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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
10.58.2110.58.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.22

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

कालिन्दीति समाख्याता वसामि यमुनाजले ।

निर्मिते भवने पित्रा यावदच्युतदर्शनम् ॥ २२ ॥

kālindīti samākhyātā

vasāmi yamunā-jale

nirmite bhavane pitrā

yāvad acyuta-darśanam

Translation

I am known as Kālindī, and I live in a mansion my father built for me within the water of the Yamunā. There I will stay until I meet Lord Acyuta.

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.

Pure Love Gives Steady Determination

  1. 1

    Kālindī lived in a mansion her father built within the Yamunā. She intended to remain there until she met Lord Acyuta.

  2. 2

    Unlike the so-called love of worldly love affairs, her love for Lord Kṛṣṇa was pure and perfect.

  3. 3

    Though a tender young girl, she was firmly determined to marry Kṛṣṇa. She arranged to perform severe austerities until her beloved came.

Key points from the purport
  • Since Kālindī was a beloved child of the sun-god himself, who would dare disturb her?
  • Unlike the so-called love in worldly “love affairs,” beautiful Kālindī’s love for Lord Kṛṣṇa was pure and perfect.
  • Even though Kālindī was a tender young girl, her determination to marry Kṛṣṇa was so strong that she arranged for her father to build her a house in the Yamunā where she could perform severe austerities until the day her beloved came.

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. kālindīKālindī
  2. itithus
  3. samākhyātānamed
  4. vasāmiI am living
  5. yamunā-jalein the water of the Yamunā
  6. nirmitebuilt
  7. bhavanein a mansion
  8. pitrāby my 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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “father”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “love”

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 Kālindī’s determination encourage steadiness in my devotional service?

Practice

Set aside five undistracted minutes today for devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayPure Love Gives Steady DeterminationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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