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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 68: The Marriage of Sāmba
10.68.210.68.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.68.3

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The angry Kurussince 10.68.2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

बध्नीतेमं दुर्विनीतं किं करिष्यन्ति वृष्णय: ।

येऽस्मत्प्रसादोपचितां दत्तां नो भुञ्जते महीम् ॥ ३ ॥

badhnītemaṁ durvinītaṁ

kiṁ kariṣyanti vṛṣṇayaḥ

ye ’smat-prasādopacitāṁ

dattāṁ no bhuñjate mahīm

Translation

Arrest this ill-behaved Sāmba! What will the Vṛṣṇis do? By our grace they are ruling land that we have granted them.

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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.

The Kurus Claim Superiority

  1. 1

    The Kurus demanded that Sāmba be arrested for his ill behavior.

  2. 2

    Their question, “What will the Vṛṣṇis do?” expressed their confidence that the Vṛṣṇis could not effectively oppose them.

  3. 3

    They claimed that the Vṛṣṇis ruled land only by their grace, because they had granted it to them.

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 68: The Marriage of Sāmba

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In response, the Kauravas joined forces to arrest him. After Sāmba held them off single-handedly for some time, six warriors of the Kaurava party deprived him of his chariot, broke his bow to pieces, seized him, tied him up and brought both him and Lakṣmaṇā back to Hastināpura.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.68
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. badhnītaarrest
  2. imamhim
  3. durvinītamill-behaved
  4. kimwhat
  5. kariṣyantiwill they do
  6. vṛṣṇayaḥthe Vṛṣṇis
  7. yewho
  8. asmatof us
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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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.68

    In this verse: “grace”

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

Do I ever use help I have given as a reason to feel superior?

Practice

Offer one small kindness today without reminding the recipient of anything you have done before.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Kurus Claim SuperiorityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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