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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
10.7.1-210.7.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.3

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:King Parīkṣitsince 10.7.1-2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अथान्यदपि कृष्णस्य तोकाचरितमद्भ‍ुतम् । मानुषं लोकमासाद्य तज्जातिमनुरुन्धत: ॥ ३ ॥

athānyad api kṛṣṇasya

tokācaritam adbhutam

mānuṣaṁ lokam āsādya

taj-jātim anurundhataḥ

Translation

Please describe other pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality, who appeared on this planet earth, imitating a human child and performing wonderful activities like killing Pūtanā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Lord Plays as a Child

  1. 1

    Mahārāja Parīkṣit wanted to hear more about Kṛṣṇa’s wonderful childhood pastimes. Although He played as a human child, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The Lord appears in different planets and universes and exhibits His unlimited potency according to those places. A child killing the gigantic Pūtanā was extremely wonderful to the inhabitants of this planet.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa’s appearance here like a human being makes us more fortunate than the demigods in the higher planets. This opportunity made Mahārāja Parīkṣit very eager to hear about Him.

Key points from the purport
  • Mahārāja Parīkṣit requested Śukadeva Gosvāmī to narrate other childhood pastimes exhibited by Kṛṣṇa while playing as a human child.
  • That a child sitting on the lap of his mother was able to kill the gigantic Pūtanā is extremely wonderful for the inhabitants of this planet, but on other planets the inhabitants are more advanced, and therefore the pastimes the Lord performs there are still more wonderful.
  • Kṛṣṇa’s appearance on this planet like a human being makes us more fortunate than the demigods in the higher planets, and therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit was very much interested in hearing about Him.

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:

In this chapter, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes of breaking the cart ( śakaṭa-bhañjana), killing the asura known as Tṛṇāvarta, and demonstrating the entire universe within His mouth are especially described. When Śukadeva Gosvāmī saw that Mahārāja Parīkṣit was eagerly waiting to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes as a child, he was very much pleased, and he continued to speak.
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. athaalso
  2. anyat apiother pastimes also
  3. kṛṣṇasyaof child Kṛṣṇa
  4. toka-ācaritam adbhutamthey are also wonderful childhood pastimes
  5. mānuṣamas if playing as a human child
  6. lokam āsādyaappearing on this planet earth in human society
  7. tat-jātimexactly like a human child
  8. anurundhataḥwho was imitating
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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: “child”, “childhood”

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 might appreciating the opportunity to hear about Kṛṣṇa deepen my interest?

Practice

Reread this translation slowly, remembering that the child Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Plays as a ChildThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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