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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 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha
10.62.29-3010.62.32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.62.31

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Citralekhāsince 10.62.16inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स तं प्रविष्टं वृतमाततायिभि-

र्भटैरनीकैरवलोक्य माधव: ।

उद्यम्य मौर्वं परिघं व्यवस्थितो

यथान्तको दण्डधरो जिघांसया ॥ ३१ ॥

sa taṁ praviṣṭaṁ vṛtam ātatāyibhir

bhaṭair anīkair avalokya mādhavaḥ

udyamya maurvaṁ parighaṁ vyavasthito

yathāntako daṇḍa-dharo jighāṁsayā

Translation

Seeing Bāṇāsura enter with many armed guards, Aniruddha raised His iron club and stood resolute, ready to strike anyone who attacked Him. He resembled death personified holding his rod of punishment.

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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.

Aniruddha Stands Resolute Before Armed Guards

  1. 1

    Aniruddha saw Bāṇāsura enter with many armed guards. He raised His club and stood firm.

  2. 2

    He was ready to strike anyone who attacked Him. The translation compares Him to death personified holding his rod of punishment.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that His club was not made of ordinary iron. It was made of a special kind called muru.

Key points from the purport
  • The club was not made of ordinary iron but of a special kind called muru.

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 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Greatly disturbed, Bāṇāsura rushed to his daughter’s apartments with many armed guards and, to his great surprise, saw Aniruddha there. As the guards attacked Him, Aniruddha took up His club and succeeded in killing a few before the powerful Bāṇa could capture Him with his mystic nāga-pāśa ropes, filling Ūṣā with lamentation.
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. saḥHe, Aniruddha
  2. tamhim, Bāṇāsura
  3. praviṣṭamentered
  4. vṛtamsurrounded
  5. ātatāyibhiḥwho were carrying weapons
  6. bhaṭaiḥby guards
  7. anīkaiḥnumerous
  8. avalokyaseeing
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.62

    In this verse: “death”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.62

    In this verse: “guards”

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

Which words most clearly convey Aniruddha’s strength and resolve?

Practice

Read the verse and purport together, noting how the detail about muru adds precision to the description.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAniruddha Stands Resolute Before Armed GuardsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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