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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 10: The Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
10.10.1810.10.20-22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.10.19

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 10.10.8inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तदहं मत्तयोर्माध्व्या वारुण्या श्रीमदान्धयो: ।

तमोमदं हरिष्यामि स्त्रैणयोरजितात्मनो: ॥ १९ ॥

tad ahaṁ mattayor mādhvyā

vāruṇyā śrī-madāndhayoḥ

tamo-madaṁ hariṣyāmi

straiṇayor ajitātmanoḥ

Translation

Therefore, since these two persons, drunk with the liquor named Vāruṇī, or Mādhvī, and unable to control their senses, have been blinded by the pride of celestial opulence and have become attached to women, I shall relieve them of their false prestige.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Saintly Correction Aims to Heal

  1. 1

    The two brothers were blinded by celestial opulence and intoxication, and they could not control their senses. Nārada Muni intended to remove their false prestige.

  2. 2

    A sādhu does not chastise someone for revenge. Nārada Muni carefully considered what would cure the brothers of their material disease.

  3. 3

    The purport compares Vaiṣṇavas to good physicians who protect others from material disease. Their carefully considered actions aim to lead everyone back home, back to Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • When a sādhu chastises or punishes someone, he does not do so for revenge.
  • Mahārāja Parīkṣit had inquired why Nārada Muni was subject to such a spirit of revenge (tamaḥ).
  • But this was not tamaḥ, for Nārada Muni, in full knowledge of what was for the good of the two brothers, wisely thought of how to cure them.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.10.19 quotesBG 14.26

Sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate. Vaiṣṇavas are always situated on the transcendental platform, the Brahman platform.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: The Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Therefore Nārada Muni set an example by cursing these two persons, Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, to become dull and unconscious like trees. This was a fit punishment.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tattherefore
  2. ahamI
  3. mattayoḥof these two drunken persons
  4. mādhvyāby drinking liquor
  5. vāruṇyānamed Vāruṇī
  6. śrī-mada-andhayoḥwho are blinded by celestial opulence
  7. tamaḥ-madamthis false prestige due to the mode of ignorance
  8. hariṣyāmiI shall take away
  9. straiṇayoḥbecause they have become so attached to women
  10. ajita-ātmanoḥbeing unable to control the senses
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.10

    In this verse: “attached”, “material”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.10

    In this verse: “pride”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.10

    In this verse: “protect”

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 distinguish a desire to help someone from a desire to take revenge?

Practice

Before offering any correction today, pause and check whether your intention is to help rather than retaliate.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySaintly Correction Aims to HealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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