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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

10.56.7 10.56.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.56.8

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:The residents of Dvārakāsince 10.56.6inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नन्वन्विच्छन्ति ते मार्गं त्रिलोक्यां विबुधर्षभा: ।

ज्ञात्वाद्य गूढं यदुषु द्रष्टुं त्वां यात्यज: प्रभो ॥ ८ ॥

nanv anvicchanti te mārgaṁ

trī-lokyāṁ vibudharṣabhāḥ

jñātvādya gūḍhaṁ yaduṣu

draṣṭuṁ tvāṁ yāty ajaḥ prabho

Translation

The most exalted demigods in the three worlds are certainly anxious to seek You out, O Lord, now that You have hidden Yourself among the Yadu dynasty. Thus the unborn sun-god has come to see You here.

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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.

Even Exalted Demigods Seek the Lord

1
The residents declared that the most exalted demigods in the three worlds were anxious to seek Kṛṣṇa out.
2
They spoke of the Lord as having hidden Himself among the Yadu dynasty.
3
They therefore understood the visitor to be the unborn sun-god, coming to see Kṛṣṇa.

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:

The residents, thinking he was the sun-god himself, went to Kṛṣṇa and told Him that Lord Sūrya had come to take His audience. But Kṛṣṇa replied that the man who had come was not Sūrya but King Satrājit, who looked extremely effulgent because he was wearing the Syamantaka jewel.

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