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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

10.54.51 10.54.53

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.52

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.54.50inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अहत्वा दुर्मतिं कृष्णमप्रत्यूह्य यवीयसीम् ।

कुण्डिनं न प्रवेक्ष्यामीत्युक्त्वा तत्रावसद् रुषा ॥ ५२ ॥

ahatvā durmatiṁ kṛṣṇam

apratyūhya yavīyasīm

kuṇḍinaṁ na pravekṣyāmīty

uktvā tatrāvasad ruṣā

Translation

Because he had promised “I will not reenter Kuṇḍina until I have killed wicked Kṛṣṇa and brought back my younger sister,” in a mood of angry frustration Rukmī took up residence at that very place.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Angry Vow Brings Misery

1
Rukmī had vowed not to reenter Kuṇḍina until he had killed Kṛṣṇa and brought back his younger sister.
2
Unable to fulfill his vow, Rukmī remained at that very place in angry frustration.
3
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that bhoja means “experience” and kaṭaḥ means “vow.” Bhojakaṭa is the place where Rukmī experienced misery as a result of his vow.

Key points from the purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the word bhoja means “experience” and that, kaṭaḥ, according to the Nānārtha-varga dictionary, means “vow.”
Thus Bhojakaṭa is the place where Rukmī experienced misery as a result of his vow.

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

Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Since he had vowed not to return home without conquering Kṛṣṇa, Rukmī constructed a city on that very spot and took up residence there in a mood of undiminished anger. Lord Kṛṣṇa took Rukmiṇī to His capital, Dvārakā, and married her.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.54