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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance
10.29.1410.29.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.15

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.29.13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कामं क्रोधं भयं स्‍नेहमैक्यं सौहृदमेव च । नित्यं हरौ विदधतो यान्ति तन्मयतां हि ते ॥ १५ ॥

kāmaṁ krodhaṁ bhayaṁ sneham

aikyaṁ sauhṛdam eva ca

nityaṁ harau vidadhato

yānti tan-mayatāṁ hi te

Translation

Persons who constantly direct their lust, anger, fear, protective affection, feeling of impersonal oneness or friendship toward Lord Hari are sure to become absorbed in thought of Him.

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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.

Seek Absorption Through Pure Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is pure spiritual existence. Those who become attached to Him and absorbed in thoughts of Him rise to the spiritual platform.

  2. 2

    The gopīs’ eternal conjugal attraction belongs to pure devotional service and shows that they are already liberated. It must not be confused with material lust.

  3. 3

    The purport stresses that liberation requires bona fide devotional service. People in general should worship the Supreme Lord reverently rather than take the gopīs’ intimate relationship cheaply.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus those who are devoted to Lord Hari, even in conjugal attraction, are already liberated.
  • One should not take cheaply the gopīs’ achievement of personal association with Lord Kṛṣṇa in a conjugal relationship.
  • Thus one should follow these injunctions until one achieves the exalted platform of intimate relationship with the Supreme Lord.

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

Connected verses· 2

Quoted in the purport ofSB 3.16.31

If one somehow or other becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he becomes engaged in bhakti-yoga, as described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.15): kāmaṁ krodhaṁ bhayam.

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 1.55

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.15) it is stated:

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

Separation → Transcendental intimacy. The peak of longing reveals the intensity of selfless love.

Chapters 29–33 of Canto 10: The gopīs' yearning, reunion and rasa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

For a respectable woman to consort with a paramour is totally contemptible and sure to obstruct her progress to heaven. Moreover, one develops pure love for Me not by physical proximity but by hearing topics connected with Me, by viewing My Deity form in the temple, by meditating upon Me and by faithfully chanting My glories.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.29
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kāmamlust
  2. krodhamanger
  3. bhayamfear
  4. snehamloving affection
  5. aikyamunity
  6. sauhṛdamfriendship
  7. eva caalso
  8. nityamalways
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “lust”, “attached”, “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “worship”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “fear”

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

Am I approaching Kṛṣṇa with reverence and a desire to serve, rather than treating His intimate pastimes lightly?

Practice

Offer Kṛṣṇa one respectful prayer asking for devotion free from material lust.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Absorption Through Pure Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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