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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 70: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Activities
10.70.4-510.70.7-9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.70.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.70.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अथाप्लुतोऽम्भस्यमले यथाविधि

क्रियाकलापं परिधाय वाससी ।

चकार सन्ध्योपगमादि सत्तमो

हुतानलो ब्रह्म जजाप वाग्यत: ॥ ६ ॥

athāpluto ’mbhasy amale yathā-vidhi

kriyā-kalāpaṁ paridhāya vāsasī

cakāra sandhyopagamādi sattamo

hutānalo brahma jajāpa vāg-yataḥ

Translation

That most saintly of personalities would then bathe in sanctified water, dress Himself in lower and upper garments and perform the entire sequence of prescribed rituals, beginning with worship at dawn. After offering oblations into the sacred fire, Lord Kṛṣṇa would silently chant the Gāyatrī mantra.

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Steady Care in Morning Worship

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa, the most saintly of personalities, bathed in sanctified water and dressed in lower and upper garments.

  2. 2

    He performed the entire sequence of prescribed rituals, beginning with worship at dawn.

  3. 3

    Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that, being in the disciplic succession from Kaṇva Muni, Kṛṣṇa offered fire oblations before sunrise. He then silently chanted the Gāyatrī mantra.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that since Lord Kṛṣṇa was in the disciplic succession from Kaṇva Muni, He offered oblations to the fire before sunrise.

The purport'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

War and pride → Justice and protection. The public expression of divine power comes to the foreground.

Chapters 70–79 of Canto 10: Kingship, Jarāsandha and royal challenges. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 70: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Activities

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After executing the dawn rituals and other religious duties, He would offer oblations into the sacred fire, chant the Gāyatrī mantra, worship and pay tribute to the demigods, sages and forefathers, and offer respects to learned brāhmaṇas. Then He would touch auspicious substances, decorate Himself with celestial ornaments and gratify His subjects by giving them whatever they desired.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.70
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. athathen
  2. āplutaḥhaving bathed
  3. ambhasiin water
  4. amalepure
  5. yathā-vidhiaccording to Vedic rules
  6. kriyāof rituals
  7. kalāpamthe entire sequence
  8. paridhāyaafter dressing
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.70

    In this verse: “chant”, “chanted”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.70

    In this verse: “worship”

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

What can Kṛṣṇa’s careful morning worship teach you about steadiness in your own service?

Practice

Choose a definite time today for a brief, attentive period of worship.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySteady Care in Morning WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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