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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 64: The Deliverance of King Nṛga
10.64.27-2810.64.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.64.29

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Yamarājasince 10.64.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नमस्ते सर्वभावाय ब्रह्मणेऽनन्तशक्तये ।

कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय योगानां पतये नम: ॥ २९ ॥

namas te sarva-bhāvāya

brahmaṇe ’nanta-śaktaye

kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya

yogānāṁ pataye namaḥ

Translation

I offer my repeated obeisances unto You, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva. You are the source of all beings, the Supreme Absolute Truth, the possessor of unlimited potencies, the master of all spiritual disciplines.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Acts Without Changing His Nature

  1. 1

    Nṛga repeatedly offers obeisances to Kṛṣṇa, the source of all beings, the Supreme Absolute Truth and the master of all spiritual disciplines.

  2. 2

    The Lord possesses unlimited potencies. Through them He performs innumerable activities without changing His essential nature.

  3. 3

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa possesses the form of eternal bliss and is the supreme goal of life. His holy name indicates the Absolute Truth and spiritual pleasure.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments that King Nṛga here offers his obeisances to Brahman — that is, the Absolute Truth — who is unchanged in spite of performing activities.
  • The King further offers his obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the possessor of the form of eternal bliss and the supreme goal of life.
  • King Nṛga offers the above prayers as he is about to leave the personal association of the Supreme Lord.

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 10.64.29 quotesCC Madhya 9.30

The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is analyzed in a verse from the Mahābhārata (Udyoga-parva 71.4), which is quoted in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 9.30): “The word kṛṣ is the attractive feature of the Lord’s existence, and na means ‘spiritual pleasure.’

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

Further reading

Chapter 64: The Deliverance of King Nṛga

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After quarreling for some time they approached me, and I implored them to each take one hundred thousand cows in exchange for that one cow, and to please forgive me for the offense I had unknowingly committed. But neither brāhmaṇa would accept my proposal, and the matter remained unsettled.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.64
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. namaḥobeisances
  2. teto You
  3. sarva-bhāvāyathe source of all beings
  4. brahmaṇethe Supreme Absolute Truth
  5. anantaunlimited
  6. śaktayethe possessor of potencies
  7. kṛṣṇāyato Kṛṣṇa
  8. vāsudevāyathe son of Vasudeva
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.64

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.64

    In this verse: “holy name”

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

What would change in my priorities if I more fully accepted Kṛṣṇa as the supreme goal of life?

Practice

Offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa today while remembering His unlimited potencies and eternal bliss.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Acts Without Changing His NatureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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