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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 9 · Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
9.24.659.24.67

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.24.66

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

जातो गत: पितृगृहाद् व्रजमेधितार्थोहत्वा रिपून् सुतशतानि कृतोरुदार: । उत्पाद्य तेषु पुरुष: क्रतुभि: समीजेआत्मानमात्मनिगमं प्रथयञ्जनेषु ॥ ६६ ॥

jāto gataḥ pitṛ-gṛhād vrajam edhitārtho

hatvā ripūn suta-śatāni kṛtorudāraḥ

utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ kratubhiḥ samīje

ātmānam ātma-nigamaṁ prathayañ janeṣu

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, known as līlā-puruṣottama, appeared as the son of Vasudeva but immediately left His father’s home and went to Vṛndāvana to expand His loving relationship with His confidential devotees. In Vṛndāvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterwards He returned to Dvārakā, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for His own worship to establish the principles of householder life.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Reveals Loving Life With Him

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is to be known through all the Vedas and is the center of Vedic sacrifice. Through His own behavior, He established the principles of householder life.

  2. 2

    The real purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance was to show how one can share loving relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Vṛndāvana He exchanged love with His confidential devotees and liberated demons by killing them.

  3. 3

    The Absolute Truth is ultimately a person, not impersonal. Kṛṣṇa is līlā-puruṣottama, the best of all persons; the impersonal feature is only one feature of His personality.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, setting an example by His own behavior, performed many ritualistic ceremonies described in the Vedas and established the principles of gṛhastha life by marrying many wives and begetting many children just to show people in general how to be happy by living according to Vedic principles.
  • Therefore just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, the Lord immediately left for Vṛndāvana.
  • In Vṛndāvana, the Lord not only took part in loving affairs with His father and mother, the gopīs and the cowherd boys, but also gave liberation to many demons by killing them.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 3

The purport of SB 9.24.66 quotesBG 15.15

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: by all the Vedas, it is Kṛṣṇa who is to be known.

The purport of SB 9.24.66 quotesBG 4.8

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.8), paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām: the Lord appears in order to protect the devotees and kill the demons.

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.1.1

In Vṛndāvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterward He returned to Dvārakā, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for His own worship to establish the principles of householder life.”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

Vasudeva had many other sons by his other wives, and the eighth son to appear from the womb of Devakī was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who delivered the entire world from the burden of demons. This chapter ends by glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vāsudeva.
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. jātaḥafter taking birth as the son of Vasudeva
  2. gataḥwent away
  3. pitṛ-gṛhātfrom the houses of His father
  4. vrajamto Vṛndāvana
  5. edhita-arthaḥto exalt the position (of Vṛndāvana)
  6. hatvākilling there
  7. ripūnmany demons
  8. suta-śatānihundreds of sons
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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”, “worship”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 9.24

    In this verse: “householder”

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 9.24

    In this verse: “principles”

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 can I keep a loving relationship with Kṛṣṇa at the center of my daily responsibilities?

Practice

Before one household task today, pause and express your wish to make your daily life a service to Kṛṣṇa.

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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 Reveals Loving Life With HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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