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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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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 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

10.74.43 10.74.45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.74.44

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.74.38inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

शब्द: कोलाहलोऽथासीच्छिशुपाले हते महान् ।

तस्यानुयायिनो भूपा दुद्रुवुर्जीवितैषिण: ॥ ४४ ॥

śabdaḥ kolāhalo ’thāsīc

chiśupāle hate mahān

tasyānuyāyino bhūpā

dudruvur jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ

Translation

When Śiśupāla was thus killed, a great roar and howl went up from the crowd. Taking advantage of that disturbance, the few kings who were supporters of Śiśupāla quickly left the assembly out of fear for their lives.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śiśupāla’s Supporters Flee in Fear

1
When Śiśupāla was killed, a great roar and howl arose from the crowd.
2
The few kings who supported him took advantage of the disturbance to leave the assembly quickly.
3
They fled because they feared for their lives.

Key points from the purport

The above translation is taken from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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

Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

But many members of the assembly covered their ears and quickly left the hall, while the Pāṇḍava brothers raised their weapons and prepared to kill Śiśupāla. Lord Kṛṣṇa stopped them from attacking, however, and instead used His Sudarśana disc to decapitate the offender.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.74

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śabdaḥa sound
kolāhalaḥuproar
athathereupon
āsītthere was
śiśupāleŚiśupāla
hatebeing killed
mahānhuge
tasyahis

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
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.74
In this verse: “fear”, “feared”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.74
In this verse: “kings”

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 does the supporters’ sudden flight reveal about the strength of their support?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on whether fear influences whom you support.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayŚiśupāla’s Supporters Flee in FearThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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