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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.62.32

Who is speaking and story frame

जिघृक्षया तान् परित: प्रसर्पत:

शुनो यथा शूकरयूथपोऽहनत् ।

ते हन्यमाना भवनाद् विनिर्गता

निर्भिन्नमूर्धोरुभुजा: प्रदुद्रुवु: ॥ ३२ ॥

jighṛkṣayā tān paritaḥ prasarpataḥ

śuno yathā śūkara-yūthapo ’hanat

te hanyamānā bhavanād vinirgatā

nirbhinna-mūrdhoru-bhujāḥ pradudruvuḥ

Translation

As the guards converged on Him from all sides, trying to capture Him, Aniruddha struck them just as the leader of a pack of boars strikes back at dogs. Hit by His blows, the guards fled the palace, running for their lives with shattered heads, thighs and arms.

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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.

Aniruddha Drives Back the Attacking Guards

  1. 1

    The guards approached Aniruddha from all sides, trying to capture Him.

  2. 2

    He struck back like the leader of a pack of boars defending against dogs. The comparison conveys the force of His resistance.

  3. 3

    His blows shattered the guards’ heads, thighs and arms. They fled the palace for their lives.

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. jighṛkṣayāwanting to grab Him
  2. tānthem
  3. paritaḥon all sides
  4. prasarpataḥapproaching
  5. śunaḥdogs
  6. yathāas
  7. śūkaraof hogs
  8. yūthaof a group
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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

  • 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

How does the verse’s comparison help me understand Aniruddha’s powerful resistance?

Practice

Summarize the verse in one sentence, keeping both the guards’ attempt to capture Him and their flight in view.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAniruddha Drives Back the Attacking GuardsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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