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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  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 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā
10.80.3410.80.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.80.35-36

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.80.28inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अपि न: स्मर्यते ब्रह्मन् वृत्तं निवसतां गुरौ ।

गुरुदारैश्चोदितानामिन्धनानयने क्व‍‍चित् ॥ ३५ ॥

प्रविष्टानां महारण्यमपर्तौ सुमहद् द्विज ।

वातवर्षमभूत्तीव्रं निष्ठुरा: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ ३६ ॥

api naḥ smaryate brahman

vṛttaṁ nivasatāṁ gurau

guru-dāraiś coditānām

indhanānayane kvacit

praviṣṭānāṁ mahāraṇyam

apartau su-mahad dvija

vāta-varṣam abhūt tīvraṁ

niṣṭhurāḥ stanayitnavaḥ

Translation

O brāhmaṇa, do you remember what happened to us while we were living with our spiritual master? Once our guru’s wife sent us to fetch firewood, and after we entered the vast forest, O twice-born one, an unseasonal storm arose, with fierce wind and rain and harsh thunder.

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.

Remembering Service in the Guru’s Household

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa asked His brāhmaṇa friend to recall an incident from their life with their spiritual master.

  2. 2

    Their guru’s wife once sent them to fetch firewood. After they entered a vast forest, a fierce storm arose with wind, rain and harsh thunder.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the storm occurred during winter and was therefore unseasonal.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that this storm arose during winter and was therefore unseasonal.

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:

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa then took the hand of His friend, and the two of them reminisced about the things they had done together long ago, while living in the school of their spiritual master. Sudāmā pointed out that Kṛṣṇa engages in the pastime of acquiring an education only to set an example for human society.
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. apiwhether
  2. naḥof us
  3. smaryateare remembered
  4. brahmanO brāhmaṇa
  5. vṛttamwhat we did
  6. nivasatāmwho were living
  7. gurauwith our spiritual master
  8. guruof our guru
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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

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.80

    In this verse: “friend”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I appreciate simple practical tasks as part of service?

Practice

Offer to do one small practical task today, such as gathering needed supplies.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemembering Service in the Guru’s HouseholdThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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