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Canto 10 · Chapter 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance
10.29.810.29.10-11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.29.9

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

अन्तर्गृहगता: काश्चिद् गोप्योऽलब्धविनिर्गमा: । कृष्णं तद्भ‍ावनायुक्ता दध्युर्मीलितलोचना: ॥ ९ ॥

antar-gṛha-gatāḥ kāścid

gopyo ’labdha-vinirgamāḥ

kṛṣṇaṁ tad-bhāvanā-yuktā

dadhyur mīlita-locanāḥ

Translation

Some of the gopīs, however, could not manage to get out of their houses, and instead they remained home with eyes closed, meditating upon Him in pure love.

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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.

Love Remembers Kṛṣṇa Even at Home

  1. 1

    Some gopīs could not leave their houses. They remained at home with closed eyes, meditating on Kṛṣṇa in pure love.

  2. 2

    The purport distinguishes eternally perfect gopīs from those who became perfect by practicing bhakti-yoga. Their perfection is understood in relation to devotion to Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Although the gopīs appeared to be human cowherd girls, they were not ordinary humans. The eternally perfect gopīs are the Lord’s spiritual pleasure potency.

Key points from the purport
  • By associating with the eternally perfect gopīs, some of these new gopīs fully manifested pūrva-raga loving attraction for Kṛṣṇa as soon as they reached puberty.
  • Just as other women might remember their mothers or other relatives at the time of death, these gopīs remembered the sole friend of their very life, Kṛṣṇa, as stated in the present verse of the Bhāgavatam, beginning with the word antar.
  • Although these gopīs were perpetually absorbed in love for Kṛṣṇa, at that particular time they meditated upon Him and cried out within: “Alas, alas, O only friend of our life!

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· 3

The purport of SB 10.29.9 quotesSB 10.29.20

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

The purport of SB 10.29.9 quotesSB 10.29.32

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

The purport of SB 10.29.9 quotesSB 10.31.16

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:

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. Therefore, all of you would do best to return home.”
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. antaḥ-gṛhawithin their homes
  2. gatāḥpresent
  3. kāścitsome
  4. gopyaḥgopīs
  5. alabdhanot obtaining
  6. vinirgamāḥany exit
  7. kṛṣṇamupon Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  8. tat-bhāvanāwith ecstatic love for Him
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotion”, “bhakti-yoga”

  • 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

How can I make room for loving remembrance of Kṛṣṇa within the circumstances I have today?

Practice

Sit quietly at home for one minute, close your eyes and meditate on Kṛṣṇa with a desire to serve Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 10.31.16

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.29's connections

Live this todayLove Remembers Kṛṣṇa Even at HomeThis 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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