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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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?
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Canto 7 · Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
7.10.357.10.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.36

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.10.31inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

पुनश्च विप्रशापेन राक्षसौ तौ बभूवतु: ।

कुम्भकर्णदशग्रीवौ हतौ तौ रामविक्रमै: ॥ ३६ ॥

punaś ca vipra-śāpena

rākṣasau tau babhūvatuḥ

kumbhakarṇa-daśa-grīvau

hatau tau rāma-vikramaiḥ

Translation

Being cursed by the brāhmaṇas, the same two associates took birth again as Kumbhakarṇa and the ten-headed Rāvaṇa. These two Rākṣasas were killed by Lord Rāmacandra’s extraordinary power.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lord Rāmacandra’s Extraordinary Power

  1. 1

    Because of the brāhmaṇas’ curse, the same two associates took birth again.

  2. 2

    They appeared as the two Rākṣasas, Kumbhakarṇa and the ten-headed Rāvaṇa.

  3. 3

    Both were killed by Lord Rāmacandra’s extraordinary power.

How it feels

Terror and divine fury → Protection and compassion. The crisis resolves through relationship rather than domination.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 7: Nṛsiṁhadeva appears; Prahlāda pacifies Him. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thus Nārada Muni described the character of Prahlāda Mahārāja for Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, and he further described the killing of Rāvaṇa by Lord Rāmacandra and the killing of Śiśupāla and Dantavakra in Dvāpara-yuga. Śiśupāla, of course, had merged into the existence of the Lord and thus achieved sāyujya-mukti.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. punaḥagain
  2. caalso
  3. vipra-śāpenabeing cursed by the brāhmaṇas
  4. rākṣasauthe two Rākṣasas
  5. tauboth of them
  6. babhūvatuḥincarnated as
  7. kumbhakarṇa-daśa-grīvauknown as Kumbhakarṇa and the ten-headed Rāvaṇa (in their next birth)
  8. hatauthey also were killed
  9. tauboth of them
  10. rāma-vikramaiḥby the extraordinary strength of Lord Rāmacandra
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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 this verse invite me to recognize about Lord Rāmacandra’s power?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment remembering Lord Rāmacandra and His extraordinary power.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 7.10's connections

Live this todayLord Rāmacandra’s Extraordinary PowerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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