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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 52: Rukmiṇī’s Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.52.4010.52.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.52.41

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Rukmiṇīsince 10.52.37inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्वोभाविनि त्वमजितोद्वहने विदर्भान्

गुप्त: समेत्य पृतनापतिभि: परीत: ।

निर्मथ्य चैद्यमगधेन्द्रबलं प्रसह्य

मां राक्षसेन विधिनोद्वह वीर्यशुल्काम् ॥ ४१ ॥

śvo bhāvini tvam ajitodvahane vidarbhān

guptaḥ sametya pṛtanā-patibhiḥ parītaḥ

nirmathya caidya-magadhendra-balaṁ prasahya

māṁ rākṣasena vidhinodvaha vīrya-śulkām

Translation

O unconquerable one, tomorrow when my marriage ceremony is about to begin, You should arrive unseen in Vidarbha and surround Yourself with the leaders of Your army. Then crush the forces of Caidya and Magadhendra and marry me in the Rākṣasa style, winning me with Your valor.

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.

Rukmiṇī Places Her Hope in Kṛṣṇa's Valor

  1. 1

    Rukmiṇī's royal upbringing gave her a brilliant grasp of political affairs. She advises Kṛṣṇa to enter the city alone and unnoticed, then surround Himself with His military commanders.

  2. 2

    She asks the unconquerable Lord to crush the opposing forces and marry her in the Rākṣasa style, winning her with His valor.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī compares the coming fight to the Lord's churning of the ocean to extract the goddess Lakṣmī. Rukmiṇī, the goddess of fortune, would be gained amid the coming turbulence.

Key points from the purport
  • As Śrīla Prabhupāda points out in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Rukmiṇī, being born of royal blood, certainly had a brilliant grasp of political affairs.
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī compares the coming fight to the Lord’s churning of the ocean to extract the goddess Lakṣmī.
  • Gorgeous Rukmiṇī, the goddess of fortune, would be gained in the coming turbulence.

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 52: Rukmiṇī’s Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In accordance with family custom, on the day before my marriage I will visit the temple of goddess Ambikā. That would be the best opportunity for You to appear and easily kidnap me.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.52
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śvaḥ bhāvinitomorrow
  2. tvamYou
  3. ajitaO unconquerable one
  4. udvahaneat the time of the marriage ceremony
  5. vidarbhānto Vidarbha
  6. guptaḥunseen
  7. sametyacoming
  8. pṛtanāof Your army
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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

How does Rukmiṇī combine thoughtful planning with confidence in Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

In a brief prayer, name one difficulty and express your trust in Kṛṣṇa's strength.

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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 10.52's connections

Live this todayRukmiṇī Places Her Hope in Kṛṣṇa's ValorThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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