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Canto 10 · Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
10.54.1610.54.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.17

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.54.17inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

एवं प्रबोधितो मित्रैश्चैद्योऽगात् सानुग: पुरम् ।

हतशेषा: पुनस्तेऽपि ययु: स्वं स्वं पुरं नृपा: ॥ १७ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaṁ prabodhito mitraiś

caidyo ’gāt sānugaḥ puram

hata-śeṣāḥ punas te ’pi

yayuḥ svaṁ svaṁ puraṁ nṛpāḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus persuaded by his friends, Śiśupāla took his followers and went back to his capital. The surviving warriors also returned to their respective cities.

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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.

Śiśupāla Listens and Returns Home

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes Śiśupāla as persuaded by his friends.

  2. 2

    Śiśupāla takes his followers and returns to his capital.

  3. 3

    The surviving warriors also return to their respective cities, bringing their participation in the encounter to an end.

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 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Consoled in this way, Śiśupāla took his followers and returned to his kingdom. Rukmiṇī’s brother Rukmī, who hated Kṛṣṇa, was infuriated by Kṛṣṇa’s kidnapping of his sister.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.54
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. evamthus
  3. prabodhitaḥpersuaded
  4. mitraiḥby his friends
  5. caidyaḥŚiśupāla
  6. agātwent
  7. sa-anugaḥwith his followers
  8. puramto his city
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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

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “friends”

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

When might listening to a friend's counsel help you step back from a conflict?

Practice

Before continuing a disagreement today, pause to consider a trusted friend's counsel.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayŚiśupāla Listens and Returns HomeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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