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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 41: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā
10.41.1110.41.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.41.12

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Akrūrasince 10.41.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

आगच्छ याम गेहान्न: सनाथान्कुर्वधोक्षज ।

सहाग्रज: सगोपालै: सुहृद्भ‍िश्च सुहृत्तम ॥ १२ ॥

āgaccha yāma gehān naḥ

sa-nāthān kurv adhokṣaja

sahāgrajaḥ sa-gopālaiḥ

suhṛdbhiś ca suhṛttama

Translation

Come, let us go to my house with Your elder brother, the cowherd men and Your companions. O best of friends, O transcendental Lord, in this way please grace my house with its master.

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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.

Welcome the Lord as Your Home’s Master

  1. 1

    Akrūra invites Kṛṣṇa to his house together with His elder brother, the cowherd men and His companions.

  2. 2

    He addresses Kṛṣṇa as the best of friends and the transcendental Lord.

  3. 3

    Akrūra asks the Lord to grace his house with its master. His invitation expresses a wish for his home to belong to the Lord.

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 41: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma took the cowherd boys with Them to see the splendorous city. As they all entered Mathurā, the women of the city eagerly came out of their houses to see Kṛṣṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.41
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. āgacchaplease come
  2. yāmalet us go
  3. gehānto the house
  4. naḥour
  5. sahaving
  6. nāthāna master
  7. kuruplease make it
  8. adhokṣajaO transcendental Lord
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.41

    In this verse: “friends”, “companions”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.41

    In this verse: “grace”

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

Do I think of my home as a place for serving the Lord?

Practice

Before one household task today, offer a brief prayer to do it in service to Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayWelcome the Lord as Your Home’s MasterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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