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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 48: Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees
10.48.510.48.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.48.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.48.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

आहूय कान्तां नवसङ्गमह्रिया

विशङ्कितां कङ्कणभूषिते करे ।

प्रगृह्य शय्यामधिवेश्य रामया

रेमेऽनुलेपार्पणपुण्यलेशया ॥ ६ ॥

āhūya kāntāṁ nava-saṅgama-hriyā

viśaṅkitāṁ kaṅkaṇa-bhūṣite kare

pragṛhya śayyām adhiveśya rāmayā

reme ’nulepārpaṇa-puṇya-leśayā

Translation

Calling forward His beloved, who was anxious and shy at the prospect of this new contact, the Lord pulled her by her bangled hands onto the bed. Thus He enjoyed with that beautiful girl, whose only trace of piety was her having offered ointment to the Lord.

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Small Offering Receives the Lord’s Attention

  1. 1

    Trivakrā’s only trace of piety was her offering of ointment to the Lord. Yet He called her forward, took her bangled hands and drew her onto the bed.

  2. 2

    The Lord had recently transformed her from a deformed hunchback into a beautiful girl.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that she was still a virgin. Although she desired Śrī Kṛṣṇa, she was naturally shy and anxious about this new contact.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the words nava-saṅgama-hriyā indicate that Trivakrā was in fact a virgin girl at this point.
  • She had been a deformed hunchback, and the Lord had recently transformed her into a beautiful girl.
  • Therefore, although clearly lusting after Śrī Kṛṣṇa, she was naturally shy and anxious.

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 48: Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

She also offered Uddhava a seat, as befitted his position, but Uddhava simply touched the seat and sat on the floor. Lord Kṛṣṇa then reclined on an opulent bed as the maidservant Trivakrā elaborately washed and decorated herself.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.48
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. āhūyacalling forward
  2. kāntāmHis beloved
  3. navanew
  4. saṅgamaof contact
  5. hriyāwith shyness
  6. viśaṅkitāmfearful
  7. kaṅkaṇawith bangles
  8. bhūṣiteornamented
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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

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 the Lord’s response to Trivakrā’s small offering encourage you to serve Him?

Practice

Perform one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today without dismissing it as insignificant.

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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 10.48's connections

Live this todayA Small Offering Receives the Lord’s AttentionThis 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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