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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 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance
10.29.110.29.3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.2

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.29.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तदोडुराज: ककुभ: करैर्मुखंप्राच्या विलिम्पन्नरुणेन शन्तमै: । स चर्षणीनामुदगाच्छुचो मृजन्प्रिय: प्रियाया इव दीर्घदर्शन: ॥ २ ॥

tadoḍurājaḥ kakubhaḥ karair mukhaṁ

prācyā vilimpann aruṇena śantamaiḥ

sa carṣaṇīnām udagāc chuco mṛjan

priyaḥ priyāyā iva dīrgha-darśanaḥ

Translation

The moon then rose, anointing the face of the eastern horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays, and thus dispelling the pain of all who watched him rise. The moon was like a beloved husband who returns after a long absence and adorns the face of his beloved wife with red kuṅkuma.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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’s Internal Potency Prepares the Atmosphere

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa engaged His internal potency, and she immediately created an atmosphere for conjugal love.

  2. 2

    The rising moon colored the eastern horizon with comforting reddish rays. Its appearance dispelled the pain of those who watched.

  3. 3

    The moon is compared to a beloved husband returning after a long absence. Its rays adorn the horizon as a husband adorns his wife’s face with red kuṅkuma.

Key points from the purport
  • Young Kṛṣṇa engaged His internal potency, and she immediately created an exciting atmosphere for conjugal love.

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

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:

This chapter describes how Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, intending to enjoy the rāsa dance, engaged in arguments and counterarguments with the gopīs. Then there is a description of the beginning of the rāsa dance and the Lord’s pastime of disappearing from the midst of the gopīs.
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. tadāat that time
  2. uḍu-rājaḥthe moon, king of the stars
  3. kakubhaḥof the horizon
  4. karaiḥwith his “hands” (rays)
  5. mukhamthe face
  6. prācyāḥeastern
  7. vilimpansmearing
  8. aruṇenawith reddish color
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “absence”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “love”

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 does this carefully prepared atmosphere help me appreciate about Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency?

Practice

Read the moonrise description slowly and reflect for a moment on its place in Kṛṣṇa’s loving pastimes.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Internal Potency Prepares the AtmosphereThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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