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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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Canto 10 · Chapter 6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā
10.6.35-3610.6.39-40

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.6.37-38

Mukti· Liberation

पद्‌भ्यां भक्तहृदिस्थाभ्यां वन्द्याभ्यां लोकवन्दितै: ।

अङ्गं यस्या: समाक्रम्य भगवानपितत् स्तनम् ॥ ३७ ॥

यातुधान्यपि सा स्वर्गमवाप जननीगतिम् ।

कृष्णभुक्तस्तनक्षीरा: किमु गावोऽनुमातर: ॥ ३८ ॥

padbhyāṁ bhakta-hṛdi-sthābhyāṁ

vandyābhyāṁ loka-vanditaiḥ

aṅgaṁ yasyāḥ samākramya

bhagavān api tat-stanam

yātudhāny api sā svargam

avāpa jananī-gatim

kṛṣṇa-bhukta-stana-kṣīrāḥ

kim u gāvo ’numātaraḥ

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is always situated within the core of the heart of the pure devotee, and He is always offered prayers by such worshipable personalities as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Because Kṛṣṇa embraced Pūtanā’s body with great pleasure and sucked her breast, although she was a great witch, she attained the position of a mother in the transcendental world and thus achieved the highest perfection. What then is to be said of the cows whose nipples Kṛṣṇa sucked with great pleasure and who offered their milk very jubilantly with affection exactly like that of a mother?

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Service to Kṛṣṇa Becomes Successful

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always within the heart of the pure devotee. Devotional service to Him becomes successful, whether rendered directly or indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly.

  2. 2

    Pūtanā approached Kṛṣṇa in the appearance of an affectionate mother. The Lord took this into consideration despite her intention to kill Him.

  3. 3

    Pūtanā attained a position in the transcendental world, not a material heavenly planet. She became a nurse and maidservant in Goloka Vṛndāvana to assist mother Yaśodā.

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