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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
10.57.2910.57.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.30

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kṛtavarmāsince 10.57.12-13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अक्रूरे प्रोषितेऽरिष्टान्यासन् वै द्वारकौकसाम् ।

शारीरा मानसास्तापा मुहुर्दैविकभौतिका: ॥ ३० ॥

akrūre proṣite ’riṣṭāny

āsan vai dvārakaukasām

śārīrā mānasās tāpā

muhur daivika-bhautikāḥ

Translation

In Akrūra’s absence ill omens arose in Dvārakā, and the citizens began to suffer continually from physical and mental distresses, as well as from disturbances caused by higher powers and by creatures of the earth.

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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.

Recognize the Lord Beyond Familiarity

  1. 1

    The citizens suffered physical and mental distress and disturbances from higher powers and earthly creatures. The purport explains that supernatural disturbances can appear as natural calamities, while earthly troubles come from humans, animals and insects.

  2. 2

    According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Akrūra took the jewel to Benares and became known as Dānapati, “the master of charity.” He performed fire sacrifices on gold altars with qualified priests.

  3. 3

    Some citizens blamed Akrūra’s absence, forgetting the significance of the Supreme Lord’s presence. The purport warns that familiarity can obscure appreciation of the Lord and His associates, whose true position fortunate souls recognize.

Key points from the purport
  • The word daivika here refers to disturbances caused by supernatural beings.
  • Nowadays materialistic people attribute these disturbances to earthly causes, not realizing that they constitute punishment at the hands of superior beings.
  • The word bhautikāḥ refers to trouble caused by fellow creatures of the earth, such as human beings, animals and insects.

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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

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. The city elders explained, “Once there was a drought in Benares, and the king of the region gave his daughter in marriage to Akrūra’s father, who was visiting Benares at the time.
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. akrūreAkrūra
  2. proṣitebeing in exile
  3. ariṣṭāniill omens
  4. āsanarose
  5. vaiindeed
  6. dvārakā-okasāmfor the residents of Dvārakā
  7. śārīrāḥcaused by the body
  8. mānasaḥand by the mind
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “distresses”, “distress”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “citizens”

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “absence”

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

Has familiarity with accounts of the Lord weakened my appreciation of His supreme position?

Practice

Reread one sentence from this verse’s purport slowly, with the intention of renewing your reverence for the Lord.

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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 todayRecognize the Lord Beyond FamiliarityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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