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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 16: Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya
10.16.4410.16.46

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.16.45

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The wives of the Kāliya serpentsince 10.16.33inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नम: कृष्णाय रामाय वसुदेवसुताय च ।

प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय सात्वतां पतये नम: ॥ ४५ ॥

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya rāmāya

vasudeva-sutāya ca

pradyumnāyāniruddhāya

sātvatāṁ pataye namaḥ

Translation

We offer our obeisances to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma, the sons of Vasudeva, and to Lord Pradyumna and Lord Aniruddha. We offer our respectful obeisances unto the master of all the saintly devotees of Viṣṇu.

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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.

Offer Respect to the Lord of Devotees

  1. 1

    The prayer offers obeisances to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma, the sons of Vasudeva.

  2. 2

    It also offers obeisances to Lord Pradyumna and Lord Aniruddha.

  3. 3

    The Lord is honored as the master of all saintly devotees of Viṣṇu. The prayer expresses respectful devotion to Him.

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 16: Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Vomiting blood from his mouths, Kāliya finally understood that Kṛṣṇa was the primeval personality, Lord Nārāyaṇa, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving creatures, and he took shelter of Him. Seeing how very weary Kāliya had become, his wives, the Nāgapatnīs, bowed down at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.16
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. namaḥobeisances
  2. kṛṣṇāyato Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. rāmāyato Lord Rāma
  4. vasudeva-sutāyathe son of Vasudeva
  5. caand
  6. pradyumnāyato Lord Pradyumna
  7. aniruddhāyato Lord Aniruddha
  8. sātvatāmof the devotees
  9. patayeto the Lord
  10. namaḥobeisances
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.16

    In this verse: “devotees”, “devotion”

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

What does offering respect to the master of the devotees mean to me?

Practice

Slowly read this prayer aloud once as an offering of respect.

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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 10.16's connections

Live this todayOffer Respect to the Lord of DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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