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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
10.56.3610.56.38

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.37

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.56.31inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

उपलभ्य हृषीकेशं मृतं पुनरिवागतम् ।

सह पत्न्‍या मणिग्रीवं सर्वे जातमहोत्सवा: ॥ ३७ ॥

upalabhya hṛṣīkeśaṁ

mṛtaṁ punar ivāgatam

saha patnyā maṇi-grīvaṁ

sarve jāta-mahotsavāḥ

Translation

Seeing Lord Hṛṣīkeśa return as if from death, accompanied by His new wife and wearing the Syamantaka jewel on His neck, all the people were roused to jubilation.

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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.

Rejoicing at the Lord’s Return

  1. 1

    The people saw Lord Hṛṣīkeśa return as if from death. This describes their experience of His return, not an actual death.

  2. 2

    He was accompanied by His new wife and wore the Syamantaka jewel on His neck. All the people rejoiced greatly.

  3. 3

    According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Jāmbavān had placed the jewel on the Lord’s neck when presenting his daughter in marriage.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Jāmbavān had placed the jewel on the Lord’s neck when he had presented his daughter in marriage.

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:

Even as they performed this worship, Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the city in the company of His new wife. He summoned Satrājit to the royal assembly and, after recounting to him the entire story of the Syamantaka jewel’s recovery, gave the jewel back to him.
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. upalabhyarecognizing
  2. hṛṣīkeśamthe Lord of the senses
  3. mṛtamsomeone dead
  4. punaḥagain
  5. ivaas if
  6. āgatamcome
  7. sahawith
  8. patnyāa wife
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

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

    In this verse: “death”

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

How can I share in the people’s joy at seeing the Lord?

Practice

Reread the translation and spend a minute picturing the joyful welcome described there.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRejoicing at the Lord’s ReturnThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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