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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
10.57.4110.58.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.42

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

यस्त्वेतद् भगवत ईश्वरस्य विष्णो-

र्वीर्याढ्यं वृजिनहरं सुमङ्गलं च ।

आख्यानं पठति श‍ृणोत्यनुस्मरेद् वा

दुष्कीर्तिं दुरितमपोह्य याति शान्तिम् ॥ ४२ ॥

yas tv etad bhagavata īśvarasya viṣṇor

vīryāḍhyaṁ vṛjina-haraṁ su-maṅgalaṁ ca

ākhyānaṁ paṭhati śṛṇoty anusmared vā

duṣkīrtiṁ duritam apohya yāti śāntim

Translation

This narration, rich with descriptions of the prowess of Lord Śrī Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, removes sinful reactions and bestows all auspiciousness. Anyone who recites, hears or remembers it will drive away his own infamy and sins and attain peace.

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.

Hear the Lord’s Glories and Attain Peace

  1. 1

    This narration is rich with descriptions of the prowess of Lord Śrī Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The narration removes sinful reactions and bestows all auspiciousness. Its value reaches beyond the events surrounding the jewel.

  3. 3

    Anyone who recites, hears or remembers this account drives away personal infamy and sins and attains peace. The verse invites us to engage with the Lord’s glories.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C.
  • Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Fifty-seventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned.”

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. yaḥwhoever
  2. tuindeed
  3. etatthis
  4. bhagavataḥof the Personality of Godhead
  5. īśvarasyathe supreme controller
  6. viṣṇoḥLord Viṣṇu
  7. vīryawith the prowess
  8. āḍhyamwhich is rich
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

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

    In this verse: “narration”, “recites”

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 10.57

    In this verse: “sinful”, “sins”

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

Which can I make time for today: reciting, hearing or remembering this narration?

Practice

Spend five minutes reading this narration aloud or remembering it as devotional service to the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear the Lord’s Glories and Attain PeaceThis 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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