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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
10.51.6110.51.63

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.62

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.51.58inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

क्षात्रधर्मस्थितो जन्तून् न्यवधीर्मृगयादिभि: ।

समाहितस्तत्तपसा जह्यघं मदुपाश्रित: ॥ ६२ ॥

kṣātra-dharma-sthito jantūn

nyavadhīr mṛgayādibhiḥ

samāhitas tat tapasā

jahy aghaṁ mad-upāśritaḥ

Translation

Because you followed the principles of a kṣatriya, you killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties. You must vanquish the sins thus incurred by carefully executing penances while remaining surrendered to 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.

Accept Penance While Remaining Surrendered

  1. 1

    Following the principles of a kṣatriya, the King had killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa instructs him to vanquish the sins incurred through those actions by carefully executing penances.

  3. 3

    While performing these penances, he must remain surrendered to Kṛṣṇa. Taking shelter of Him remains central.

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:

Now, always remaining surrendered to Me, go perform penances to eradicate the sinful reactions incurred from the killing you had to do in your role as a warrior. In your next life you will become a first-class brāhmaṇa and attain 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. kṣātraof the ruling class
  2. dharmain the religious principles
  3. sthitaḥsituated
  4. jantūnliving beings
  5. nyavadhīḥyou killed
  6. mṛgayāin the course of hunting
  7. ādibhiḥand other activities
  8. samāhitaḥfully concentrated
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “duties”, “principles”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “surrendered”, “shelter”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 10.51

    In this verse: “sins”

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 willing to acknowledge harm I have caused while continuing to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to acknowledge one harmful action and ask Kṛṣṇa for help in accepting responsibility while remaining surrendered to Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAccept Penance While Remaining SurrenderedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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