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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 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.
10.60.1610.60.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.60.17

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.60.10inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अथात्मनोऽनुरूपं वै भजस्व क्षत्रियर्षभम् ।

येन त्वमाशिष: सत्या इहामुत्र च लप्स्यसे ॥ १७ ॥

athātmano ’nurūpaṁ vai

bhajasva kṣatriyarṣabham

yena tvam āśiṣaḥ satyā

ihāmutra ca lapsyase

Translation

Now you should definitely accept a more suitable husband, a first-class man of the royal order who can help you achieve everything you want, both in this life and the next.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Teasing to Awaken Loving Anger

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa tells His wife to accept a more suitable husband, a first-class man of the royal order.

  2. 2

    He describes such a husband as someone who could fulfill her hopes in this life and the next.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that Kṛṣṇa is continuing to tease His beautiful wife. He is trying to provoke her loving anger.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Kṛṣṇa continues to tease His beautiful wife, trying to provoke her loving anger.

The purport'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

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Better you had married some prominent warrior; then you might have been happy in this life and the next. Your brother Rukmī and kings like Śiśupāla all hate Me, and it was only to cut down their pride that I kidnapped you.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.60
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. athanow
  2. ātmanaḥfor yourself
  3. anurūpamsuitable
  4. vaiindeed
  5. bhajasvaplease accept
  6. kṣatriya-ṛṣabhama first-class man of the royal order
  7. yenaby whom
  8. tvamyou
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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

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 Lord’s loving intention change the way I hear His suggestion?

Practice

Read the translation and then the purport, noting how the purport explains the intention behind His words.

Live this todayTeasing to Awaken Loving AngerThis 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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