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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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?
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.28

Who is speaking and story frame

यस्येषदुत्कलितरोषकटाक्षमोक्षै-

र्वर्त्मादिशत् क्षुभितनक्रतिमिङ्गलोऽब्धि: ।

सेतु: कृत: स्वयश उज्ज्वलिता च लङ्का

रक्ष:शिरांसि भुवि पेतुरिषुक्षतानि ॥ २८ ॥

yasyeṣad-utkalita-roṣa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣair

vartmādiśat kṣubhita-nakra-timiṅgalo ’bdhiḥ

setuḥ kṛtaḥ sva-yaśa ujjvalitā ca laṅkā

rakṣaḥ-śirāṁsi bhuvi petur iṣu-kṣatāni

Translation

You are He who impelled the ocean to give way when His sidelong glances, slightly manifesting His anger, disturbed the crocodiles and timiṅgila fish within the watery depths. You are He who built a great bridge to establish His fame, who burned down the city of Laṅkā, and whose arrows severed the heads of Rāvaṇa, which then fell to the ground.

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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.

Recognizing the Lord Through His Deeds

  1. 1

    The Lord’s sidelong glances slightly manifested His anger, disturbing the crocodiles and timiṅgila fish and impelling the ocean to give way.

  2. 2

    He built a great bridge to establish His fame and burned down the city of Laṅkā.

  3. 3

    His arrows severed Rāvaṇa’s heads, which fell to the ground.

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:

With great devotion Jāmbavān gladly presented the Syamantaka jewel to the Lord, together with his unmarried daughter, Jāmbavatī. Meanwhile Lord Kṛṣṇa’s companions, having waited twelve days for Kṛṣṇa to come out of the cave, returned to Dvārakā despondent.
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. yasyawhose
  2. īṣatslightly
  3. utkalitamanifested
  4. roṣafrom the anger
  5. kaṭā-akṣaof sidelong glances
  6. mokṣaiḥbecause of the release
  7. vartmaa way
  8. ādiśatshowed
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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

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

Which deed in this verse most deepens my appreciation of the Lord’s power?

Practice

Read one of the Lord’s deeds from this verse aloud as an act of devotional remembrance.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Live this todayRecognizing the Lord Through His DeedsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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