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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 36: The Slaying of Ariṣṭā, the Bull Demon

10.36.1 10.36.3-4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.36.2

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.36.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

रम्भमाण: खरतरं पदा च विलिखन् महीम् ।

उद्यम्य पुच्छं वप्राणि विषाणाग्रेण चोद्धरन् ।

किञ्चित्किञ्चिच्छकृन् मुञ्चन्मूत्रयन्स्तब्धलोचन: ॥ २ ॥

rambhamāṇaḥ kharataraṁ

padā ca vilikhan mahīm

udyamya pucchaṁ vaprāṇi

viṣāṇāgreṇa coddharan

kiñcit kiñcic chakṛn muñcan

mūtrayan stabdha-locanaḥ

Translation

Ariṣṭāsura bellowed very harshly and pawed the ground. With his tail raised and his eyes glaring, he began to tear up the embankments with the tips of his horns, every now and then passing a little stool and urine.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ariṣṭāsura Displays His Destructive Fury

1
Ariṣṭāsura bellowed harshly and pawed the ground. His behavior was threatening and destructive.
2
With his tail raised and eyes glaring, he tore up the embankments with the tips of his horns.
3
He passed small amounts of stool and urine as he continued his violent display.

How it feels

Attachment → Impending loss. The approach of departure gives pastoral love a poignant edge.

Chapters 34–38 of Canto 10: Further Vraja events and Akrūra's arrival. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 36: The Slaying of Ariṣṭā, the Bull Demon

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Everyone in Kṛṣṇa’s cowherd village became terrified when Ariṣṭāsura approached it, but the Lord pacified them, and when the bull demon charged Him He seized him by the horns and threw him about six yards. Though weakened, Ariṣṭa still wanted to attack Kṛṣṇa.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.36