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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 9 · Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
9.24.629.24.65

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.24.63-64

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The sun-godsince 9.24.34inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकमधुशूरसेनदशार्हकै: । श्लाघनीयेहित: शश्वत् कुरुसृञ्जयपाण्डुभि: ॥ ६३ ॥ स्‍निग्धस्मितेक्षितोदारैर्वाक्यैर्विक्रमलीलया । नृलोकं रमयामास मूर्त्या सर्वाङ्गरम्यया ॥ ६४ ॥

bhoja-vṛṣṇy-andhaka-madhu-

śūrasena-daśārhakaiḥ

ślāghanīyehitaḥ śaśvat

kuru-sṛñjaya-pāṇḍubhiḥ

snigdha-smitekṣitodārair

vākyair vikrama-līlayā

nṛlokaṁ ramayām āsa

mūrtyā sarvāṅga-ramyayā

Translation

Assisted by the descendants of Bhoja, Vṛṣṇi, Andhaka, Madhu, Śūrasena, Daśārha, Kuru, Sṛñjaya and Pāṇḍu, Lord Kṛṣṇa performed various activities. By His pleasing smiles, His affectionate behavior, His instructions and His uncommon pastimes like raising Govardhana Hill, the Lord, appearing in His transcendental body, pleased all of human society.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Form Pleases His Devotees

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is never impersonal; His impersonal feature is a manifestation of His transcendental body.

  2. 2

    The Lord’s form resembles that of a human being, but it is different from ours. Every part of His body is pleasing for everyone to see.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa pleased human society through His smiles, affectionate behavior, instructions and uncommon pastimes. His devotees never tire of seeing His beautiful form.

Key points from the purport
  • Kṛṣṇa, or God, is never impersonal; the impersonal feature is but a manifestation of His transcendental body (yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi).
  • Therefore the word sarvāṅga-ramyayā informs us that every part of His body is pleasing for everyone to see.
  • Apart from His smiling face, every part of His body — His hands, His legs, His chest — is pleasing to the devotees, who cannot at any time stop seeing the beautiful form of the Lord.

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

Historical movement → Anticipation. The narrative narrows toward its divine center.

Chapters 20–24 of Canto 9: Lineages leading to the appearance of Kṛṣṇa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From Kaṅka, through the womb of Kaṅkā, came Baka, Satyajit and Purujit, and from Sṛñjaya, through the womb of Rāṣṭrapālikā, came Vṛṣa and Durmarṣaṇa. Śyāmaka, through the womb of Śūrabhūmi, begot Harikeśa and Hiraṇyākṣa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. bhojaassisted by the Bhoja dynasty
  2. vṛṣṇiand by the Vṛṣṇis
  3. andhakaand by the Andhakas
  4. madhuand by the Madhus
  5. śūrasenaand by the Śūrasenas
  6. daśārhakaiḥand by the Daśārhakas
  7. ślāghanīyaby the praiseworthy
  8. īhitaḥendeavoring
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 9.24

    In this verse: “devotees”

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

How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa has a transcendental personal form deepen my desire to know Him?

Practice

Spend one minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s smiling face and affectionate behavior as described in this passage.

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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 9.24's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Form Pleases His DevoteesThis 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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