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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance
10.29.3410.29.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The beautiful gopīssince 10.29.31inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सिञ्चाङ्ग नस्त्वदधरामृतपूरकेण

हासावलोककलगीतजहृच्छयाग्निम् ।

नो चेद्वयं विरहजाग्न्युपयुक्तदेहा

ध्यानेन याम पदयो: पदवीं सखे ते ॥ ३५ ॥

siñcāṅga nas tvad-adharāmṛta-pūrakeṇa

hāsāvaloka-kala-gīta-ja-hṛc-chayāgnim

no ced vayaṁ virahajāgny-upayukta-dehā

dhyānena yāma padayoḥ padavīṁ sakhe te

Translation

Dear Kṛṣṇa, please pour the nectar of Your lips upon the fire within our hearts — a fire You ignited with Your smiling glances and the sweet song of Your flute. If You do not, we will consign our bodies to the fire of separation from You, O friend, and thus like yogīs attain to the abode of Your lotus feet by meditation.

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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.

Longing for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s smiling glances and sweet flute song have kindled a fire of longing in the gopīs’ hearts.

  2. 2

    They ask Him to pour the nectar of His lips upon that fire. They address Him intimately as their friend.

  3. 3

    Their words describe separation as a consuming fire. Even in that separation, they speak of attaining His lotus feet through meditation, like yogīs.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofCC Antya 4.64

This verse was spoken by the gopīs when they were attracted by the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute in the moonlight of autumn.

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:

What woman will not deviate from her prescribed duties as soon as she hears Your flute-song and sees Your form, which enchants the three worlds? Just as the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu protects the demigods, You destroy the unhappiness of the people of Vṛndāvana.
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. siñcaplease pour
  2. aṅgaour dear Kṛṣṇa
  3. naḥour
  4. tvatYour
  5. adharaof the lips
  6. amṛtaof the nectar
  7. pūrakeṇawith the flood
  8. hāsasmiling
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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: “separation”, “longing”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

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

    In this verse: “sweet”

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.29

    In this verse: “friend”

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

How can I give more attentive remembrance to Kṛṣṇa today?

Practice

Sit quietly for one minute and meditate on Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayLonging for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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