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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā
10.49.3110.50.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.50.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.50.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

अस्ति: प्राप्तिश्च कंसस्य महिष्यौ भरतर्षभ ।

मृते भर्तरि दु:खार्ते ईयतु: स्म पितुर्गृहान् ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

astiḥ prāptiś ca kaṁsasya

mahiṣyau bharatarṣabha

mṛte bhartari duḥkhārte

īyatuḥ sma pitur gṛhān

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Kaṁsa was killed, O heroic descendant of Bharata, his two queens, Asti and Prāpti, went to their father’s house in great distress.

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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 Queens Return Home in Distress

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes what happened after Kaṁsa was killed.

  2. 2

    Kaṁsa’s two queens, Asti and Prāpti, were deeply distressed by their husband’s death.

  3. 3

    In their grief, the queens went to their father’s house.

How it feels

Yearning and danger → Marriage and reciprocity. A wider range of divine relationships appears.

Chapters 50–59 of Canto 10: Dvārakā, Rukmiṇī and royal rescues. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Kaṁsa was killed, his two queens, Asti and Prāpti, went to the home of their father, Jarāsandha, and sorrowfully described to him how Kṛṣṇa had made them widows. Upon hearing this account, King Jarāsandha became angry.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.50
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. astiḥ prāptiḥ caAsti and Prāpti
  3. kaṁsasyaof Kaṁsa
  4. mahiṣyauthe queens
  5. bharata-ṛṣabhaO hero of the Bhāratas (Parīkṣit)
  6. mṛtehaving been killed
  7. bhartaritheir husband
  8. duḥkhawith unhappiness
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.50

    In this verse: “distress”, “distressed”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.50

    In this verse: “father’s”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.50

    In this verse: “death”

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

When you are distressed, whom do you turn to for support?

Practice

Today, gently ask a grieving or distressed person how they are doing.

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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 10.50's connections

Live this todayThe Queens Return Home in DistressThis 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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