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Canto 10 · Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
10.12.4310.13.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.12.44

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 10.12.44inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीसूत उवाच

इत्थं स्म पृष्ट: स तु बादरायणि-

स्तत्स्मारितानन्तहृताखिलेन्द्रिय: ।

कृच्छ्रात् पुनर्लब्धबहिर्द‍ृशि: शनै:

प्रत्याह तं भागवतोत्तमोत्तम ॥ ४४ ॥

śrī-sūta uvāca

itthaṁ sma pṛṣṭaḥ sa tu bādarāyaṇis

tat-smāritānanta-hṛtākhilendriyaḥ

kṛcchrāt punar labdha-bahir-dṛśiḥ śanaiḥ

pratyāha taṁ bhāgavatottamottama

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: O Śaunaka, greatest of saints and devotees, when Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī in this way, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, immediately remembering subject matters about Kṛṣṇa within the core of his heart, externally lost contact with the actions of his senses. Thereafter, with great difficulty, he revived his external sensory perception and began to speak to Mahārāja Parīkṣit about kṛṣṇa-kathā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Deep Remembrance Leads to Speaking Kṛṣṇa-kathā

  1. 1

    Parīkṣit’s inquiry caused Śukadeva Gosvāmī to remember subject matters about Kṛṣṇa within the core of his heart.

  2. 2

    Absorbed in that remembrance, Śukadeva Gosvāmī externally lost contact with the actions of his senses.

  3. 3

    With great difficulty, he regained external sensory perception and began speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit about kṛṣṇa-kathā.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Twelfth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura.”

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:

Parīkṣit Mahārāja inquired, “Why is it that this pastime was disclosed only after one year and yet the inhabitants of Vraja thought that it had been performed that very day?” With this question, the Twelfth Chapter ends.
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. śrī-sūtaḥ uvācaŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said
  2. itthamin this way
  3. smain the past
  4. pṛṣṭaḥbeing inquired from
  5. saḥhe
  6. tuindeed
  7. bādarāyaṇiḥŚukadeva Gosvāmī
  8. tatby him (Śukadeva Gosvāmī)
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.12

    In this verse: “inquired”, “inquiry”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.12

    In this verse: “devotees”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s absorption teach me about the depth of remembering Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Pause briefly to remember Kṛṣṇa before reading or speaking about Him today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDeep Remembrance Leads to Speaking Kṛṣṇa-kathāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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