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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 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
10.82.1610.82.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.82.17

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

पृथा भ्रातॄन् स्वसृर्वीक्ष्य तत्पुत्रान् पितरावपि ।

भ्रातॄपत्नीर्मुकुन्दं च जहौ सङ्कथया शुच: ॥ १७ ॥

pṛthā bhrātṝn svasṝr vīkṣya

tat-putrān pitarāv api

bhrātṛ-patnīr mukundaṁ ca

jahau saṅkathayā śucaḥ

Translation

Queen Kuntī met with her brothers and sisters and their children, and also with her parents, her brothers’ wives and Lord Mukunda. While talking with them she forgot her sorrow.

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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.

Love of God Beyond Outward Peace

  1. 1

    Queen Kuntī met her relatives and Lord Mukunda. While speaking with them, she forgot her sorrow.

  2. 2

    A pure devotee’s constant anxiety may appear opposite to the impersonalists’ śānti, or peace.

  3. 3

    Yet such anxiety can be an exalted expression of love of God. Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī exemplifies this loving devotion.

Key points from the purport
  • Even the constant anxiety of a pure devotee, apparently just the opposite of the impersonalists’ śānti, can be an exalted manifestation of love of God, as exemplified by Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī, the aunt of Lord Kṛṣṇa and mother of the Pāṇḍavas.

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:

When Queen Kuntī saw her brother Vasudeva and other members of her family, she put aside her sorrow. Yet still she said to Vasudeva, “O brother, I am so unfortunate, because all of you forgot me during my tribulations.
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. pṛthāKuntī
  2. bhrātṝnher brothers
  3. svasṝḥand sisters
  4. vīkṣyaseeing
  5. tattheir
  6. putrānchildren
  7. pitarauher parents
  8. apialso
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.82

    In this verse: “devotion”, “devotee’s”

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.82

    In this verse: “children”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.82

    In this verse: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kuntī’s example broaden your understanding of what love of God can look like?

Practice

Reread Kuntī’s meeting with Lord Mukunda, and pause to reflect on the love present even amid her sorrow.

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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 todayLove of God Beyond Outward PeaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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