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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  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.
  6. 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
10.51.39-4010.51.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.41

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.51.36inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कालनेमिर्हत: कंस: प्रलम्बाद्याश्च सद्‌‌द्विष: ।

अयं च यवनो दग्धो राजंस्ते तिग्मचक्षुषा ॥ ४१ ॥

kālanemir hataḥ kaṁsaḥ

pralambādyāś ca sad-dviṣaḥ

ayaṁ ca yavano dagdho

rājaṁs te tigma-cakṣuṣā

Translation

I have killed Kālanemi, reborn as Kaṁsa, as well as Pralamba and other enemies of the pious. And now, O King, this barbarian has been burnt to ashes by your piercing glance.

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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 Lord Removes Enemies of the Pious

  1. 1

    The Lord says that He killed Kālanemi, who had been reborn as Kaṁsa.

  2. 2

    He also killed Pralamba and other enemies of the pious.

  3. 3

    The Lord tells the King that the barbarian has now been burnt to ashes by the King’s piercing glance.

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. kālanemiḥthe demon Kālanemi
  2. hataḥkilled
  3. kaṁsaḥKaṁsa
  4. pralambaPralamba
  5. ādyāḥand others
  6. caalso
  7. satof those who are pious
  8. dviṣaḥenvious
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “king”

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 the Lord’s removal of enemies of the pious teach me about His protection?

Practice

Pause today to remember the Lord’s protection of the pious, as described here.

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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 10.51's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Removes Enemies of the PiousThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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