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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 76: The Battle Between Śālva and the Vṛṣṇis

10.76.28 10.76.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.76.29

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.76.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न यदूनां कुले जात: श्रूयते रणविच्युत: ।

विना मत्क्लीबचित्तेन सूतेन प्राप्तकिल्बिषात् ॥ २९ ॥

na yadūnāṁ kule jātaḥ

śrūyate raṇa-vicyutaḥ

vinā mat klība-cittena

sūtena prāpta-kilbiṣāt

Translation

“Except for Me, no one born in the Yadu dynasty has ever been known to abandon the battlefield. My reputation has now been stained by a driver who thinks like a eunuch.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pradyumna Values His Dynasty’s Honor

1
Pradyumna said that no one born in the Yadu dynasty had ever been known to abandon the battlefield.
2
He regarded His own removal as an exception to that honorable record.
3
Feeling that His reputation had been stained, He sharply criticized His driver’s judgment.

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 76: The Battle Between Śālva and the Vṛṣṇis

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

But then a follower of Śālva’s named Dyumān struck Pradyumna on the chest with his club, whereupon Pradyumna’s chariot driver, thinking his master seriously injured, carried Him from the battlefield. But Pradyumna quickly regained consciousness and sharply criticized His driver for doing this.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.76