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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.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 14: Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.14.3110.14.33

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.14.32

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 10.14.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अहो भाग्यमहो भाग्यं नन्दगोपव्रजौकसाम् ।

यन्मित्रं परमानन्दं पूर्णं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥ ३२ ॥

aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ

nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām

yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ

pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam

Translation

How greatly fortunate are Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men and all the other inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi! There is no limit to their good fortune, because the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend.

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Absolute Truth Becomes Their Friend

  1. 1

    Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men and all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi possess limitless good fortune.

  2. 2

    Their friend is the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss and the eternal Supreme Brahman.

  3. 3

    Their good fortune lies in this friendship with the Lord, who is both supreme and personally close to them.

Key points from the purport
  • This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter Six, text 149.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.50.29

Similarly, in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.32) we find, yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam: “The source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend.”

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 6.149

This quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.32) is spoken by Lord Brahmā.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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 14: Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Having established this conclusion, Lord Brahmā analyzed the great good fortune of the residents of Vraja and then personally prayed to be born there even as a blade of grass, a bush or a creeper. Indeed, the homes of the residents of Vṛndāvana are not prisons of material existence but rather abodes envied even by the jñānīs and yogīs.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ahowhat great
  2. bhāgyamfortune
  3. ahowhat great
  4. bhāgyamfortune
  5. nandaof Mahārāja Nanda
  6. gopaof the other cowherd men
  7. vraja-okasāmof the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi
  8. yatof whom
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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

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “friend”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “nanda”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that the Absolute Truth becomes His devotees’ friend deepen my appreciation of Him?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute appreciating the good fortune of those whose friend is the eternal Supreme Brahman.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Absolute Truth Becomes Their FriendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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