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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
10.30.1910.30.21

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.20

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The gopīssince 10.30.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मा भैष्ट वातवर्षाभ्यां तत्‍त्राणं विहितं मया ।

इत्युक्त्वैकेन हस्तेन यतन्त्युन्निदधेऽम्बरम् ॥ २० ॥

mā bhaiṣṭa vāta-varṣābhyāṁ

tat-trāṇaṁ vihitaṁ maya

ity uktvaikena hastena

yatanty unnidadhe ’mbaram

Translation

“Don’t be afraid of the wind and rain,” said one gopī. “I will save you.” And with that she lifted her shawl above her head.

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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’s Shelter

  1. 1

    One gopī reassured the others, saying, “Don’t be afraid of the wind and rain.”

  2. 2

    Saying, “I will save you,” she lifted her shawl above her head.

  3. 3

    She was enacting Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill.

Key points from the purport
  • Here a gopī enacts Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill.

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. mā bhaiṣṭadon’t any of you fear
  2. vātathe wind
  3. varṣābhyāmand rain
  4. tatfrom that
  5. trāṇamyour deliverance
  6. vihitamhas been arranged
  7. mayāby me
  8. itithus
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “afraid”

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 does remembering Kṛṣṇa’s protection help you turn toward Him?

Practice

When you feel worried today, pause briefly to remember Lord Kṛṣṇa lifting Govardhana Hill.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.30's connections

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa’s ShelterThis 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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