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Canto 10 · Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā
10.80.1410.80.16-17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.80.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.80.12-13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स तानादाय विप्राग्र्‍य: प्रययौ द्वारकां किल ।

कृष्णसन्दर्शनं मह्यं कथं स्यादिति चिन्तयन् ॥ १५ ॥

sa tān ādāya viprāgryaḥ

prayayau dvārakāṁ kila

kṛṣṇa-sandarśanaṁ mahyaṁ

kathaṁ syād iti cintayan

Translation

Taking the flat rice, the saintly brāhmaṇa set off for Dvārakā, all the while wondering “How will I be able to have Kṛṣṇa’s audience?”

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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.

Move Toward Kṛṣṇa Despite Uncertainty

  1. 1

    The saintly brāhmaṇa took the flat rice and set off for Dvārakā.

  2. 2

    Throughout the journey, he wondered how he would be able to have an audience with Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Sudāmā assumed that the gatekeepers might stop him. Even with this concern, he went forward.

Key points from the purport
  • Among other things, Sudāmā assumed that the gatekeepers would stop him.

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

Humility and separation → Friendship and reunion. The sweetness of relationship outweighs prestige.

Chapters 80–86 of Canto 10: Sudāmā and reunion with the residents of Vraja. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

His wife begged a few handfuls of flattened rice as a gift for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Sudāmā set off for Dvārakā. As Sudāmā approached the palace of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s principal wife, Rukmiṇī-devī, the Lord saw him from a distance.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.80
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥhe
  2. tānthem
  3. ādāyataking
  4. vipra-agryaḥthe best of brāhmaṇas
  5. prayayauwent
  6. dvārakāmto Dvārakā
  7. kilaindeed
  8. kṛṣṇa-sandarśanamthe audience of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What uncertainty makes me hesitate to take a step toward serving Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Take one small step in devotional service today, even if you feel uncertain.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMove Toward Kṛṣṇa Despite UncertaintyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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