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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.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
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 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

10.4.23 10.4.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.4.24

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.4.7inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मोचयामास निगडाद् विश्रब्ध: कन्यकागिरा ।

देवकीं वसुदेवं च दर्शयन्नात्मसौहृदम् ॥ २४ ॥

mocayām āsa nigaḍād

viśrabdhaḥ kanyakā-girā

devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca

darśayann ātma-sauhṛdam

Translation

Fully believing in the words of the goddess Durgā, Kaṁsa exhibited his familial affection for Devakī and Vasudeva by immediately releasing them from their iron shackles.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection Expressed Through Action

1
Kaṁsa fully believed the words of the goddess Durgā.
2
He immediately released Devakī and Vasudeva from their iron shackles.
3
Through their release, Kaṁsa exhibited his familial affection for them.

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

Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Vasudeva bound himself with iron shackles as before, all the doors of the prison house closed by the influence of Yoga-māyā, who then began crying as a newborn child. This crying awakened the doorkeepers, who immediately informed Kaṁsa that a child had been born to Devakī.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.4