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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 2: Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb

10.2.13 10.2.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.2.14

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.2.1-2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सन्दिष्टैवं भगवता तथेत्योमिति तद्वच: । प्रतिगृह्य परिक्रम्य गां गता तत् तथाकरोत् ॥ १४ ॥

sandiṣṭaivaṁ bhagavatā

tathety om iti tad-vacaḥ

pratigṛhya parikramya

gāṁ gatā tat tathākarot

Translation

Thus instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Yoga-māyā immediately agreed. With the Vedic mantra om, she confirmed that she would do what He asked. Thus having accepted the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, she circumambulated Him and started for the place on earth known as Nanda-gokula. There she did everything just as she had been told.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faithfully Accept and Follow the Lord’s Order

1
Yoga-māyā immediately accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s instruction. She confirmed her acceptance with om and carried out everything as directed.
2
The purport explains that om signifies Vedic confirmation. Yoga-māyā faithfully received the Lord’s order as a Vedic injunction.
3
Whatever the Supreme Personality of Godhead speaks is a Vedic injunction that should not be neglected. Scripture guides us in understanding duty and acting for gradual spiritual elevation.

Key points from the purport

After receiving the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Yoga-māyā twice confirmed her acceptance by saying, “Yes, sir, I shall do as You order,” and then saying om.
Thus Yoga-māyā very faithfully received the Lord’s order as a Vedic injunction.
It is a fact that whatever is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a Vedic injunction that no one should neglect.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.2.14 quotesBG 16.24

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (16.24): “One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures.

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

Terror → Wonder and relief. The threat of destruction yields to divine appearance.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 10: Threat from Kaṁsa and Kṛṣṇa's birth. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 2: Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Kaṁsa killed the ṣaḍ-garbhas, the six sons of Devakī, one after another, Anantadeva entered Devakī’s womb and was transferred to the womb of Rohiṇī by the manipulation of Yoga-māyā, who was following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord Himself, who was soon to appear as the eighth son of Devakī, ordered Yoga-māyā to take birth from the womb of Yaśodādevī.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.2

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

sandiṣṭāhaving been ordered
evamthus
bhagavatāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tathā itiso be it
omaffirmation by the mantra om
itithus
tat-vacaḥHis words
pratigṛhyaaccepting the order

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
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.2
In this verse: “nanda-gokula”
Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct
Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.2
In this verse: “duty”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.2
In this verse: “understanding”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to put scriptural guidance into practice rather than merely acknowledge it?

Practice

Before one decision today, pause to consider whether it follows the scriptural guidance you have learned.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayFaithfully Accept and Follow the Lord’s OrderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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