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  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 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda
10.51.23-2610.51.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Mucukundasince 10.51.27inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीमुचुकुन्द उवाच

को भवानिह सम्प्राप्तो विपिने गिरिगह्वरे ।

पद्‍भ्यां पद्मपलाशाभ्यां विचरस्युरुकण्टके ॥ २७ ॥

śrī-mucukunda uvāca

ko bhavān iha samprāpto

vipine giri-gahvare

padbhyāṁ padma-palāśābhyāṁ

vicarasy uru-kaṇṭake

Translation

Śrī Mucukunda said: Who are You who have come to this mountain cave in the forest, having walked on the thorny ground with feet as soft as lotus petals?

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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.

A Question With Tender Attention

  1. 1

    Mucukunda asked the visitor who He was.

  2. 2

    He noted that the visitor had come to a mountain cave in the forest over thorny ground.

  3. 3

    Mucukunda described His feet as soft as lotus petals, drawing attention to their tenderness amid the thorns.

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 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Kṛṣṇa entered the cave, whereupon Kālayavana followed after Him and saw a man lying on the ground. Taking him for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Kālayavana kicked him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.51
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-mucukundaḥ uvācaŚrī Mucukunda said
  2. kaḥwho
  3. bhavānare You
  4. ihahere
  5. samprāptaḥarrived together (with me)
  6. vipinein the forest
  7. giri-gahvarein a mountain cave
  8. padbhyāmwith Your feet
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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

What does Mucukunda's attention to the Lord's tender feet bring to your reading of his question?

Practice

Reread Mucukunda's question, pausing to picture the contrast between lotus-soft feet and thorny ground.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayA Question With Tender AttentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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