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

10.83.8 10.83.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.83.9

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śrī Satyabhāmāsince 10.83.9inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीसत्यभामोवाच

यो मे सनाभिवधतप्तहृदा ततेन

लिप्ताभिशापमपमार्ष्टुमुपाजहार ।

जित्वर्क्षराजमथ रत्नमदात् स तेन

भीत: पितादिशत मां प्रभवेऽपि दत्ताम् ॥ ९ ॥

śrī-satyabhāmovāca

yo me sanābhi-vadha-tapta-hṛdā tatena

liptābhiśāpam apamārṣṭum upājahāra

jitvarkṣa-rājam atha ratnam adāt sa tena

bhītaḥ pitādiśata māṁ prabhave ’pi dattām

Translation

Śrī Satyabhāmā said: My father, his heart tormented by his brother’s death, accused Kṛṣṇa of killing him. To remove the stain on His reputation, the Lord defeated the king of the bears and took back the Syamantaka jewel, which He then returned to my father. Fearing the consequences of his offense, my father offered me to the Lord, even though I had already been promised to others.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Everything May Be Offered to Kṛṣṇa

1
Distressed by his brother’s death, Satyabhāmā’s father accused Kṛṣṇa of killing him. Kṛṣṇa recovered the Syamantaka jewel and returned it, clearing His reputation.
2
Satrājit had promised his daughter to other suitors. After the jewel’s return, shame impelled him to offer her to Kṛṣṇa instead.
3
The purport explains that offering her to Kṛṣṇa was proper because He is the Lord. It is proper to offer Him everything one owns and improper to withhold anything from Him.

Key points from the purport

As described in Chapter Fifty-six of this canto, King Satrājit had already compromised himself by promising his daughter’s hand first to Akrūra and then again to a number of other suitors.
But after the return of the Syamantaka jewel, he felt impelled by his shame to offer her to Lord Kṛṣṇa instead.
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the word prabhave (“unto the Lord”) answers any doubt as to the propriety of offering Kṛṣṇa a bride who had already been promised to others.

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

Chapter 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Queen Satyabhāmā said, “When my uncle Prasena was killed, my father, Satrājit, falsely accused Lord Kṛṣṇa of murder. To clear His name, Kṛṣṇa defeated Jāmbavān, recovered the Syamantaka jewel and returned it to Satrājit.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.83

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śrī-satyabhāmā uvācaŚrī Satyabhāmā said
yaḥwho
memy
sanābhiof my brother
vadhaby the killing
taptadistressed
hṛdāwhose heart
tatenaby my father

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
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.83
In this verse: “fearing”, “death”
Dainya · Humility
Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.83
In this verse: “offense”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.83
In this verse: “king”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What am I reluctant to offer in the Lord’s service?

Practice

Use one thing you own in a small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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 todayEverything May Be Offered to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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