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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
10.7.310.7.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.4

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

श्रीशुक उवाच

कदाचिदौत्थानिककौतुकाप्लवे

जन्मर्क्षयोगे समवेतयोषिताम् ।

वादित्रगीतद्विजमन्त्रवाचकै-

श्चकार सूनोरभिषेचनं सती ॥ ४ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

kadācid autthānika-kautukāplave

janmarkṣa-yoge samaveta-yoṣitām

vāditra-gīta-dvija-mantra-vācakaiś

cakāra sūnor abhiṣecanaṁ satī

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When mother Yaśodā’s baby was slanting His body to attempt to rise and turn around, this attempt was observed by a Vedic ceremony. In such a ceremony, called utthāna, which is performed when a child is due to leave the house for the first time, the child is properly bathed. Just after Kṛṣṇa turned three months old, mother Yaśodā celebrated this ceremony with other women of the neighborhood. On that day, there was a conjunction of the moon with the constellation Rohiṇī. As the brāhmaṇas joined by chanting Vedic hymns and professional musicians also took part, this great ceremony was observed by mother Yaśodā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Celebrate a Child’s Growth With Spiritual Care

  1. 1

    When Kṛṣṇa began attempting to rise and turn around, mother Yaśodā celebrated the utthāna ceremony. Neighboring women, brāhmaṇas chanting Vedic hymns, and musicians joined the celebration.

  2. 2

    The purport describes Vedic society as well organized and advanced in spiritual consciousness. In such a society, childbirth is a cause for jubilation rather than a burden.

  3. 3

    A child’s growth, even the attempt to turn over, brings joy to the parents. Recommended ceremonies accompany pregnancy and childhood, giving these occasions spiritual importance.

Key points from the purport
  • For example, when the child has been within the womb for three months and for seven months, there is a ceremony the mother observes by eating with neighboring children.
  • In Vedic civilization, childbirth or pregnancy is never regarded as a burden; rather, it is a cause for jubilation.
  • In contrast, people in modern civilization do not like pregnancy or childbirth, and when there is a child, they sometimes kill it.

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:

When Śrī Kṛṣṇa was only three months old and was just trying to turn backside up, before He even attempted to crawl, mother Yaśodā wanted to observe a ritualistic ceremony with her friends for the good fortune of the child. Such a ritualistic ceremony is generally performed with ladies who also have small children.
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. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak (at the request of Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
  2. kadācitat that time (when Kṛṣṇa was three months old)
  3. autthānika-kautuka-āplavewhen Kṛṣṇa was three or four months old and His body was developing, He attempted to turn around, and this pleasing occasion was observed with a festival and bathing ceremony
  4. janma-ṛkṣa-yogeat that time there was also a conjunction of the moon with the auspicious constellation Rohiṇī
  5. samaveta-yoṣitām(the ceremony was observed) among the assembled women, a ceremony of mothers
  6. vāditra-gītadifferent varieties of music and singing
  7. dvija-mantra-vācakaiḥwith chanting of Vedic hymns by qualified brāhmaṇas
  8. cakāraexecuted
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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’s”, “mother”, “child”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

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

    In this verse: “chanting”

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 can I show greater appreciation for the care and joy surrounding a child’s growth?

Practice

Offer one kind word of appreciation to a parent caring for a child.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayCelebrate a Child’s Growth With Spiritual CareThis 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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