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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 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses
10.57.4210.58.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.58.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

एकदा पाण्डवान् द्रष्टुं प्रतीतान् पुरुषोत्तम: ।

इन्द्रप्रस्थं गत: श्रीमान् युयुधानादिभिर्वृत: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

ekadā pāṇḍavān draṣṭuṁ

pratītān puruṣottamaḥ

indraprasthaṁ gataḥ śṛīmān

yuyudhānādibhir vṛtaḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, the supremely opulent Personality of Godhead went to Indraprastha to visit the Pāṇḍavas, who had again appeared in public. Accompanying the Lord were Yuyudhāna and other associates.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Visits the Pāṇḍavas

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the supremely opulent Personality of Godhead, went to Indraprastha to visit the Pāṇḍavas. Yuyudhāna and other associates accompanied Him.

  2. 2

    Almost everyone except Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma had thought the Pāṇḍavas had perished in the fire Duryodhana set in the house of lac.

  3. 3

    The Pāṇḍavas had now appeared again in public. Kṛṣṇa was paying them a visit.

Key points from the purport
  • Almost everyone except Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma had thought the Pāṇḍavas perished in the fire set by Duryodhana in the house of lac.
  • Now the Pāṇḍavas had appeared again in public, and Kṛṣṇa was paying them a visit.

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 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter describes how Lord Kṛṣṇa married five brides, beginning with Kālindī, and went to Indraprastha to visit the Pāṇḍavas. After the Pāṇḍavas had completed their incognito exile, Lord Kṛṣṇa went with Sātyaki and other Yadus to see them in Indraprastha.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.58
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. ekadāonce
  3. pāṇḍavānthe sons of Pāṇḍu
  4. draṣṭumto see
  5. pratītānvisible
  6. puruṣa-uttamaḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. indraprasthamto Indraprastha, the Pāṇḍavas’ capital
  8. gataḥwent
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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

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 draws your attention about the Supreme Lord personally visiting the Pāṇḍavas?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, remembering that the supremely opulent Lord personally came to visit the Pāṇḍavas.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Visits the PāṇḍavasThis 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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