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Canto 10 · Chapter 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa
10.83.3910.83.41-42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.83.40

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Rohiṇī-devi, speaking for the other queenssince 10.83.40inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

महिष्य ऊचु:

भौमं निहत्य सगणं युधि तेन रुद्धा

ज्ञात्वाथ न: क्षितिजये जितराजकन्या: ।

निर्मुच्य संसृतिविमोक्षमनुस्मरन्ती:

पादाम्बुजं परिणिनाय य आप्तकाम: ॥ ४० ॥

mahiṣya ūcuḥ

bhaumaṁ nihatya sa-gaṇaṁ yudhi tena ruddhā

jñātvātha naḥ kṣiti-jaye jita-rāja-kanyāḥ

nirmucya saṁsṛti-vimokṣam anusmarantīḥ

pādāmbujaṁ pariṇināya ya āpta-kāmaḥ

Translation

Rohiṇī-devi, speaking for the other queens, said: After killing Bhaumāsura and his followers, the Lord found us in the demon’s prison and could understand that we were the daughters of the kings whom Bhauma had defeated during his conquest of the earth. The Lord set us free, and because we had been constantly meditating upon His lotus feet, the source of liberation from material entanglement, He agreed to marry us, though His every desire is already fulfilled.

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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.

Remembering the Lord’s Liberating Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    Rohiṇī-devī speaks on behalf of the other queens. The purport identifies her as representing the 16,099 other queens.

  2. 2

    After killing Bhaumāsura and his followers, the Lord freed the imprisoned daughters of kings whom Bhauma had defeated.

  3. 3

    The queens had constantly meditated on His lotus feet, the source of liberation from material entanglement. Although His every desire was already fulfilled, He agreed to marry them.

Key points from the purport
  • Rohiṇī-devī was one of the nine queens questioned by Draupadī in texts 6 and 7, and thus it is assumed that she speaks here, representing the 16,099 other queens.
  • Śrīla Prabhupāda confirms this in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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:

Rohiṇī-devī, representing all the other queens, explained that they were daughters of the kings defeated by Bhaumāsura. The demon had held them captive, but when Lord Kṛṣṇa killed him He had released them and married them all.
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. mahiṣyaḥ ūcuḥthe (other) queens said
  2. bhaumamthe demon Bhauma
  3. nihatyakilling
  4. saalong with
  5. gaṇamhis followers
  6. yudhiin battle
  7. tenaby him (Bhauma)
  8. ruddhāḥimprisoned
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

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

    In this verse: “material”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.83

    In this verse: “kings”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

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

    In this verse: “understand”

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 does the queens’ constant remembrance of the Lord’s lotus feet inspire in you?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute today to remember Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

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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 10.83's connections

Live this todayRemembering the Lord’s Liberating Lotus FeetThis 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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