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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 2: Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb
10.2.2410.2.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.2.25

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.2.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ब्रह्मा भवश्च तत्रैत्य मुनिभिर्नारदादिभि: । देवै: सानुचरै: साकं गीर्भिर्वृषणमैडयन् ॥ २५ ॥

brahmā bhavaś ca tatraitya

munibhir nāradādibhiḥ

devaiḥ sānucaraiḥ sākaṁ

gīrbhir vṛṣaṇam aiḍayan

Translation

Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, accompanied by great sages like Nārada, Devala and Vyāsa and by other demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, invisibly approached the room of Devakī, where they all joined in offering their respectful obeisances and prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can bestow blessings upon everyone.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Welcome the Lord With Devotion

  1. 1

    Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, the sages and other demigods approached Devakī's room invisibly. Together they offered respectful obeisances and prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can bless everyone.

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    Devotees are Kṛṣṇa conscious favorably, unlike Kaṁsa, who planned to kill the Lord or His mother. Even Brahmā, entrusted with creating an entire universe, personally came to welcome the Lord.

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    Lord Śiva joyfully chants the Lord's holy name, and Nārada constantly chants His glories. Nārada travels throughout the universe to find devotees or help others become devotees.

Key points from the purport
  • Brahmā is so powerful that he is in charge of creating an entire universe, yet he personally came to receive the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, in his Toṣaṇī, says that the word nārada-ādibhiḥ means that Nārada and the demigods were accompanied by other saintly persons, like Sanaka and Sanātana, all of whom came to congratulate or welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Even though Kaṁsa was planning to kill Devakī, he too awaited the arrival of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (pratīkṣaṁs taj janma).

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

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

Further reading

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

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Meanwhile, because of the Lord’s presence within the womb of Devakī, all the demigods came to offer the Lord their prayers. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, they said, is eternally the Absolute Truth.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.2
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. brahmāthe supreme four-headed demigod
  2. bhavaḥ caand Lord Śiva
  3. tatrathere
  4. etyaarriving
  5. munibhiḥaccompanied by great sages
  6. nārada-ādibhiḥby Nārada and others
  7. devaiḥand by demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa
  8. sa-anucaraiḥwith their followers
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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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.2

    In this verse: “blessings”, “bless”, “favorably”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.2

    In this verse: “chants”, “holy name”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.2

    In this verse: “devotees”

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 can I make my prayers an offering meant to please the Lord?

Practice

Offer a respectful bow and a short prayer today with the intention of pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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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 10.2's connections

Live this todayWelcome the Lord With DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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