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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

10.7.35-36 10.8.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.37

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Nanda Mahārāja and the otherssince 10.7.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सा वीक्ष्य विश्वं सहसा राजन् सञ्जातवेपथु: ।

सम्मील्य मृगशावाक्षी नेत्रे आसीत्सुविस्मिता ॥ ३७ ॥

sā vīkṣya viśvaṁ sahasā

rājan sañjāta-vepathuḥ

sammīlya mṛgaśāvākṣī

netre āsīt suvismitā

Translation

When mother Yaśodā saw the whole universe within the mouth of her child, her heart began to throb, and in astonishment she wanted to close her restless eyes.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Love Beyond Displays of Opulence

1
Seeing the universe within Kṛṣṇa’s mouth, mother Yaśodā became astonished and her heart began to throb. In her pure maternal love, she thought her child might have some disease.
2
She expected another danger and wanted to close her restless eyes. This was all the arrangement of Yoga-māyā.
3
Mother Yaśodā’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa is one of pure maternal love. She cared more for Him than for the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s opulences.

Key points from the purport

Because of her pure maternal love, mother Yaśodā thought that this wonderful child playing so many tricks must have had some disease.
She did not appreciate the wonders shown by her child; rather, she wanted to close her eyes.
In that love, mother Yaśodā did not very much appreciate the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s opulences.

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

Chapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Nanda Mahārāja, of course, was thinking of the wonderful foretelling of Vasudeva and began to praise him as a great yogī. Later, when the child was on the lap of mother Yaśodā, the child yawned, and mother Yaśodā could see within His mouth the entire universal manifestation.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.7

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

sāmother Yaśodā
vīkṣyaby seeing
viśvamthe whole universe
sahasāsuddenly within the mouth of her son
rājanO King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
sañjāta-vepathuḥwhose heart was beating
sammīlyaopening
mṛgaśāva-akṣīlike the eyes of a deer cub

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”
Prema · Transcendental love
The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “love”
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “danger”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does mother Yaśodā’s response help you value loving service to Kṛṣṇa more than displays of His greatness?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and make loving care for Kṛṣṇa your intention.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

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

The gopīs and the rāsa danceSB 10.20–22 · The gopīs’ flute songs and vowKṛṣṇa explains that desires fixed upon Him do not produce ordinary material desire for sense gratification. The gopīs’ attention is centered upon Him.

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

Live this todayPure Love Beyond Displays of OpulenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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