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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 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa
10.27.2810.28.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.28.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.28.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच

एकादश्यां निराहार: समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम् । स्‍नातुं नन्दस्तु कालिन्द्यां द्वादश्यां जलमाविशत् ॥ १ ॥

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca

ekādaśyāṁ nirāhāraḥ

samabhyarcya janārdanam

snātuṁ nandas tu kālindyāṁ

dvādaśyāṁ jalam āviśat

Translation

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Having worshiped Lord Janārdana and fasted on the Ekādaśī day, Nanda Mahārāja entered the water of the Kālindī on the Dvādaśī to take his bath.

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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.

Worship and Fasting in Devotional Life

  1. 1

    Nanda Mahārāja worshiped Lord Janārdana on Ekādaśī.

  2. 2

    He also observed a fast that day, joining fasting with worship of the Lord.

  3. 3

    On Dvādaśī, Nanda Mahārāja entered the water of the Kālindī to bathe.

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 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By circumstance only a few more minutes remained, and so he decided to take his bath at the very end of the night, although astrologically that was an inauspicious time. Thus he entered the water of the Yamunā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.28
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvācaŚrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said
  2. ekādaśyāmon Ekādaśī (the eleventh day of the lunar month)
  3. nirāhāraḥfasting
  4. samabhyarcyahaving worshiped
  5. janārdanamLord Janārdana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. snātumin order to bathe (before breaking the fast at its prescribed completion)
  7. nandaḥNanda Mahārāja
  8. tubut
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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 10.28

    In this verse: “nanda”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.28

    In this verse: “worshiped”

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 I keep worship of the Lord central to my devotional observances?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to worship Lord Janārdana.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayWorship and Fasting in Devotional LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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