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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

10.62.8 10.62.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.62.9

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Bāṇāsurasince 10.62.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इत्युक्त: कुमतिर्हृष्ट: स्वगृहं प्राविशन्नृप ।

प्रतीक्षन् गिरिशादेशं स्ववीर्यनशनं कुधी: ॥ ९ ॥

ity uktaḥ kumatir hṛṣṭaḥ

sva-gṛhaṁ prāviśan nṛpa

pratīkṣan giriśādeśaṁ

sva-vīrya-naśanam kudhīḥ

Translation

Thus advised, unintelligent Bāṇāsura was delighted. The fool then went home, O King, to wait for that which Lord Giriśa had predicted: the destruction of his prowess.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Arrogance Makes Clear Warnings Seem Welcome

1
Bāṇāsura is called foolish and unintelligent because he completely misunderstood the situation. Convinced that no one could defeat him, he welcomed the promised battle.
2
Although Śiva predicted the breaking of his flag and the destruction of his prowess, Bāṇa did not take the warning seriously.
3
The purport compares this blindness to materialistic people absorbed in sense gratification. Though death is approaching, intoxication with enjoyment and family attachment keeps them from recognizing their inevitable destruction.

Key points from the purport

Here Bāṇāsura is described as ku-dhī (“having bad intelligence”) and ku-mati (“foolish”) because he completely misunderstood the actual situation.
Even though Śiva had said that this person would break Bāṇa’s flag and destroy his prowess, the demon was too foolish to take this statement seriously and eagerly awaited the fight.
Similarly, Bāṇāsura was intoxicated with his material prowess and could not believe that he was about to be cut down to size.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.62.9 quotesSB 2.1.4

As stated in the Bhāgavatam (2.1.4), paśyann api na paśyati: Even though their imminent destruction is apparent, they are too blind to see it, being intoxicated by sex enjoyment and family attachment.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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

Chapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Of the one hundred sons of King Bali, the oldest was Bāṇāsura. He was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, who favored Bāṇa so much that even demigods like Indra would serve him.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.62

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

itithus
uktaḥspoken to
ku-matiḥfoolish
hṛṣṭaḥdelighted
svahis own
gṛhamhome
prāviśatentered
nṛpaO King (Parīkṣit)

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 10.62
In this verse: “attachment”, “sense gratification”, “materialistic”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.62
In this verse: “king”
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.62
In this verse: “death”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What attachment might keep me from taking an important warning seriously?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute acknowledging that life is temporary and examining one distraction that makes you forget this.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 2.1.4

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.62's connections

Live this todayArrogance Makes Clear Warnings Seem WelcomeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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