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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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?
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Canto 10 · Chapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha
10.62.1410.62.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.62.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Ūṣāsince 10.62.14inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तमहं मृगये कान्तं पाययित्वाधरं मधु ।

क्व‍ापि यात: स्पृहयतीं क्षिप्‍त्‍वा मां वृजिनार्णवे ॥ १५ ॥

tam ahaṁ mṛgaye kāntaṁ

pāyayitvādharaṁ madhu

kvāpi yātaḥ spṛhayatīṁ

kṣiptvā māṁ vṛjinārṇave

Translation

It is that lover I search for. After making me drink the honey of His lips, He has gone elsewhere, and thus He has thrown me, hankering fervently for Him, into the ocean of distress.

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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.

Separation Deepens Ūṣā’s Longing

  1. 1

    Ūṣā explained that she was searching for the lover she had described.

  2. 2

    She said that He had made her drink the honey of His lips and then gone elsewhere.

  3. 3

    Hankering fervently for Him, she felt thrown into an ocean of distress.

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 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Bāṇāsura’s daughter, Ūṣā, once had an encounter with a lover in her sleep. Several nights in a row this occurred, until one night she failed to see Him in her dreams.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.62
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tamHim
  2. ahamI
  3. mṛgayeam seeking
  4. kāntamlover
  5. pāyayitvāhaving made drink
  6. ādharamof His lips
  7. madhuthe honey
  8. kva apisomewhere
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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

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.62

    In this verse: “lover”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.62

    In this verse: “distress”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the phrase “ocean of distress” reveal about the strength of Ūṣā’s longing?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining how Ūṣā’s remembered happiness has become distress in separation.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeparation Deepens Ūṣā’s LongingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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