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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
10.74.4510.74.47

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.74.46

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.74.38inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

जन्मत्रयानुगुणितवैरसंरब्धया धिया ।

ध्यायंस्तन्मयतां यातो भावो हि भवकारणम् ॥ ४६ ॥

janma-trayānuguṇita-

vaira-saṁrabdhayā dhiyā

dhyāyaṁs tan-mayatāṁ yāto

bhāvo hi bhava-kāraṇam

Translation

Obsessed with hatred of Lord Kṛṣṇa throughout three lifetimes, Śiśupāla attained the Lord’s transcendental nature. Indeed, one’s consciousness determines one’s future birth.

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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.

Consciousness Shapes Our Future

  1. 1

    Śiśupāla was absorbed in hatred of Lord Kṛṣṇa throughout three lifetimes and attained the Lord’s transcendental nature. The translation teaches that consciousness determines one’s future birth.

  2. 2

    Śiśupāla and Dantavakra were originally Jaya and Vijaya, gatekeepers in Vaikuṇṭha. Cursed to take three demonic births, they remained absorbed in enmity toward the Lord and were slain by Him in each birth.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that Śiśupāla never ceased thinking of Kṛṣṇa. He attained sāyujya-mukti and was finally reinstated in his original position of personal service.

Key points from the purport
  • Śiśupāla and his friend Dantavakra, who will be killed by Kṛṣṇa in Chapter Seventy-eight, were previously Jaya and Vijaya, two gatekeepers in Vaikuṇṭha.
  • Śrīla Prabhupāda explains the position of Śiśupāla as follows: “Although Śiśupāla acted as the enemy of Kṛṣṇa, he was not for a single moment out of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
  • Because of always thinking of Kṛṣṇa in this way, they regained the shelter of the Lord, having returned home, back to 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.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.74.46 quotesSB 7.1.47

In this connection, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the following verse: “These two associates of Lord Viṣṇu — Jaya and Vijaya — maintained a feeling of enmity for a very long time.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

Having lived through three births as the enemy of the Lord, Śiśupāla now attained the liberation of sāyujya, merging into Him, by dint of his constant meditation on Him. King Yudhiṣṭhira then distributed profuse gifts to the respected guests of the assembly and to the priests, and finally he executed the purificatory oblations known as the prāyaścitta-homa, which counteract errors made during the sacrifice.
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. janmabirths
  2. trayathree
  3. anuguṇitaextending through
  4. vairaby enmity
  5. saṁrabdhayāobsessed
  6. dhiyāwith a mentality
  7. dhyāyanmeditating
  8. tat-mayatāmoneness with Him
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Key ideas in this verse

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

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 thoughts am I nourishing each day, and how can I turn them toward serving Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside one minute today to think of Kṛṣṇa with a sincere desire to serve Him.

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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.

The purport quotesSB 7.1.47

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

Live this todayConsciousness Shapes Our FutureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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