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Canto 10 · Chapter 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa
10.83.3110.83.33

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.83.32

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Lakṣmaṇāsince 10.83.17inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मां तावद् रथमारोप्य हयरत्नचतुष्टयम् ।

शार्ङ्गमुद्यम्य सन्नद्धस्तस्थावाजौ चतुर्भुज: ॥ ३२ ॥

māṁ tāvad ratham āropya

haya-ratna-catuṣṭayam

śārṅgam udyamya sannaddhas

tasthāv ājau catur-bhujaḥ

Translation

The Lord then placed me on His chariot, drawn by four most excellent horses. Donning His armor and readying His bow Śārṅga, He stood on the chariot, and there on the battleground He manifested His four arms.

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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.

The Lord Embraces and Defends His Bride

  1. 1

    The Lord placed His bride on His chariot, which was drawn by four most excellent horses.

  2. 2

    He donned His armor, readied His bow Śārṅga and manifested four arms on the battleground.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Kṛṣṇa embraced His bride with two arms. With the other two, He held His bow and arrows.

Key points from the purport
  • With two of His four arms, according to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Lord Kṛṣṇa embraced His bride, and with the other two He held His bow and arrows.

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 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

I placed the victory necklace on Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s neck, but the kings who had failed raised a violent protest. Lord Kṛṣṇa valiantly fought them, cutting off the heads, arms and legs of many and sending the rest fleeing for their lives.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.83
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. māmme
  2. tāvatat that point
  3. rathamon the chariot
  4. āropyalifting
  5. hayaof horses
  6. ratnagems
  7. catuṣṭayamhaving four
  8. śārṅgamHis bow, named Śārṅga
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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

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do Kṛṣṇa’s embrace and readiness to defend His bride help you appreciate about Him?

Practice

Spend one minute remembering Kṛṣṇa embracing His bride while holding His bow and arrows.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Embraces and Defends His BrideThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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