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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
10.6.27-2910.6.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.6.30

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.6.30inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

इति प्रणयबद्धाभिर्गोपीभि: कृतरक्षणम् ।

पाययित्वा स्तनं माता सन्न्यवेशयदात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

iti praṇaya-baddhābhir

gopībhiḥ kṛta-rakṣaṇam

pāyayitvā stanaṁ mātā

sannyaveśayad ātmajam

Translation

Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: All the gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā, were bound by maternal affection. After they thus chanted mantras to protect the child, mother Yaśodā gave the child the nipple of her breast to suck and then got Him to lie down on His bed.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Loving Care Includes Practical Attention

  1. 1

    The gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā, were bound by maternal affection and chanted mantras to protect Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    They were not satisfied with chanting alone; they also checked whether the child was healthy. His drinking milk from His mother’s breast was a good sign.

  3. 3

    When Kṛṣṇa sucked the breast, the gopīs were satisfied that He was healthy. Mother Yaśodā then laid Him on His bed.

Key points from the purport
  • When a baby drinks milk from the breast of his mother, this is a good sign of health.
  • So the elderly gopīs were not satisfied with chanting mantras to give protection to Kṛṣṇa; they also tested whether their child’s health was in order.
  • When the child sucked the breast, this confirmed that He was healthy, and when the gopīs were fully satisfied, they had the child lie down on His bed.

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:

Mother Yaśodā gave the child her breast to suck and then laid Him in bed. Meanwhile, Nanda and his associates the cowherd men returned from Mathurā, and when they saw the great dead body of Pūtanā, they were struck with wonder.
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. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. itiin this way
  3. praṇaya-baddhābhiḥwho were bound with maternal affection
  4. gopībhiḥby the elderly gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā
  5. kṛta-rakṣaṇamall measures were taken to protect the child
  6. pāyayitvāand after that, feeding the child
  7. stanamthe nipple
  8. mātāmother Yaśodā
  9. sannyaveśayatmade to lie down on the bed
  10. ātmajamher son
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “yaśodā”, “mother”, “child”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “protect”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “chanted”

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

How does the gopīs’ care show affection through both prayer and practical attention?

Practice

Attend to one small practical need of someone in your care today, alongside your prayer for them.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.6's connections

Live this todayLoving Care Includes Practical AttentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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