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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
10.57.310.57.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.4

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.57.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

योऽस्मभ्यं सम्प्रतिश्रुत्य कन्यारत्नं विगर्ह्य न: ।

कृष्णायादान्न सत्राजित् कस्माद् भ्रातरमन्वियात् ॥ ४ ॥

yo ’smabhyaṁ sampratiśrutya

kanyā-ratnaṁ vigarhya naḥ

kṛṣṇāyādān na satrājit

kasmād bhrātaram anviyāt

Translation

“Satrājit promised his jewellike daughter to us but then gave her to Kṛṣṇa instead, contemptuously neglecting us. So why should Satrājit not follow his brother’s path?”

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Understand Unusual Conduct Through the Ācāryas

  1. 1

    The complaint about Satrājit’s marriage promise led to an assassination plot. Following his brother Prasena’s path meant meeting a violent death.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that Akrūra suffered the anger of Gokula’s residents for taking Kṛṣṇa away, while Kṛtavarmā suffered from undesirable association with Kaṁsa.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī alternatively explains that they were furious over Satrājit’s insults against Kṛṣṇa. As pure devotees of the Supreme Lord, they could not truly be jealous rivals of Him or unhappy about His marriage.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī offers an alternative explanation: Both Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā were furious with Satrājit because he had insulted Lord Kṛṣṇa and spread false rumors about Him in Dvārakā.
  • Under normal circumstances Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā would have been most pleased that Lord Kṛṣṇa married the beautiful Satyabhāmā.
  • Being pure devotees, they could not actually be unhappy about this match, nor could they become jealous rivals of the Lord.

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:

With Kṛṣṇa out of Dvārakā, Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā incited Śatadhanvā to steal the Syamantaka jewel from Satrājit. Bewildered by their words, the sinful Śatadhanvā murdered King Satrājit in his sleep and stole the gem.
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. yaḥwho
  2. asmabhyamto each of us
  3. sampratiśrutyapromising
  4. kanyāhis daughter
  5. ratnamjewellike
  6. vigarhyacontemptuously neglecting
  7. naḥus
  8. kṛṣṇāyato Kṛṣṇa
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “devotees”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “death”

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

How does consulting the ācāryas help me avoid a shallow judgment of this difficult passage?

Practice

Reread the two explanations and write one sentence distinguishing each from ordinary jealousy.

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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 todayUnderstand Unusual Conduct Through the ĀcāryasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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