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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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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 22: Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs

10.22.31-32 10.22.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.22.33

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.22.31-32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अहो एषां वरं जन्म सर्वप्राण्युपजीवनम् ।

सुजनस्येव येषां वै विमुखा यान्ति नार्थिन: ॥ ३३ ॥

aho eṣāṁ varaṁ janma

sarva-prāṇy-upajīvanam

su-janasyeva yeṣāṁ vai

vimukhā yānti nārthinaḥ

Translation

Just see how these trees are maintaining every living entity! Their birth is successful. Their behavior is just like that of great personalities, for anyone who asks anything from a tree never goes away disappointed.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Successful Life Supports Others

1
These trees maintain living entities, and their birth is therefore praised as successful.
2
Their behavior resembles that of great personalities, who help those who approach them.
3
Anyone who asks something from a tree never goes away disappointed.

Key points from the purport

This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 9.46).

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

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 10.22.33 quotesCC Ādi 9.46

This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 9.46).

Quoted in the purport ofCC Ādi 9.45

In the following verse, which is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.22.33), Kṛṣṇa Himself highly praises the existence of a tree.

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

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

Chapter 22: Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Indeed, said Kṛṣṇa, the perfection of life is to act with one’s vital energy, wealth, intelligence and words for the benefit of all. After the Lord had glorified the trees in this way, the entire company went to the Yamunā, where the cowherd boys let the cows drink the sweet water and also drank some themselves.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.22