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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 6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā
10.6.1010.6.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.6.11

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.6.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सा मुञ्च मुञ्चालमिति प्रभाषिणी

निष्पीड्यमानाखिलजीवमर्मणि ।

विवृत्य नेत्रे चरणौ भुजौ मुहु:

प्रस्विन्नगात्रा क्षिपती रुरोद ह ॥ ११ ॥

sā muñca muñcālam iti prabhāṣiṇī

niṣpīḍyamānākhila-jīva-marmaṇi

vivṛtya netre caraṇau bhujau muhuḥ

prasvinna-gātrā kṣipatī ruroda ha

Translation

Unbearably pressed in every vital point, the demon Pūtanā began to cry, “Please leave me, leave me! Suck my breast no longer!” Perspiring, her eyes wide open and her arms and legs flailing, she cried very loudly again and again.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pūtanā Cannot End Kṛṣṇa’s Punishment

  1. 1

    Pressed unbearably in every vital point, Pūtanā repeatedly cried for Kṛṣṇa to leave her.

  2. 2

    She perspired, opened her eyes wide, and threw her arms and legs about while crying loudly.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that Kṛṣṇa severely punished her for her mischievous activities. He also kicked her with His legs.

Key points from the purport
  • She threw her arms and legs about, and Kṛṣṇa also began to kick her with His legs to punish her properly for her mischievous activities.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The demon Pūtanā offered her breast for Kṛṣṇa to suck, but her breast was smeared with poison. The child Kṛṣṇa, therefore, squeezed Pūtanā’s breast so severely that in unbearable pain she had to assume her original body and fell to the ground.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sāshe (Pūtanā Rākṣasī)
  2. muñcagive up
  3. muñcagive up
  4. alamsuck my breast no longer
  5. itithus
  6. prabhāṣiṇīcrying
  7. niṣpīḍyamānābeing pressed severely
  8. akhila-jīva-marmaṇiin every center of her vitality
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “cried”, “crying”

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 Pūtanā’s helpless struggle reveal about her ability to resist Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, noticing how completely Pūtanā’s apparent strength fails her.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPūtanā Cannot End Kṛṣṇa’s PunishmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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