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Canto 10 · Chapter 87: The Prayers of the Personified Vedas
10.87.4610.87.48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.87.47

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.87.47inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इत्याद्यमृषिमानम्य तच्छिष्यांश्च महात्मन: ।

ततोऽगादाश्रमं साक्षात् पितुर्द्वैपायनस्य मे ॥ ४७ ॥

ity ādyam ṛṣim ānamya

tac-chiṣyāṁś ca mahātmanaḥ

tato ’gād āśramaṁ sākṣāt

pitur dvaipāyanasya me

Translation

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] After saying this, Nārada bowed down to Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the foremost of sages, and also to His saintly disciples. He then returned to the hermitage of my father, Dvaipāyana Vyāsa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Honor the Lord and His Devotees

  1. 1

    After speaking, Nārada bowed down to Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the foremost of sages.

  2. 2

    He also bowed down to the Lord’s saintly disciples. His respect extended to those learning from the Lord.

  3. 3

    Nārada then returned to the hermitage of Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, the father of Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

How it feels

Awe → Reverent fulfillment. The canto closes with theological wonder.

Chapters 87–90 of Canto 10: The Vedas praise and the Lord's glories conclude. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 87: The Prayers of the Personified Vedas

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Nārada Muni was equally satisfied to hear this account from Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi. Thus Nārada offered his obeisances to the Lord and then went to see his disciple Vedavyāsa, to whom he explained everything he had heard.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.87
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. itithus speaking
  2. ādyamforemost
  3. ṛṣimto the sage (Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi)
  4. ānamyabowing down
  5. tatHis
  6. śiṣyānto the disciples
  7. caand
  8. mahā-ātmanaḥgreat saints
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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 10.87

    In this verse: “father”

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

Do I show respect both to spiritual teachers and to their sincere disciples?

Practice

Offer a respectful greeting to someone from whom you learn spiritual teachings.

Live this todayHonor the Lord and His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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