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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
10.30.3010.30.32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.31

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The gopīssince 10.30.27inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इमान्यधिकमग्नानि पदानि वहतो वधूम् ।

गोप्य: पश्यत कृष्णस्य भाराक्रान्तस्य कामिन: ।

अत्रावरोपिता कान्ता पुष्पहेतोर्महात्मना ॥ ३१ ॥

imāny adhika-magnāni

padāni vahato vadhūm

gopyaḥ paśyata kṛṣṇasya

bhārākrāntasya kāminaḥ

atrāvaropitā kāntā

puṣpa-hetor mahātmanā

Translation

Please observe, my dear gopīs, how in this place lusty Kṛṣṇa’s footprints are pressed more deeply into the ground. Carrying the weight of His beloved must have been difficult for Him. And over here that intelligent boy must have put Her down to gather some flowers.

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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Different Responses to Rādhārāṇī’s Good Fortune

  1. 1

    The gopīs see deeper footprints and conclude that Kṛṣṇa carried His beloved. They also identify where He put Her down to gather flowers.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that although Kṛṣṇa was not officially married to Rādhārāṇī, He had made Her His bride in the Vṛndāvana forest.

  3. 3

    Rādhārāṇī’s rivals describe Kṛṣṇa’s dealings as driven by lust, expressing their own mood of rivalry. Her direct allies rejoice in Her good fortune.

Key points from the purport
  • The word vadhūm indicates that even though Śrī Kṛṣṇa was not officially married to Rādhārāṇī, He had in fact made Her His bride in the Vṛndāvana forest.
  • According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the gopīs use the word kāminaḥ here to indicate the following thoughts: “We actually love Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but still He has rejected us.
  • Of course, the gopīs who are Her direct allies were jubilant to see Her good fortune.

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. imānithese
  2. adhikavery much
  3. magnānimerged
  4. padānifootprints
  5. vahataḥof Him who was carrying
  6. vadhūmHis consort
  7. gopyaḥO gopīs
  8. paśyatajust see
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “lusty”, “lust”

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 do I respond when someone else receives special affection or good fortune?

Practice

Today, consciously rejoice in one good thing that has happened to another person.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDifferent Responses to Rādhārāṇī’s Good FortuneThis 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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