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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
10.29.1910.29.21-22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.20

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kṛṣṇasince 10.29.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मातर: पितर: पुत्रा भ्रातर: पतयश्च व: । विचिन्वन्ति ह्यपश्यन्तो मा कृढ्‌वं बन्धुसाध्वसम् ॥ २० ॥

mātaraḥ pitaraḥ putrā

bhrātaraḥ patayaś ca vaḥ

vicinvanti hy apaśyanto

mā kṛḍhvaṁ bandhu-sādhvasam

Translation

Not finding you at home, your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are certainly searching for you. Don’t cause anxiety for your family members.

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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.

Consider Your Family’s Anxiety

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa tells the gopīs that their relatives have not found them at home.

  2. 2

    He says their mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are certainly searching for them.

  3. 3

    He asks them not to cause anxiety for their family members.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.29.9

This fact is clear from verses yet to come: mātaraḥ pitaraḥ putrāḥ, yat-paty-apatya-suhṛdām anuvṛttir aṅga and pati-sutānvaya-bhrātṛ-bāndhavān.

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:

All the gopīs had purely spiritual bodies, but when some of the gopīs’ husbands and other family members stopped the young girls from going, Lord Kṛṣṇa arranged for them to temporarily exhibit material bodies, which they then left at the sides of their husbands. In this way they deceived their relatives and went off to meet Kṛṣṇa.
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. mātaraḥmothers
  2. pitaraḥfathers
  3. putrāḥsons
  4. bhrātaraḥbrothers
  5. patayaḥhusbands
  6. caand
  7. vaḥyour
  8. vincinvantiare searching
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “mothers”, “fathers”

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

Could someone in my family be worrying because they have not heard from me?

Practice

Send a brief, reassuring message to a family member who may be concerned about you.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayConsider Your Family’s AnxietyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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