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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 90: Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories
10.90.2110.90.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.90.22

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The queenssince 10.90.15inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न चलसि न वदस्युदारबुद्धे

क्षितिधर चिन्तयसे महान्तमर्थम् ।

अपि बत वसुदेवनन्दनाङ्‍‍घ्रि

वयमिव कामयसे स्तनैर्विधर्तुम् ॥ २२ ॥

na calasi na vadasy udāra-buddhe

kṣiti-dhara cintayase mahāntam artham

api bata vasudeva-nandanāṅghriṁ

vayam iva kāmayase stanair vidhartum

Translation

O magnanimous mountain, you neither move nor speak. You must be pondering some matter of great importance. Or do you, like us, desire to hold on your breasts the feet of Vasudeva’s darling son?

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.

Longing to Hold the Lord’s Feet

  1. 1

    The queens address the mountain as magnanimous and notice that it neither moves nor speaks.

  2. 2

    They wonder whether its stillness means it is pondering something of great importance.

  3. 3

    They imagine that, like them, it desires to hold the feet of Vasudeva’s darling son. The purport explains that the mountain’s “breasts” are its peaks.

Key points from the purport
  • Here the word stanaiḥ, “on your breasts,” refers to the mountain’s peaks.

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

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 90: Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Sometimes, after playing with the Lord in the water, they would address various creatures — kurarī and cakravāka birds, the ocean, the moon, a cloud, a cuckoo, a mountain, a river and so on — declaring their great attachment to Śrī Kṛṣṇa on the pretext of commiserating with these creatures. Lord Kṛṣṇa begot ten sons in the womb of each of His queens.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.90
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. na calasiyou do not move
  2. na vadasiyou do not speak
  3. udāramagnanimous
  4. buddhewhose intelligence
  5. kṣiti-dharaO mountain
  6. cintayaseyou are thinking
  7. mahāntamgreat
  8. arthamabout a matter
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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

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 does the queens’ question suggest about what they consider truly important?

Practice

Sit quietly for one minute and reflect on the queens’ desire to hold the Lord’s feet.

Live this todayLonging to Hold the Lord’s FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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