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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
10.58.13-1410.58.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 10.58.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्राविध्यच्छरैर्व्याघ्रान् शूकरान् महिषान् रुरून् ।

शरभान् गवयान् खड्‍गान् हरिणान् शशशल्ल‍कान् ॥ १५ ॥

tatrāvidhyac charair vyāghrān

śūkarān mahiṣān rurūn

śarabhān gavayān khaḍgān

hariṇān śaśa-śallakān

Translation

With his arrows Arjuna shot tigers, boars and buffalo in that forest, along with rurus, śarabhas, gavayas, rhinoceroses, black deer, rabbits and porcupines.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Arjuna’s Hunting in the Forest

  1. 1

    Arjuna used arrows to shoot animals in the forest.

  2. 2

    The animals included tigers, boars, buffalo and rhinoceroses.

  3. 3

    The translation also names rurus, śarabhas, gavayas, black deer, rabbits and porcupines.

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:

One day, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna went hunting in the forest. While bathing in the Yamunā River, they saw a charming young maiden.
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. tatrathere
  2. avidhyathe shot
  3. śaraiḥwith his arrows
  4. vyāghrāntigers
  5. śūkarānboars
  6. mahiṣānwild buffalo
  7. rurūna species of antelope
  8. śarabhāna species of deer
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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

Can I distinguish what this verse describes from what it does not explain?

Practice

Read the translation once and summarize its action in one sentence, without adding a motive.

Live this todayArjuna’s Hunting in the ForestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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