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  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.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
10.81.4110.82.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.82.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.82.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

अथैकदा द्वारवत्यां वसतो रामकृष्णयो: ।

सूर्योपराग: सुमहानासीत् कल्पक्षये यथा ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

athaikadā dvāravatyāṁ

vasato rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ

sūryoparāgaḥ su-mahān

āsīt kalpa-kṣaye yathā

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, while Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were living in Dvārakā, there occurred a great eclipse of the sun, just as if the end of Lord Brahmā’s day had come.

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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.

Understanding the Reunion’s Place in Time

  1. 1

    While Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were living in Dvārakā, a great solar eclipse occurred. It appeared as if Lord Brahmā’s day were ending.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that this reunion at Kurukṣetra is narrated out of chronological sequence. It occurred after Lord Baladeva’s visit to Vraja and before Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya sacrifice.

  3. 3

    At the eclipse, the Kurus met in friendship and happily shared Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s company. This helps establish that the meeting preceded the later hostility.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī explains in his Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī commentary that the events of this Eighty-second Chapter occur after Lord Baladeva’s visit to Vraja (Chapter 65) and before Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya sacrifice (Chapter 74).
  • Right after the Pāṇḍavas’ return from exile, the great Battle of Kurukṣetra took place, during which Bhīṣma and Droṇa were killed.
  • So it is not logically possible for the solar eclipse at Kurukṣetra to have happened after the Rājasūya sacrifice.

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 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter describes how the Yādavas and many other kings met at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse and discussed topics concerning Lord Kṛṣṇa. It also relates how Kṛṣṇa met Nanda Mahārāja and the other residents of Vṛndāvana at Kurukṣetra and gave them great joy.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.82
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. athathen
  3. ekadāon one occasion
  4. dvāravatyāmin Dvārakā
  5. vasatoḥwhile They were living
  6. rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥBalarāma and Kṛṣṇa
  7. sūryaof the sun
  8. uparāgaḥan eclipse
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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 10.82

    In this verse: “friendship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that this was a friendly gathering help me approach the reunion?

Practice

Reread the translation, noting that the eclipse only appeared like the end of Lord Brahmā’s day.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.82's connections

Live this todayUnderstanding the Reunion’s Place in TimeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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