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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 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta
10.7.1010.7.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.11

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.7.4inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

रुदन्तं सुतमादाय यशोदा ग्रहशङ्किता ।

कृतस्वस्त्ययनं विप्रै: सूक्तै: स्तनमपाययत् ॥ ११ ॥

rudantaṁ sutam ādāya

yaśodā graha-śaṅkitā

kṛta-svastyayanaṁ vipraiḥ

sūktaiḥ stanam apāyayat

Translation

Thinking that some bad planet had attacked Kṛṣṇa, mother Yaśodā picked up the crying child and allowed Him to suck her breast. Then she called for experienced brāhmaṇas to chant Vedic hymns and perform an auspicious ritualistic ceremony.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Yaśodā Combines Tender Care With Sacred Ceremony

  1. 1

    Mother Yaśodā feared that a bad planet had attacked Kṛṣṇa. She picked up the crying child and allowed Him to suck her breast.

  2. 2

    She called experienced brāhmaṇas to chant Vedic hymns and perform an auspicious ceremony. Her response included both immediate care and sacred observance.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that Vedic custom calls for qualified brāhmaṇas to chant Vedic hymns when danger or an inauspicious event occurs. Mother Yaśodā properly followed this custom.

Key points from the purport
  • Whenever there is some danger or some inauspicious occurrence, it is the custom of Vedic civilization to have qualified brāhmaṇas immediately chant Vedic hymns to counteract it.
  • Mother Yaśodā did this properly and allowed the baby to suck her breast.

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

How it feels

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Mother Yaśodā immediately took the child on her lap and allowed Him to suck her breast. Then various types of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies were performed with the help of the brāhmaṇas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. rudantamcrying
  2. sutamson
  3. ādāyapicking up
  4. yaśodāmother Yaśodā
  5. graha-śaṅkitāfearing some bad planet
  6. kṛta-svastyayanamimmediately performed a ritualistic ceremony for good fortune
  7. vipraiḥby calling all the brāhmaṇas
  8. sūktaiḥby Vedic hymns
  9. stanamher breast
  10. apāyayatmade the child suck
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.7

    In this verse: “yaśodā”, “mother”, “child”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.7

    In this verse: “chant”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.7

    In this verse: “feared”, “danger”

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 do I appreciate about mother Yaśodā’s tender and spiritually attentive response?

Practice

Take a minute to reflect on mother Yaśodā’s care for Kṛṣṇa, noting both how she comforted Him and whom she called for help.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayYaśodā Combines Tender Care With Sacred CeremonyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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