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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 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa
10.83.310.83.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.83.4

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇa’s relativessince 10.83.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

हि त्वात्मधामविधुतात्मकृतत्र्यवस्था-

मानन्दसम्प्लवमखण्डमकुण्ठबोधम् ।

कालोपसृष्टनिगमावन आत्तयोग-

मायाकृतिं परमहंसगतिं नता: स्म ॥ ४ ॥

hi tvātma dhāma-vidhutātma-kṛta-try-avasthām

ānanda-samplavam akhaṇḍam akuṇṭha-bodham

kālopasṛṣṭa-nigamāvana ātta-yoga-

māyākṛtiṁ paramahaṁsa-gatiṁ natāḥ sma

Translation

The radiance of Your personal form dispels the threefold effects of material consciousness, and by Your grace we become immersed in total happiness. Your knowledge is indivisible and unrestricted. By Your Yoga-māyā potency You have assumed this human form for protecting the Vedas, which had been threatened by time. We bow down to You, the final destination of perfect saints.

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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Radiance Purifies Our Intelligence

  1. 1

    The light emanating from Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful form purifies intelligence of material contamination. It dispels the soul’s entanglement in goodness, passion and ignorance.

  2. 2

    His relatives describe themselves as immersed in absolute happiness by His grace. This is their answer to His inquiry about their welfare.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa’s knowledge is indivisible and unrestricted. By His Yoga-māyā potency, He assumes a human form to protect the Vedas and remains the final destination of perfect saints.

Key points from the purport
  • Simply by the effulgent light emanating from the beautiful form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one’s intelligence is purified of all material contamination, and thus the soul’s various entanglements in the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance are dispelled.
  • This is their answer to His inquiry about their welfare.

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:

Then Draupadī inquired from Lord Kṛṣṇa’s wives how the Lord had come to marry them. Queen Rukmiṇī spoke first: “Many kings, headed by Jarāsandha, were intent on giving me in marriage to Śiśupāla.
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. hiindeed
  2. tvāto You
  3. ātmaof Your personal form
  4. dhāmaby the illumination
  5. vidhutadispelled
  6. ātmaby material consciousness
  7. kṛtacreated
  8. trithree
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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

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 10.83

    In this verse: “protecting”, “protect”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.83

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “inquiry”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.83

    In this verse: “material”

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

How does this description help me turn toward Kṛṣṇa for happiness?

Practice

Read this prayer slowly and offer a bow to Kṛṣṇa as the goal of your devotional service.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Radiance Purifies Our IntelligenceThis 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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