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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 22: Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs
10.22.2610.22.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.22.27

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.22.25inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

याताबला व्रजं सिद्धा मयेमा रंस्यथा क्षपा: ।

यदुद्दिश्य व्रतमिदं चेरुरार्यार्चनं सती: ॥ २७ ॥

yātābalā vrajaṁ siddhā

mayemā raṁsyathā kṣapāḥ

yad uddiśya vratam idaṁ

cerur āryārcanaṁ satīḥ

Translation

Go now, girls, and return to Vraja. Your desire is fulfilled, for in My company you will enjoy the coming nights. After all, this was the purpose of your vow to worship goddess Kātyāyanī, O pure-hearted ones.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Promises His Company

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa asked the girls to return to Vraja, assuring them that their desire was fulfilled.

  2. 2

    He promised that they would enjoy the coming nights in His company.

  3. 3

    Addressing them as pure-hearted, He acknowledged that His company was the purpose of their vow to worship goddess Kātyāyanī.

How it feels

Attraction and threat → Joy and trust. The pastoral world becomes the setting for protection and love.

Chapters 20–28 of Canto 10: Forest seasons, flute and Govardhana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 22: Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Next autumn, He told them, their most cherished desire would be fulfilled. Then the gopīs, fully satisfied, returned to Vraja, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His cowherd friends went off to a distant place to graze the cows.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.22
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yātago now
  2. abalāḥMy dear girls
  3. vrajamto Vraja
  4. siddhāḥhaving achieved your desire
  5. mayāwith Me
  6. imāḥthese
  7. raṁsyathayou will enjoy
  8. kṣapāḥthe nights
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.22

    In this verse: “worship”

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 place does the desire for Kṛṣṇa’s company have in my devotional practice?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer expressing your desire for Kṛṣṇa’s company.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Promises His CompanyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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