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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 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
10.12.3410.12.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.12.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The boyssince 10.12.19inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तदद्भ‍ुतस्तोत्रसुवाद्यगीतिका-

जयादिनैकोत्सवमङ्गलस्वनान् ।

श्रुत्वा स्वधाम्नोऽन्त्यज आगतोऽचिराद्

द‍ृष्ट्वा महीशस्य जगाम विस्मयम् ॥ ३५ ॥

tad-adbhuta-stotra-suvādya-gītikā-

jayādi-naikotsava-maṅgala-svanān

śrutvā sva-dhāmno ’nty aja āgato ’cirād

dṛṣṭvā mahīśasya jagāma vismayam

Translation

When Lord Brahmā heard the wonderful ceremony going on near his planet, accompanied by music and songs and sounds of “Jaya! Jaya!” he immediately came down to see the function. Upon seeing so much glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he was completely astonished.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Glorification Astonishes Lord Brahmā

  1. 1

    The festival of glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa extended even to the higher planetary systems near Brahmaloka, such as Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka.

  2. 2

    Hearing music, songs and cries of “Jaya! Jaya!” near his planet, Lord Brahmā immediately came down to see the celebration.

  3. 3

    When Brahmā saw so much glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he was completely astonished.

Key points from the purport
  • Here the word anti means “near,” indicating that even in the higher planetary systems near Brahmaloka, like Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka, the festival of glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa was going on.

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

Peril and pride → Friendship and humility. Divinity is revealed amid intimate childhood play.

Chapters 12–19 of Canto 10: Childhood dangers and Brahmā's amazement. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thus Kṛṣṇa encouraged all the demigods, and they expressed their pleasure and happiness. For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sāyujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Kṛṣṇa, but because the Supreme Personality of Godhead entered the body of Aghāsura, by His touch this demon got the opportunity to merge into the existence of the Brahman effulgence and thus attain sāyujya-mukti.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.12
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatthat celebration performed by the demigods in the upper planetary system
  2. adbhutawonderful
  3. stotraprayers
  4. su-vādyaglorious musical sounds of drums and other instruments
  5. gītikācelestial songs
  6. jaya-ādisounds of jaya, etc.
  7. na-eka-utsavacelebrations simply for glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. maṅgala-svanāntranscendental sounds auspicious for everyone
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.12

    In this verse: “heard”, “glorification”, “hearing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What inspires me to join in glorifying Lord Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Take a moment today to glorify Lord Kṛṣṇa by saying “Jaya! Jaya!” with attention.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Glorification Astonishes Lord BrahmāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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