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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.59.44

Who is speaking and story frame

इत्थं रमापतिमवाप्य पतिं स्‍त्रियस्ता

ब्रह्मादयोऽपि न विदु: पदवीं यदीयाम् ।

भेजुर्मुदाविरतमेधितयानुराग-

हासावलोकनवसङ्गमजल्पलज्जा: ॥ ४४ ॥

itthaṁ ramā-patim avāpya patiṁ striyas tā

brahmādayo ’pi na viduḥ padavīṁ yadīyām

bhejur mudāviratam edhitayānurāga

hāsāvaloka-nava-saṅgama-jalpa-lajjāḥ

Translation

Thus those women obtained as their husband the husband of the goddess of fortune, although even great demigods like Brahmā do not know how to approach Him. With ever-increasing pleasure they experienced loving attraction for Him, exchanged smiling glances with Him and reciprocated with Him in ever-fresh intimacy, replete with joking and feminine shyness.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ever-Fresh Loving Association With the Lord

  1. 1

    The women obtained as their husband the Lord of the goddess of fortune. Even great demigods like Brahmā do not know how to approach Him.

  2. 2

    Their pleasure and loving attraction for Him continually increased.

  3. 3

    They exchanged smiling glances and enjoyed ever-fresh intimacy with Him, including playful conversation and feminine shyness.

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 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 summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.59
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. itthamin this manner
  2. ramā-patimthe Lord of the goddess of fortune
  3. avāpyaobtaining
  4. patimas their husband
  5. striyaḥthe women
  6. tāḥthey
  7. brahmā-ādayaḥLord Brahmā and other demigods
  8. apieven
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

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

What does the queens' ever-increasing affection reveal about loving association with the Lord?

Practice

Read the verse once more, reflecting on loving attraction for the Lord rather than the greatness of one's position.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayEver-Fresh Loving Association With the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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