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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
10.7.2810.7.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.29

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

तमन्तरिक्षात् पतितं शिलायां

विशीर्णसर्वावयवं करालम् ।

पुरं यथा रुद्रशरेण विद्धं

स्त्रियो रुदत्यो दद‍ृशु: समेता: ॥ २९ ॥

tam antarikṣāt patitaṁ śilāyāṁ

viśīrṇa-sarvāvayavaṁ karālam

puraṁ yathā rudra-śareṇa viddhaṁ

striyo rudatyo dadṛśuḥ sametāḥ

Translation

While the gopīs who had gathered were crying for Kṛṣṇa, the demon fell from the sky onto a big slab of stone, his limbs dislocated, as if he had been pierced by the arrow of Lord Śiva like Tripurāsura.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Transcendental Lamentation Deepens Devotional Bliss

  1. 1

    While the gathered gopīs cried for Kṛṣṇa, the demon fell from the sky onto a large slab of stone.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that devotees absorbed in lamentation experience the Lord’s transcendental activities and enter transcendental bliss.

  3. 3

    Such devotees are actually always in transcendental bliss. The apparent calamities in these pastimes give further impetus to that bliss.

Key points from the purport
  • In transcendental life, as soon as devotees of the Lord merge in lamentation, they immediately experience the Lord’s transcendental activities and merge in transcendental bliss.
  • Actually such devotees are always in transcendental bliss, and such apparent calamities provide a further impetus for that bliss.

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:

The demon having fallen, the gopīs picked the child up and delivered Him to the lap of mother Yaśodā. Thus mother Yaśodā was struck with wonder, but because of Yoga-māyā’s influence, no one could understand who Kṛṣṇa was and what had actually happened.
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. tamunto the demon Tṛṇāvarta
  2. antarikṣātfrom outer space
  3. patitamfallen
  4. śilāyāmon a slab of stone
  5. viśīrṇascattered, separated
  6. sarva-avayavamall the parts of his body
  7. karālamvery fierce hands and legs
  8. puramthe place of Tripurāsura
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.7

    In this verse: “crying”, “lamentation”, “cried”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.7

    In this verse: “devotees”

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

How does the purport deepen my understanding of the gopīs’ tears?

Practice

Read the purport once more, reflecting on how it distinguishes transcendental lamentation from ordinary grief.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.7's connections

Live this todayTranscendental Lamentation Deepens Devotional BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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