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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 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.3.4010.3.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.3.41

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 10.3.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अद‍ृष्ट्वान्यतमं लोके शीलौदार्यगुणै: समम् ।

अहं सुतो वामभवं पृश्न‍िगर्भ इति श्रुत: ॥ ४१ ॥

adṛṣṭvānyatamaṁ loke

śīlaudārya-guṇaiḥ samam

ahaṁ suto vām abhavaṁ

pṛśnigarbha iti śrutaḥ

Translation

Since I found no one else as highly elevated as you in simplicity and other qualities of good character, I appeared in this world as Pṛśnigarbha, or one who is celebrated as having taken birth from Pṛśni.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Appeared as Pṛśnigarbha

  1. 1

    The Lord found no one else equal to the couple in simplicity and other qualities of good character.

  2. 2

    He appeared as Pṛśnigarbha, the name by which He is celebrated as having taken birth from Pṛśni.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies Pṛśnigarbha as an appearance of the Lord in Tretā-yuga.

Key points from the purport
  • In the Tretā-yuga the Lord appeared as Pṛśnigarbha.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Terror → Wonder and relief. The threat of destruction yields to divine appearance.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 10: Threat from Kaṁsa and Kṛṣṇa's birth. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He had appeared as Pṛśnigarbha and Vāmanadeva, and now this was the third time He was appearing as the son of Devakī to fulfill their desire. The Lord then decided to leave the residence of Vasudeva and Devakī, in the prison house of Kaṁsa, and at this very time, Yoga-māyā took birth as the daughter of Yaśodā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. adṛṣṭvānot finding
  2. anyatamamanyone else
  3. lokein this world
  4. śīla-audārya-guṇaiḥwith the transcendental qualities of good character and magnanimity
  5. samamequal to you
  6. ahamI
  7. sutaḥthe son
  8. vāmof both of you
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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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where could I practice greater simplicity and good character today?

Practice

Choose one interaction today in which to speak simply and honestly.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Appeared as PṛśnigarbhaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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