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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.
10.60.1710.60.19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.60.18

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

चैद्यशाल्वजरासन्धदन्तवक्रादयो नृपा: ।

मम द्विषन्ति वामोरु रुक्‍मी चापि तवाग्रज: ॥ १८ ॥

caidya-śālva-jarāsandha

dantavakrādayo nṛpāḥ

mama dviṣanti vāmoru

rukmī cāpi tavāgrajaḥ

Translation

Kings like Śiśupāla, Śālva, Jarāsandha and Dantavakra all hate Me, O beautiful-thighed one, and so does your elder brother Rukmī.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Kṛṣṇa Names Those Who Hate Him

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa says that kings such as Śiśupāla, Śālva, Jarāsandha and Dantavakra hate Him.

  2. 2

    He includes His wife’s elder brother, Rukmī, among those who hate Him.

  3. 3

    Even while speaking of this hostility, Kṛṣṇa addresses His wife as the beautiful-thighed one.

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:

Your brother Rukmī and kings like Śiśupāla all hate Me, and it was only to cut down their pride that I kidnapped you. But as for such things as body, home, wife and children, I’m indifferent to them, being the self-satisfied Personality of Godhead, transcendental to all material affairs.”
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. caidya-śālva-jarāsandha-dantavakra-ādayaḥCaidya (Śiśupāla), Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and others
  2. nṛpāḥkings
  3. mamaMe
  4. dviṣantihate
  5. vāma-ūruO beautiful-thighed one
  6. rukmīRukmī
  7. ca apias well
  8. tavayour
  9. agra-jaḥolder brother
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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 10.60

    In this verse: “kings”

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 do I notice about the contrast between the hostility Kṛṣṇa describes and His address to His wife?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly, noticing both the kings’ hostility and Kṛṣṇa’s personal address to His wife.

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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 10.60's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Names Those Who Hate HimThis 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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