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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

10.51.33 10.51.35

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.34

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

तेजसा तेऽविषह्येण भूरि द्रष्टुं न शक्नुम: ।

हतौजसा महाभाग माननीयोऽसि देहिनाम् ॥ ३४ ॥

tejasā te ’viṣahyeṇa

bhūri draṣṭuṁ na śaknumaḥ

hataujasā mahā-bhāga

mānanīyo ’si dehinām

Translation

Your unbearably brilliant effulgence overwhelms our strength, and thus we cannot fix our gaze upon You. O exalted one, You are to be honored by all embodied beings.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Deserves Everyone’s Honor

1
Mucukunda describes the Lord’s effulgence as unbearably brilliant.
2
That brilliance overwhelms their strength, making them unable to fix their gaze upon Him.
3
Mucukunda declares that the exalted Lord is worthy of honor from all embodied beings.

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

Chapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He was devoted to brahminical culture and always true to his vow. Previously, he had spent many long years helping to protect the demigods from the demons.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.51