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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
10.11.1610.11.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.11.17

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mother Yaśodāsince 10.11.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रतीक्षतेत्वां दाशार्ह भोक्ष्यमाणो व्रजाधिप: ।

एह्यावयो: प्रियं धेहि स्वगृहान्यात बालका: ॥ १७ ॥

pratīkṣate tvāṁ dāśārha

bhokṣyamāṇo vrajādhipaḥ

ehy āvayoḥ priyaṁ dhehi

sva-gṛhān yāta bālakāḥ

Translation

Nanda Mahārāja, the King of Vraja, is now waiting to eat. O my dear son Balarāma, he is waiting for You. Therefore, come back to please us. All the boys playing with You and Kṛṣṇa should now go to their homes.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Returning Home to Please Their Parents

  1. 1

    Nanda Mahārāja, the King of Vraja, was waiting to eat with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. The purport explains that he apparently ate regularly with his two sons.

  2. 2

    Yaśodā asked Balarāma to return with Kṛṣṇa to please their parents.

  3. 3

    She also told the other boys to go home. Their parents should not have to wait for them.

Key points from the purport
  • It appears that Nanda Mahārāja regularly took his food with his two sons, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
  • Yaśodā told the other boys, “Now you should go to your homes.”
  • Father and son generally sit together, so mother Yaśodā requested Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to return, and she advised the other boys to go home so that their parents would not have to wait for 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.

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:

Anyway, Nanda Mahārāja immediately released Kṛṣṇa from the ropes. In this way, Kṛṣṇa, at every day and every moment, displayed wonderful incidents to increase the parental affection of Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, who thus felt both surprise and joy.
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. pratīkṣateis waiting
  2. tvāmfor both of You (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma)
  3. dāśārhaO Balarāma
  4. bhokṣyamāṇaḥdesiring to eat
  5. vraja-adhipaḥthe King of Vraja, Nanda Mahārāja
  6. ehicome here
  7. āvayoḥour
  8. priyampleasure
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “nanda”, “yaśodā”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “king”

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 be more considerate of someone who is waiting for me?

Practice

Be on time for one shared meal or agreed meeting today so that others do not have to wait.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayReturning Home to Please Their ParentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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