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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 18: Lord Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba
10.18.510.18.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.18.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.18.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अगाधतोयह्रदिनीतटोर्मिभि-

र्द्रवत्पुरीष्या: पुलिनै: समन्तत: ।

न यत्र चण्डांशुकरा विषोल्बणा

भुवो रसं शाद्वलितं च गृह्णते ॥ ६ ॥

agādha-toya-hradinī-taṭormibhir

dravat-purīṣyāḥ pulinaiḥ samantataḥ

na yatra caṇḍāṁśu-karā viṣolbaṇā

bhuvo rasaṁ śādvalitaṁ ca gṛhṇate

Translation

With their flowing waves the deep rivers drenched their banks, making them damp and muddy. Thus the rays of the sun, which were as fierce as poison, could not evaporate the earth’s sap or parch its green grass.

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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.

Vṛndāvana’s Rivers Preserve Its Freshness

  1. 1

    The deep rivers drenched their banks with flowing waves.

  2. 2

    The riverbanks remained damp and muddy despite the fierce rays of the sun, compared here to poison.

  3. 3

    The sun could neither evaporate the earth’s sap nor parch its green grass.

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 18: Lord Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma enacted Their pastimes, was even during the summer decorated with all the qualities of spring. At that time Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa would become absorbed in various sports, surrounded by Balarāma and all the cowherd boys.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. agādhavery deep
  2. toyawhose water
  3. hradinīof the rivers
  4. taṭaupon the shores
  5. ūrmibhiḥby the waves
  6. dravatliquefied
  7. purīṣyāḥwhose mud
  8. pulinaiḥby the sandy banks
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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

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

How does the contrast between fierce sunlight and fresh grass deepen your picture of Vṛndāvana?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment picturing the flowing rivers and un Withered green grass described in the verse.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayVṛndāvana’s Rivers Preserve Its FreshnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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