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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 24: Worshiping Govardhana Hill
10.24.2510.24.27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.24.26

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.24.13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

पच्यन्तां विविधा: पाका: सूपान्ता: पायसादय: । संयावापूपशष्कुल्य: सर्वदोहश्च गृह्यताम् ॥ २६ ॥

pacyantāṁ vividhāḥ pākāḥ

sūpāntāḥ pāyasādayaḥ

saṁyāvāpūpa-śaṣkulyaḥ

sarva-dohaś ca gṛhyatām

Translation

Let many different kinds of food be cooked, from sweet rice to vegetable soups! Many kinds of fancy cakes, both baked and fried, should be prepared. And all the available milk products should be taken for this sacrifice.

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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.

Prepare Varied Foods for Govardhana Worship

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa calls for many kinds of cooked food, including sweet rice and vegetable soups.

  2. 2

    The preparations should include baked and fried cakes, along with all available milk products.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that sūpa includes bean broth and liquid vegetable preparations. Govardhana-pūjā should include hot preparations, cold preparations and milk products.

Key points from the purport
  • The word sūpa indicates bean broth and also liquid vegetables.
  • Thus to celebrate the Govardhana-pūjā, Lord Kṛṣṇa called for hot preparations such as soup, cold preparations like sweet rice, and all types of milk products.

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· 1

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 4.86

It is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.24.26, 31-33):

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

Further reading

Chapter 24: Worshiping Govardhana Hill

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He then assumed a huge, unprecedented transcendental form and devoured all the food and other offerings presented to Govardhana. As He did so He proclaimed to the cowherd community that although they had worshiped Indra for so long, he had never appeared in person, whereas Govardhana himself had now manifested before their eyes and eaten their offerings of foodstuffs.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. pacyantāmlet the people cook
  2. vividhāḥmany varieties
  3. pākāḥof cooked foods
  4. sūpa-antāḥending with liquid vegetable preparations
  5. pāyasa-ādayaḥbeginning with sweet rice
  6. saṁyāva-āpūpafried and baked cakes
  7. śaṣkulyaḥlarge, round cakes made from rice flour
  8. sarvaall
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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

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.24

    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 thoughtful food preparation express care in worship?

Practice

Choose one food named here and note what you would need to prepare it for Govardhana-pūjā.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPrepare Varied Foods for Govardhana WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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