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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 10 · Chapter 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill
10.25.2610.25.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.25.27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.25.26inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ततस्ते निर्ययुर्गोपा: स्वं स्वमादाय गोधनम् । शकटोढोपकरणं स्त्रीबालस्थविरा: शनै: ॥ २७ ॥

tatas te niryayur gopāḥ

svaṁ svam ādāya go-dhanam

śakaṭoḍhopakaraṇaṁ

strī-bāla-sthavirāḥ śanaiḥ

Translation

After collecting their respective cows and loading their paraphernalia into their wagons, the cowherd men went out. The women, children and elderly persons gradually followed them.

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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.

The Community Leaves Together

  1. 1

    The cowherd men collected their respective cows before leaving.

  2. 2

    They loaded their belongings into their wagons and went out.

  3. 3

    The women, children and elderly persons gradually followed them.

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 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The cowherds were in ecstasy, showing loving symptoms such as flowing tears and bodily hairs standing on end. They embraced Kṛṣṇa and offered Him benedictions according to their respective positions, while the demigods in heaven rained down flowers and sang the Lord’s praises.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.25
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthen
  2. tethey
  3. niryayuḥwent out
  4. gopāḥthe cowherd men
  5. svam svameach his own
  6. ādāyataking
  7. go-dhanamtheir cows
  8. śakaṭaupon their wagons
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.25

    In this verse: “children”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the community’s careful departure with its people, animals and belongings?

Practice

Allow extra time today for a child or elderly person to move at a comfortable pace.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Community Leaves TogetherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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