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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 56: The Syamantaka Jewel
10.56.1010.56.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.11

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.56.9inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

दिने दिने स्वर्णभारानष्टौ स सृजति प्रभो ।

दुर्भिक्षमार्यरिष्टानि सर्पाधिव्याधयोऽशुभा: ।

न सन्ति मायिनस्तत्र यत्रास्तेऽभ्यर्चितो मणि: ॥ ११ ॥

dine dine svarṇa-bhārān

aṣṭau sa sṛjati prabho

durbhikṣa-māry-ariṣṭāni

sarpādhi-vyādhayo ’śubhāḥ

na santi māyinas tatra

yatrāste ’bhyarcito maṇiḥ

Translation

Each day the gem would produce eight bhāras of gold, my dear Prabhu, and the place in which it was kept and properly worshiped would be free of calamities such as famine or untimely death, and also of evils like snake bites, mental and physical disorders and the presence of deceitful persons.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

The Jewel’s Extraordinary Gifts

  1. 1

    The gem produced eight bhāras of gold every day. The purport gives this as approximately 170 pounds of gold.

  2. 2

    Where the jewel was kept and properly worshiped, there were no calamities such as famine or untimely death.

  3. 3

    That place was also free from snake bites, mental and physical disorders, and deceitful persons.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī gives the following śāstric reference concerning the bhāra:
  • Since there are about 3,700 grains of rice in an ounce, the Syamantaka jewel was producing approximately 170 pounds of gold every day.

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 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Every day the gem produced a large quantity of gold, and it had the additional power of assuring that wherever it was properly worshiped no calamity could occur. On one occasion Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa requested Satrājit to give the gem to the King of the Yadus, Ugrasena.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.56
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. dine dineday after day
  2. svarṇaof gold
  3. bhārānbhāras (a measure of weight)
  4. aṣṭaueight
  5. saḥit
  6. sṛjatiwould produce
  7. prabhoO master (Parīkṣit Mahārāja)
  8. durbhikṣafamine
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.56

    In this verse: “worshiped”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.56

    In this verse: “death”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.56

    In this verse: “free from”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the jewel’s gifts beyond its production of gold?

Practice

Read the verse again and name two blessings it describes besides wealth.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Jewel’s Extraordinary GiftsThis 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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