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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 40: The Prayers of Akrūra
10.40.2110.40.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.40.22

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Akrūrasince 10.40.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय दैत्यदानवमोहिने ।

म्‍लेच्छप्रायक्षत्रहन्त्रे नमस्ते कल्किरूपिणे ॥ २२ ॥

namo buddhāya śuddhāya

daitya-dānava-mohine

mleccha-prāya-kṣatra-hantre

namas te kalki-rūpiṇe

Translation

Obeisances to Your form as the faultless Lord Buddha, who will bewilder the Daityas and Dānavas, and to Lord Kalki, the annihilator of the meat-eaters posing as kings.

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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.

Honor Lord Buddha and Lord Kalki

  1. 1

    The prayer offers obeisances to the Lord’s form as the faultless Lord Buddha.

  2. 2

    Lord Buddha will bewilder the Daityas and Dānavas.

  3. 3

    It also offers obeisances to Lord Kalki, the annihilator of the meat-eaters posing as kings.

How it feels

Anxiety and conflict → Liberation and joy. Heroic victory is complicated by separation from Vraja.

Chapters 39–45 of Canto 10: Mathurā, Kaṁsa and reunion with parents. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

“The form of the total universe, the Virāṭ-rūpa, is imagined to be the form of Lord Viṣṇu. Like aquatics moving about in water or like tiny insects burrowing in an udumbara fruit, all living beings move about within the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.40
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. namaḥobeisances
  2. buddhāyato Lord Buddha
  3. śuddhāyathe pure
  4. daitya-dānavaof the demoniac descendants of Diti and Dānu
  5. mohineto the bewilderer
  6. mlecchaof the outcaste meat-eaters
  7. prāyaresembling
  8. kṣatrakings
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.40

    In this verse: “kings”

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 a respectful, prayerful attitude while considering these forms of the Lord?

Practice

Read this translation once with attention, then offer obeisances to Lord Buddha and Lord Kalki.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.40's connections

Live this todayHonor Lord Buddha and Lord KalkiThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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