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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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
10.30.1810.30.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.19

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

कस्याञ्चित् स्वभुजं न्यस्य

चलन्त्याहापरा ननु ।

कृष्णोऽहं पश्यत गतिं

ललितामिति तन्मना: ॥ १९ ॥

kasyāñcit sva-bhujaṁ nyasya

calanty āhāparā nanu

kṛṣṇo ’haṁ paśyata gatiṁ

lalitām iti tan-manāḥ

Translation

Another gopī, her mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa, walked about with her arm resting on the shoulder of a friend and declared, “I am Kṛṣṇa! Just see how gracefully I move!”

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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.

Absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s Graceful Movements

  1. 1

    With her mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa, a gopī walked with her arm resting on a friend’s shoulder.

  2. 2

    While enacting His movements, she declared, “I am Kṛṣṇa! Just see how gracefully I move!”

  3. 3

    Her words and gestures belonged to her absorbed enactment of Kṛṣṇa’s pastime.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.90.25

Just see how gracefully I move!”

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 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Seeing these footprints perturbed them greatly, and they declared that surely Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī must have worshiped Kṛṣṇa with unusual excellence, since She had been privileged to associate with Him in seclusion. Further along the path the gopīs came to a place where they could no longer see Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s footprints; they then concluded that Kṛṣṇa must have taken Rādhārāṇī onto His shoulders.
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. kasyāñcitof one of them
  2. sva-bhujamher arm
  3. nyasyaplacing (on the shoulder)
  4. calantīwalking about
  5. āhastated
  6. aparāanother
  7. nanuindeed
  8. kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa
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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

  • Sakhya · Sacred friendship

    The affection of companions and friends of the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “friend”, “friend’s”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “gracefully”

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

What does this gopī’s attention to Kṛṣṇa’s movements reveal about her remembrance of Him?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s graceful movements described in this verse.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAbsorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s Graceful MovementsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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