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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
10.57.4010.57.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.41

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

स्यमन्तकं दर्शयित्वा ज्ञातिभ्यो रज आत्मन: ।

विमृज्य मणिना भूयस्तस्मै प्रत्यर्पयत् प्रभु: ॥ ४१ ॥

syamantakaṁ darśayitvā

jñātibhyo raja ātmanaḥ

vimṛjya maṇinā bhūyas

tasmai pratyarpayat prabhuḥ

Translation

After the almighty Lord had shown the Syamantaka jewel to His relatives, thus dispelling the false accusations against Him, He returned it to Akrūra.

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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.

Reject the Habit of Faultfinding

  1. 1

    The almighty Lord showed the Syamantaka jewel to His relatives, dispelling the false accusations against Him. He then returned it to Akrūra.

  2. 2

    For the second time, the jewel itself cleared doubts about the Lord’s reputation. Kṛṣṇa again established His integrity in Dvārakā.

  3. 3

    Even when Kṛṣṇa descends to this world, His peers tend to criticize Him. The purport explains that the material world is infected with faultfinding, an undesirable quality demonstrated in this chapter.

Key points from the purport
  • For the second time, doubts about the Lord’s reputation occasioned by the Syamantaka jewel are dispelled by the jewel itself.
  • Indeed, for the second time the Lord brought the jewel to Dvārakā to establish His integrity there.
  • The whole material world is infected by the faultfinding propensity, and in this chapter the Supreme Lord demonstrates the nature of this undesirable quality.

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:

Just let Me show it once to My relatives.” Akrūra presented Kṛṣṇa with the jewel, which shone as brilliantly as the sun, and after the Lord had shown it to His family members He returned it to Akrūra.
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. syamantakamthe Syamantaka jewel
  2. darśayitvāafter showing
  3. jñātibhyaḥto His relatives
  4. rajaḥthe contamination
  5. ātmanaḥ(falsely heaped upon) Himself
  6. vimṛjyawiping away
  7. maṇināwith the jewel
  8. bhūyaḥagain
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “material”

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

Am I accepting or repeating an accusation without knowing whether it is true?

Practice

Refrain from repeating one unverified criticism today.

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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 todayReject the Habit of FaultfindingThis 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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