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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.60.43

Who is speaking and story frame

तं त्वानुरूपमभजं जगतामधीश-

मात्मानमत्र च परत्र च कामपूरम् ।

स्यान्मे तवाङ्‍‍घ्रिररणं सृतिभिर्भ्रमन्त्या

यो वै भजन्तमुपयात्यनृतापवर्ग: ॥ ४३ ॥

taṁ tvānurūpam abhajaṁ jagatām adhīśam

ātmānam atra ca paratra ca kāma-pūram

syān me tavāṅghrir araṇaṁ sṛtibhir bhramantyā

yo vai bhajantam upayāty anṛtāpavargaḥ

Translation

Because You are suitable for me, I have chosen You, the master and Supreme Soul of all the worlds, who fulfill our desires in this life and the next. May Your feet, which give freedom from illusion by approaching their worshiper, give shelter to me, who have been wandering from one material situation to another.

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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.

Take Shelter Beyond Material Wandering

  1. 1

    Rukmiṇī chooses Kṛṣṇa as the master and Supreme Soul of all worlds. She asks His feet to shelter her and free her from illusion.

  2. 2

    The purport explains an alternate reading in which she expresses bewilderment from hearing scriptures promise fruitive results through rituals, or from hearing about the Lord’s incarnations.

  3. 3

    Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī-devī is the Lord’s eternally liberated consort. Here she humbly plays the part of a mortal woman taking shelter of the Supreme Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • An alternate reading for the word sṛtibhiḥ is śrutibhiḥ, in which case the idea Rukmiṇī expresses is this: “I have been bewildered by hearing from various religious scriptures about numerous rituals and ceremonies with their promises of fruitive results.”
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī gives this explanation, while Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī give an additional idea Rukmiṇī might express with the word śrutibhiḥ: “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I was bewildered by hearing about Your various incarnations.
  • It is understood that Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī-devī is the eternally liberated consort of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but in these verses she humbly plays the part of a mortal woman taking shelter of the Supreme Lord.

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:

After all, no one is equal to You, the omnipotent master of the three principal deities — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.” Rukmiṇī went on to show how everything Kṛṣṇa had said denigrating Himself was actually glorification.
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. tamHim
  2. tvāYourself
  3. anurūpamsuitable
  4. abhajamI have chosen
  5. jagatāmof all the worlds
  6. adhīśamthe ultimate master
  7. ātmānamthe Supreme Soul
  8. atrain this life
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.60

    In this verse: “illusion”, “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.60

    In this verse: “worshiper”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.60

    In this verse: “shelter”

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 desires for temporary results distract me from seeking shelter in Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer a short prayer asking Kṛṣṇa for shelter at His feet and freedom from illusion.

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Connected stories

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

Live this todayTake Shelter Beyond Material WanderingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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