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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill
10.25.1510.25.17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.25.16

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.25.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्र प्रतिविधिं सम्यगात्मयोगेन साधये । लोकेशमानिनां मौढ्याद्धनिष्ये श्रीमदं तम: ॥ १६ ॥

tatra pratividhiṁ samyag

ātma-yogena sādhaye

lokeśa-mānināṁ mauḍhyād

dhaniṣye śrī-madaṁ tamaḥ

Translation

By My mystic power I will completely counteract this disturbance caused by Indra. Demigods like Indra are proud of their opulence, and out of foolishness they falsely consider themselves the Lord of the universe. I will now destroy such ignorance.

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Defeats Pride and Ignorance

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa declared that He would completely counteract Indra’s disturbance by His own mystic power.

  2. 2

    Demigods like Indra can become proud of their opulence and foolishly consider themselves the Lord of the universe.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa resolved to destroy this ignorance, showing that their claims to supreme control were false.

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 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

For seven successive days He held up the hill, until Indra finally understood Kṛṣṇa’s mystic power and ordered the clouds to withdraw. When the cowherd villagers emerged from beneath the mountain, Kṛṣṇa put Govardhana Hill back in its proper place.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.25
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatrain that regard
  2. prati-vidhimcounteracting measures
  3. samyakproperly
  4. ātma-yogenaby My mystic power
  5. sādhayeI shall arrange
  6. loka-īśalords of the world
  7. mānināmof those who falsely consider themselves
  8. mauḍhyātout of foolishness
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.25

    In this verse: “proud”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does anything I possess tempt me to imagine that I am in complete control?

Practice

Identify one source of personal pride and quietly acknowledge that it does not make you the supreme controller.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Defeats Pride and IgnoranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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