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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  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 55: The History of Pradyumna
10.55.110.55.3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.55.2

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.55.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स एव जातो वैदर्भ्यां कृष्णवीर्यसमुद्भ‍व: ।

प्रद्युम्न इति विख्यात: सर्वतोऽनवम: पितु: ॥ २ ॥

sa eva jāto vaidarbhyāṁ

kṛṣṇa-vīrya-samudbhavaḥ

pradyumna iti vikhyātaḥ

sarvato ’navamaḥ pituḥ

Translation

He took birth in the womb of Vaidarbhī from the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa and received the name Pradyumna. In no respect was He inferior to His father.

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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.

Pradyumna Is Not Inferior to His Father

  1. 1

    Pradyumna took birth in the womb of Vaidarbhī.

  2. 2

    He was born from the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa and received the name Pradyumna.

  3. 3

    Although appearing as Kṛṣṇa’s son, He was in no respect inferior to His father.

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 55: The History of Pradyumna

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Kāmadeva (Cupid), an expansion of Lord Vāsudeva, had been burned to ashes by Lord Śiva’s anger and was reborn as part and parcel of Pradyumna from the womb of Rukmiṇī. A demon named Śambara, thinking Pradyumna his enemy, kidnapped Him from the maternity room even before He was ten days old.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.55
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥHe
  2. evaindeed
  3. jātaḥtaking birth
  4. vaidarbhyāmin the daughter of the king of Vidarbha
  5. kṛṣṇa-vīryafrom the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. samudbhavaḥgenerated
  7. pradyumnaḥPradyumna
  8. itithus
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.55

    In this verse: “father”

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

What does the statement that Pradyumna was not inferior to His father invite me to consider?

Practice

Read the final sentence of the translation slowly twice, giving attention to Pradyumna’s equality with His father.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPradyumna Is Not Inferior to His FatherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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