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Canto 10 · Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice
10.74.10-1110.74.13-15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.74.12

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.74.6inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ततस्ते देवयजनं ब्राह्मणा: स्वर्णलाङ्गलै: ।

कृष्ट्वा तत्र यथाम्नायं दीक्षयां चक्रिरे नृपम् ॥ १२ ॥

tatas te deva-yajanaṁ

brāhmaṇāḥ svarṇa-lāṅgalaiḥ

kṛṣṭvā tatra yathāmnāyaṁ

dīkṣayāṁ cakrire nṛpam

Translation

The brāhmaṇa priests then plowed the sacrificial ground with golden plowshares and initiated King Yudhiṣṭhira for the sacrifice in accordance with the traditions set down by standard authorities.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Sacred Preparation Follows Established Authority

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇa priests prepared the sacrificial ground by plowing it with golden plowshares.

  2. 2

    They then initiated King Yudhiṣṭhira for the sacrifice.

  3. 3

    These preparations followed traditions set down by standard authorities.

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 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then many exalted guests of all the four social orders arrived to see the sacrificial performance. As the sacrifice proceeded, the ritual of “first worship” had to be performed, and the members of the assembly were called upon to decide who would receive this honor.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.74
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthen
  2. tethey
  3. deva-yajanamthe place for worshiping the demigods
  4. brāhmaṇāḥthe brāhmaṇas
  5. svarṇagold
  6. lāṅgalaiḥwith plows
  7. kṛṣṭvāfurrowing
  8. tatrathere
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.74

    In this verse: “king”

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

Am I willing to follow established guidance rather than invent my own way of serving?

Practice

Review an established instruction for one devotional practice you already follow, and carry it out carefully today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySacred Preparation Follows Established AuthorityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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