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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees
10.86.1610.86.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.86.17

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.86.13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तयो: प्रसन्नो भगवान् दारुकेणाहृतं रथम् ।

आरुह्य साकं मुनिभिर्विदेहान् प्रययौ प्रभु: ॥ १७ ॥

tayoḥ prasanno bhagavān

dārukeṇāhṛtaṁ ratham

āruhya sākaṁ munibhir

videhān prayayau prabhuḥ

Translation

Pleased with both of them, the Supreme Personality of Godhead mounted His chariot, which Dāruka had brought, and traveled to Videha with a group of sages.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Personally Cares for His Devotees

  1. 1

    Pleased with both devotees, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, traveled to Videha with sages on the chariot brought by Dāruka.

  2. 2

    Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva could not travel to Dvārakā because of their vows to worship their personal Deity regularly at home. Kṛṣṇa gladly went out of His way to give them His audience.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa insisted that the sages ride with Him rather than exhaust themselves walking. On His order, they set aside their natural aversion to such an opulent conveyance.

Key points from the purport
  • In his commentary on this verse, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva were unable to travel to Dvārakā to see Lord Kṛṣṇa because both of them had vowed to regularly worship their personal Deity at home.
  • Śrī Kṛṣṇa was very glad to go out of His way to give them both His audience, and while leaving Dvārakā He insisted that the sages who wanted to come with Him should join Him on His chariot, because otherwise they would exhaust themselves following on foot.
  • Renowned sages would ordinarily never even consider traveling in such an opulent conveyance, but on the Lord’s order they put aside their natural aversion and joined Him on His chariot.

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 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Pleased with the devotional attitude of both these great souls, Lord Kṛṣṇa went on His chariot to Mithilā to visit them, taking along Nārada and several other learned sages. The people of Mithilā greeted the Lord and His saintly entourage with great delight.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.86
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tayoḥwith both of them
  2. prasannaḥpleased
  3. bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead
  4. dārukeṇaby Dāruka
  5. āhṛtambrought forth
  6. rathamHis chariot
  7. āruhyamounting
  8. sākamtogether with
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.86

    In this verse: “devotees”, “worship”

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 can these devotees teach me about keeping a regular commitment to worship?

Practice

Keep one specific time for worship today, even if only for a few minutes.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Personally Cares for His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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