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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 49: Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura

10.49.30 10.50.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.49.31

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.49.30inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

शशंस रामकृष्णाभ्यां धृतराष्ट्रविचेष्टितम् ।

पाण्डवान् प्रति कौरव्य यदर्थं प्रेषित: स्वयम् ॥ ३१ ॥

śaśaṁsa rāma-kṛṣṇābhyāṁ

dhṛtarāṣṭra-viceṣṭitam

pāṇdavān prati kauravya

yad-arthaṁ preṣitaḥ svayam

Translation

Akrūra reported to Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa how Dhṛtarāṣṭra was behaving toward the Pāṇḍavas. Thus, O descendant of the Kurus, he fulfilled the purpose for which he had been sent.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Complete the Service Entrusted to You

1
Akrūra reports to Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa.
2
His report concerns Dhṛtarāṣṭra's behavior toward the Pāṇḍavas. He brings back the information his mission required.
3
By delivering this report, Akrūra fulfills the purpose for which he was sent. His service to the Lords reaches its intended completion.

Key points from the purport

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Forty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura.”

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

Chapter 49: Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

No one can transgress the arrangement of the Supreme Lord; His purpose for descending into the Yadu dynasty will inevitably be fulfilled.” Knowing now the mentality of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Akrūra took permission from his dear relatives and friends and returned to Mathurā, where he related everything to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.49

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śaśaṁsahe reported
rāma-kṛṣṇābhyāmto Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa
dhṛtarāṣṭra-viceṣṭitamthe behavior of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
pāṇḍavān pratitoward the sons of Pāṇḍu
kauravyaO descendant of the Kurus (Parīkṣit)
yatfor which
arthampurpose
preṣitaḥsent
svayamhimself

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.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What entrusted service still needs my follow-through?

Practice

Complete one small task of service today and report its completion to the person who entrusted it to you.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Dhṛtarāṣṭra leaves homeSB 1.13 · Dhṛtarāṣṭra leaves homeNo one in the material world can prevent the approach of time and the decline of the body. Understanding this calls one away from bodily attachment toward spiritual realization.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.49's connections

Live this todayComplete the Service Entrusted to YouThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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