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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 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa
10.30.1510.30.17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.16

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The gopīssince 10.30.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

दैत्यायित्वा जहारान्यामेको कृष्णार्भभावनाम् ।

रिङ्गयामास काप्यङ्‌‌‌घ्री कर्षन्ती घोषनि:स्वनै: ॥ १६ ॥

daityāyitvā jahārānyām

eko kṛṣṇārbha-bhāvanām

riṅgayām āsa kāpy aṅghrī

karṣantī ghoṣa-niḥsvanaiḥ

Translation

One gopī took the role of Tṛṇāvarta and carried away another, who was acting like infant Kṛṣṇa, while yet another gopī crawled about, her ankle bells tinkling as she pulled her feet.

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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.

Remembering Kṛṣṇa From His Earliest Activities

  1. 1

    The gopīs began imitating Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes from His earliest activities as a baby.

  2. 2

    One took the role of Tṛṇāvarta and carried away another who was acting as infant Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Another gopī crawled about, pulling her feet as her ankle bells tinkled.

Key points from the purport
  • The gopīs started imitating all of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, beginning from His earliest activities as a baby.

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 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In another place they noticed that Kṛṣṇa’s footprints were showing only the toes, and thus the gopīs concluded He had been picking flowers with which to decorate His beloved. In yet another spot the gopīs saw signs that led them to imagine that Śrī Kṛṣṇa had been tying the locks of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s hair.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.30
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. daityāyitvāimitating a demon (namely Tṛṇāvarta)
  2. jahāracarried away
  3. anyāmanother gopī
  4. ekāone gopī
  5. kṛṣṇa-arbhaof the infant Kṛṣṇa
  6. bhāvanāmwho was assuming the mood
  7. riṅgayām āsacrawled about
  8. kā apione of them
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “infant”, “baby”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do the small details of Kṛṣṇa’s baby activities help hold your attention on Him?

Practice

Spend one minute recalling the crawling movements and tinkling ankle bells described here.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa From His Earliest ActivitiesThis 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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