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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice
10.74.3510.74.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.74.36

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śiśupālasince 10.74.31inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ययातिनैषां हि कुलं शप्तं सद्भ‍िर्बहिष्कृतम् ।

वृथापानरतं शश्वत् सपर्यां कथमर्हति ॥ ३६ ॥

yayātinaiṣāṁ hi kulaṁ

śaptaṁ sadbhir bahiṣ-kṛtam

vṛthā-pāna-rataṁ śaśvat

saparyāṁ katham arhati

Translation

Yayāti cursed the dynasty of these Yādavas, and ever since then they have been ostracized by honest men and addicted to liquor. How, then, does Kṛṣṇa deserve to be worshiped?

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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.

Kṛṣṇa Deserves Opulent Worship

  1. 1

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Śiśupāla continued unintentionally glorifying Kṛṣṇa and His Yadu dynasty.

  2. 2

    In this inner meaning, great saints relieved the Yadus of Yayāti’s curse, and persons such as Kārtavīrya raised them to royal sovereignty. They became absorbed in protecting the earth.

  3. 3

    The inner meaning rejects useless worship, not Kṛṣṇa’s worthiness. As chief of the Yadus, Kṛṣṇa deserves opulent worship.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus they have become absorbed in pāna, protecting the earth.
  • Considering all this, how does Kṛṣṇa, the chief of the Yadus, deserve useless [ vṛthā] worship?

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 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He stood up from his seat and harshly rebuked the wise elders for choosing Kṛṣṇa to be worshiped first. “After all” he said, “this Kṛṣṇa is outside the system of Vedic social and spiritual orders and the society of respectable families.
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. yayātināby Yayāti
  2. eṣāmtheir
  3. hiindeed
  4. kulamdynasty
  5. śaptamwas cursed
  6. sadbhiḥby well-behaved persons
  7. bahiḥ-kṛtamostracized
  8. vṛthāwantonly
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.74

    In this verse: “worshiped”, “worship”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.74

    In this verse: “protecting”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.74

    In this verse: “glorifying”

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 give more care to the worship I offer Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Make one offering to Kṛṣṇa today as carefully and generously as your means allow.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.74's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Deserves Opulent WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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