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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 20: The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana
10.20.4710.20.49

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.20.48

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.20.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

पुरग्रामेष्वाग्रयणैरिन्द्रियैश्च महोत्सवै: ।

बभौ भू: पक्‍वशष्याढ्या कलाभ्यां नितरां हरे: ॥ ४८ ॥

pura-grāmeṣv āgrayaṇair

indriyaiś ca mahotsavaiḥ

babhau bhūḥ pakva-śaṣyāḍhyā

kalābhyāṁ nitarāṁ hareḥ

Translation

In all the towns and villages people held great festivals, performing the Vedic fire sacrifice for honoring and tasting the first grains of the new harvest, along with similar celebrations that followed local custom and tradition. Thus the earth, rich with newly grown grain and especially beautified by the presence of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, shone beautifully as an expansion of the Supreme Lord.

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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 the Harvest to the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    People in towns and villages celebrated the new harvest with Vedic fire sacrifices and local festivals. The purport distinguishes the authorized Vedic sacrifice from folk ceremonies with somewhat worldly objectives.

  2. 2

    In celebrations such as Navanna, new grains are first offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the Deities in temples. Everyone is then invited to take sweet rice made from those grains.

  3. 3

    Rich with newly grown grain, the earth shone beautifully as an expansion of the Supreme Lord. The presence of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma especially enhanced her beauty.

Key points from the purport
  • The word āgrayaṇaiḥ refers to a particular authorized Vedic sacrifice, and the word indriyaiḥ refers to folk ceremonies that have somewhat worldly objectives.
  • At that time, the people become happy over the harvest and observe various ceremonies, such as Navanna, the offering of new grains to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • The new grains are first offered to the Deities in various temples, and all are invited to take sweet rice made of these new grains.

The purport'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

Attraction and threat → Joy and trust. The pastoral world becomes the setting for protection and love.

Chapters 20–28 of Canto 10: Forest seasons, flute and Govardhana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 20: The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana

Summary of this chapter:

To enhance the description of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes in this chapter the beauty of Vṛndāvana during autumn and the rainy season. In the course of his presentation he gives various charming instructions in metaphorical terms.
Back to this verse in chapter 10.20
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. purain the towns
  2. grāmeṣuand villages
  3. āgrayaṇaiḥwith performances of the Vedic sacrifice for tasting the first grains of the new harvest
  4. indriyaiḥwith other (worldly) celebrations
  5. caand
  6. mahā-utsavaiḥgreat celebrations
  7. babhaushone
  8. bhūḥthe earth
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.20

    In this verse: “sweet”

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 celebrating abundance become an occasion to honor the Supreme Lord?

Practice

Offer a small portion of grains to the Supreme Lord before tasting them today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOffer the Harvest to the Supreme LordThis 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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