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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.
10.60.4710.60.49

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.60.48

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Rukmiṇīsince 10.60.34inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

व्यूढायाश्चापि पुंश्चल्या मनोऽभ्येति नवं नवम् ।

बुधोऽसतीं न बिभृयात् तां बिभ्रदुभयच्युत: ॥ ४८ ॥

vyūḍhāyāś cāpi puṁścalyā

mano ’bhyeti navaṁ navam

budho ’satīṁ na bibhṛyāt

tāṁ bibhrad ubhaya-cyutaḥ

Translation

The mind of a promiscuous woman always hankers for new lovers, even if she is married. An intelligent man should not keep such an unchaste wife, for if he does he will lose his good fortune both in this life and the next.

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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.

Unfaithful Desire Undermines Good Fortune

  1. 1

    Rukmiṇī describes an unchaste woman whose mind seeks new lovers even after marriage.

  2. 2

    Marriage alone does not stop a mind that continually hankers for someone new.

  3. 3

    She warns that a man who maintains such an unfaithful wife loses good fortune both in this life and the next.

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. vyūḍhāyāḥof a woman who is married
  2. caand
  3. apieven
  4. puṁścalyāḥpromiscuous
  5. manaḥthe mind
  6. abhyetiis attracted
  7. navam navamto newer and newer (lovers)
  8. budhaḥone who is intelligent
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.60

    In this verse: “lovers”

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

Where might a craving for novelty weaken my faithfulness to a commitment?

Practice

Identify one commitment you have made and take one small action today that honors it.

Live this todayUnfaithful Desire Undermines Good FortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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