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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 55: The History of Pradyumna

10.55.7-8 10.55.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.55.9

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

नातिदीर्घेण कालेन स कार्ष्णि रूढयौवन: ।

जनयामास नारीणां वीक्षन्तीनां च विभ्रमम् ॥ ९ ॥

nāti-dīrgheṇa kālena

sa kārṣṇi rūḍha-yauvanaḥ

janayām āsa nārīṇāṁ

vīkṣantīnāṁ ca vibhramam

Translation

After a short time, this son of Kṛṣṇa — Pradyumna — attained His full youth. He enchanted all women who gazed upon Him.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pradyumna Quickly Attains Full Youth

1
The verse identifies Pradyumna as the son of Kṛṣṇa.
2
After only a short time, He attained His full youth.
3
All women who gazed upon Him were enchanted.

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 55: The History of Pradyumna

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After a very short time, Pradyumna grew to youthful maturity, entrancing all the women with His beauty. Once, Ratidevī approached Pradyumna and playfully moved her eyebrows in a conjugal mood.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.55