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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.15.7

Who is speaking and story frame

नृत्यन्त्यमी शिखिन ईड्य मुदा हरिण्य:

कुर्वन्ति गोप्य इव ते प्रियमीक्षणेन ।

सूक्तैश्च कोकिलगणा गृहमागताय

धन्या वनौकस इयान् हि सतां निसर्ग: ॥ ७ ॥

nṛtyanty amī śikhina īḍya mudā hariṇyaḥ

kurvanti gopya iva te priyam īkṣaṇena

sūktaiś ca kokila-gaṇā gṛham āgatāya

dhanyā vanaukasa iyān hi satāṁ nisargaḥ

Translation

O worshipable one, these peacocks are dancing before You out of joy, these doe are pleasing You with affectionate glances, just as the gopīs do, and these cuckoos are honoring You with Vedic prayers. All these residents of the forest are most fortunate, and their behavior toward You certainly befits great souls receiving another great soul at home.

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

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.

Joyful Devotion Welcomes the Lord

  1. 1

    The peacocks danced joyfully before the worshipable Lord.

  2. 2

    The does pleased Him with affectionate glances, just as the gopīs did. The cuckoos honored Him with Vedic prayers.

  3. 3

    These fortunate forest residents welcomed Him as great souls naturally welcome another great soul into their home.

How it feels

Peril and pride → Friendship and humility. Divinity is revealed amid intimate childhood play.

Chapters 12–19 of Canto 10: Childhood dangers and Brahmā's amazement. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 15: The Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then Kṛṣṇa also placed His head on the lap of a cowherd boy to rest, and another cowherd boy massaged His feet. In this way Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and Their cowherd friends enjoyed various pastimes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nṛtyantiare dancing
  2. amīthese
  3. śikhinaḥpeacocks
  4. īḍyaO worshipable Lord
  5. mudāwith joy
  6. hariṇyaḥthe female deer
  7. kurvantiare making
  8. gopyaḥthe gopīs
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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 10.15

    In this verse: “worshipable”

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 my worship express a warmer welcome to the Lord?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to address the Lord with a heartfelt prayer of welcome.

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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.

Live this todayJoyful Devotion Welcomes the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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