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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
10.6.1110.6.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.6.12

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

तस्या: स्वनेनातिगभीररंहसा

साद्रिर्मही द्यौश्च चचाल सग्रहा ।

रसा दिशश्च प्रतिनेदिरे जना:

पेतु: क्षितौ वज्रनिपातशङ्कया ॥ १२ ॥

tasyāḥ svanenātigabhīra-raṁhasā

sādrir mahī dyauś ca cacāla sa-grahā

rasā diśaś ca pratinedire janāḥ

petuḥ kṣitau vajra-nipāta-śaṅkayā

Translation

As Pūtanā screamed loudly and forcefully, the earth with its mountains, and outer space with its planets, trembled. The lower planets and all directions vibrated, and people fell down, fearing that thunderbolts were falling upon them.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pūtanā’s Cry Shakes the Worlds

  1. 1

    Pūtanā’s loud, forceful scream made the earth with its mountains and outer space with its planets tremble.

  2. 2

    The lower planets and all directions vibrated. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that rasā refers to planetary systems below the earth.

  3. 3

    People fell to the ground, fearing that thunderbolts were falling upon them.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that in this verse the word rasā refers to the planetary systems below the earth, such as Rasātala, Atala, Vitala, Sutala and Talātala.

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:

One day, Pūtanā arrived from outer space in Gokula, the home of Nanda Mahārāja, and by displaying her mystic power, she assumed the disguise of a very beautiful woman. Taking courage, she immediately entered Kṛṣṇa’s bedroom without anyone’s permission; by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, no one forbade her to enter the house or the room, because that was Kṛṣṇa’s desire.
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. tasyāḥof the great Rākṣasī Pūtanā
  2. svanenaby the vibration of the sound
  3. ativery
  4. gabhīradeep
  5. raṁhasāforceful
  6. sa-adriḥwith the mountains
  7. mahīthe surface of the world
  8. dyauḥ caand outer space
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “fearing”

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 trembling of so many worlds help you notice about the force of Pūtanā’s cry?

Practice

Reread the translation slowly and name three places affected by Pūtanā’s scream.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPūtanā’s Cry Shakes the WorldsThis 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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