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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?
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Canto 10 · Chapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda
10.51.3110.51.33

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.32

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

चिरप्रजागरश्रान्तो निद्रयापहतेन्द्रिय: ।

शयेऽस्मिन् विजने कामं केनाप्युत्थापितोऽधुना ॥ ३२ ॥

cira-prajāgara-śrānto

nidrayāpahatendriyaḥ

śaye ’smin vijane kāmaṁ

kenāpy utthāpito ’dhunā

Translation

I was fatigued after remaining awake for a long time, and my senses were overwhelmed by sleep. Thus I slept comfortably here in this solitary place until, just now, someone woke me.

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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.

Mucukunda Explains His Exhaustion and Sleep

  1. 1

    Mucukunda tells the Lord that he was fatigued after remaining awake for a long time.

  2. 2

    His senses were overwhelmed by sleep, and he rested comfortably in a solitary place.

  3. 3

    He explains that someone had just awakened him.

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:

Mucukunda said, “After growing weary from remaining awake for a long time, I was enjoying my sleep here in this cave when some stranger disturbed me and, suffering the reaction of his sins, was burnt to ashes. O Lord, O vanquisher of all enemies, it is my great fortune that I now have the vision of Your beautiful form.”
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. cirafor a long time
  2. prajāgarabecause of remaining awake
  3. śrāntaḥfatigued
  4. nidrayāby sleep
  5. apahatacovered over
  6. indriyaḥmy senses
  7. śayeI have been lying
  8. asminin this
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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 details help you understand Mucukunda’s condition as he speaks to the Lord?

Practice

Reread the verse and summarize in one sentence why Mucukunda was sleeping there.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMucukunda Explains His Exhaustion and SleepThis 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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