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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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  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 23: The Brāhmaṇas’ Wives Blessed
10.23.1910.23.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.23.20-21

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

निषिध्यमाना: पतिभिर्भ्रातृभिर्बन्धुभि: सुतै: ।

भगवत्युत्तमश्लोके दीर्घश्रुतधृताशया: ॥ २० ॥

यमुनोपवनेऽशोकनवपल्लवमण्डिते ।

विचरन्तं वृतं गोपै: साग्रजं दद‍ृशु: स्त्रिय: ॥ २१ ॥

niṣidhyamānāḥ patibhir

bhrātṛbhir bandhubhiḥ sutaiḥ

bhagavaty uttama-śloke

dīrgha-śruta-dhṛtāśayāḥ

yamunopavane ’śoka

nava-pallava-maṇḍite

vicarantaṁ vṛtaṁ gopaiḥ

sāgrajaṁ dadṛśuḥ striyaḥ

Translation

Although their husbands, brothers, sons and other relatives tried to forbid them from going, their hope of seeing Kṛṣṇa, cultivated by extensive hearing of His transcendental qualities, won out. Along the river Yamunā, within a garden decorated with buds of aśoka trees, they caught sight of Him strolling along in the company of the cowherd boys and His elder brother, Balarāma.

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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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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing Strengthens Hope of Seeing Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The ladies’ husbands, brothers, sons and other relatives tried to prevent them from going.

  2. 2

    Their hope of seeing Kṛṣṇa prevailed because they had cultivated it through extensive hearing of His transcendental qualities.

  3. 3

    They saw Him in a garden along the Yamunā, decorated with buds of aśoka trees. He was strolling with the cowherd boys and His elder brother, Balarāma.

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