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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees
10.86.610.86.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.86.7

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.86.2-3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सापि तं चकमे वीक्ष्य नारीणां हृदयंगमम् ।

हसन्ती व्रीडितापाङ्गी तन्न्यस्तहृदयेक्षणा ॥ ७ ॥

sāpi taṁ cakame vīkṣya

nārīṇāṁ hṛdayaṁ-gamam

hasantī vrīḍitāpaṅgī

tan-nyasta-hṛdayekṣaṇā

Translation

Arjuna was very attractive to women, and as soon as Subhadrā saw him, she wanted to have him as her husband. Smiling bashfully with sidelong glances, she fixed her heart and eyes upon him.

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.

Subhadrā Chooses Arjuna in Her Heart

  1. 1

    As soon as Subhadrā saw Arjuna, she wanted him as her husband and fixed her heart and eyes upon him.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that she knew he was no sannyāsī but her destined consort.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Prabhupāda describes Arjuna as extraordinarily beautiful. Subhadrā decided to accept only him as her husband and looked at him with a pleased, bashful smile.

Key points from the purport
  • As soon as she saw him, Subhadrā knew that Arjuna was no sannyāsī but rather her destined consort.
  • In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda elaborates: “Arjuna, the grandfather of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was himself extraordinarily beautiful and his bodily structure was very attractive to Subhadrā.
  • Subhadrā also decided within her mind that she would accept only Arjuna as her husband.

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:

Subhadrā also desired to have Arjuna as her husband, and thus she glanced back at him shyly. A few days later, Subhadrā left the palace to participate in a chariot festival.
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. sāshe
  2. apialso
  3. tamhim
  4. cakamedesired
  5. vīkṣyaseeing
  6. nārīṇāmof women
  7. hṛdayam-gamamthe capturer of the hearts
  8. hasantīsmiling
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

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

How does the purport make Subhadrā’s own choice clear?

Practice

Write one sentence describing Subhadrā’s decision in her own heart.

Live this todaySubhadrā Chooses Arjuna in Her HeartThis 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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