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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
10.6.1310.6.15-17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.6.14

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

पतमानोऽपि तद्देहस्त्रिगव्यूत्यन्तरद्रुमान् ।

चूर्णयामास राजेन्द्र महदासीत्तदद्भ‍ुतम् ॥ १४ ॥

patamāno ’pi tad-dehas

tri-gavyūty-antara-drumān

cūrṇayām āsa rājendra

mahad āsīt tad adbhutam

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, when the gigantic body of Pūtanā fell to the ground, it smashed all the trees within a limit of twelve miles. Appearing in a gigantic body, she was certainly extraordinary.

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 Gigantic Body Falls

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s sucking her breast caused Pūtanā grievous hurt.

  2. 2

    While dying, she left not only the room but also the village. She fell in the pasturing ground in her gigantic body.

  3. 3

    Her falling body smashed all the trees within twelve miles. The translation describes her enormous form as extraordinary.

Key points from the purport
  • Because of the grievous hurt imposed upon her by Kṛṣṇa’s sucking her breast, Pūtanā, while dying, not only left the room but abandoned the village and fell down in the pasturing ground in her gigantic body.

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 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. Then Kṛṣṇa began playing on her breast just like a small child.
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. patamānaḥ apieven while falling down
  2. tat-dehaḥher gigantic body
  3. tri-gavyūti-antarawithin a limit of twelve miles
  4. drumānall kinds of trees
  5. cūrṇayām āsasmashed
  6. rājendraO King Parīkṣit
  7. mahat āsītwas quite gigantic
  8. tatthat body
  9. adbhutamand very, very wonderful
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “king”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

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

    In this verse: “dying”

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 strikes you about Kṛṣṇa’s action and the enormous size of Pūtanā’s body?

Practice

Reread the purport and trace Pūtanā’s movement from the room to the pasturing ground.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPūtanā’s Gigantic Body FallsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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