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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
10.57.3210.57.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.33

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The elderssince 10.57.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्सुतस्तत्प्रभावोऽसावक्रूरो यत्र यत्र ह ।

देवोऽभिवर्षते तत्र नोपतापा न मारीका: ॥ ३३ ॥

tat-sutas tat-prabhāvo ’sāv

akrūro yatra yatra ha

devo ’bhivarṣate tatra

nopatāpā na mārīkāḥ

Translation

Wherever his equally powerful son Akrūra stays, Lord Indra will provide sufficient rain. Indeed, that place will be free of miseries and untimely deaths.

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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.

The Elders Trust Akrūra’s Auspicious Presence

  1. 1

    The elders described Akrūra as possessing the same powers as his father.

  2. 2

    They said that wherever Akrūra stayed, Lord Indra would provide sufficient rain.

  3. 3

    They also said that such a place would be free from miseries and untimely deaths. These words express the elders’ confidence in his presence.

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:

Still, He had Akrūra brought back to Dvārakā, and after properly honoring him with worship and greeting him with sweet words, Kṛṣṇa told him, “I know Śatadhanvā left the jewel in your care. Since Satrājit had no sons, his daughter’s offspring are the just claimants to whatever property he has left behind.
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. tathis (Śvaphalka’s)
  2. sutaḥson
  3. tat-prabhāvaḥhaving his powers
  4. asauhe
  5. akrūraḥAkrūra
  6. yatra yatrawherever
  7. haindeed
  8. devaḥLord Indra
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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 10.57

    In this verse: “deaths”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “free from”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “father”

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

What blessings did the elders associate with Akrūra’s presence?

Practice

Read the elders’ statement aloud once, carefully noting the blessings they describe.

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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 todayThe Elders Trust Akrūra’s Auspicious PresenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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