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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
10.58.2010.58.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.21

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Kālindīsince 10.58.20inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नान्यं पतिं वृणे वीर तमृते श्रीनिकेतनम् ।

तुष्यतां मे स भगवान् मुकुन्दोऽनाथसंश्रय: ॥ २१ ॥

nānyaṁ patiṁ vṛṇe vīra

tam ṛte śrī-niketanam

tuṣyatāṁ me sa bhagavān

mukundo ’nātha-saṁśrayaḥ

Translation

I will accept no husband other than Him, the abode of the goddess of fortune. May that Mukunda, the Supreme Personality, the shelter of the helpless, be pleased with me.

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.

Take Shelter of Kṛṣṇa Alone

  1. 1

    Kālindī would accept no husband except Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of the goddess of fortune. She accepted no other shelter.

  2. 2

    She prayed that Mukunda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and shelter of the helpless, would be pleased with her.

  3. 3

    Although young and helpless in a secluded place, she was not afraid. The purport calls her staunch faith and devotion ideal Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Key points from the purport
  • She insists that she will not accept any husband except Lord Kṛṣṇa, and she states that He is the shelter for those who have no other master.
  • Since she will accept no other shelter, Kṛṣṇa must give her shelter.
  • Also, she says, tuṣyatāṁ me sa bhagavān: “May that Supreme Lord be pleased with me.”

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:

I will accept no one else as my husband, and until He marries me I will remain in the Yamunā, living in a house my father built for me here.” After Arjuna reported all this to Kṛṣṇa, the omniscient Lord took Kālindī onto His chariot, and then the three of them returned to Yudhiṣṭhira’s residence.
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. nano
  2. anyamother
  3. patimhusband
  4. vṛṇewill I choose
  5. vīraO hero
  6. tamHim
  7. ṛteexcept for
  8. śrīof the goddess of fortune
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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

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “shelter”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “devotion”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “afraid”

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 can my devotional service become more focused on pleasing Kṛṣṇa and trusting His shelter?

Practice

Offer Kālindī’s prayer in your own words: ask the Supreme Lord to be pleased with you and give you shelter.

Live this todayTake Shelter of Kṛṣṇa AloneThis 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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