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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
10.41.4110.41.43

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.41.42

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The washermansince 10.41.35inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तस्य प्रसन्नो भगवान् प्रादात्सारूप्यमात्मन: ।

श्रियं च परमां लोके बलैश्वर्यस्मृतीन्द्रियम् ॥ ४२ ॥

tasya prasanno bhagavān

prādāt sārūpyam ātmanaḥ

śriyaṁ ca paramāṁ loke

balaiśvarya-smṛtīndriyam

Translation

Pleased with the weaver, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa blessed him that after death he would achieve the liberation of attaining a form like the Lord’s, and that while in this world he would enjoy supreme opulence, physical strength, influence, memory and sensory vigor.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Blesses the Weaver

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was pleased with the weaver and blessed him.

  2. 2

    After death, the weaver would attain liberation with a form like the Lord’s.

  3. 3

    While in this world, he would enjoy supreme opulence, physical strength, influence, memory and sensory vigor.

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:

Next a weaver approached the two Lords and arrayed Them suitably, for which service he received from Kṛṣṇa opulence in this life and liberation in the next. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma then went to the house of the garland-maker Sudāmā.
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. tasyawith him
  2. prasannaḥsatisfied
  3. bhagavānthe Supreme Lord
  4. prādātgranted
  5. sārūpyamthe liberation of having the same form
  6. ātmanaḥas Himself
  7. śriyamopulence
  8. caand
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.41

    In this verse: “death”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.41

    In this verse: “blessed”

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

Am I more focused on receiving benefits or on pleasing the Lord through service?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and make pleasing Kṛṣṇa your aim.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Blesses the WeaverThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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