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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
10.83.510.83.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.83.6-7

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Draupadīsince 10.83.6-7inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीद्रौपद्युवाच

हे वैदर्भ्यच्युतो भद्रे हे जाम्बवति कौशले ।

हे सत्यभामे कालिन्दि शैब्ये रोहिणि लक्ष्मणे ॥ ६ ॥

हे कृष्णपत्न्‍य एतन्नो ब्रूते वो भगवान् स्वयम् ।

उपयेमे यथा लोकमनुकुर्वन् स्वमायया ॥ ७ ॥

śrī-draupady uvāca

he vaidarbhy acyuto bhadre

he jāmbavati kauśale

he satyabhāme kālindi

śaibye rohiṇi lakṣmaṇe

he kṛṣṇa-patnya etan no

brūte vo bhagavān svayam

upayeme yathā lokam

anukurvan sva-māyayā

Translation

Śrī Draupadī said: O Vaidarbhī, Bhadrā and Jāmbavatī, O Kauśalā, Satyabhāmā and Kālindī, O Śaibyā, Rohiṇī, Lakṣmaṇā and other wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa, please tell me how the Supreme Lord Acyuta, imitating the ways of this world by His mystic power, came to marry each of you.

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.

Hear How the Supreme Lord Marries

  1. 1

    Draupadī respectfully asks Kṛṣṇa’s wives how the Supreme Lord Acyuta came to marry each of them.

  2. 2

    Although His marriages resemble the ways of this world, the Supreme Lord acts through His own mystic power.

  3. 3

    The Rohiṇī addressed here is not Lord Balarāma’s mother. She represents the sixteen thousand princesses rescued from Bhaumāsura and is treated as a virtual equal to Kṛṣṇa’s eight chief queens.

Key points from the purport
  • The Rohiṇī addressed here by Draupadī is not Lord Balarāma’s mother but another Rohiṇī, the foremost of the sixteen thousand princesses Lord Kṛṣṇa rescued from the prison of Bhaumāsura.
  • Draupadī turns to her as the representative of all sixteen thousand, and as a virtual equal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s eight chief queens.

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. śrī-draupadī uvācaŚrī Draupadī said
  2. he vaidarbhiO daughter of Vaidarbha (Rukmiṇī)
  3. acyutaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. bhadreO Bhadrā
  5. he jāmbavatiO daughter of Jāmbavān
  6. kauśaleO Nāgnajitī
  7. he satyabhāmeO Satyabhāmā
  8. kālindiO Kālindī
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.83

    In this verse: “mother”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

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

    In this verse: “rescued”

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

Can I hear about Kṛṣṇa’s humanlike activities while remembering that He is the Supreme Lord?

Practice

Reread Draupadī’s question, giving special attention to the words “Supreme Lord” and “His mystic power.”

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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 todayHear How the Supreme Lord MarriesThis 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.

Ask the BhāgavatamHave a question about SB 10.83.6-7? Get an answer from the verses themselves.