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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.7

Who is speaking and story frame

सत्यभामा च पितरं हतं वीक्ष्य शुचार्पिता ।

व्यलपत्तात तातेति हा हतास्मीति मुह्यती ॥ ७ ॥

satyabhāmā ca pitaraṁ

hataṁ vīkṣya śucārpitā

vyalapat tāta tāteti

hā hatāsmīti muhyatī

Translation

When Satyabhāmā saw her dead father, she was plunged into grief. Lamenting “My father, my father! Oh, I am killed!” she fell unconscious.

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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.

Satyabhāmā’s Grief Within the Lord’s Pastime

  1. 1

    Seeing her dead father, Satyabhāmā was plunged into grief and cried out to him.

  2. 2

    Her anguish was so intense that she fell unconscious.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that her feelings and words were prompted by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastime potency, līlā-śakti. They prepared for the Lord’s violent reaction against Śatadhanvā.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, Satyabhāmā’s anguished feelings and words at the death of her father were prompted by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastime potency (līlā-śakti), to prepare for the Lord’s violent reaction against Śatadhanvā.

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:

Queen Satyabhāmā was overcome with grief at the death of her father, and she rushed to Hastināpura to report the sorrowful news to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Together with Lord Baladeva, Kṛṣṇa then returned to Dvārakā to kill Śatadhanvā.
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. satyabhāmāQueen Satyabhāmā
  2. caand
  3. pitaramher father
  4. hatamkilled
  5. vīkṣyaseeing
  6. śucā-arpitācast into sorrow
  7. vyalapatlamented
  8. tata tātaO father, O father
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

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

    In this verse: “lamenting”, “cried”

  • 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

How does the purport deepen my understanding of Satyabhāmā’s grief?

Practice

Read Satyabhāmā’s lament slowly, then reread the explanation of the Lord’s pastime potency.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySatyabhāmā’s Grief Within the Lord’s PastimeThis 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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