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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
10.41.5110.42.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.41.52

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.41.49inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इति तस्मै वरं दत्त्वा श्रियं चान्वयवर्धिनीम् ।

बलमायुर्यश: कान्तिं निर्जगाम सहाग्रज: ॥ ५२ ॥

iti tasmai varaṁ dattvā

śriyaṁ cānvaya-vardhinīm

balam āyur yaśaḥ kāntiṁ

nirjagāma sahāgrajaḥ

Translation

Not only did Lord Kṛṣṇa grant Sudāmā these benedictions, but He also awarded him strength, long life, fame, beauty and ever-increasing prosperity for his family. Then Kṛṣṇa and His elder brother took Their leave.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Sincerely Surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa granted Sudāmā his requested benedictions and also gave him strength, long life, fame, beauty and ever-increasing prosperity for his family.

  2. 2

    The purport contrasts the Lord’s dealings with the defiant washerman and the devoted florist Sudāmā. He is as hard as a thunderbolt toward those who defy Him and as soft as a rose toward those who surrender.

  3. 3

    The purport therefore urges everyone to surrender sincerely to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Such surrender is clearly in our own interest.

Key points from the purport
  • We can see a clear difference between Lord Kṛṣṇa’s dealings with the nasty washerman and His dealings with the devoted florist Sudāmā.
  • The Lord is as hard as a thunderbolt for those who defy Him and as soft as a rose for those who surrender to Him.
  • Therefore we should all sincerely surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa, since that is clearly in our self-interest.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. itithus
  2. tasmaito him
  3. varamthe benediction
  4. dattvāgiving
  5. śriyamopulence
  6. caand
  7. anvayahis family
  8. vardhinīmexpanding
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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

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.41

    In this verse: “surrender”

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

Where can I replace resistance to Kṛṣṇa with sincere willingness to serve?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of sincere surrender to Kṛṣṇa, then perform one small act of devotional service.

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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 10.41's connections

Live this todaySincerely Surrender to Lord KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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