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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.
10.60.5110.60.53

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.60.52

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.60.49inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ये मां भजन्ति दाम्पत्ये तपसा व्रतचर्यया ।

कामात्मानोऽपवर्गेशं मोहिता मम मायया ॥ ५२ ॥

ye māṁ bhajanti dāmpatye

tapasā vrata-caryayā

kāmātmāno ’pavargeśaṁ

mohitā mama māyayā

Translation

Although I have the power to award spiritual liberation, lusty persons worship Me with penance and vows in order to get My blessings for their mundane family life. Such persons are bewildered by My illusory energy.

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.

Worship for Freedom, Not Temporary Attachment

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa has the power to award spiritual liberation.

  2. 2

    Yet lusty persons worship Him with penances and vows simply to obtain blessings for mundane married life.

  3. 3

    The purport calls such persons bewildered: although they know He can free them, they seek to strengthen their useless attachment to temporary things.

Key points from the purport
  • The word dāmpatye indicates the relationship between husband and wife.
  • Lusty and bewildered persons worship the Supreme Lord to enhance this relationship, though they know He can free them from their useless attachment to temporary things.

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:

Anyone who prays to Me for sense gratification and happiness in family life is simply deluded by My illusory energy, Māyā. Such a person will take a low birth.
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. yethose who
  2. māmMe
  3. bhajantiworship
  4. dāmpatyefor status in household life
  5. tapasāby penances
  6. vrataof vows
  7. caryayāand by the execution
  8. kāma-ātmānaḥlusty by nature
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “lusty”, “attachment”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.60

    In this verse: “blessings”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “worship”

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

Am I asking the Supreme Lord to free me from attachment or merely make that attachment more comfortable?

Practice

Review one blessing you have been seeking and pray instead for freedom from the temporary attachment behind it.

Live this todayWorship for Freedom, Not Temporary AttachmentThis 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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