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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 68: The Marriage of Sāmba

10.68.24 10.68.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.68.25

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:The Kuru noblessince 10.68.24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एते यौनेन सम्बद्धा: सहशय्यासनाशना: ।

वृष्णयस्तुल्यतां नीता अस्मद्दत्तनृपासना: ॥ २५ ॥

ete yaunena sambaddhāḥ

saha-śayyāsanāśanāḥ

vṛṣṇayas tulyatāṁ nītā

asmad-datta-nṛpāsanāḥ

Translation

It is because these Vṛṣṇis are bound to us by marital ties that we have granted them equality, allowing them to share our beds, seats and meals. Indeed, it is we who have given them their royal thrones.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Do Not Turn Relationships Into Superiority

1
The Kurus acknowledged their marital ties with the Vṛṣṇis.
2
They claimed that sharing beds, seats and meals meant they had granted the Vṛṣṇis equality.
3
They even claimed to have given the Vṛṣṇis their royal thrones. They presented family closeness as proof of their own higher position.

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 68: The Marriage of Sāmba

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

It is from us alone that the Yādavas have obtained their royal thrones, and yet now they are presuming themselves our equals. No longer will we extend to them royal privileges.”

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.68