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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 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

10.56.12 10.56.14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.13

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

तमेकदा मणिं कण्ठे प्रतिमुच्य महाप्रभम् ।

प्रसेनो हयमारुह्य मृगायां व्यचरद् वने ॥ १३ ॥

tam ekadā maṇiṁ kaṇṭhe

pratimucya mahā-prabham

praseno hayam āruhya

mṛgāyāṁ vyacarad vane

Translation

Once Satrājit’s brother, Prasena, having hung the brilliant jewel about his neck, mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.

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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Refusing Kṛṣṇa Has Consequences

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Satrājit’s brother, Prasena, hung the brilliant jewel around his neck.
2
He mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.
3
The purport explains that the inauspicious result of Satrājit’s refusal of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s request was about to manifest.

Key points from the purport

The inauspicious result of Satrājit’s refusal of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s request is about to manifest.

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 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Shortly thereafter Satrājit’s brother Prasena left the city to hunt on horseback, wearing the Syamantaka jewel on his neck. On the road a lion killed Prasena and took the jewel away to a mountain cave, where the king of the bears, Jāmbavān, happened to be living.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.56