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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
10.45.2910.45.32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.45.30-31

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Balarāmasince 10.45.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

प्रभवौ सर्वविद्यानां सर्वज्ञौ जगदीश्वरौ ।

नान्यसिद्धामलं ज्ञानं गूहमानौ नरेहितै: ॥ ३० ॥

अथो गुरुकुले वासमिच्छन्तावुपजग्मतु: ।

काश्यं सान्दीपनिं नाम ह्यवन्तिपुरवासिनम् ॥ ३१ ॥

prabhavau sarva-vidyānāṁ

sarva-jñau jagad-īśvarau

nānya-siddhāmalaṁ jñānaṁ

gūhamānau narehitaiḥ

atho gurukule vāsam

icchantāv upajagmatuḥ

kāśyaṁ sāndīpaniṁ nāma

hy avanti-pura-vāsinam

Translation

Concealing Their innately perfect knowledge by Their humanlike activities, those two omniscient Lords of the universe, Themselves the origin of all branches of knowledge, next desired to reside at the school of a spiritual master. Thus They approached Sāndīpani Muni, a native of Kāsī living in the city of Avantī.

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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 All-Knowing Lords Become Students

  1. 1

    The two Lords of the universe are omniscient and the origin of all branches of knowledge.

  2. 2

    Through Their humanlike activities, They conceal Their innately perfect knowledge and desire to live at a spiritual master’s school.

  3. 3

    They approach Sāndīpani Muni, a native of Kāsī living in Avantī. Their becoming students does not mean Their knowledge was incomplete.

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:

Afterward, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, though omniscient, desired to reside at the school of a spiritual master, and thus They went to live with Sāndīpani Muni at Avantīpura. To teach the proper way to respect one’s guru, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma served Their spiritual master with great devotion, as They would a Deity of the Supreme Lord Himself.
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. prabhavauThey who were the origin
  2. sarvaof all varieties
  3. vidyānāmof knowledge
  4. sarva-jñauomniscient
  5. jagat-īśvarauthe Lords of the universe
  6. nanot
  7. anyafrom any other source
  8. siddhaachieved
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.45

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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 does Their perfect knowledge affect your understanding of Their choice to become students?

Practice

Before studying today, recall that the all-knowing Lords chose to approach a spiritual master.

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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 10.45's connections

Live this todayThe All-Knowing Lords Become StudentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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