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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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
10.58.610.58.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.58.7

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

पृथां समागत्य कृताभिवादन-

स्तयातिहार्दार्द्रद‍ृशाभिरम्भित: ।

आपृष्टवांस्तां कुशलं सहस्‍नुषां

पितृष्वसारं परिपृष्टबान्धव: ॥ ७ ॥

pṛthām samāgatya kṛtābhivādanas

tayāti-hārdārdra-dṛśābhirambhitaḥ

āpṛṣṭavāṁs tāṁ kuśalaṁ saha-snuṣāṁ

pitṛ-ṣvasāram paripṛṣṭa-bāndhavaḥ

Translation

The Lord then went to see His aunt, Queen Kuntī. He bowed down to her and she embraced Him, her eyes moist with great affection. Lord Kṛṣṇa inquired from her and her daughter-in-law, Draupadī, about their welfare, and they in turn questioned Him at length about His relatives [in Dvārakā].

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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.

Affection Expressed Through Respect and Care

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa went to see His aunt, Queen Kuntī, and bowed down to her. She embraced Him with eyes moist from great affection.

  2. 2

    Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura envisions Kṛṣṇa rising at once when He saw Kuntī approaching eagerly. He quickly went to her, and she embraced Him and smelled His head.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa asked Kuntī and Draupadī about their welfare. They in turn asked Him at length about His relatives in Dvārakā.

Key points from the purport
  • Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura envisions that as Lord Kṛṣṇa was sitting on His seat, He saw His aunt Kuntī approaching in great eagerness to see Him.
  • He then rose at once, quickly went up to her and offered His obeisances.
  • Her eyes moistened with extreme love, she embraced Him and smelled His head.

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:

Lord Kṛṣṇa paid a visit to Queen Kuntī, and after He had offered her His respects, they inquired from each other about their family members. As Kuntīdevi recalled the various miseries Duryodhana had inflicted upon her and her sons, she remarked that Kṛṣṇa was their only protector.
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. pṛthāmto Queen Kuntī
  2. samāgatyagoing
  3. kṛtaoffering
  4. abhivādanaḥHis obeisances
  5. tayāby her
  6. atiextreme
  7. hārdawith affection
  8. ardrawet
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “welfare”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.58

    In this verse: “inquired”

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 your concern for someone’s welfare express genuine affection?

Practice

Ask a relative how they are doing today, and give their answer your full attention.

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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 todayAffection Expressed Through Respect and CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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