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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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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 88: Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura
10.88.2410.88.27-28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.88.25-26

Sthāna· The universe in order

अजानन्त: प्रतिविधिं तूष्णीमासन् सुरेश्वरा: ।

ततो वैकुण्ठमगमद् भास्वरं तमस: परम् ॥ २५ ॥

यत्र नारायण: साक्षान्न्यासिनां परमो गति: ।

शान्तानां न्यस्तदण्डानां यतो नावर्तते गत: ॥ २६ ॥

ajānantaḥ prati-vidhiṁ

tūṣṇīm āsan sureśvarāḥ

tato vaikuṇṭham agamad

bhāsvaraṁ tamasaḥ param

yatra nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣān

nyāsināṁ paramo gatiḥ

śāntānāṁ nyasta-daṇḍānāṁ

yato nāvartate gataḥ

Translation

The great demigods could only remain silent, not knowing how to counteract the benediction. Then Lord Śiva reached the luminous realm of Vaikuṇṭha, beyond all darkness, where the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa is manifest. That realm is the destination of renunciants who have attained peace and given up all violence against other creatures. Going there, one never returns.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Offers Shelter

  1. 1

    The great demigods remained silent because they did not know how to counteract the benediction. Lord Śiva then reached the realm where the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa is manifest.

  2. 2

    Vaikuṇṭha is luminous and beyond darkness. It is the destination of peaceful renunciants who have given up violence against other creatures; those who go there never return.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī identifies Śiva’s destination as Śvetadvīpa, an outpost of the spiritual world within the material universe. There Lord Viṣṇu rests on Ananta Śeṣa amid the Ocean of Milk, available to help the demigods.

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.