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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 19: Swallowing the Forest Fire
10.19.510.19.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.19.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.19.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ता आहूता भगवता मेघगम्भीरया गिरा ।

स्वनाम्नां निनदं श्रुत्वा प्रतिनेदु: प्रहर्षिता: ॥ ६ ॥

tā āhūtā bhagavatā

megha-gambhīrayā girā

sva-nāmnāṁ ninadaṁ śrutvā

pratineduḥ praharṣitāḥ

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead called out to the animals in a voice that resounded like a rumbling cloud. Hearing the sound of their own names, the cows were overjoyed and called out to the Lord in reply.

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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 Cows Joyfully Answer the Lord

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, called out to the animals.

  2. 2

    His voice resounded like a rumbling cloud.

  3. 3

    Hearing their own names, the cows became overjoyed and called out to the Lord in reply.

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 19: Swallowing the Forest Fire

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When the cowherd boys missed their animals, they went searching for them, following their hoofprints and the trail of blades of grass and other plants they had trampled or had broken with their teeth. Finally the boys found the cows and removed them from the cane forest, but by that time the forest fire had grown strong and was threatening both the boys and the cows.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.19
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tāḥthey
  2. āhūtāḥcalled
  3. bhagavatāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. megha-gambhīrayāas deep as a cloud
  5. girāwith His voice
  6. sva-nāmnāmof their own names
  7. ninadamthe sound
  8. śrutvāhearing
  9. pratineduḥthey replied
  10. praharṣitāḥgreatly enlivened
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.19

    In this verse: “hearing”

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 touches me about the cows’ joyful response to the Lord?

Practice

Read this translation aloud once, then spend a quiet moment remembering the cows’ joyful reply.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Cows Joyfully Answer the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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