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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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

10.57.16 10.57.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.17

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kṛtavarmāsince 10.57.12-13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नमस्तस्मै भगवते कृष्णायाद्भ‍ुतकर्मणे ।

अनन्तायादिभूताय कूटस्थायात्मने नम: ॥ १७ ॥

namas tasmai bhagavate

kṛṣṇāyādbhuta-karmaṇe

anantāyādi-bhūtāya

kūṭa-sthāyātmane namaḥ

Translation

“I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, whose every deed is amazing. He is the Supreme Soul, the unlimited source and fixed center of all existence.”

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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.

Offer Obeisances to the Supreme Kṛṣṇa

1
Akrūra offers obeisances to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
2
Every deed of Kṛṣṇa is amazing. He is the Supreme Soul and is unlimited.
3
Kṛṣṇa is the source and fixed center of all existence. The verse responds to His greatness with reverence.

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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Baladeva further suggested that Kṛṣṇa return to Dvārakā to find the jewel while He, Baladeva, would take the opportunity to visit the King of Videha. Thus Lord Balarāma traveled to Mithilā and remained there for a few years, during which He taught King Duryodhana the art of fighting with a club.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.57