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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 45: Kṛṣṇa Rescues His Teacher’s Son
10.45.2110.45.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.45.22

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Balarāmasince 10.45.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स पिता सा च जननी यौ पुष्णीतां स्वपुत्रवत् ।

शिशून् बन्धुभिरुत्सृष्टानकल्पै: पोषरक्षणे ॥ २२ ॥

sa pitā sā ca jananī

yau puṣṇītāṁ sva-putra-vat

śiśūn bandhubhir utsṛṣṭān

akalpaiḥ poṣa-rakṣaṇe

Translation

They are the real father and mother who care for, as they would their own sons, children abandoned by relatives unable to maintain and protect them.

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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.

True Parenthood Means Loving Care

  1. 1

    Real fatherhood and motherhood are shown by caring for children as one’s own.

  2. 2

    The verse speaks of children abandoned by relatives unable to maintain and protect them.

  3. 3

    Those who provide such children with loving maintenance and protection are their real father and mother.

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 45: Kṛṣṇa Rescues His Teacher’s Son

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Indeed, any person who does not maintain and nourish those under his care — children, wife, spiritual masters, brāhmaṇas, elderly parents, and so on — is simply a living corpse. It was out of fear of Kaṁsa that We could not serve you, so now please forgive Us.”
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.45
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥhe
  2. pitāfather
  3. sāshe
  4. caand
  5. jananīmother
  6. yauwho
  7. puṣṇītāmnourish
  8. svatheir own
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.45

    In this verse: “mother”, “father”, “children”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.45

    In this verse: “protect”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse deepen your understanding of what makes someone a parent?

Practice

Offer one small, practical help to someone caring for a child, such as providing a meal or a needed item.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTrue Parenthood Means Loving CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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