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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
10.82.1710.82.19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.82.18

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Queen Kuntīsince 10.82.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कुन्त्युवाच

आर्य भ्रातरहं मन्ये आत्मानमकृताशिषम् ।

यद् वा आपत्सु मद्वार्तां नानुस्मरथ सत्तमा: ॥ १८ ॥

kunty uvāca

ārya bhrātar ahaṁ manye

ātmānam akṛtāśiṣam

yad vā āpatsu mad-vārtāṁ

nānusmaratha sattamāḥ

Translation

Queen Kuntī said: My dear, respectable brother, I feel that my desires have been frustrated, because although all of you are most saintly, you forgot me during my calamities.

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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.

Expressing Hurt With Respect

  1. 1

    Queen Kuntī addresses her brother Vasudeva.

  2. 2

    She feels that her desires have been frustrated because her relatives forgot her during her calamities.

  3. 3

    Even while expressing her pain, she calls her brother respectable and her relatives most saintly.

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. kuntī uvācaQueen Kuntī said
  2. āryaO respectable one
  3. bhrātaḥO brother
  4. ahamI
  5. manyethink
  6. ātmānammyself
  7. akṛtahaving failed to achieve
  8. āśiṣammy desires
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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

Can you express disappointment without losing respect for the person you address?

Practice

If you need to express a hurt today, choose words that honestly convey it while preserving respect.

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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 todayExpressing Hurt With RespectThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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