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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

10.59.34 10.59.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.59.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.59.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

भूयात् पतिरयं मह्यं धाता तदनुमोदताम् ।

इति सर्वा: पृथक् कृष्णे भावेन हृदयं दधु: ॥ ३५ ॥

bhūyāt patir ayaṁ mahyaṁ

dhātā tad anumodatām

iti sarvāḥ pṛthak kṛṣṇe

bhāvena hṛdayaṁ dadhuḥ

Translation

With the thought “May providence grant that this man become my husband,” each and every princess absorbed her heart in contemplation of Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Absorbing the Heart in Kṛṣṇa

1
Each princess wished that Kṛṣṇa would become her husband.
2
Each individually prayed that providence would grant her wish.
3
With this desire, all the princesses absorbed their hearts in contemplation of Kṛṣṇa.

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

Chapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The demigods are prone to anger because they become intoxicated with pride in their opulences. The infallible Supreme Lord manifested Himself in sixteen thousand one hundred separate forms and married each of the sixteen thousand one hundred brides in a different temple.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.59