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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
10.30.3210.30.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.33

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

केशप्रसाधनं त्वत्र कामिन्या: कामिना कृतम् ।

तानि चूडयता कान्तामुपविष्टमिह ध्रुवम् ॥ ३३ ॥

keśa-prasādhanaṁ tv atra

kāminyāḥ kāminā kṛtam

tāni cūḍayatā kāntām

upaviṣṭam iha dhruvam

Translation

Certainly Kṛṣṇa sat down here with His girlfriend to arrange Her hair. The lusty boy must have made a crown for that lusty girl out of the flowers He had collected.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Crowns Rādhārāṇī with Flowers

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa wanted to decorate Rādhārāṇī’s hair with the forest flowers He had collected.

  2. 2

    They sat facing the same direction, with Rādhārāṇī between Kṛṣṇa’s knees. He arranged Her hair and made a flower crown for Her.

  3. 3

    By crowning Her, Kṛṣṇa honored Her as the goddess of the forest. The two played and joked together in Vṛndāvana.

Key points from the purport
  • The ācāryas explain that Śrī Kṛṣṇa wanted to decorate Rādhārāṇī’s hair with the forest flowers He had collected.
  • Therefore They sat down together facing the same direction, with Rādhārāṇī between Kṛṣṇa’s knees, and Kṛṣṇa proceeded to arrange Her hair with flowers and make a flower crown for Her, coronating Her as the goddess of the forest.
  • Thus the romantic young boy and girl played and joked together in Vṛndāvana.

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 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. All these thoughts brought pain to the gopīs’ minds.
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. keśaof Her hair
  2. prasādhanamthe decorative arrangement
  3. tufurthermore
  4. atrahere
  5. kāminyāḥof the lusty girl
  6. kāmināby the lusty boy
  7. kṛtamdone
  8. tāniwith those (flowers)
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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”

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 Kṛṣṇa’s careful arrangement of the flowers reveal about His affection?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute recalling the affectionate care described in this verse.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Crowns Rādhārāṇī with FlowersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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