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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
10.51.4210.51.44

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.43

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.51.36inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

वरान्वृणीष्व राजर्षे सर्वान् कामान् ददामि ते ।

मां प्रसन्नो जन: कश्चिन्न भूयोऽर्हति शोचितुम् ॥ ४३ ॥

varān vṛṇīṣva rājarṣe

sarvān kāmān dadāmi te

māṁ prasanno janaḥ kaścin

na bhūyo ’rhati śocitum

Translation

Now choose some benedictions from Me, O saintly King. I will fulfill all your desires. One who has satisfied Me need never again lament.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Satisfying Kṛṣṇa Ends Lamentation

  1. 1

    The Lord invites the saintly King to choose benedictions and promises to fulfill his desires.

  2. 2

    We lament when we feel incomplete, lose something or fail to obtain something desirable. One who satisfies Kṛṣṇa and receives His mercy will no longer be troubled in these ways.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure and enjoys sharing His spiritual bliss with all living beings. We need only cooperate with the Supreme Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • The ācāryas explain that we lament when we feel incomplete, when we have lost something or when we fail to achieve something desirable.
  • One who has satisfied Kṛṣṇa and thus attained the Lord’s mercy will never be troubled in these ways.
  • We need only cooperate with the Supreme Lord.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Pleased at this request, the Lord said to Mucukunda, “My devotees are never enticed by material benedictions offered to them; only nondevotees, namely yogīs and speculative philosophers, are interested in material benedictions, having mundane desires in their hearts. My dear Mucukunda, you will have perpetual devotion for Me.
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. varānbenedictions
  2. vṛṇīṣvajust choose
  3. rāja-ṛṣeO saintly King
  4. sarvānall
  5. kāmāndesirable things
  6. dadāmiI give
  7. teto you
  8. māmMe
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “king”

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “lament”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “mercy”

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

Am I seeking completeness mainly through obtaining things or through satisfying Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

When one disappointment arises today, pause and ask how you can instead act to please Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySatisfying Kṛṣṇa Ends LamentationThis 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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