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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.14.35

Who is speaking and story frame

एषां घोषनिवासिनामुत भवान् किं देव रातेति न-

श्चेतो विश्वफलात् फलं त्वदपरं कुत्राप्ययन् मुह्यति ।

सद्वेषादिव पूतनापि सकुला त्वामेव देवापिता

यद्धामार्थसुहृत्प्रियात्मतनयप्राणाशयास्त्वत्कृते ॥ ३५ ॥

eṣāṁ ghoṣa-nivāsinām uta bhavān kiṁ deva rāteti naś

ceto viśva-phalāt phalaṁ tvad-aparaṁ kutrāpy ayan muhyati

sad-veṣād iva pūtanāpi sa-kulā tvām eva devāpitā

yad-dhāmārtha-suhṛt-priyātma-tanaya-prāṇāśayās tvat-kṛte

Translation

My mind becomes bewildered just trying to think of what reward other than You could be found anywhere. You are the embodiment of all benedictions, which You bestow upon these residents of the cowherd community of Vṛndāvana. You have already arranged to give Yourself to Pūtanā and her family members in exchange for her disguising herself as a devotee. So what is left for You to give these devotees of Vṛndāvana, whose homes, wealth, friends, dear relations, bodies, children and very lives and hearts are all dedicated only to You?

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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 Lord Himself Is the Highest Reward

  1. 1

    Brahmā is bewildered when considering what reward other than the Lord could be given to the residents of Vṛndāvana. The Lord is the embodiment of all benedictions.

  2. 2

    The Lord had already arranged to give Himself to Pūtanā and her family members in exchange for her disguising herself as a devotee.

  3. 3

    The residents of Vṛndāvana dedicate everything only to Him: their homes, wealth, relationships, bodies, children, lives and hearts.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.90.47

“My Lord, You have already given Yourself to Pūtanā and her family members simply because she dressed herself as a devotee.”

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:

Indeed, the homes of the residents of Vṛndāvana are not prisons of material existence but rather abodes envied even by the jñānīs and yogīs. On the other hand, any home without a connection to Lord Kṛṣṇa is in fact a prison cell of material existence.
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. eṣāmto these
  2. ghoṣa-nivāsināmresidents of the cowherd community
  3. utaindeed
  4. bhavānYour Lordship
  5. kimwhat
  6. devaO Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. rātāwill give
  8. itithinking thus
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

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

    In this verse: “friends”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “wealth”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.14

    In this verse: “devotee”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What part of my life have I not yet thought of dedicating to the Lord?

Practice

Choose one possession or a small amount of your time today and dedicate its use to the Lord’s service.

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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.

Live this todayThe Lord Himself Is the Highest RewardThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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