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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.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
10.54.4810.54.50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.49

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Balarāmasince 10.54.41inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तस्मादज्ञानजं शोकमात्मशोषविमोहनम् ।

तत्त्वज्ञानेन निर्हृत्य स्वस्था भव शुचिस्मिते ॥ ४९ ॥

tasmād ajñāna-jaṁ śokam

ātma-śoṣa-vimohanam

tattva-jñānena nirhṛtya

sva-sthā bhava śuci-smite

Translation

Therefore, with transcendental knowledge dispel the grief that is weakening and confounding your mind. Please resume your natural mood, O princess of the pristine smile.

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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.

Transcendental Knowledge Dispels Bewildering Grief

  1. 1

    Balarāma advises Rukmiṇī to dispel grief through transcendental knowledge. Such grief weakens and confounds the mind.

  2. 2

    He asks her to resume her natural mood, addressing her as the princess of the pristine smile.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī is the eternal goddess of fortune performing pastimes with the Lord. Balarāma reminds her of this identity so that she may give up her so-called grief.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Balarāma reminds Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī that she is the eternal goddess of fortune performing pastimes with the Lord in this world and should thus give up her so-called grief.

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 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He further instructed her about the transcendental position of the jīva soul and how the illusion of happiness and distress is simply a result of ignorance. Accepting Lord Balarāma’s instructions, Rukmiṇī gave up her sorrow.
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. tasmāttherefore
  2. ajñānaout of ignorance
  3. jamborn
  4. śokamthe lamentation
  5. ātmayourself
  6. śoṣadrying up
  7. vimohanamand bewildering
  8. tattvaof the truth
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “knowledge”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “give up”

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 can knowledge of spiritual truth help me meet a troubling feeling?

Practice

Read this verse slowly today, and spend a minute reflecting on its invitation to meet grief with transcendental knowledge.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayTranscendental Knowledge Dispels Bewildering GriefThis 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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