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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 9: Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.9.510.9.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.9.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.9.1-2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सञ्जातकोप: स्फुरितारुणाधरं

सन्दश्य दद्भ‍िर्दधिमन्थभाजनम् ।

भित्त्वा मृषाश्रुर्द‍ृषदश्मना रहो

जघास हैयङ्गवमन्तरं गत: ॥ ६ ॥

sañjāta-kopaḥ sphuritāruṇādharaṁ

sandaśya dadbhir dadhi-mantha-bhājanam

bhittvā mṛṣāśrur dṛṣad-aśmanā raho

jaghāsa haiyaṅgavam antaraṁ gataḥ

Translation

Being very angry and biting His reddish lips with His teeth, Kṛṣṇa, with false tears in His eyes, broke the container of yogurt with a piece of stone. Then He entered a room and began to eat the freshly churned butter in a solitary place.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remember Kṛṣṇa’s Childlike Anger

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa became very angry and bit His reddish lips with His teeth. Like an angry child, He had false tears in His eyes.

  2. 2

    He broke the yogurt container with a piece of stone. The purport describes this as part of His childlike behavior.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa then entered a room and ate freshly churned butter in a solitary place.

Key points from the purport
  • It is natural that when a child becomes angry he can begin crying with false tears in his eyes.
  • So Kṛṣṇa did this, and biting His reddish lips with His teeth, He broke the pot with a stone, entered a room and began to eat the freshly churned butter.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 9: Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He took a piece of stone, broke the churning pot and entered a room, where He began to eat the freshly churned butter. When mother Yaśodā, after attending to the overflowing milk, returned and saw the pot broken, she could understand that this was the work of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore she went to search for Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sañjāta-kopaḥin this way, Kṛṣṇa being very angry
  2. sphurita-aruṇa-adharamswollen reddish lips
  3. sandaśyacapturing
  4. dadbhiḥby His teeth
  5. dadhi-mantha-bhājanamthe pot in which yogurt was being churned
  6. bhittvābreaking
  7. mṛṣā-aśruḥwith false tears in the eyes
  8. dṛṣat-aśmanāwith a piece of stone
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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 10.9

    In this verse: “child”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail helps you remember Kṛṣṇa’s childlike activities most clearly?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, then recall its three actions: biting His lips, breaking the pot and eating butter.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemember Kṛṣṇa’s Childlike AngerThis 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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