 1: The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
10.1.6410.1.67

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.1.65-66

Ūti· What drives us to act

ऋषेर्विनिर्गमे कंसो यदून् मत्वा सुरानिति । देवक्या गर्भसम्भूतं विष्णुं च स्ववधं प्रति ॥ ६५ ॥ देवकीं वसुदेवं च निगृह्य निगडैर्गृहे । जातं जातमहन् पुत्रं तयोरजनशङ्कया ॥ ६६ ॥

ṛṣer vinirgame kaṁso

yadūn matvā surān iti

devakyā garbha-sambhūtaṁ

viṣṇuṁ ca sva-vadhaṁ prati

devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca

nigṛhya nigaḍair gṛhe

jātaṁ jātam ahan putraṁ

tayor ajana-śaṅkayā

Translation

After the departure of the great saint Nārada, Kaṁsa thought that all the members of the Yadu dynasty were demigods and that any of the children born from the womb of Devakī might be Viṣṇu. Fearing his death, Kaṁsa arrested Vasudeva and Devakī and chained them with iron shackles. Suspecting each of the children to be Viṣṇu, Kaṁsa killed them one after another because of the prophecy that Viṣṇu would kill him.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understand Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Birth

  1. 1

    Fearing that any child of Devakī might be Viṣṇu, Kaṁsa imprisoned the parents and killed their children. Nārada’s intention was that Kaṁsa’s increased sin would hasten Kṛṣṇa’s appearance to kill him.

  2. 2

    Lord Viṣṇu never takes birth, yet He appeared as Kṛṣṇa as though taking human birth. Kaṁsa could not kill Him; instead, Kṛṣṇa killed Kaṁsa as foretold.

  3. 3

    Through śāstra, one should understand the transcendental nature of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance and activities. One who truly understands this does not take birth again in the material world but attains His eternal abode.

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