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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 27: Lord Indra and Mother Surabhi Offer Prayers
10.27.1110.27.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.27.12

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:King Indrasince 10.27.4inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मयेदं भगवन् गोष्ठनाशायासारवायुभि: । चेष्टितं विहते यज्ञे मानिना तीव्रमन्युना ॥ १२ ॥

mayedaṁ bhagavan goṣṭha-

nāśāyāsāra-vāyubhiḥ

ceṣṭitaṁ vihate yajñe

māninā tīvra-manyunā

Translation

My dear Lord, when my sacrifice was disrupted I became fiercely angry because of false pride. Thus I tried to destroy Your cowherd community with severe rain and wind.

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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.

Honestly Acknowledge False Pride

  1. 1

    Indra admits that he became fiercely angry when his sacrifice was disrupted.

  2. 2

    He identifies false pride as the cause of his anger. His confession acknowledges his own responsibility.

  3. 3

    Indra tells the Lord that he tried to destroy His cowherd community with severe rain and wind.

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 27: Lord Indra and Mother Surabhi Offer Prayers

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Satisfied with Indra’s prayers, Śrī Kṛṣṇa told him that He had stopped the indra-yajña so that Indra, puffed up as he was with false pride, would remember the Lord. Persons intoxicated by material opulence never see Him standing before them with the rod of punishment in His hand.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.27
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. mayāby me
  2. idamthis
  3. bhagavanO Lord
  4. goṣṭhaof Your cowherd community
  5. nāśāyafor the destruction
  6. āsāraby hard rain
  7. vāyubhiḥand wind
  8. ceṣṭitamenacted
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.27

    In this verse: “pride”

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

When my expectations are disrupted, does wounded pride turn into anger?

Practice

Recall one moment of anger today and honestly acknowledge before Kṛṣṇa any pride behind it.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHonestly Acknowledge False PrideThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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