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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
10.11.1810.11.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.11.19

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mother Yaśodā furthersince 10.11.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

पश्य पश्य वयस्यांस्ते मातृमृष्टान्स्वलङ्कृतान् ।

त्वं च स्‍नात: कृताहारो विहरस्व स्वलङ्कृत: ॥ १९ ॥

paśya paśya vayasyāṁs te

mātṛ-mṛṣṭān svalaṅkṛtān

tvaṁ ca snātaḥ kṛtāhāro

viharasva svalaṅkṛtaḥ

Translation

Just see how all Your playmates of Your own age have been cleansed and decorated with beautiful ornaments by their mothers. You should come here, and after You have taken Your bath, eaten Your lunch and been decorated with ornaments, You may play with Your friends again.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Yaśodā Lovingly Encourages Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Yaśodā pointed out that Kṛṣṇa’s playmates had already been cleansed and decorated with beautiful ornaments by their mothers.

  2. 2

    Young boys generally want to do what their friends have done. Yaśodā used this tendency to encourage Kṛṣṇa to be decorated like His playmates.

  3. 3

    She promised that after bathing, eating lunch and being decorated, He could play with His friends again.

Key points from the purport
  • If one friend has done something, another friend also wants to do something.
  • Therefore mother Yaśodā pointed out how Kṛṣṇa’s playmates were decorated, so that Kṛṣṇa might be induced to decorate Himself like 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:

They thought this might be the work of some other asura who had met Kṛṣṇa on this spot, and they inquired from the playmates of Kṛṣṇa about how the whole incident had taken place. The children properly described how everything had happened, but the elderly persons could not believe the story.
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. paśya paśyajust see, just see
  2. vayasyānboys of Your age
  3. teYour
  4. mātṛ-mṛṣṭāncleansed by their mothers
  5. su-alaṅkṛtāndecorated with nice ornaments
  6. tvam caYou also
  7. snātaḥafter taking a bath
  8. kṛta-āhāraḥand eating Your lunch
  9. viharasvaenjoy with them
  10. su-alaṅkṛtaḥfully decorated like them
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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: “mothers”, “yaśodā”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “friends”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 10.11

    In this verse: “cleansed”

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

What do I appreciate about the way Yaśodā encouraged Kṛṣṇa to come home?

Practice

Write one sentence describing Yaśodā’s thoughtful way of encouraging Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayYaśodā Lovingly Encourages KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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