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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 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī’s Sons
10.85.48-4910.85.51

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.85.50

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.85.47inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इत एतान् प्रणेष्यामो मातृशोकापनुत्तये ।

तत: शापाद् विनिर्मुक्ता लोकं यास्यन्ति विज्वरा: ॥ ५० ॥

ita etān praṇeṣyāmo

mātṛ-śokāpanuttaye

tataḥ śāpād vinirmaktā

lokaṁ yāsyanti vijvarāḥ

Translation

We wish to take them from this place to dispel their mother’s sorrow. Then, released from their curse and free from all suffering, they will return to their home in heaven.

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.

The Lord Plans to Dispel Sorrow

  1. 1

    The Lord wishes to take the sons back to their mother to dispel her sorrow.

  2. 2

    Released from their curse and free from suffering, they will return to their home in heaven.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that they were condemned for offending Lord Brahmā and also cursed by Hiraṇyakaśipu to be killed by their own father in a future life. This curse was fulfilled when Vasudeva let Kaṁsa murder them one by one.

Key points from the purport
  • As pointed out by Śrīla Prabhupāda in his purports to Chapter Two, texts 5 and 8, of this canto, Marīci’s sons were condemned for their offense against Lord Brahmā, and in addition Hiraṇyakaśipu once cursed them to be killed by their own father in a future life.
  • This curse was fulfilled by Vasudeva’s letting Kaṁsa murder them one by one.

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 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī’s Sons

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma then requested Bali to return Devakī’s dead sons. The Lords received the boys from Bali and returned them to Devakī who felt such a surge of affection for them that milk began spontaneously flowing from her breasts.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.85
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. itaḥfrom here
  2. etānthem
  3. praṇeṣyāmaḥWe wish to take
  4. mātṛof their mother
  5. śokathe lamentation
  6. apanuttayein order to dispel
  7. tataḥthen
  8. śāpātfrom their curse
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.85

    In this verse: “mother’s”, “mother”, “father”

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.85

    In this verse: “suffering”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.85

    In this verse: “free from”

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 Lord’s wish to relieve their mother’s sorrow reveal about His care?

Practice

Spend a moment remembering the Lord’s wish to relieve this mother’s sorrow.

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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 10.85's connections

Live this todayThe Lord Plans to Dispel SorrowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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