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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.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
10.11.2710.11.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.11.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.11.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

वनं वृन्दावनं नाम पशव्यं नवकाननम् ।

गोपगोपीगवां सेव्यं पुण्याद्रितृणवीरुधम् ॥ २८ ॥

vanaṁ vṛndāvanaṁ nāma

paśavyaṁ nava-kānanam

gopa-gopī-gavāṁ sevyaṁ

puṇyādri-tṛṇa-vīrudham

Translation

Between Nandeśvara and Mahāvana is a place named Vṛndāvana. This place is very suitable because it is lush with grass, plants and creepers for the cows and other animals. It has nice gardens and tall mountains and is full of facilities for the happiness of all the gopas and gopīs and our animals.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Choosing a Place for Everyone’s Welfare

  1. 1

    Vṛndāvana is situated between Nandeśvara and Mahāvana. The cowherd men selected it because disturbances had continued after their earlier move to Mahāvana.

  2. 2

    Its grass, plants and creepers made it suitable for maintaining cows and other animals.

  3. 3

    Its gardens, tall mountains and other facilities offered happiness for all the gopas, gopīs and animals.

Key points from the purport
  • Formerly the cowherd men had shifted to Mahāvana, but still there were disturbances.
  • Therefore the cowherd men selected Vṛndāvana, which was between the two villages, and decided to go there.

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:

Thereafter, all the elderly gopas decided to leave Gokula because they saw that in Gokula there was always some disturbance. They decided to go to Vṛndāvana, Vraja-dhāma, and the next day they all departed.
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. vanamanother forest
  2. vṛndāvanam nāmanamed Vṛndāvana
  3. paśavyama very suitable place for maintenance of the cows and other animals
  4. nava-kānanamthere are many new gardenlike places
  5. gopa-gopī-gavāmfor all the cowherd men, the members of their families, and the cows
  6. sevyama very happy, very suitable place
  7. puṇya-adrithere are nice mountains
  8. tṛṇaplants
  9. vīrudhamand creepers
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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

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

Do my choices about surroundings consider the welfare of both people and animals?

Practice

Make one small improvement to your surroundings that benefits someone else or an animal in your care.

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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 todayChoosing a Place for Everyone’s WelfareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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