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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
10.58.2910.58.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.30

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.58.24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

विन्द्यानुविन्द्यावावन्त्यौ दुर्योधनवशानुगौ ।

स्वयंवरे स्वभगिनीं कृष्णे सक्तां न्यषेधताम् ॥ ३० ॥

vindyānuvindyāv āvantyau

duryodhana-vaśānugau

svayaṁvare sva-bhaginīṁ

kṛṣṇe saktāṁ nyaṣedhatām

Translation

Vindya and Anuvindya, who shared the throne of Avantī, were followers of Duryodhana’s. When the time came for their sister [Mitravindā] to select her husband in the svayaṁvara ceremony, they forbade her to choose Kṛṣṇa, although she was attracted to Him.

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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.

Enmity Can Obstruct Attraction to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Vindya and Anuvindya shared the throne of Avantī and were followers of Duryodhana.

  2. 2

    Their sister Mitravindā was attracted to Kṛṣṇa, but they forbade her to choose Him at her svayaṁvara ceremony.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that enmity between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas was intense. Friendship with Duryodhana led her brothers to oppose her choice.

Key points from the purport
  • The feelings of enmity between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas were so strong that Mitravindā’s brothers, out of friendship for Duryodhana, forbade the young maiden to accept Kṛṣṇa as her husband.

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:

Some time later He went to Avantīpura, where, in the presence of many kings, He abducted the King of Avantī’s sister, Mitravindā, who was very much attracted to Him. In the kingdom of Ayodhyā lived a devout king named Nagnajit.
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. vindya-anuvindyauVindya and Anuvindya
  2. āvantyaudual kings of Avantī
  3. duryodhana-vaśa-anugausubservient to Duryodhana
  4. svayamvarein the ceremony of choosing her own husband
  5. svatheir
  6. bhaginīmsister
  7. kṛṣṇeto Kṛṣṇa
  8. saktāmwho was attracted
  9. nyaṣedhatāmthey forbade
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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

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “friendship”

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

Do my loyalties or dislikes ever make me unsupportive of another person’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer one encouraging word to someone seeking to serve Kṛṣṇa.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.58's connections

Live this todayEnmity Can Obstruct Attraction to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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