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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 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana
10.46.310.46.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.46.4

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.46.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ता मन्मनस्का मत्प्राणा मतर्थे त्यक्तदैहिका: ।

मामेव दयितं प्रेष्ठमात्मानं मनसा गता: ।

ये त्यक्तलोकधर्माश्च मदर्थे तान्बिभर्म्यहम् ॥ ४ ॥

tā man-manaskā mat-prāṇā

mat-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ

mām eva dayitaṁ preṣṭham

ātmānaṁ manasā gatāḥ

ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca

mad-arthe tān bibharmy aham

Translation

The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dearmost beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.

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.

Kṛṣṇa Personally Sustains His Devotees

  1. 1

    The gopīs loved Kṛṣṇa so intensely that they could think of nothing else. Their minds and very lives were devoted to Him.

  2. 2

    For His sake, they gave up bodily attachments and ordinary happiness in this life and the next. Kṛṣṇa alone was their dearmost beloved and very Self.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa maintains ordinary devotees engaged in sādhana-bhakti, devotional service in practice. He will certainly maintain the gopīs, His most exalted devotees.

Key points from the purport
  • Here the Lord explains why He wants to send a special message to the gopīs.
  • The gopīs loved Kṛṣṇa so intensely that they could think of nothing else.
  • Since Śrī Kṛṣṇa maintains ordinary devotees engaged in sādhana-bhakti, devotional service in practice, He will certainly maintain the gopīs, His most exalted devotees.

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

Heartache → Unbroken remembrance. Love endures and deepens despite visible absence.

Chapters 46–49 of Canto 10: Uddhava, the gopīs and the Song of the Bee. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By remembering His pastimes again and again, we are relieved of all karmic entanglement, and when we see the places marked by His lotus feet, our minds become fully absorbed in thought of Him. Garga Muni told me that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma have both descended directly from the spiritual world.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.46
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tāḥthey (the gopīs)
  2. matabsorbed in Me
  3. manaskāḥtheir minds
  4. matfixed upon Me
  5. prāṇāḥtheir lives
  6. mat-arthefor My sake
  7. tyaktaabandoning
  8. daihikāḥeverything on the bodily platform
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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

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.46

    In this verse: “renouncing”, “give up”, “gave up”

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.46

    In this verse: “religious”, “duties”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.46

    In this verse: “devotees”, “devotional service”

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 Kṛṣṇa’s care for practicing devotees encourage my own devotional service?

Practice

Set aside two minutes today for remembering Kṛṣṇa without distractions.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Personally Sustains His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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