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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
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

10.7.4 10.7.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.5

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

नन्दस्य पत्नी कृतमज्जनादिकं

विप्रै: कृतस्वस्त्ययनं सुपूजितै: ।

अन्नाद्यवास:स्रगभीष्टधेनुभि:

सञ्जातनिद्राक्षमशीशयच्छनै: ॥ ५ ॥

nandasya patnī kṛta-majjanādikaṁ

vipraiḥ kṛta-svastyayanaṁ supūjitaiḥ

annādya-vāsaḥ-srag-abhīṣṭa-dhenubhiḥ

sañjāta-nidrākṣam aśīśayac chanaiḥ

Translation

After completing the bathing ceremony for the child, mother Yaśodā received the brāhmaṇas by worshiping them with proper respect and giving them ample food grains and other eatables, clothing, desirable cows, and garlands. The brāhmaṇas properly chanted Vedic hymns to observe the auspicious ceremony, and when they finished and mother Yaśodā saw that the child felt sleepy, she lay down on the bed with the child until He was peacefully asleep.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Yaśodā’s Affectionate Care for Kṛṣṇa

1
Mother Yaśodā respectfully received the brāhmaṇas and gave them food, clothing, cows, and garlands. They chanted Vedic hymns for the auspicious ceremony.
2
An affectionate mother takes great care that her child is not disturbed. She stays with the child as long as the child wants her company.
3
Seeing that Kṛṣṇa was sleepy, mother Yaśodā lay down with Him to make Him comfortable. Only when He was peaceful did she return to her household affairs.

Key points from the purport

An affectionate mother takes great care of her child and is always anxious to see that the child is not disturbed even for a moment.
As long as the child wants to remain with the mother, the mother stays with the child, and the child feels very comfortable.
Mother Yaśodā saw that her child felt sleepy, and to give Him all facilities for sleep, she lay down with the child, and when He was peaceful, she got up to attend to her other household affairs.

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:

When mother Yaśodā saw that Kṛṣṇa was falling asleep, because of other engagements she put the child underneath a household cart, called śakaṭa, and while the child was sleeping, she engaged herself in other business pertaining to the auspicious ritualistic ceremony. Underneath the cart was a cradle, and mother Yaśodā placed the child in that cradle.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

nandasyaof Mahārāja Nanda
patnīthe wife (mother Yaśodā)
kṛta-majjana-ādikamafter she and the other members of the house had bathed and the child had been bathed also
vipraiḥby the brāhmaṇas
kṛta-svastyayanamengaging them in chanting auspicious Vedic hymns
su-pūjitaiḥwho were all received and worshiped with proper respect
anna-ādyaby offering them sufficient grains and other eatables
vāsaḥgarments

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”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “worshiping”
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “chanted”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can I learn from mother Yaśodā’s patient attention to Kṛṣṇa’s comfort?

Practice

Give a person in your care a few minutes of undivided attention before returning to other tasks.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayYaśodā’s Affectionate Care for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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