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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

10.29.42 10.29.44

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.43

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.29.42inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ताभि: समेताभिरुदारचेष्टित:

प्रियेक्षणोत्फुल्लमुखीभिरच्युत: ।

उदारहासद्विजकुन्ददीधति-

र्व्यरोचतैणाङ्क इवोडुभिर्वृत: ॥ ४३ ॥

tābhiḥ sametābhir udāra-ceṣṭitaḥ

priyekṣaṇotphulla-mukhībhir acyutaḥ

udāra-hāsa-dvija-kunda-dīdhatir

vyarocataiṇāṅka ivoḍubhir vṛtaḥ

Translation

Among the assembled gopīs, the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared just like the moon surrounded by stars. He whose activities are so magnanimous made their faces blossom with His affectionate glances, and His broad smiles revealed the effulgence of His jasmine-bud-like teeth.

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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Gives Pleasure to Every Gopī

1
The word acyuta indicates that Kṛṣṇa did not fail to give pleasure to each and every gopī in the nighttime assembly.
2
Among the assembled gopīs, He appeared like the moon surrounded by stars.
3
His affectionate glances made their faces blossom. His broad smiles revealed teeth shining like jasmine buds.

Key points from the purport

The word acyuta here indicates that Lord Kṛṣṇa did not fail to give pleasure to each and every gopī in the nocturnal assembly.

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

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

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Wanting to please the gopīs, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is always satisfied in Himself, responded to their appeals by playing with them in various pastimes. But when this show of attention made them a little proud, He humbled them by suddenly disappearing from the arena of the rāsa dance.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.29