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Canto 10 · Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
10.54.4910.54.51

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.50

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.54.50inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

एवं भगवता तन्वी रामेण प्रतिबोधिता ।

वैमनस्यं परित्यज्य मनो बुद्ध्या समादधे ॥ ५० ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaṁ bhagavatā tanvī

rāmeṇa pratibodhitā

vaimanasyaṁ parityajya

mano buddhyā samādadhe

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus enlightened by Lord Balarāma, slender Rukmiṇī forgot her depression and steadied her mind by spiritual intelligence.

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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.

Spiritual Intelligence Steadies the Mind

  1. 1

    Rukmiṇī receives enlightenment from Lord Balarāma. His instruction helps her move beyond her distress.

  2. 2

    Having been enlightened, she gives up her depression.

  3. 3

    She steadies her mind through spiritual intelligence. The teaching becomes a source of inner composure.

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:

Accepting Lord Balarāma’s instructions, Rukmiṇī gave up her sorrow. Rukmī, meanwhile, felt totally frustrated, deprived as he was of all his strength and his will to fight.
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. bhagavatāby the Supreme Lord
  4. tanvīslender-waisted Rukmiṇī
  5. rāmeṇaby Balarāma
  6. pratibodhitāenlightened
  7. vaimanasyamher depression
  8. parityajyagiving up
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “distress”

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 allowing spiritual instruction to shape how I respond to distress?

Practice

Return to one spiritual teaching you have read today, and reflect on it quietly before reacting to a troubling thought.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySpiritual Intelligence Steadies the MindThis 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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