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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 10 · Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
10.11.1010.11.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.11.11

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.11.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

फलविक्रयिणी तस्य च्युतधान्यकरद्वयम् ।

फलैरपूरयद् रत्नै: फलभाण्डमपूरि च ॥ ११ ॥

phala-vikrayiṇī tasya

cyuta-dhānya-kara-dvayam

phalair apūrayad ratnaiḥ

phala-bhāṇḍam apūri ca

Translation

While Kṛṣṇa was going to the fruit vendor very hastily, most of the grains He was holding fell. Nonetheless, the fruit vendor filled Kṛṣṇa’s hands with fruits, and her fruit basket was immediately filled with jewels and gold.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Accepts Offerings Made with Love

  1. 1

    Although most of Kṛṣṇa’s grains had fallen, the fruit vendor affectionately filled His hands with fruit. Kṛṣṇa filled her basket with jewels and gold.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa accepts even a leaf, fruit, flower or water when offered with bhakti. An offering made with false prestige does not please Him.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is fully satisfied and needs nothing from us. Offering something to Him with love is for our own benefit; the basic principle is an exchange of love.

Key points from the purport
  • The fruit vendor, although a woman belonging to the poor aborigine class, dealt with Kṛṣṇa with great affection, saying, “Kṛṣṇa, You have come to me to take some fruit in exchange for grains.
  • In exchange, Kṛṣṇa filled her whole basket with jewels and gold.
  • With love and affection, one should try to give something to Kṛṣṇa from one’s source of income.

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· 2

The purport of SB 10.11.11 quotesBG 9.26

In Bhagavad-gītā (9.26) Kṛṣṇa says: Kṛṣṇa is so kind that if anyone offers Him a leaf, a fruit, a flower or some water, He will immediately accept it.

The purport of SB 10.11.11 quotesBG 9.27

Therefore Kṛṣṇa teaches in Bhagavad-gītā (9.27): “O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.”

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 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

As soon as she did this, her basket became filled with gold and jewels. Thereafter, all the elderly gopas decided to leave Gokula because they saw that in Gokula there was always some disturbance.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.11
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. phala-vikrayiṇīthe aborigine fruit vendor, who was an elderly woman
  2. tasyaof Kṛṣṇa
  3. cyuta-dhānyathe paddy He brought to barter having mostly fallen
  4. kara-dvayampalms of the hands
  5. phalaiḥ apūrayatthe fruit vendor filled His small palms with fruits
  6. ratnaiḥin exchange for jewels and gold
  7. phala-bhāṇḍamthe basket of fruit
  8. apūri cafilled
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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

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “love”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “bhakti”

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

Am I more concerned with the size of my offering or the affection behind it?

Practice

Offer Kṛṣṇa a little fruit or water today with love, without pride in what you give.

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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 10.11's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Accepts Offerings Made with LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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