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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

10.7.5 10.7.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.6

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

औत्थानिकौत्सुक्यमना मनस्विनी

समागतान् पूजयती व्रजौकस: ।

नैवाश‍ृणोद् वै रुदितं सुतस्य सा

रुदन् स्तनार्थी चरणावुदक्षिपत् ॥ ६ ॥

autthānikautsukya-manā manasvinī

samāgatān pūjayatī vrajaukasaḥ

naivāśṛṇod vai ruditaṁ sutasya sā

rudan stanārthī caraṇāv udakṣipat

Translation

The liberal mother Yaśodā, absorbed in celebrating the utthāna ceremony, was busy receiving guests, worshiping them with all respect and offering them clothing, cows, garlands and grains. Thus she could not hear the child crying for His mother. At that time, the child Kṛṣṇa, demanding to drink the milk of His mother’s breast, angrily threw His legs upward.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Childhood Actions Inspire Spiritual Wonder

1
Mother Yaśodā was absorbed in respectfully receiving and giving gifts to her guests, so she did not hear Kṛṣṇa crying. Wanting His mother’s milk, He threw His legs upward.
2
The handcart was a form of the demon Śakaṭāsura, who had come to kill Kṛṣṇa. On the plea of demanding milk, Kṛṣṇa kicked the demon to expose and kill him while drawing His mother’s attention.
3
These extraordinary activities of the Lord are real, enjoyable, and enlightening, not mythology. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and other liberated persons take great pleasure in hearing them.

Key points from the purport

Kṛṣṇa had been placed underneath a household handcart, but this handcart was actually another form of the Śakaṭāsura, a demon who had come there to kill the child.
Now, on the plea of demanding to suck His mother’s breast, Kṛṣṇa took this opportunity to kill the demon.
Although Kṛṣṇa’s mother was engaged in receiving guests, Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted to draw her attention by killing the Śakaṭāsura, and therefore He kicked that cart-shaped demon.

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 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. 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.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

autthānika-autsukya-manāḥmother Yaśodā was very busy celebrating the utthāna ceremony of her child
manasvinīvery liberal in distributing food, clothing, ornaments and cows, according to necessity
samāgatānto the assembled guests
pūjayatījust to satisfy them
vraja-okasaḥto the inhabitants of Vraja
nanot
evacertainly
aśṛṇotdid hear

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”
Viraha · Longing in separation
Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “crying”

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 can I hear Kṛṣṇa’s extraordinary activities with greater attention and wonder?

Practice

Read this pastime aloud once, giving your full attention to Kṛṣṇa’s wonderful action.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Childhood Actions Inspire Spiritual WonderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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