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Canto 10 · Chapter 45: Kṛṣṇa Rescues His Teacher’s Son
10.45.4110.45.45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.45.42-44

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

तदङ्गप्रभवं शङ्खमादाय रथमागमत् ।

तत: संयमनीं नाम यमस्य दयितां पुरीम् ॥ ४२ ॥

गत्वा जनार्दन: शङ्खं प्रदध्मौ सहलायुध: ।

शङ्खनिर्ह्रादमाकर्ण्य प्रजासंयमनो यम: ॥ ४३ ॥

तयो: सपर्यां महतीं चक्रे भक्त्युपबृंहिताम् ।

उवाचावनत: कृष्णं सर्वभूताशयालयम् ।

लीलामनुष्ययोर्विष्णो युवयो: करवाम किम् ॥ ४४ ॥

tad-aṅga-prabhavaṁ śaṅkham

ādāya ratham āgamat

tataḥ saṁyamanīṁ nāma

yamasya dayitāṁ purīm

gatvā janārdanaḥ śaṅkhaṁ

pradadhmau sa-halāyudhaḥ

śaṅkha-nirhrādam ākarṇya

prajā-saṁyamano yamaḥ

tayoḥ saparyāṁ mahatīṁ

cakre bhakty-upabṛṁhitām

uvācāvanataḥ kṛṣṇaṁ

sarva-bhūtāśayālayam

līlā-manuṣyayor viṣṇo

yuvayoḥ karavāma kim

Translation

Lord Janārdana took the conchshell that had grown around the demon’s body and went back to the chariot. Then He proceeded to Saṁyamanī, the beloved capital of Yamarāja, the lord of death. Upon arriving there with Lord Balarāma, He loudly blew His conchshell, and Yamarāja, who keeps the conditioned souls in check, came as soon as he heard the resounding vibration. Yamarāja elaborately worshiped the two Lords with great devotion, and then he addressed Lord Kṛṣṇa, who lives in everyone’s heart: “O Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, what shall I do for You and Lord Balarāma, who are playing the part of ordinary humans?”

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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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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Conchshell Frees the Suffering

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa took the conchshell Pāñcajanya and went with Balarāma to Yamarāja’s capital. The purport identifies it as the same conchshell He sounded at the beginning of the Bhagavad-gītā.

  2. 2

    Yamarāja worshiped the two Lords with great devotion and asked how he could serve Them. He recognized Kṛṣṇa, who lives in everyone’s heart, as the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, though the Lords were playing the part of ordinary humans.

  3. 3

    The Skanda Purāṇa describes how the conchshell’s sound stopped the torments of hell. With their sinful reactions eradicated, all its inhabitants attained liberation and approached the spiritual world.

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