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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 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa
10.26.1410.26.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.26.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nanda Mahārājasince 10.26.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीनन्द उवाच

श्रूयतां मे वचो गोपा व्येतु शङ्का च वोऽर्भके । एनं कुमारमुद्दिश्य गर्गो मे यदुवाच ह ॥ १५ ॥

śrī-nanda uvāca

śrūyatāṁ me vaco gopā

vyetu śaṅkā ca vo ’rbhake

enam kumāram uddiśya

gargo me yad uvāca ha

Translation

Nanda Mahārāja replied: O cowherd men, just hear my words and let all your doubts concerning my son be gone. Some time ago Garga Muni spoke to me as follows about this boy.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Hearing and Remembering Remove Doubt

  1. 1

    Nanda Mahārāja asked the cowherd men to hear his words and let their doubts about his son be gone.

  2. 2

    The words he had heard from Gargācārya awakened him to the truth about Kṛṣṇa. By constantly remembering Kṛṣṇa’s activities, he no longer thought them impossible.

  3. 3

    Nanda now instructed the cowherd men with those same words. He shared what he had heard rather than offering an explanation of his own.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments, “The words previously heard from Gargācārya awakened Nanda Mahārāja to the truth about Kṛṣṇa, and thus, by Nanda’s constantly remembering His activities, all thoughts about their being impossible ceased in him.
  • Now he is instructing the cowherd men with these same words.”

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 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Nanda replied by relating to them what Garga Muni had told him about Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Garga Muni had said that in the previous three ages Nanda’s boy had manifested Himself in white, red and yellow forms, whereas now, in the Dvāpara age, He had assumed His darkish-blue form, kṛṣṇa-rūpa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.26
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-nandaḥ uvācaŚrī Nanda Mahārāja said
  2. śrūyatāmplease hear
  3. memy
  4. vacaḥwords
  5. gopāḥmy dear cowherd men
  6. vyetulet it go away
  7. śaṅkāthe doubt
  8. caand
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.26

    In this verse: “nanda”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.26

    In this verse: “heard”

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 might attentive hearing and remembrance help you with your questions about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread this translation, then spend one minute remembering a Kṛṣṇa activity you have just studied.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHearing and Remembering Remove DoubtThis 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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