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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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned
10.57.2810.57.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.29

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kṛtavarmāsince 10.57.12-13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अक्रूर: कृतवर्मा च श्रुत्वा शतधनोर्वधम् ।

व्यूषतुर्भयवित्रस्तौ द्वारकाया: प्रयोजकौ ॥ २९ ॥

akrūraḥ kṛtavarmā ca

śrutvā śatadhanor vadham

vyūṣatur bhaya-vitrastau

dvārakāyāḥ prayojakau

Translation

When Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā, who had originally incited Śatadhanvā to commit his crime, heard that he had been killed, they fled Dvārakā in terror and took up residence elsewhere.

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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.

Inciting Wrongdoing Brings Fear

  1. 1

    Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā had originally incited Śatadhanvā to commit his crime.

  2. 2

    When they heard that Śatadhanvā had been killed, they were terrified.

  3. 3

    They fled Dvārakā and took up residence elsewhere.

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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā heard how Śatadhanvā had met his death, they fled Dvārakā. Soon many kinds of disturbances — mental, physical and so on — began to afflict Dvārakā, and the citizens concluded that the cause of these troubles must be Akrūra’s exile.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.57
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. akrūraḥ kṛtavarmā caAkrūra and Kṛtavarmā
  2. śrutvāhearing about
  3. śatadhanoḥof Śatadhanvā
  4. vadhamthe killing
  5. vyūṣatuḥthey went into exile
  6. bhaya-vitrastauseized with overwhelming fear
  7. dvārakāyāḥfrom Dvārakā
  8. prayojakauthe engagers
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “heard”

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

Do my words ever encourage another person to do something harmful?

Practice

Before giving advice today, check that it does not encourage wrongdoing.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.57's connections

Live this todayInciting Wrongdoing Brings FearThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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