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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
10.6.4310.7.1-2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.6.44

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

य एतत् पूतनामोक्षं कृष्णस्यार्भकमद्भ‍ुतम् ।

श‍ृणुयाच्छ्रद्धया मर्त्यो गोविन्दे लभते रतिम् ॥ ४४ ॥

ya etat pūtanā-mokṣaṁ

kṛṣṇasyārbhakam adbhutam

śṛṇuyāc chraddhayā martyo

govinde labhate ratim

Translation

Any person who hears with faith and devotion about how Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, killed Pūtanā, and who thus invests his hearing in such childhood pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, certainly attains attachment for Govinda, the supreme, original person.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faithful Hearing Awakens Devotion to Govinda

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The witch’s attempt to kill Him, only to be killed herself, is described as adbhutam, meaning “specifically wonderful.”

  2. 2

    Anyone who hears this childhood pastime with faith and devotion certainly attains attachment for Govinda, the supreme, original person.

  3. 3

    Simply by reading these wonderful narrations as described in Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, one gains salvation from this material world. One gradually develops attachment to and devotion for Govinda, Ādi-puruṣa.

Key points from the purport
  • The incident in which the great witch attempted to kill the child but was killed herself is certainly wonderful.
  • Kṛṣṇa has left us many wonderful narrations about Him.
  • Simply by reading these narrations, as they are described in Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, one gains salvation from this material world and gradually develops attachment to and devotion for Govinda, Ādi-puruṣa.

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:

From this incident we gain the instruction that if one is attached to Kṛṣṇa somehow or other, even as an enemy, one ultimately attains success. What then is to be said of devotees who are naturally attached to Kṛṣṇa in love?
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. yaḥanyone who
  2. etatthis
  3. pūtanā-mokṣamsalvation of Pūtanā
  4. kṛṣṇasyaof Kṛṣṇa
  5. ārbhakamthe childhood pastimes
  6. adbhutamwonderful
  7. śṛṇuyātshould hear
  8. śraddhayāwith faith and devotion
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.6

    In this verse: “attachment”, “material”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

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

    In this verse: “hearing”, “narrations”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

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

    In this verse: “childhood”

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 can you make your hearing about Kṛṣṇa more attentive and devotional?

Practice

Read this account aloud for a few minutes today, listening with faith and the desire to develop devotion for Govinda.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayFaithful Hearing Awakens Devotion to GovindaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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